CPU for 11.6" Inferno

[mikeG]

Hi all,

first post and looking for some help.

I am planning on ordering the above 11.6" Inferno Laptop, but am struggling to figure out whether to stick with the base Intel Pentium B980 CPU or pay the extra £70 or so to go up to the i5 3210.

The laptop will be used for gaming mainly - sims3, skyrim, torchlight etc.

Has anyone got experience of how the B980 performs that they could share?

much appreciated.

Mike.

 

[Iroquois Pliskin]

Definitely the i5, while B980 has excellent dual core performance, there's no HyperThreading, nor TurboBoost, so you will eventually run into bottlenecks and sudden FPS drops in games like Skyrim, Guild Wars, Battlefield 3.