CptFarnsworth
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Ok, I have recently been building a laptop spec for college on hp.com. Up until now, I had a perfect spec which landed exactly
on $1,400, which is my comfort zone for spending at the moment. Unfortunately, HP recently took down some of the offers the
had, and now the spec I used to have adds up to about $1,513. So, while I COULD spend that much, I would rather not.
While looking through options that I could downgrade and still have a great computer, I decided that the only thing I might be
able to downgrade and still have a very capable system was a drop from a 2.53 GHz duo core to a 2.4 GHz duo core. Keep in
mind that I mainly want this system for games, and unfortunately a laptop is my only option (Otherwise I would build my own).
My main question is whether a 2.4 duo core can match up to today's gaming needs. Would it be able to run a game like
warhammer which has a 2.5 requirement? Is overclocking a laptop processor a bad idea? If I'm wanting to have a powerful
up-to-date gaming computer, is the downgrade worth it? Hopefully I can get some answers so I can get this bad boy as soon as possible.
on $1,400, which is my comfort zone for spending at the moment. Unfortunately, HP recently took down some of the offers the
had, and now the spec I used to have adds up to about $1,513. So, while I COULD spend that much, I would rather not.
While looking through options that I could downgrade and still have a great computer, I decided that the only thing I might be
able to downgrade and still have a very capable system was a drop from a 2.53 GHz duo core to a 2.4 GHz duo core. Keep in
mind that I mainly want this system for games, and unfortunately a laptop is my only option (Otherwise I would build my own).
My main question is whether a 2.4 duo core can match up to today's gaming needs. Would it be able to run a game like
warhammer which has a 2.5 requirement? Is overclocking a laptop processor a bad idea? If I'm wanting to have a powerful
up-to-date gaming computer, is the downgrade worth it? Hopefully I can get some answers so I can get this bad boy as soon as possible.