My main use is study purposes. Which means MS Office, browsing, coding, and apps like matlab.
Both laptops are 256ssd wirh 16gb ram and they’re the same price.
First laptop is dell that comes with i7 7th HQ with a 2gb gpu. 15.6 inches
Second laptop is dell latitude 3410 business that comes with i5 10th U . 14inches
the i5, unless you want a hot running CPU
Derry said:
the i5, unless you want a hot running CPU
I thought the i5 would go hot with apps like matlab
Derry said:
the i5, unless you want a hot running CPU
I thought the i5 would go hot with apps like matlab
i mean both will, but that i7 is a H series, with a much higher TDP
I’d reccomend the latter cuz you can use it with Windows 11
Axel said:
I’d reccomend the latter cuz you can use it with Windows 11
I thought about it but i’ve seen people installing it even on lower than 7th using tools. Got any idea about it?
@Reagan
CPUs before Intel 8th gen aren’t officially supported by Windows 11. You don’t get proper updates, and Microsoft could easily cut support at any time. Also a laptop from 2017 is just not a good buy as a main laptop anymore.
@Lennox
Oh thanks for the explanation.
So u recommend the latitude aswell ?
Reagan said:
@Lennox
Oh thanks for the explanation.
So u recommend the latitude aswell ?
Definitely, the 10th gen i5 is a much better CPU. UserBenchmark isn’t a reliable source for CPU comparisons anyway.
@Lennox
Thank u alot!
I was mostly worried about u series having less peformance than the hq series. That’s why i made the post
@Lennox
I agree! However this is Passmark CPU benchmark which is much more reliable, similar to TechPowerUp for the GPU database. With CPUs I still prefer to use GamersNexus videos to find out what specifically each CPU is good at.
@Reagan
Yes, but you will only get security updates, you have to manually download and install feature (major) updates when your current build reaches its EOS (about 2 years) to keep getting patches, or when you want the new features. Also take to account that Microsoft will focus on the supportet hardware when patching vulnerabilities so some Hardware Level vulnerabilities might not get completely fixed for 7th Gen and earlier.
Bypassing HW requirements should be done only to give the old devices you already own a second life (with extra caution about security), it’s not a good choice to get unsupported devices. Also 10th Gen i5 can beat 7th Gen i7 for some tasks and that 10 % might vanish once the patches for Meltdown and other HW-level vulnerabilities that affected old CPUs get installed.
I used to have an i7-7700HQ and that thing ran HOT. Nearly gave me third degree burns every time I tried to use it as a laptop.
Drew said:
I used to have an i7-7700HQ and that thing ran HOT. Nearly gave me third degree burns every time I tried to use it as a laptop.
Thanks alot for your review
The later one should have much greater battery life.
Lennon said:
The later one should have much greater battery life.
Thank you. Needed to hear that to make sure
The 7700HQ is power hungry and will drain your battery. Your picture even tells the amount of wattage it uses which is 45W vs the 15W 10210U
Eli said:
The 7700HQ is power hungry and will drain your battery. Your picture even tells the amount of wattage it uses which is 45W vs the 15W 10210U
Not to mention 10210U is slightly more powerful while being more power efficient.
You might also consider this Inspiron that’s on sale right now.
Ryzen 5 7520U CPU choice
It’s not much more expensive than what you were looking at, with 30% more CPU compute, and significantly more powerful integrated graphics. The Radeon 610M is basically a GeForce GT 240 with modern driver support, actually good enough for some very light gaming on low settings.
Default TDP is 15W, so the same draw as the 10210U.
@Keir
Sadly i don’t think it’s available in my area but i’ll take a look