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My dad is looking to upgrade his old Athlon 64 X2 system. I don't know if he should have a Dual or Quad Core? He doesn't game, put he plays internet chess club a lot, watch videos, uses MS office and storage backup.

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Get him an i3, great all rounder.

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My dad is looking to upgrade his old Athlon 64 X2 system. I don't know if he should have a Dual or Quad Core? He doesn't game, put he plays internet chess club a lot, watch videos, uses MS office and storage backup.

i'd suggest a core i3 and a cheap motherboard, something like this:

 

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AMD Athlon X4 860K or AMD A10 7850K

Or you want Intel then.

Intel i3 4150 or Intel i5 4690K. Though either of the AMD options will be fine.

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AMD Athlon X4 860K or AMD A10 7850K

Or you want Intel then.

Intel i3 4150 or Intel i5 4690K. Though either of the AMD options will be fine.

 

intel i3 better choice: stronger cores, more energy efficient...more user friendly.

i5-4690K: massively over kill for a chess PC...IMHO.

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I would go with a high end i3 as they have good internal graphics aswell, there is no need for a i5 for him, maybe an SSD with the money they will make any pc much faster

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Well I am a die hard AMD fan boy. I was looking at AMD's APU's.

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intel i3 better choice: stronger cores, more energy efficient...more user friendly.

i5-4690K: massively over kill for a chess PC...IMHO.

But I want 350fps 8K chess :(

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I would go with a high end i3 as they have good internal graphics aswell, there is no need for a i5 for him, maybe an SSD with the money they will make any pc much faster

 

He will get a new SSD for OS booting because he put his old one in his laptop.

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But I want 350fps 8K chess :(

Sorry mate!

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He will get a new SSD for OS booting because he put his old one in his laptop.

Ok then a i3 definatley

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intel i3 better choice: stronger cores, more energy efficient...more user friendly.

i5-4690K: massively over kill for a chess PC...IMHO.

Well hey good for multitasking.

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intel i3 better choice: stronger cores, more energy efficient...more user friendly.

i5-4690K: massively over kill for a chess PC...IMHO.

lol, wrong. you need at least an i7 for internet chess, what are you, fucking braindead?

 

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My dad is looking to upgrade his old Athlon 64 X2 system. I don't know if he should have a Dual or Quad Core? He doesn't game, put he plays internet chess club a lot, watch videos, uses MS office and storage backup.

titans! lol

 

dual core should be enough, i5 is too much..i3 should be good because of igpu?

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