For that usage, a 3rd gen i3 is sufficient (I use a Lenovo x131e as my "network maintenance" laptop at home. Essentially a terminal station from which I SSH into the various systems scattered about). It was about $70 a few years ago. It deals with Youtube and browsing just fine as well. It has a...
Honestly, while I could try to raise the vcore via pencil-style mods, I don't think I really have the thermal runway to deal with more voltage. The new board I ordered has voltage controls in the BIOS, so I'll be able to try it then and see how hot it gets.
So, this thing does run Crysis just fine. In fact it does it better than the Q6600 and 8800GT SLI system I originally tried to run it on ages ago. The RX 460 is essentially science fiction in the world of 2007 and is capable of absolute black magic fuckery by those standards.
I also couldn't...
Okay, we have Windows 10 IoT LTSC, we have higher feet on the case to allow the 140mm fan to suck in more air (and 42c idle and sub 70c prime95 small FFT load!), and we also have benchmarks!
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3DMark Night Raid
3DMark Fire Strike
3DMark Time Spy...
Ohh, interesting. Once I get around to installing Windows on it, I'll try that. Thanks!
That's a good point. And it will be supported until 2026, which is longer-term than Win10, unless I go through getting LTSC activated here.
I added a 140mm fan (Arctic P14) to the bottom of the case. That...
In 2026, it will be some 20 years from the Conroe launch, which for those of us around this long, was Intel's "The Empire Strikes Back" moment at the end of the Netburst era where it retook the performance crown from AMD with a vengeance.
Back then I was still rocking a Pentium 4 and I would...
The system runs so cool that it really isn't needed. So I'm going to call it done for now. I already have a new (and weird!) project that I am putting together from more spare parts and ebay finds...
One thing I realized is that my NAS box (running a 3570S) has a better CPU cooler than this...
That's a good use for a 32" 1080p panel, but it does not utilize the 165hz capability, unless you have some high framerate content and the means to play them. But that's a minor thing and probably not worth worrying about.