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  1. 16 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

    With respect.  You're wrong

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#:~:text=Ivy Bridge processors are backward,3.0 to complement Ivy Bridge.

     

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    It was Skylake 6th gen Haswell and Broadwell 1st and 2nd Gen that was on 1150 socket

     

    Skylake, Kabylake, Coffeelake that were on 1156

     

    Comet lake and rocket lake on 1200 socket

    What you just said makes no sense at all.

    LGA1156 was 1st gen Nehalem/Westmere

    LGA1155 2nd/3rd gen Sandy/Ivy Bridge

    LGA1150 4th/5th gen Haswell/Broadwell

    LGA1151v1 6th/7th gen Skylake/Kaby lake

    LGA1151v2 8th/9th gen Coffee Lake

  2. 11 hours ago, SimplyChunk said:

    it'll take 3rd and 4th Gen Intel chips. so somehing like an i7 3770 will go in there.  I wouldn't bother with a 'k' sku cause it's got a 'B' series chipset so there's no overclocking allowed.  Like @Applefreak says, 4th Gen might become tricky if the BIOS on the board hasn't been updated.

     

    Here's some information I found on the series

    https://www.manualslib.com/manual/406083/Acer-Aspire-M3985.html?page=16#manual

     

    Intel 4th gen CPU's use a different socket, LGA1150. LGA1155 was for 2nd and 3rd gen.

     

    For gaming even a GTX 1050 (Ti) without 6-pin would be a HUGE upgrade from the GT 710

  3. 5 hours ago, Giant_Hunger said:

    how about the 2689 vs 2667 v2 vs 1650 v2? which one you think is beter?

    At stock the 2667 v2 is the fastest of the 3, but if you have a overclocking capable board then the unlocked 1650 v2 would be better for gaming.

    For OC capable board 1680 v2 would be the best but they can be quite expensive.

    The 2667 v2 is like the 1680 v2 but with 100-200MHz higher clockspeeds and locked so it can't be multiplier overclocked.

  4. 1 hour ago, Bombastinator said:

    Oh, you can get a brand new Intel laptop for under $150, the problem is is it fit for purpose? The biggest problem with laptops and Linux at least used to be are there stable and available Linux drivers written for its various subsystems? so it’s kind of a model by model thing.  A machine that, say has everything work but the wifi may work fine if wifi isn’t needed. Just plug in a usb wifi dongle.  If it is ever needed.  Cpu wise they generally all work.  The bugbear is (or was) the ancillary systems.  Generally the older a device is the more likely everything works.  Laptops had particular issues with this one.

    Those cheap new laptops usually have low amount of soldered memory and non-upgradeable slow eMMC storage. They also have Intel Atom based Celerons or Pentiums which don't use much power but are much, much slower than what used laptops have in the same price range.

  5. Oh, it's that website. I last saw it few years ago and it's hilariously bad.

     

    For example a 2005 Pentium 4 vs the 12400:

    https://www.cpuagent.com/cpu-compare/intel-pentium-4-660-vs-intel-core-i5-12400/summary/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti

    "The Core i5-12400 targets mid-range customers while the Pentium 4 660 is a high-end CPU. The Core i5-12400 has 6 cores, while the Pentium 4 660 has 1. Having a higher number of cores improves running multiple applications and heavily multi-threaded tasks. Having an excellent base clock speed of 3.6GHz helps the Pentium 4 660 achieve better performance in most applications. The Core i5-12400 comes with an excellent boost clock speed for gaming and single-thread tasks. Core i5-12400 consumes less power at 65W. With an efficient 10nm manufacturing process, the Core i5-12400 has better thermals. The Core i5-12400 is relatively newer."

  6. 1 hour ago, WakelessFoil said:

    Ha! not where I am from! People are really charging $200 on marketplace and craigslist for 15 year old laptops.

     

    I thought the core 2 duo came out before 2006. Maybe I am wrong.

    The Dell GX520 was released in 2005 and Core2 Duo in 2006. OptiPlex 745 was the first one with Core2 Duo support.

     

    I ran a Minecraft 1.4.* server on an IBM ThinkCentre S50 with a Pentium 4 HT 3.0GHz a decade ago. It ran somewhat decently with 15-20 players but obviously Minecraft has changed a lot since then.

    Minecraft Bedrock is a completely different game so I have no idea how that would run on a P4. Last time I ran a Bedrock server it was still called Pocket Edition and that was on a Core2 Duo E8400 which is much faster than anything the GX520 supports

  7. 17 minutes ago, WakelessFoil said:

    I don't understand. Doesn't the LGA 775 socket support those CPUs? I just want to find something useful to do with this machine. What is keeping me from upgrading the CPU?

    Your PC was released before Core2 even existed, the VRM on the motherboard isn't compatible with any Core2 CPUs. Neither is the BIOS.

    Some boards with the 945G chipset are compatible with early Core2 Duo's but not that one.

     

    You can get a much newer and more powerful system for $50

  8. 21 hours ago, FranklyFried said:

     - what RAM situation would be best, should I switch it up? I've actually got a stick of 8GB Hynix 1600mhz laying around (I think), which works as far as I know. Would it be better to just have the two 8GB sticks in the system, for example?

    I would replace the 2GB stick with the other 8GB stick.

    With the 2GB stick in the system only 8GB will be in dual channel (flex mode). With 2x 8GB + 2x 4GB that would be 16GB

    But if you don't need more than 16GB RAM in total then it would be best to go with just 2x 8GB sticks

     

    Since you have a Z68 board you could overclock the CPU a bit, assuming you don't have the small stock pancake cooler.

    4c/8t 2600(K)/2700K/3770(K)/Xeon E3 v1/v2 would be a pretty big upgrade if you can find one for really cheap

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