My point is that I got a nice little computer for $399 that's far from bare minimum, but not too pricey.
3.30GHz.
12 gig RAM
500 Gig Hard drive
2nd 500 Gig Hard drive for back up
2- 64 gig SSD's
Yes I paid extra for the back up drive, memory upgrade, and SSD's, but it's a great computer that'll do the job for me within my budget. The 2nd generation i3 cpu does a fine job with my programs.
I don't think I need 12 gigs of RAM just to surf the web...I think you've been oversold a bill of goods. You don't need a monster computer to do simple tasks.
Yea, it could have been worse. You could have the same computer you have now, and have spent $2,000 for it...Mac sucks. ROFLMAO
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An i3 w/o hyperthreading? Peaking at 21% while doing all of the things that you stated concurrently....get real man!!!To give you an idea on how well the i3 is working...I did a test recording with my most powerful recording program, playing three guitar audio tracks, a drum machine, and recording audio on another track....cpu usage was between 4-10% mostly around 5-7%, it peaked for a second at 21% then went right back down....this tells me the i3 is very capable of handling what my needs are. I would rarely do more than this with the recording program.
Codename (main article) | Brand name (list) | Cores | L3 Cache | Socket | TDP | I/O Bus |
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Sandy Bridge (Desktop) | Core i3-21xx | 2 | 3 MB | LGA 1155 | 65 W | Direct Media Interface, Integrated GPU |
Core i3-21xxT | 35 W | |||||
Sandy Bridge (Mobile) | Core i3-2xx0M | rPGA-988B BGA-1023 | ||||
Core i3-2xx7M | BGA-1023 | 17 W |