I'm really curious as to what speeds I could get with an i5 and a regular HDD.
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CrowdedHighways wrote:I think it it well worth it for the cost. What do you normally use the Internet for?I am a very avid gamer. I download a lot of games (mostly legally, via Steam, but I do have a few slips every now and then, luckily, my ISP never gives a *Bleep* about piracy in here, as long as you don't upload). I also use a few video streaming services such as Hulu and Crackle. I also browse the Internet quite a lot, surfing on various forums (like this one!) and on Youtube.
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John Donovan wrote:I've been thinking about it for a while, but now it seems that my ISP has a special offer. I currently have their 100MB/s data plan for which I am paying ~8 dollars per month. However, I can now upgrade to 1000MB/s for only ~11 dollars per month, and that's really cheap for me, but they say that I need an i7 processor and an SSD to take advantage of the high speeds.For that cost I would upgrade it for sure, 1000MB's is really huge :D anyways, if you have an i5 I can tell you that there are i7 that are weaker than some i5. It all depends on the generation of each one. DId they said more about which i7 models they were talking about?
I'm really curious as to what speeds I could get with an i5 and a regular HDD.
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bluegreen wrote:Given that I am on a laptop (a fairly beefy one, as I can run all current-gen games at mid-high), I have a i5-4200M at 2.5 GHz. It never let me down so far. :DJohn Donovan wrote:I've been thinking about it for a while, but now it seems that my ISP has a special offer. I currently have their 100MB/s data plan for which I am paying ~8 dollars per month. However, I can now upgrade to 1000MB/s for only ~11 dollars per month, and that's really cheap for me, but they say that I need an i7 processor and an SSD to take advantage of the high speeds.For that cost I would upgrade it for sure, 1000MB's is really huge :D anyways, if you have an i5 I can tell you that there are i7 that are weaker than some i5. It all depends on the generation of each one. DId they said more about which i7 models they were talking about?
I'm really curious as to what speeds I could get with an i5 and a regular HDD.
PS: what's your i5?
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John Donovan wrote:Yes is up to you, IMHO I don't know why would a person need 1000 mb net speed... Maybe for the streamers would make some sense, but for the usual user it's not worth unless you do 100 downloads at the same time ahah :P and I don't think a regular user does that :Pbluegreen wrote:Given that I am on a laptop (a fairly beefy one, as I can run all current-gen games at mid-high), I have a i5-4200M at 2.5 GHz. It never let me down so far. :DJohn Donovan wrote:I've been thinking about it for a while, but now it seems that my ISP has a special offer. I currently have their 100MB/s data plan for which I am paying ~8 dollars per month. However, I can now upgrade to 1000MB/s for only ~11 dollars per month, and that's really cheap for me, but they say that I need an i7 processor and an SSD to take advantage of the high speeds.For that cost I would upgrade it for sure, 1000MB's is really huge :D anyways, if you have an i5 I can tell you that there are i7 that are weaker than some i5. It all depends on the generation of each one. DId they said more about which i7 models they were talking about?
I'm really curious as to what speeds I could get with an i5 and a regular HDD.
PS: what's your i5?
I don't think I'll be upgrading to 1000 though, I think I am satisfied with my current speeds.
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pwarbi wrote:If your more than happy with the speeds your getting at the moment then I think you've probably made the wise choice to be honest. There seems to be a lot of these special offers going around at the moment but as the old saying goes, if it isn't broke then there's no need to fix it.I'll definitely keep an eye out for more deals, and my provider has a whole lot of them. If they ever lower the price considerably, I shall jump over to their better offers. I am quite a sucker for deals. :)
You say your an avid gamer and as technology and games specifications increase, it might be something to look at in the future but for now sticking with what you've got is probably the right option.
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