How cheap you want to go? On Aug 4, 3:01 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > learned something new every day in this group, lol, u guys really are > pros..thanks ^^...CPUs was never my expertise here, guess i should avoid > buying netbooks anytime soon...i still searching for a nice mobile system to > replace my current laptop which the battery last only 10 minutes (after > being revive via freezer).. > > so, which is the cheapest that u guys can recommend me for acceptable CPU > performance? > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:04 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seriously, bin atoms, bit celerons and bin neos. The lowest acceptable > > performing cpu is the "almost" core 2 duo, known as pentium dual core, > > which is something between a core duo and a core 2 duo. The good thing > > about it is that it's usually paired with at least an intel gm45/pm45 > > chipset. Single cores? I would only buy high clocked dual core, or a > > medium clocked quad core at least. There are good cpus at good prices, > > and as Jeremy showed, a 50$ discount usually isn't worth the > > processing power you lose. Being cheap with the cpu is never a good > > idea. > > > On Aug 4, 12:49 pm, "THEfog ." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > @jeremy > > > > Makes you wonder why huh? Intel were planning the same thing apparently > > for > > > their Atoms, they were originally to use the ancient Presscott > > Architecture > > > but that idea was binned. They must figure that somehow these older > > > processors are better for a Battery life > Performance machine, they > > mustn't > > > take into account that the time people spend waiting for this slower > > CPU's > > > roughly translates into the gain of battery life they squeeze out of a > > > ancient architecture. I'm pretty sure that they would be better off using > > a > > > more modern architecture at a lower voltage. > > > > THEfog > > > > On 04/08/2010 9:27 PM, "Espionage724" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Never knew that much info about CPU's even existed... lol Thx ppls :) > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Jeremy Shaw <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I agree with you on al... > > > > -- > > > > Acer TravelMate 2480 > > > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz > > > HDD: S... > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Laptop: > Acer Aspire > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > Intel GMA 950 IGP > Intel 945 Chipset > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > 80GB standard PATA HDD > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04
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