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Best thermal paste for a laptop (non conductive)

I don't know about OP's model specifically, but many laptops are bare die with capacitors on the surface of the PCB, which means thermal paste meant for IHS+heatsink configurations like the NH-H1 are terrible choices because of the thermal pump-out. As far as I know, the ICD is still the only...
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- Post #4
- Jun 26, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Broadwell-E Review

Intriguing. Tell me more about this possibility. Perhaps more specifically, how much does this 2P system cost?
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- Post #111
- Jun 6, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
AMD Confirms, Zen On Track For Q4 2016 Availability On High-End Desktops

The HEDP FX chips target a very different market than the APUs. They also have a different release date. I do not see any problems with separately stating the availability of the HEDT FX chips. After all, we see no issue dedicating separate threads to Skylake and Skylake-E.
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- Post #6
- Jan 8, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Celeron N3150 or wait for Celeron 3955U

A NIC in the PCIe slot would give you mean GbE slots, though if you need more than 1 NIC, you might have to go to mATX. The Intel NICs are expensive enough that you might be better off with a more expensive server mobo to begin with, e.g...
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- Post #11
- Dec 29, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Celeron N3150 or wait for Celeron 3955U

If you are in the US, here is one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157626
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- Post #9
- Dec 29, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
i5-2520m vs i5-4200U/5200U/6200U vs Core M 6y30?

No. Those use sustained power draw. If this is for hobby editing, you can get away with a dual core M or U processor. If this is for professional editing, go for a workstation with a HQ processor and, just as importantly, a nice screen with good color space. Price is one. Another is, of...
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- Post #20
- Dec 28, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
i5-2520m vs i5-4200U/5200U/6200U vs Core M 6y30?

The 28W U processors have higher TDP to accommodate the more powerful GPU. Any benefit the CPU might derive is entirely incidental. You also need to consider the form factor built around the CPU. The 28W CPUs are almost always put into "premium" thin and light form factors that have poor...
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- Post #12
- Dec 28, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel 6600K or 6700K for a new Gaming PC

It seems to me that your wife would actually get more out of a new system than you would. To be more specific, the 6700K and 2011-3 CPUs offer very marginal improvements for gaming--what your use your system for--but they offer significantly more for video rendering. A mobo that has potential...
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- Post #4
- Dec 22, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Should Intel ditch "Celeron", or does it serve a purpose?

In low end machines, such as these: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/thinkcentre/m-series-sff/m73-sff/
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- Post #2
- Dec 16, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
ITT: We list current generation CPUs that are in most need of improvement

That naming scheme has never been true of mobile processors like the 3825U, 4405U, and 4405Y. The traditional scheme is: Celeron/Pentium: Applied to a lot of very different low price range processors i3 to i5: turbo boost i5 to i7-non-Q: 3 MB cache to 4 MB i7-non-Q to i7-Q/X: 2C/4T to 4C/8T...
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- Post #9
- Dec 6, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
5930K or 6700K and the benefits of either.

The next HEDT is releasing in H1 2016. I think the last we heard was Q2. If you are not in a hurry to upgrade right now, waiting to 2016 is advisable. As for PCIe lanes: If you go tri-SLI, the 6700k is not enough. The 5820k is, provided that you choose a motherboard that supports 8/8/8...
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- Post #12
- Nov 30, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
What's the cheapest cost per core?

1. What are you doing with these machines? If they are for precision computing (e.g. physics simulations or financial analysis), or they are for mission critical computing, then we can take consumer CPUs off the table--you will want ECC support. 2. How many of these are you building? 3. Will...
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- Post #7
- Nov 18, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
[Techspot] The Best CPU for the Money: Intel Core i3-6100 vs. i3-4360, i5-4430 & AMD

1. The 8320E didn't exist 2 to 3 years ago. Anyone who owns a FX 8320E bought it no earlier than H2 2014, at which point they could also have bought a Haswell i3 system. 2. This comparison includes Haswell i3s, which also beat the 8320E. Haswell i3s can use DDR3 RAM. 3. Skylake is compatible...
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- Post #11
- Nov 18, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
[Techspot] The Best CPU for the Money: Intel Core i3-6100 vs. i3-4360, i5-4430 & AMD

These benchmarks are missing something rather important: Overclocking the 8320E to 4.6 Ghz causes it to have load power consumption that's about 200W higher than the TDP of 95W. The i3s should use about 60W under load--consistent with the TDP without overclocking. How much extra does it cost...
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- Post #4
- Nov 18, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Broadwell-E 10 cores?

It's 6/6/8/10 cores for Broadwell-E, which leaves open the possibility that the 6/6/8 will retain similar configurations and pricing to Haswell-E, and the 10 core is $2,000. Some people will still buy the 6950X just because it raised the bar for performance, but it's not exactly the offering...
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- Post #48
- Nov 17, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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