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I just upgraded an Athlon64 x2 to a Phenom II x4 because I could get the chip for $20 and a cooler for $30. Heck of a speed boost on that box, which was looking
by myself248 6y ago
I just upgraded an Athlon64 x2 to a Phenom II x4 because I could get the chip for $20 and a cooler for $30. Heck of a speed boost on that box, which was looking a little long in the tooth otherwise.
It's now beefy enough to run a modern OS and GUI and even do some light gaming on, but the mobo has serial and parallel and PATA and floppy ports so it serves as my media archiving mule too.
- oliwarner 6y agoWith a 125W TDP, you're paying in other ways. A 2018 Celeron J4105I is a 10W part that's only fractionally slower than a 965BE but costs $6 a year to run instead of $60.
- myself248 6y agoOh for sure, the 4850e was purpose-built for low power when it was my daily driver. Now it only runs a few hours a week if that. I should grab the meter and see if its idle power consumption changed much, though. Obviously it's not running hard most of the time...