What modern day CPU is closest to the performance of the Intel Core2 Duo E6850 that came out circa 2007?
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Sargent Duck wrote:Are you just wanting to know for comparison's sake, to see how far processors have come in the past couple of years?
WhatMeWorry wrote:Sargent Duck wrote:Are you just wanting to know for comparison's sake, to see how far processors have come in the past couple of years?
I work at a public library and we upgraded all our PCs. So I've got to get rid of about 100 HP 7800s with this CPU. Might give them to charity or sell them to the public for a nominal fee.
However, it is encouraging so see how far we've advanced.
LoneWolf15 wrote:WhatMeWorry wrote:Sargent Duck wrote:Are you just wanting to know for comparison's sake, to see how far processors have come in the past couple of years?
I work at a public library and we upgraded all our PCs. So I've got to get rid of about 100 HP 7800s with this CPU. Might give them to charity or sell them to the public for a nominal fee.
However, it is encouraging so see how far we've advanced.
Look for the poorest public school in your general area. There is always one that either due to low funds, or increasing class sizes, or both, that could use PCs at that level. Plus, if they could use, say fifty, then they have fifty for spare parts if one goes south.
ozzuneoj wrote:When you figure in all of the glorified tablet CPUs that are being used in laptops and even low end desktops these days, the E6850 looks a whole lot better than it does when compared to what a PC enthusiast would buy for cheap system. If you look at your average wal-mart PC you'll find almost exclusively Bay Trail and AMD E1 series CPUs in systems under $500. Your HPs probably have outdated IGPs (GMA 950 or GMA 3100 most likely) but as far as CPU power they're actually more capable than many brand new systems that schools would be buying these days.
ludi wrote:Also worth checking with HP, if you have a specialized application in mind, is what the maximum CPU support is on these systems. They may support something like an E8600 or even a Core2 Quad. If so, they can be upgraded fairly cheaply off eBay.
Firestarter wrote:ludi wrote:Also worth checking with HP, if you have a specialized application in mind, is what the maximum CPU support is on these systems. They may support something like an E8600 or even a Core2 Quad. If so, they can be upgraded fairly cheaply off eBay.
My guess is that such an upgrade would costs a significant percentage of the total worth of the system in parts alone. Then you've got to ask yourself, who's going to swap out 100 CPUs?
Firestarter wrote:ludi wrote:Also worth checking with HP, if you have a specialized application in mind, is what the maximum CPU support is on these systems. They may support something like an E8600 or even a Core2 Quad. If so, they can be upgraded fairly cheaply off eBay.
My guess is that such an upgrade would costs a significant percentage of the total worth of the system in parts alone. Then you've got to ask yourself, who's going to swap out 100 CPUs?
ludi wrote:Firestarter wrote:ludi wrote:Also worth checking with HP, if you have a specialized application in mind, is what the maximum CPU support is on these systems. They may support something like an E8600 or even a Core2 Quad. If so, they can be upgraded fairly cheaply off eBay.
My guess is that such an upgrade would costs a significant percentage of the total worth of the system in parts alone. Then you've got to ask yourself, who's going to swap out 100 CPUs?
I doubt anyone would. But if you had an application where, say, 10 or 15 machines with just a little extra grunt would do the trick, it would be a decent upgrade. I have a couple Dell Optiplex 780s of similar vintage running Win 8.1 Pro on an E8600/4GB (bench PC for electronics experiments) and a Q9400/8GB (HTPC) and they are fast, quiet, and cheap. If those HP systems already have an E6850, then they have 1333MHz RAM and the CPU swaps on those consumer snap-together systems are usually pretty easy because they were designed for rapid assembly.