i'm not talking about minimum requirements, but to have no (minimal?) chance of hardware slowdown on Windows and office/media applications.
reason i ask is because i've recently been building computers for friends with a very high emphasis on budget. they use them for very low-end games and browsing the internet/youtube, netflix, etc. i've been away from computers for a long time, but my "recipe" for this kind of machine always consisted of anything that isn't a pentium 4, an ssd and 4 gb of ram or more. for the past few builds i've done for friends, i've used a core 2 duo E8400 cpu. is this alright for what i intend it to be used for or should i get core 2 quads instead?
likewise, does a core 2 duo e8400 (3 ghz) perform better than a core 2 duo e7200 (2.53ghz) in windows/office apps? other than ~0.5ghz clock speed, the only thing the e8400 has over the e7200 is cache
reason i ask is because i've recently been building computers for friends with a very high emphasis on budget. they use them for very low-end games and browsing the internet/youtube, netflix, etc. i've been away from computers for a long time, but my "recipe" for this kind of machine always consisted of anything that isn't a pentium 4, an ssd and 4 gb of ram or more. for the past few builds i've done for friends, i've used a core 2 duo E8400 cpu. is this alright for what i intend it to be used for or should i get core 2 quads instead?
likewise, does a core 2 duo e8400 (3 ghz) perform better than a core 2 duo e7200 (2.53ghz) in windows/office apps? other than ~0.5ghz clock speed, the only thing the e8400 has over the e7200 is cache
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