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CPU Speed or L2 Cache?
Hey y'all,
A quick, generic, upgrade question:
I'm looking to upgrade my M60 Pentium M 1.4GHz 1024K L2 cache processor. I've seen a bunch of cheapo 1.8GHz chips, but they only have 512K L2 cache.
What's more important - speed or cache size?
Cheers!
mroshaw
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February 18th, 2005 13:00
Honestly both have a large impact. But I would not go for a 512K Cache on an Intel CPU it will choke it. I would go for one of these 1.8's with 2MB Cache. $300 but I would say its well worth the extra bucks for the extra cache.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-111-160&depa=1
mroshaw
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February 18th, 2005 19:00
Cool - thank you for that.
I'm actually in the UK, and am seeing 2MB cache CPU's for quite a bit more than $300. Stoopid UK!
I'll take your advice though and keep an eye out for fatter cache sizes. Thanks again - you've probably saved me some bucks on a stoopid 512K processor!
mroshaw
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February 18th, 2005 22:00
Ouch =/
Wonder why the 2MB ones are more across the pond?