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jtuck004

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13. For most of the desktops I think i3, i5, and i7, more power and $ in that order,

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 07:10 AM

Jan 2014

takes care of most of it.

Some into here:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-processor-family.html

And you can always look at tom's hardware site and just browse through their stuff. They do a build every month or so, vary between AMD (which I don't use so I know nothing about them) and Intel, and watching what they are using can give you some good background.

Unless I have a real need, I doubt I will ever get anything other than a laptop again. I got a tablet a while back, and that has proven to be useful, but only as an adjunct to the laptop. I would not have that by itself.

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Help me out here please, SSD question [View all] madokie Dec 2013 OP

The Dell 4700 supports SATA-1 drives... ChromeFoundry Dec 2013 #1

Thank you madokie Dec 2013 #2

Your first instincts are correct PrestonLocke Dec 2013 #3

I just ordered this one here last night for $52.95 madokie Dec 2013 #4

Congrats! PrestonLocke Dec 2013 #5

This is going to be a long week waiting for the drive to get here madokie Dec 2013 #6

I wish I was smart enough to figure out a motherboard cpu combo madokie Dec 2013 #7

no worries, I'm in the same boat PrestonLocke Dec 2013 #8

I was afraid of that madokie Dec 2013 #9

I received the Kingston 60 gig and installed it just now madokie Jan 2014 #10

I noticed your talk about a new computer. Unless you need the big case for something, jtuck004 Jan 2014 #11

Good Ideas madokie Jan 2014 #12

For most of the desktops I think i3, i5, and i7, more power and $ in that order, jtuck004 Jan 2014 #13