Plz need help within the hour laptop

What do you mean sacrifice dvd drive? They both have a DVDRW.

Not sure why the price is the same if they both have the same graphics, the i5 is by far the better choice even with less ram.

thanks for replie

i mean a slower dvd drive and from what i can gather is not good at writing dvds  

thanks i think i will go with the i5 as i can always buy more ram if needed as i thought 6 would be a bit much anyway  

If $800 is your budget, I'd go with:

Acer Aspire AS5750G-9463 Notebook Intel Core i7 2630QM(2.00GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 640GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Gives you Quad Core Sandy bridge over your other i3's and i5's, discrete Nvidia 540M for light gaming, and even though its only 4 GB RAM, you can always get a cheap 8 GB RAM kit later. ( You can always upgrade that crappy 5400rpm HDD to a SDD at a later time as well )

Newegg does not ship to United Kingdom. Please pay attention before posting.  

thanks for help though monkey   i went with the i5 because the other "sacaraficed" parts are all easily upgradeable thanks for the posts

ugh, so use a different vendor, like acerdirect used above. The newegg link is just a reflection of an expected market price. I stand by the item recommendation.
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5750_15.6_HD_Co...

Hyperthreading isn't really going to help you with hardly anything, especially gaming, so it's not worth the extra 80p.

Besides the i5 is faster than that i7 by 300mhz, which would be a significant boost in gaming or regular apps.

no, hyperthreading really wouldn't help, thats true, but since the 2630QM is a true quad core and has 2 additional physical cores in addition to 4 logical cores, that DOES affect game performance. And while the clock speed is 2.0Ghz on the 2630QM versus 2.3Ghz in the i5 2410, the 2630 offers a 2.8Ggz dual core turbo boost clock which matches the turbo boost clock on the 2410, and 2.6Ghz quad core turbo boost that the dual core obviously cannot match in gaming or regular apps.

Note the Intel Sandy Bridge OEM chart to see a clear comparison of features between the 2630QM and the 2410.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-...

yes i suppose it does come down to whether or not 80p is worth the difference. Since it is not really something you can upgrade down the line, I'd probably spring for it. Thats just me. If the 500p budget isn't flexible though, I'm sure you'll still be pleased with the i5 regardless.  

I have to admit I thought the i5 was a quad core, it's actually a dual core w/hyperthreading.

However the i5 turbo's to 2.9, which is still faster than the i7 in most applications, including most games.

Your battery will last longer too.

the i5 turbos to 2.9Ghz with single core usage, which is the same as the i7. the i7 is 200Ghz faster with dual core usage turbo, 2.8Ghz vs 2.6Ghz, and the i7 can turbo to 2.6 with a 4 cores being used, of course, the i5 dual has no comparison to that.
Can double check the different Turbo capabilities on same chart as before

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-...

True, battery life is affected.