I need help with my Xps 15 laptop?

paburke94

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Hi, i'm going to buy the dell Xps 15 laptop and i need some help with the specs..
With this laptop i'll be playing minecaft, and other games, video editing, watching movies, youtube alot.

im looking at the i7-1630qm at the moment. that goes at 2.0ghz up to 2.9ghz. i do not know alot about processors but wouldnt i want a processor that goes around 2.7ghz up to 3.2ghz?
also i have 6gb of ram. 1gb nvidia geforce graphics card if u need anymore infomation please ask.
Thank you for your help
 

paburke94

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Xps 15 L502x. 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
English Genuine Windows®7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
6144MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x4096 + 1x2048]
640GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M Graphics Card

Should i get the quad core or dual core? Thanks very much for replying :)
 

hpfreak

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Quad Core, you'll benifit from it when doing things like video editing.
Nice laptop. How much does it cost? I might be able to find a better deal within your price range.
 

paburke94

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its 1,258euro on dell.com at the moment. its a bit pricy but iv had my eye on the xps for a while. thanks for your help man