i3-350M or i5-520M?? Is the performance worth the price difference?

iamall · 15-02-2010, 10:54 PM

I would like to get a decent laptop that would hold up for about 3 years, need do only graphics designing, programming etc.

I have 2 selections dell studio 15 with i3-350M and the same with i5-540M. But there is about rs.8000 price difference between them. Is it worth it?

Or should i opt for i5-430 as it is only rs.3000 more than i3.

ashu888ashu888 · 16-02-2010, 12:47 AM

already replied here ---> Help me select a laptop please...

plz do not create multiple threads.. i hv givena detailed reply so plz check that link..

RobinGoel · 23-02-2010, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamall

I would like to get a decent laptop that would hold up for about 3 years, need do only graphics designing, programming etc.

I have 2 selections dell studio 15 with i3-350M and the same with i5-540M. But there is about rs.8000 price difference between them. Is it worth it?

Or should i opt for i5-430 as it is only rs.3000 more than i3.

That's a question best answered by in house Intel experts. Ask them during the Intel Live Chat event on the 26th of Feb when they chat on Intel processors. Intel Live Chat

sam9s · 23-02-2010, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamall

I would like to get a decent laptop that would hold up for about 3 years, need do only graphics designing, programming etc.

I have 2 selections dell studio 15 with i3-350M and the same with i5-540M. But there is about rs.8000 price difference between them. Is it worth it?

Or should i opt for i5-430 as it is only rs.3000 more than i3.

Completely depends on the usage, if you ask me technology is moving with a far greater pace than the applications and the usage. what would you be using the notebook for ...... Movies, Music, Surfing, MS Office, photoshop and some casual gaming..........for that even a decent Core Duo would be running the applications and system pretty decently, which you can get with any 25-30K Laptop. Think of usability not the latest or the style factor.......unless you got oodles of not hard earned casual money to spare.......