3520M or 3612QM?

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Hey,

I think I know my feeling on this... but I was just curious.

I bought a i7 3520M for my laptop to replace the i5 3210M, higher clock speed, etc.

I've ended up with an i7 3612QM, quad core but very similar speeds to my old dual core.

Seems to run just as cool, which is nice!

I liked the idea of more speed, but more cores can't be bad!

Keep it?

Craig

 

[AMDPower]

if you don't have any heat issues at full load for long durations, you would be crazy to send it back.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

It gets a few degrees warmer at full pelt, maybe 66 instead of 62

 

[kefan77]

that's a keeper.

but somehow I doubt about those temps under full load.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Tried Cinebench and 3D Mark and monitored with Throttlestop.

Correct tho, ended up hitting 68oC.