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i3 2100 vs q6600

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so my nephew has a pc i built from free parts and parts from pcs i got for free

 

its a q6600 7gb ddr2 ram 160gb hdd ATI Radeon HD 4650 1gb running windows 7

 

on facebook a guy is selling for $30 a

SFF i3 2100 with 4gb ram 320gb hdd intel hd 2000

 

i asked for his address and its the same house down the road i walked passed that had on there curb some old socket 775 completely broken computer very rusty computers

i managed to get the ram out of the pcs and they are ddr3 all 4gb sticks that work so i will be able to upgrade the i3 pc to 16gb ram the max it supports

so what i wanted to know is would the i3 pc be any better then what he has now?

 

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8 minutes ago, Calling John said:

 

According to passmark which doesn't mean much, the i3 2100 should be faster

But I'd probably just save the $30 anyways and use it on an old business machine running an i5 or i7 2000, can be had for $100 or less on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-8200-Elite-Core-i5-2400-QUAD-3-1-GHz-4-GB-RAM-500-GB-HD-Windows-10-Pro/163683084600?hash=item261c45a938:g:NtkAAOSwuAVc0fsk&enc=AQADAAAB0KX%2FKt4E1xf3SDqEdBclaYaG2UrZDXcqaxsudtzhclUVZL%2BIJbEq%2BWNhMhFna3rINZ20GuUoX%2F7pkS%2BmmHGeWcIDTkOK5g6ulIMym5oVwLs213HWcu4bUrMD8j%2BwKcxJ0ixkt2EnZtM4zU%2BnionaA77KWMbIehREzIL%2FokO1K0ia2kP7N1QrROz0NuFopnScZ3hLE8npXeEZJ9Oz4eRNVpLn6BYKqeUR1S0fp3GgukZqYN4dKmzTR%2BtP05HmlOTAgnn%2BrpQbHl9rhWsryGpqq70wn6v0UAVJu9OH4XztK51hmdDkTPtaUv%2BQiNLqwlxc%2BDKYRGP9UoV4SGsyQIF%2B04corBDiLQbIaiEEN3V3C6R4HGmwsL808D8IwVo5HLMop07zSt8FtyrY%2B3Tu8fXKeo0YiFfdrrhkdcj4NhrmcqmSrG%2BaJvkowD3MxO2MaxsNmKlx8AttkxR8d6Kl8L93wIVlUFBYs769dxTepry05ADw8iZ5LzLhEpJc87ghx2dYMPJfevM3ZaTBtis9v7RvusCeog%2Fd6qL4HNbRMBCOmpJT7%2FU2eOUyGfih5Jutai91iub1ZQ2aJlmOIx%2Bfw4NwTyyJH2%2FUPTkkPCRRbeYn5z4q&checksum=1636830846009b13d167b85e427d8affcec776ae3ca9

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-790-MT-Intel-i7-2600-3-40GHz-4GB-DDR3-500GB-WIN7COA-HD6450-NO-OS/264334546755?epid=219528940&hash=item3d8b911743:g:CXgAAOSwsupci9QL:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!92020!US!-1

 

Just gotta look around
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-MT-Intel-Core-i7-2600-3-4GHz-16GB-RAM-2TB-HDD-DVD-RW-NO-OS/254239967864?hash=item3b31e20a78:g:mjUAAOSwr6Rc5Wj7

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

According to passmark which doesn't mean much, the i3 2100 should be faster

Sandy Bridge also has the benefit of DDR3, working 775 boards that support DDR3 are rare and expensive.

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I bought a HP 8100 with a i5-750 4gb ram, sold the I5-750, bought a Xeon X3440 then bought another 4 stick. And bought a 10 dollar cheap gpu For $70 dollars I had a PC with a Xeon and 8gb of ram. The benchmarks are in my desc.

Main PC

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i5-9400f @2.9GHz | Corsair H100i Elite Capellix |Gigabyte RGB GTX1060 6GB | Corsair CX650M | Island Professional 120GB SSD | Toshiba 2TB HDD | Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x16 DDR4 3200MHz  | Corsair iCUE 220T | Windows 10 Pro | CPU R20 Cinebench Score -  pts | OpenGL FPS -  FPS | Novabench Score (OC) -  Base - 

Keyboard and Mouse

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Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Cherry Mx Red | Corsair Glaive RGB

 

Streaming PC (HP Compaq 8100 SFF)

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Xeon X3440 @2.53GHz | Radeon HD 6450 | HP Compaq 240watt PSU | Toshiba 1TB HDD | Samsung 2x4 DDR3 1333MHz | HP Compaq 8100 SFF | Windows 10 Pro | CPU Cinebench Score - 409 cb | OpenGL FPS - 16.77 FPS | Novabench Score (OC) - 991 Base - 938

 

Keyboard and Mouse

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Logitech G413 Silver White LED Romer-G Switch | Old Gateway Mouse

 

Monitors

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AOC - 21.5" IPS LED FHD Model - l2279VWHE | AOC - 24" TN Panel FHD 144hz 1ms Response - Model G2460PF

 

 

 

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50 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Sandy Bridge also has the benefit of DDR3, working 775 boards that support DDR3 are rare and expensive.

Unless you search "Optiplex 780" on eBay ;)

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2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Unless you search "Optiplex 780" on eBay ;)

OEM boards can be finicky, I'm not in a habit of recommending them.

 

You are correct, though.

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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

OEM boards can be finicky, I'm not in a habit of recommending them.

 

You are correct, though.

Remind me someday to tell you about the battle royale I fought with eBay last week over a guy who bought an Optiplex board from me, attempted to make a gaming system with it, fried it because he didn't bother to look up all the things that make Optiplex boards proprietary then tried to make it my problem.

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Don't want your time with sff. No PSU options, and no real GPU options.

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Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

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MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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17 hours ago, asand1 said:

Don't want your time with sff. No PSU options, and no real GPU options.

Ordinarily, yes, but if you get your hands on a 460, 560, 1050 or 1050 Ti (hell, even a 750 Ti) low profile variant for a good enough price, an Optiplex 7010 SFF suddenly becomes a really good idea.

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On 5/27/2019 at 2:14 AM, Calling John said:

so what i wanted to know is would the i3 pc be any better then what he has now?

Yes, by far.

Alone the fact that it runs more modern games makes it worth it.

 

 

GPU is another story, same as PSU. Both need to be looked into.

 

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