tendouser Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Are Pentium D M 4 too old CPU series to weigh up when you are about to buy a used computer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Depends on what you're using the computer for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tendouser Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Ordinary usage ...maybe Eclipse or Netbeans or other web developing tools and Bitdefender running under MS Win7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Depending on the price, it might just be worth getting a barebones kit, either assemble yourself or a friend can. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=332&name=AMD-Barebone& I was an AMD guy for years, but you just can't beat the new i5 and i7 intel quad cores. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=333&name=Intel-Barebone& This i5 kit is a real bargain, I just built one similar for myself. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=863122&CatId=333 In one click it went to 4.4ghz on the stock cooler, is no doubt it can go much higher. Personally I wouldn't buy anything less than an amd quad core, the dual core platforms are all phased out and near impossible to get parts. Also as a note to whomever reads this, comps from 2004 to 2007 era like to blow motherboard capacitors, and definately puking onboard video. A big cause of this is inferior power supplies installed by the manufacturers. The pent 4 was good in the day, but is a slug in comparison to the computers made in the past few years. What kills them for todays usage is usually 2 slots for the memory and a 2 gig maximum if your lucky. The cpu has to "think" about what it wants to do, hence a delay. If you have a pent 4 use it, but don't go and buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tendouser Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 It was really to pick a used laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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