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i5-7300HQ vs i7-7700HQ

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Need to buy a gaming laptop unfortunately and I  would like to know if going from the i5 to the i7 is worth the $356 upgrade? Yes prices are high here in Poland....

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What GPU does the laptop have? In terms of raw speed, the 7700HQ is almost 50% faster in multithreaded workloads, singlethreaded performance is only around 7% faster though.

 

It's really up to you and your personal usage - if a GPU is something in the range of a GTX 1050Ti then the i5 will suffice, but you will lose productivity performance and multitasking performance.

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Just now, Morgan MLGman said:

What GPU does the laptop have? In terms of raw speed, the 7700HQ is almost 50% faster in multithreaded workloads, singlethreaded performance is only around 7% faster though.

 

It's really up to you and your personal usage - if a GPU is something in the range of a GTX 1050Ti then the i5 will suffice, but you will lose productivity performance and multitasking performance.

 

It’s a gtx1050 (hp omen series laptop)

So I guess it’s worth it? Planning to play games like gTA V and video editing from time to time

CPU - i5-8400 , Motherboard - ASROCK Z370 Killer SLI, RAM - 2x8 GB DDR4 2400mhz , GPU - EVGA GTX 950 SC, Case - SilentiumPC PAX M70 Pure Black V2 Storage - 240GB SanDisk SSD, 1TB WD Blue, PSU - bequite! 600w Pure Power 10, Display - Dell P2417H, Cooling - bequiet! Pure Rock, Keyboard - Viper V730, Mouse - natec Genesis G55, Sound - Philips MCD712, OS - Windows 10 Professional 64-bit

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Just now, User1868 said:

It’s a gtx1050 (hp omen series laptop)

So I guess it’s worth it? Planning to play games like gTA V and video editing from time to time

As I mentioned earlier, it depends on what you do. If you're only gaming then the 7300HQ will be enough to support a GTX 1050 but if you do more stuff with your laptop than just gaming then I'd consider spending more for the i7 for better multitasking and faster video editing.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6 Motherboard: MSI PRESTIGE X570 CREATION
AIO: Corsair H150i Pro RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB 3600MHz DDR4 Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic PSU: Corsair RM850x White

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