Old generation mobile processors

[malacchiato]

so is the performance from an old gen processor really worth the trade off for cost. the laptop I'm looking to buy has a fourth generation i5 (i5-4310U) is it really worth the extra hundreds to buy a new generation one.

[Meaker]

It depends what you want to do, the latest 8th gen had the biggest jump with the u series going to quad core.

 

If you are just checking emails and browsing just make sure you have an SSD and you are set for now.

[Christophe Corazza]

The Haswell processors were released in 2014.

4 years of laptop evolution is not limited to simply a newer Skylake CPU.

 

What laptop are you looking at and for what price?

What are you going to do with the laptop? Daily tasks? Or gaming?

[malacchiato]

5 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

The Haswell processors were released in 2014.

4 years of laptop evolution is not limited to simply a newer Skylake CPU.

 

What laptop are you looking at and for what price?

What are you going to do with the laptop? Daily tasks? Or gaming?

right now I use it for school and some real old school gaming like doom and civilization. Im looking to join the pc master race for gaming but right now I want a laptop with real good battery life. Im looking at the xps lineup from last and current gen.

[malacchiato]

9 minutes ago, Meaker said:

It depends what you want to do, the latest 8th gen had the biggest jump with the u series going to quad core.

 

If you are just checking emails and browsing just make sure you have an SSD and you are set for now.

yeah I am using an ssd but I was wondering if my laptop is worth upgrading while. Its doing fine for my schoolwork and such but I was wondering if I should upgrade to make it better for schoolwork and to upgrade my battery because I have to keep the cord on me at all times.

[Meaker]

12 minutes ago, malacchiato said:

yeah I am using an ssd but I was wondering if my laptop is worth upgrading while. Its doing fine for my schoolwork and such but I was wondering if I should upgrade to make it better for schoolwork and to upgrade my battery because I have to keep the cord on me at all times.

Usually there are no options really for such and upgrade, did they offer a larger cell for your machine? Is it removable?

 

The CPU is soldered so you can't change that out.

 

When you are looking to have it as a gaming machine then the equation changes drastically of course.

[malacchiato]

17 minutes ago, Meaker said:

Usually there are no options really for such and upgrade, did they offer a larger cell for your machine? Is it removable?

 

The CPU is soldered so you can't change that out.

 

When you are looking to have it as a gaming machine then the equation changes drastically of course.

Its an old dell ultrabook. I can get a new battery its really only poor because of the many many many cycles its been through. The question really should be do I buy a new battery or a new computer. I don't think this one will last very long

[Meaker]

If you are worried about it failing getting one with a decent warranty is a big plus.

[rukspuks]

4 hours ago, malacchiato said:

so is the performance from an old gen processor really worth the trade off for cost. the laptop I'm looking to buy has a fourth generation i5 (i5-4310U) is it really worth the extra hundreds to buy a new generation one.

Don't buy a U processor. Buy an M/QM/MQ processor. It will be changeable later. New chips are 15W so they are slow and 4th Gen M/MQ processor match them easily.

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4700MQ-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8250U/2727vsm338266

[Meaker]

You wont find a supported 4th gen system now, the platform is 5 years old. We are just at the point where those systems are going to start kicking the bucket.

[rukspuks]

3 minutes ago, Meaker said:

You wont find a supported 4th gen system now, the platform is 5 years old. We are just at the point where those systems are going to start kicking the bucket.

There are tons on ebay!

[Meaker]

1 minute ago, rukspuks said:

There are tons on ebay!

Which is known for it's warranty and support?