rewben wrote:
as entry-level custom specs to me (best for money), it's 3740qm cpu, 16gb ram, 256gb msata ssd and 750gb ssh.

the best to me is 3840qm cpu, 16gb ram, 256gb msata ssd and 512gb ssd.

bignazpwns wrote:
3840 is going to be to hot for that system. Cooling on it pretty much sucks even with a i7 3630qm. was originally set up for a i5 3230M /3210M that are 35w cpus. It handles the 10w higher 3630qm ok but the 3840 is going to be to much your going to have really high temps all the time.


Honestly i wont go over a 3630 in that system. Heck i would go with a i5 over that just to save it from heat issues. I mean the G55 is not all that much better but the cooling system on that does make a diff. Personaly if i was going with a G46 i would roll with a i5 since your not buying it for power. 2 core 4 thread i5 is fine for a GTX 660m. It wont bottleneck that card and you wont gain a ton of fps or preformance vs a i7. Now if it had a GTX 670MX or a GTX 680M then i would say go with a min of a i7 3630.

rewben wrote:
ah i assumed that 3820qm is working fine as reported by some friends here (one of them ran it without proper thermal paste replacement), so it's not that hot for a 3840qm to run on these machines 😕

bignazpwns wrote:
3840 is going to be to hot for that system. Cooling on it pretty much sucks even with a i7 3630qm. was originally set up for a i5 3230M /3210M that are 35w cpus. It handles the 10w higher 3630qm ok but the 3840 is going to be to much your going to have really high temps all the time.


Honestly i wont go over a 3630 in that system. Heck i would go with a i5 over that just to save it from heat issues. I mean the G55 is not all that much better but the cooling system on that does make a diff. Personaly if i was going with a G46 i would roll with a i5 since your not buying it for power. 2 core 4 thread i5 is fine for a GTX 660m. It wont bottleneck that card and you wont gain a ton of fps or preformance vs a i7. Now if it had a GTX 670MX or a GTX 680M then i would say go with a min of a i7 3630.