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    Pentium vs i3

    Just ordered it last for essentially $425 because I qualified for their preferred thing. That seems like a steal to me. Good timing too, it went up $100 today. How will that i3 compare to my Phenom II x4 975 powered desktop?
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    Pentium vs i3

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834230599 That looks pretty attractive at $450. With the SSD (assuming the OS is on it) would it be noticeable quicker than the HP listed in the first post?
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    Pentium vs i3

    Thanks again for all the information. Has anyone seen any deals as good as that one today? I've looked but I didn't see any.
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    Pentium vs i3

    They tricked me I guess. You can add it to your cart, but only for in store pickup and no store has it.
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    Pentium vs i3

    Hmm. To my surprise it's available on the bestbuy website again.
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    Pentium vs i3

    Well, I appreciate the reply guys. However by the time I got to the store they sold the last white one and only had two link ones left. Although I'm going to keep my eye open for another deal like that. At least now I know that for me it wouldn't make much of a difference.
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    Pentium vs i3

    Well, one big question now I guess. Would it really be worth the $150 more for the HP with the i3? If I'm right, they'd have similar battery life, the Asus might be a little faster for web browsing and iTunes, but the HP would be better for video stuff?
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    Pentium vs i3

    In that case, would the i3 be much better for recording tv on it with a tv tuner and burning it to a dvd (external drive) while doing other stuff than the Pentium? I believe the HP does only have a 4 cell battery where the Asus has a 6 cell, so probably similar batter life, yeah?
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    Pentium vs i3

    Awesome, thanks for clarifying that for me. Would highly multithreaded be something like using a video converter? Or perhaps using a program to create a back up of a DVD?
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    Pentium vs i3

    So I'm looking at two laptops and I'm not sure how much faster one will be than the other. One has an Intel Pentium B980 2.4ghz(On sale for $250) The other has 3rd Gen Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8ghz ($400) Is there a big difference between those two processors? I'm a broke college kid, so cheaper...
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    Which one?

    Been a while since I've been on here. Here's why I'm here: Right now I've got a decent desktop (AMD Phenom II x4 BE975 nice cooler, 8gb ram, video card) My intent was to do light gaming. Which I have, but not hardly any. I'm wanting to sell it and get a 14-15.6" laptop. Currently I have a 2...
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    windows 7 download problems

    Found my problem.... It runs a program that does the download. Should of just done it before I formatted the hard drive. Having to use a different computer to download it.
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    windows 7 download problems

    I bought the upgrade for $29.99 and I'm trying to download it to my mac to burn it off for my pc to do a clean install. Problem is, it just downloads a document file that is only 356kb and I can't get it to download the iso so I can burn it.... any ideas?
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    Best Budget CPU?

    I'll think about it.
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    Best Budget CPU?

    Full atx board won't fit in my case and it doesn't have integrated graphics and it's the same price as what I ordered, not as good for a budget build.
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    Best Budget CPU?

    I was reading reviews on it and it seemed like it would oc to the 3.5 area on the stock fan if I remember right. I figured instead of getting the 255 like I planned for I believe $70, I figured why not get the 245 for $10 less and just oc it which would be a better bang for the buck.
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    Best Budget CPU?

    An update. I appreciate all the responses I've gotten from you all. On the mustang forums I go to, everyone kept saying to get a more expensive chip even though I stressed budget. Luckily someone on there pointe me this way for the benchmark. I decided to go with the athlon II x2 245 at...
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    Best Budget CPU?

    First link is bad. I actually have a school email. Isn't it only the upgrade for $29.99? I could get this http://cgi.ebay.com/WINDOWS-XP-PRO-PROFESSIONAL-SP2-OEM-COA-/120607802234?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book Then use my school email the upgrade for $30, saving me $30. That gives me $30 more I...
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    Best Budget CPU?

    I think it seems like it's pretty good for being budget?
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    Best Budget CPU?

    No the ram in my old computer is just ddr. I don't really plan on upgrading again for quite some time really so by the time I upgrade the new stuff should be cheaper.. I've been browsing the newegg combos with different processors actually and now I'm not quite sure what route I'm going to...
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    Best Budget CPU?

    As mentioned, I cleaned it already. It's not running any faster, but it's just an old computer. My PSU does have the 20+4 pin connector so I think I'm good to go. I think I'm going to just go with the Athon II x2 250. This combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.455949 with 2gb...
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    Best Budget CPU?

    I think I'm probably going to go with the CPU in my first post with the mobo combo that cerb posted. Looking at the mobo though, it lists ddr2 as the memory standard. I assume the ddr3 would be fine though? If the memory in my old computer is 240 pin also, could I add it in there too? But since...
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    Best Budget CPU?

    That's my current psu. I'm hoping I can use it. I also plan on using the hard drive and dvdrw drive I have in there to save money
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    Best Budget CPU?

    That first combo is great! That's a better mobo that the one I picked out, for the same price after the discount. The psu in my emachines was replaced a few years ago but I really didn't use computer a whole lot after it was replaced. How do I go about checking the psu?
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    Best Budget CPU?

    Oh I didn't realize the link was bad. Link is now fixed. It's the Athlon II x2 250. At $63(free shipping) it seems like it would be a decent budget; but I'm not sure how it would compare to the two processors in my first post.
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    Best Budget CPU?

    Hi everyone! I've been looking at the benchmark tests on cpus because I'm trying to decide on one to get to upgrade. Currently I have an old emachines t2895 and it has a 2.8ghz Celeron with 512mb of ram running XP. I also have a fall 09 Macbook with the 2.26gmz core2duo with 2gb of ram...