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Mir96TA

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May be i3 ?
Used are fine too ?
What Haswell CPU will be.
I do not want any cripple CPU like Celeron or Pentium!
Thanks
The usage will be Web Browsing, U Tube, Hi-Def Video PlayBack
Thanks
 
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Yuriman

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Mir96TA said:
It would been perfect if only had 4 memory socket.
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Doesn't make much sense to me to spend more on RAM than CPU + motherboard combined. Two 8GB sticks of DDR3 should be plenty for a very long time. Probably longer than the CPU will be relevant and useful.

Honestly though, for your uses, a Pentium would probably be more than enough. It's only in rare cases that I can tell any difference between the Pentium-based machines I've built and my i5 in day-to-day tasks such as youtube and web browsing.
 
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"The usage will be Web Browsing, U Tube, Hi-Def Video PlayBack"

You think you'll need more than 16Gb of ram?
 
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Mir96TA

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Okay I am busted; yes I was not very clear; what I exactly plans I have for it.
I have a HP HP EliteDesk 800 G1 which is a Small Form Factor PC. ( I can't install 7970 GPU) :whiste::twisted:
It has i5-4570 and 32 GB memory
It has Q87 Chipset.
I think it can only take Haswell CPU
I would like to Down Grade this computer to i3 and give to my 6 year old daughter for Dora etc video ......
I have 4 Gig DDR3 which I can through in there. which I think will good enough with 128 GB SSD and Win 7.
I will pull it out the CPU and Memory, and installed in different system (Which I am going to build it) only need a MB and Case.
So this with New i5-4570 I will use for game (Diablo 3) and VMware (4 Cisco Collaboration servers)
 
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abbcccus

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If you have a Fry's nearby they have the i3 4170 for $77 today if you subscribe to their email codes.
 
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Compman55

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Xeon is your best bang for buck CPU hands down if you do not wish to overclock. It gives i7 performance for i5 prices.
 
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waltchan

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Mir96TA said:
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Yes, it was a 08/28 one day sale.

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escrow4

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A Haswell Celeron will heavily drop 720/60p or 1080/60p frames. An i3 4170 will only drop a couple but there are no hitches. So that would be the minimum CPU with 8GB of plain KVR RAM and a basic H81 mobo. Which is precisely what I built for myself. Seeing as Skylake i3s should be here this month you may want to wait for it.
 
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escrow4 said:
A Haswell Celeron will heavily drop 720/60p or 1080/60p frames. An i3 4170 will only drop a couple but there are no hitches. So that would be the minimum CPU with 8GB of plain KVR RAM and a basic H81 mobo. Which is precisely what I built for myself. Seeing as Skylake i3s should be here this month you may want to wait for it.
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Better wait for skylake i3. Google VP9 gpu assisted decode is a very nice feature. High quality/fps youtube videos will play with minimal cpu load.
Skylake's igp is heavily updated compared to haswell's.
http://anandtech.com/show/9562/intels-skylake-gpu-analyzing-the-media-capabilities
 
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