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Buying a new cpu
Posted on 4/27/21 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 8:21 pm
I do a lot of research so i need as many tabs open as possible. I have an old cpu now that works well however after about 10 tabs it slows down and crashes. As far as memory would 8X2 be faster than say 16X1.. and what about a Dell i see that has 4X1+8X1... spending up to 1K for the tower
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Posted on 4/27/21 at 9:51 pm to bigman334
It’s probably lack of ram slowing you down if you mainly notice it by opening browser tabs.
I wouldn’t get less than 16gig.
I wouldn’t get less than 16gig.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 10:10 pm to bigman334
Your post is a bit to unpack, but:
Don’t buy less than 16gb of ram, and two sticks is better than one, as it gives you access to dual channel.
Don’t buy less than 16gb of ram, and two sticks is better than one, as it gives you access to dual channel.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 6:10 am to bigman334
In addition to the RAM recommendation I would recommend an i5 or faster CPU.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:47 am to ArkLaTexTiger
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In addition to the RAM recommendation I would recommend an i5 or faster CPU.
i5-11400
Posted on 4/28/21 at 11:55 am to bigman334
Are you looking to buy a new CPU or a new PC? If you are looking for recommendations on a CPU we need to know what motherboard or socket or CPU you currently have in order to recommend a CPU that will fit, if there is even a better one available. If you are looking to buy a whole new PC I would be looking at PCs with an 11th gen i5 or i7 processor, NVMe SSD at minimum for your boot drive (you can pair a smaller one of these with a cheaper larger non-NVMe SSD or HDD) and 16GB RAM. Then add whatever else you need, discrete graphics, bluetooth/wifi, etc. to that.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:59 pm to bigman334
thx everyone. so basically i need at least 16GB of RAM dual channeled. At least an i5 processor with at least a small SSD with a larger HDD.. was wondering about getting a small SSD and wondering how it'd affect performance if full.. thx for the help
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:19 pm to bigman334
Ok, so I'm a little confused:
Are you buying a cpu, or are you buying a new computer?
ETA: What Fat Batman said. Except I'm at the point that I'm pretty much never suggesting HDD for anyone's actual rig. If you need that much space, build a NAS.
Are you buying a cpu, or are you buying a new computer?
ETA: What Fat Batman said. Except I'm at the point that I'm pretty much never suggesting HDD for anyone's actual rig. If you need that much space, build a NAS.
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:34 pm to Joshjrn
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:38 pm to bigman334
Ok, slow down. What, exactly, are you doing with this machine? And no, lots of research is not sufficiently specific :p
Posted on 4/29/21 at 5:36 am to Joshjrn
yeh, lots of research as in having multiple tabs open at once. I've never had a use for my computer other than basic web browsing so this Intel Core Duo has been good enough for the basics. Obviously it's not powerful enough to keep up when i have 20+ tabs open. slows things down to a halt basically. Judging from the responses, looks like i need more RAM.. I dont care about boot speed, photo editing, read-write time etc.. I think i just need more memory to do what i need to do. which is why i chose a system with 16 GB dual channel.. thx for the response
Posted on 4/29/21 at 6:46 am to bigman334
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computer. think i'm going with this from Dell
Yeah, that setup will certainly browse the frick out of the internet.
Posted on 4/29/21 at 8:38 am to Fat Batman
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Yeah, that setup will certainly browse the frick out of the internet.
Browse it fast. Browse it hard.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 2:55 am to Fat Batman
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Yeah, that setup will certainly browse the frick out of the internet.
I laughed way too hard at this comment
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:36 am to Poohter
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i5-11400
Overkill if all the OP is doing is "browsing the frick out of the internet".
Posted on 4/30/21 at 1:53 pm to boXerrumble
i never said that. my main concern is my current computer cant handle opening a lot of tabs at once which is what i need it to do for research. Thx for the help to the ones who were willing to offer it.. looks like i primarily need more ram
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 4/30/21 at 3:54 pm to bigman334
Get an 11th gen core i3 with a 4C/8T processor with 16 gb of ram. Problem solved.
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