Which CPU do you prefer?

[amirrul14]

I'm planning on buying a Sager laptop in Black Friday. Now there's a new CPU option. Would you prefer the i7-2670QM or i5-3210M? They're both have the same price. I know later this year there is the potential there's going to be more options, but I was just curious. For now the full specs and price that I would pay for this laptop are:

15.6" Full HD LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finished Surface (1920 x 1080)
Guaranteed no dead or partially-lit pixels for first 30 days of purchasing [$60.00] (I've experience dead pixels before and they suck)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M GPU with 1.5GB GDDR5 Video Memory
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor ( 6MB L3 Cache, 2.20GHz)
Stock Standard Thermal Compound
Genuine MS Windows® 7 Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition ( 64-Bit Preloaded )
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB
256GB Crucial M4 Series SATA3 Solid State Disk Drive [$195.00]
Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy with Bezel ( No HDD ) [$15.00] (So I can upgrade later this year)
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module [$60.00]
Smart Li-ION Battery Pack
Fingerprint Reader
Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - Included in Price
Sager 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
Free ground shipping

Sub Total: $1,509.00

 

[bartholomew]

As long as you can afford it, the i7 2670QM is a good CPU, with 4 cores & HT
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-2670QM-Notebook-Processor.60135.0.html

If you're looking to save some bucks, you could opt for its predecessor the 2630QM.
AFAIK, there performance difference(2670 & 2630) is around 10-15%

 

[amirrul14]

Thanks for the reply. I prefer the i7 2670QM too. However I'm not sure how long this option would be available though. Hopefully by black Friday Sager will have a nice discount.