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Both processors cost pretty much the same. That's my worry though - if the quad is lower clock and most games cannot utilize this, then I may as well get a higher clock dual core?

Appreciate the responses guys. Games wise it's hard to say. I've had a fairly rubbish computer so looking forward to being able to play games. There's a large amount of old games I'll want, but I'd like the option of new stuff - within reason obviously, I don't expect to be able to play a brand...

Hi guys I am putting together a laptop for moderate gaming and I am slightly confused by which processor to get. I'm looking at either an i5 4340M (2.9ghz, dual core) or an i7 4710MQ (2.5ghz, quad core). I was dead set on the i7 and a lot of responses I've had elsewhere basically said 'get an...