i5 480 + HD5650 worth it or spend extra and get i5 2410 + HD6630

[ajaidev]

I am giving a laptop as a present to my younger cousin, he would most likely game on the laptop 50% of the time and do internet the other 40% which leaves 10% for some real work.

As the old Arrandale based hardware is being shoved out the old laptops get attractive with offers and what not. A similar case has come up with me the laptops in question are the Inspiron 14r. I want to get the Dell Inspiron 14r since its light enough and has good speakers.

The systems on offer are as follows:

Inspiron 14r
i5 480
HD5650
500GB
4GB
9 cell

Inspiron 14r
i5 2410
HD6630
500GB
4GB
9 cell

The differences are only in the CPU/Mobo and GPU. The price difference is around $155 using coupons.

My question is if the 2410 based laptop be a better choice and if the battery backup be as substantial as i5 480 vs i5 2410 when additional GPUs are not used?

Yep i am confused as hell and i am even thinking of waiting till llano comes but i dont think llano will have cheap 5650/6630 level models can be wrong tough.

[pby5cat]

the 6630 is about 10% better then the 5650. The mem frequency on the I5 2410 should be 1333, so take that into account.

[ewitte]

+AVX - SNB is a nice step up