DammitThe only game I played was chess when I was kid. Since 2002, I haven't played any games since. Call me crazy... I didn't even know PlayStation 4 was released.
All the Llanos I picked up (as well as VirtualLarry) are brand new, OEM, and never used at discontinued prices.
Real browser boxes should be equipped with a i5, the fastest SSD, and 32 GB of RAM. Those who demand speed from their peripherals also should get the latest platform.
I wish I could be like you. :thumbsup: I didn't have a great childhood life, as a matter of fact. Parents always punished their kids (me and my 2 brothers) if we sneaked in any video or PC games into the house. Parents didn't allow us to visit any friend's house for 18 years. Parents also wouldn't allow me to attend high school prom. I ended up with poor social development skills when I grow up, struggled in college parties, can't hook up with girls right, and all of these have affected my ability to find a good paying white-collar job with decent income.Dammit
Can't say, I am a huge gamer myself, but I play games from time to time. Mainly because, I am curios and rather interested in technologies. Although, I pretty much stopped getting "wow" effects after doom and duke nukem (build based games pretty much), I think. Enjoyed recently Far Cry 4 quite a bit though.
On the other hand, this hobby of yours, hunting down low-cost CPU deals is rather interesting. What does your wife say? I hope you make a healthy profit on these deals
Not sure if serious...
At $25 for a G1850, I'd build those all day long at that price for customers.Yes, I do need a Celeron G3900, but I refuse to pay over $30 for it. Maybe next year. My local Fry's Electronics store is dumping out Celeron G1850 for $25 after promo code all the time. I've bought at least five already. Pentium G3258 dumps out for $35 after promo code. Supply has dried up now, and Fry's no longer sell them at this price.
Well, I hope I wouldn't be characterized as one who hasn't browsed with a very wide range of CPUs. Sometimes an i5 can help smooth things our when there's a lot going on, but increasing the parts bill over $150 for such improvements is probably better spent elsewhere. An i3 is plenty for an content consumption machine, imo, and average users don't even use up 8GB with, say, a word processor, accounting software, and a dozen browser tabs open.Perfectly accurate, although I'd stop at 16GB of RAM for now. Those that say drop lower in the CPU department have likely never used an i5 or higher for browsing and felt the difference.
Well, I hope I wouldn't be characterized as one who hasn't browsed with a very wide range of CPUs. Sometimes an i5 can help smooth things our when there's a lot going on, but increasing the parts bill over $150 for such improvements is probably better spent elsewhere. An i3 is plenty for an content consumption machine, imo, and average users don't even use up 8GB with, say, a word processor, accounting software, and a dozen browser tabs open.
That's if your budget is constrained. But the ultimate web browsing box would not spare $150 to lose two cores. The rest should be spent on productivity-increasing peripherals.Well, I hope I wouldn't be characterized as one who hasn't browsed with a very wide range of CPUs. Sometimes an i5 can help smooth things our when there's a lot going on, but increasing the parts bill over $150 for such improvements is probably better spent elsewhere. An i3 is plenty for an content consumption machine, imo, and average users don't even use up 8GB with, say, a word processor, accounting software, and a dozen browser tabs open.
I'm not sure what's really required for "Ultimate" web browsing, but at least with the primarily single-threaded Firefox 64-bit browser, my G4400 Pentium Skylake dual-core, OCed to 4.455Ghz, and 8GB of DDR4-2400 (running roughly around 2500), and a PCI-E M.2 SSD, well, it's pretty darn snappy. The raw ST performance, combined with the low-latency PCI-E SSD, really helps.
The other AM1 1.4Ghz rig that I've been messing with, is horrible, compared to this rig. Even with an SSD. Even though the AM1 is a quad-core, and the OCed G4400 is dual-core.
Unless somebody has a requirement for HPC - gaming, real-time video transcoding/editing or something similar - I recommend Surfaces and their competitors or other 2-in-1s.
I don't build anymore.
Too bad Intel doesn't release a "Celeron Web Edition" CPU - like a G3900, but with HD 530 graphics? Then again, they do have the G4500, which is a Pentium with HD 530 graphics, I believe. But it costs $90-100. Way too much for just a web-browsing box.
VirtualLarry just bought another 3 more with A75 chipset this time. He's not interested in building 10x i5-6500, it will run him with a $2,000 bill. Instead, he can buy 10x A4-3300 for $85.55, and it still serves basic Windows 10 functions well.EDIT: Didn't you just buy 5 junky AMD CPUs with 5 equally junky mobos? You should have gotten an i5 6500 instead and chucked the Pentium you have.
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A dual core isn't enough for any desktop anymore. May as well buy a tablet instead if you are buying a Celeron. A quad is mandatory if you want a box that actually lasts and has fluidity.
EDIT: Didn't you just buy 5 junky AMD CPUs with 5 equally junky mobos? You should have gotten an i5 6500 instead and chucked the Pentium you have.
Edit: It's a lot easier for me, psychologically, to drop $14 x 5 on a bunch of APUs, than drop $250 on a quad-core SKL CPU.
Surfaces?? Seriously?? The people you make recommendations to must definitely not be on a budget. Surface Pro 4 is a very cool device, and I would love to have one, but it would be hard to find a less cost effective computer.
If they're on a super-low budget I'll recommend a Chromebook or $250 Celeron laptop.
But a Surface 3 for ~$650 does everything "Good Enough" for the average user. Hell, I'm a power user and I used it just fine for a month while I waited for my G751.
650.00 for Atom???? One could buy a nice i5 desktop for that, or a laptop with a big core ULV i5.
i5 and the equivalent "home" chipset, so H170, not the gimped H110
the NUC isn't really needed unless you are looking for something small (not a lot of space in the house).
A mid-tower offers more room for expansion.