Questions tagged [processor]
For questions about central processing units (CPUs) used in anything from micro-PCs to servers and workstations.
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Buy i7 8700K or wait for 9th gen [closed]
The question is self-explanatory. I have an i5 4th gen and I'm planning to buy a new CPU. The i7 8700K looks pretty good, but someone told me to wait for 9th gen (because of Spectre and Meltdown).
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What cpu upgrade choices do I have?
Trying to find out what cpu upgrades I could possibly do for my Toshiba satellite l675d, everything I read made sense then I read more and now I'm just confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...
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Which notebook is better for Android Studio?
I need a notebook to use Android Studio on.
Which one below is better (all models have 8GB RAM and 15.6" FHD screen)?
And what is most important in my case (RAM, Processor, SSD...)?
You can also ...
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Intel i9 7980XE Are these parts compatible? [closed]
I am looking to go big on cores and have bought the Intel i9 7980XE 18 core processor. I'm trying to find a sane list of parts that will be compatible - I haven't built a computer for about 10 years ...
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Reduce CPU Fan Noise on old AMD Athlon XP 1900+
I have an old PC Desktop running Linux lubuntu 17.10.
It works well, but the noise of the CPU FAN is too high, and I would like to reduce that to almost nothing if possible!
The hardware is :
CPU: ...
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Best upgrade to make for a gaming rig?
So my kit isn't the worst, and it's far from the best. I'm wondering for myself personally as well as generally, what would be the best component to prioritise upgrading?
I have no SSD, only 1TB HDD ...
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Intel Mobile Pentium N3710 vs N4200 processor for laptop
I am about to buy a laptop, nothing too powerful, but good enough to program on it. Linux will be the system and i will do android, c/c++ ,python... But no advanced graphics. I found few laptops and ...
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Lenovo ideapad 320 or Asus ROG for graphic/web design?
I need some advice on the laptop for design. I'm in between two options, more or less equal in price.
What i use it for
UX/UI design, hence Photoshop with tens of artboards (here is the adoby info ...
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Is it possible to replace a laptop's processor? [closed]
I currently own a 2016 Dell Inspiron 15 5000 and don't have enough money to buy a Gaming PC. I average around 20 FPS in Fortnite and was wondering if it is possible to replace the processor. I am ...
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Does this CPU fit with the GPU?
Apparently this CPU is a bad combination with my GPU; I have been told that they will not work together. These are the main parts:
AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor (No overclocking so do I ...
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Graphics card and Power supply for architecture and 3d Modeling
I have a friend who is an architect and now is looking to build 3d models.
He needs a new pc for fast 3d rendering and architecture related work.
Here is a list of components that I recommended.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6130 or Intel Xeon Gold 6126
My company has tasked me with ordering servers for testing software before the software enters production in a business to business environment. We will have 12-15 people on these machines at all ...
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New computer in light of meltdown and spectre
I was on the verge of buying a new computer when meltdown and spectre were made public. I've read about how the software fix can cause a 5 to 30% slowdown. In light of that, I would like to buy a ...
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A few questions about my PC build [closed]
Overview
I am trying to build a PC for high-res video editing (2K and a bit of 4K with Premiere Pro), audio manipulation, general use, and a touch of gaming. I want it to look cool, but not sacrifice ...
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Quad Core Q8400 vs Xeon X5470
Recently I using Quad Core Q8400 with Asus P5g41t - mlx within FSP Aurum 650 Watt 80 Gold plus. OS Windows 10.
I've planning to upgrade my processor to xeon X5470. I used my desktop to design graphic....
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Best inexpensive processor for R statistical simulation
I am choosing a processor for a new PC for parallel floating point computations in R. My tasks are very like Monte Carlo simulations, so the performance is nearly proportional to the number of cores ...
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Motherboard issues for custom machine learning computer
I'm trying to build a custom machine with the following specs:
MSI Z270 SLI Plus motherboard
NVIDIA 1080-Ti GTX GPU
Intel i7-7700 CPU
4 x 16GB Kingston HyperX RAM cards
Ubuntu 16.04 OS
I haven't ...
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PC upgrade for the next few years
A few months ago I bought a new GPU (1060 GB) and my performance got higher from that. But now I see my CPU is not enough for what I am doing on my PC.
So what I do on my PC?
Play games. This part is ...
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does memory configuration affect cpu usage? [closed]
I've got this configuration:
intel i3 8100 CPU
8 GB DDR4 2400MHZ in a single module
MSI 1050 TI 4GB Video card
MSI Tomahawk Z370 MOBO
I notice 100% cpu usage especially when gaming even on 2011 games ...
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Which processor has a better performance the fx series or the ryzen series?
Yo there, Im building a system to use linux, write in latex, documents, databases , programming,, virtualization and watch videos and images (2D) but Im stuck at the processor, between a fx 6300 that ...
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Should I get CPU cooler? [closed]
I want to know if I need a CPU cooler for my build. I know I do, but is the one included with my i5 8600k enough? Just note that I am on LGA1151
ASRock Z370 PRO4 motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 ...
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Choosing PC for Programming. Fastests C++ app build
I am choosing hardware to build a PC. The ways I want to use it:
Programming C++, Qt, Compiling, deploying
Streaming how I am coding (not games)
Virtualization. Running many instances of VMs or ...
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CPU for a budget photo/video editing machine (Lightroom, Davinci Resolve)
My brother wants to build a PC mainly for amateur (raw) photo editing in Lightroom/Gimp and video editing in Davinci Resolve. Currently lightroom is painfully slow on his old T520 thinkpad and Resolve ...
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What processor should I choose?
I am planning to buy a laptop. I have selected two . One has a 8th generation 1.80GHz core i7 processor and other has 7th generation 2.70 Ghz core i7 processor. Shall I emphasize on clock speed or ...
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Let's discuss on the parts of my friend's new PC build [closed]
Here is my list of the parts on amazon of the new PC i am going to build for my friend. I need some experienced advice if that build is okay on that ~700 pounds budget or how it can be better on the ...
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AMD vs Intel prices? [closed]
I am and looking to purchase a new desktop as my current one is about 6 years old. I don't keep up with the latest in terms of hardware, and as I am looking and researching, I am surprised by an ...
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How to use NVLink instead of PCIe / Override PCIe Lanes? [closed]
Everywhere on internet i read about NVLink is more powerful than PCI lanes connection.
OK, right. But now, i would use this power on my future computer for deeplearning (especially Resnet/TensorFlow ...
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Looking to upgrade my CPU while avoiding the Intel Management Engine or AMD Platform Security Processor
Background
There are numerous problems with the Intel Management Engine and the AMD Platform Security Processor or similar always-on master key "backdoors". Both practical, and (most importantly) ...
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What is a price efficient parallel number crunching server?
I'm looking for a server to run large number of parallel processes for statistical calculations (Ubuntu + Python). Currently we use 2x16 cores and 512Gb RAM (disk is of secondary importance):
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Best CPU Generation to work with 2 GTX 960 4GB in SLI?
I'm doing a cost analysis for a friend who wants a "budget" gaming system that run most modern titles on medium to ultra settings with decent fps, like ETS2, GTA5 and Fallout4.
So far, he is dead ...
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Budget Programming and Image Editing laptop under 300 Euros (Spain)
I need a laptop for entry level programming (small projects) in Java, SQL, PHP and various other languages, as well as various image editing tasks with photos smaller than 12 MP. I've done some ...
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What is the most powerful processor you can use for an Alienware 17 R3 laptop? [closed]
If you can't name just one, name a few. In this case, price does not matter. Thanks.
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CPU upgrade for heavy IDE (Visual Studio)
In next months i am thinking about upgrade my pc workstation.
I am thinking about 2 models:
intel i7 8700k: less cores but better performance by one core
amd ryzen 1800x: more core but less ...
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Kaby Lake i5 or Coffee Lake i3
I'm about to embark on my 1st self build and want to spec a machine for general home use to include for general office duties, hobby photo editing using elements, organising my music collection and ...
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What to upgrade first from an ancient system
It's my birthday coming up and I'm hoping for some money to put towards my gaming pc build.
The parts of the build that are important to my question are:
i5 2500 + any eBay 1155 mobo
8gb ddr3 (4gb now ...
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PC for Animation and Film software - Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Cubase
I need a new PC, because my old one, doesn't hold up for my use anymore.
He's slow has a long loading time and crashes a lot...
I'll use it mainly for the following programmes:
Maya, Nuke, Houdini, ...
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CPU and GPU for high-end terminal server balanced against low energy consumption, and low heat
UPDATE 1, 2, 3 at the end
My first post on Hardware Recommendations.
Incidentally, my question also pertains to my first time building a "computer". So heads up, there will be many factual errors ...
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Ryzen 5 or 7 CPU for Davinci Resolve 14
I am looking to build an editing PC and one of the crucial components is CPU.
However, it seems like Davinci Resolve run almost entirely on the GPU, and the GPU I have is the RX560 4GB. I am ...
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Compatibility of the processor with the motherboard
I have a motherboard Hi-Fi a70u3p (http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/ru/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=773) and I need to buy an intel core i5 6600 or equivalent processor. Does this motherboard support this ...
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Workstation for Deep Learning in Pakistan
I need to buy or build a machine for my research in Deep Learning and Computer Vision. I read in some tutorial about building a machine for Deep Learning, it suggested using a CPU with minimum 8 Cores,...
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Choosing an Intel processor (i7/i5)
I am looking at buying a laptop for uni. Most of uni stuff won't need very good specs but I also want to play a few games on it. The laptop I am looking at has a choice of Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz ...
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Choice of single-board computer for video output in embedded system
I am developing a product that incorporates various sensors and actuators, and also a monitoring display (5" 800x480 TFT LCD HDMI).
Right now I have everything figured out with an Arduino handling ...
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motherboard with three or four sata3 ports , socket compatible with cheap processor (for a diy NAS) [closed]
I have decided to mount my own nas in a relatively cheap way.
I found a motherboard with enough sata3 ports for my needs (ASRock A320M-DGS) and a cheap processor (AMD A4-4000). The only issue is that ...
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Can I change laptop 's quad core processor with dual core processor? [closed]
I have Asus x553MA laptop with quad core processor
Intel® Bay Trail-M Quad Core Pentium N3540 Processor,
Specs here
https://www.asus.com/Laptops/X553MA/specifications/
can I replace it with with ...
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LGA1366 Motherboard compatiable with Xeon E5640 Quad Core CPU?
I'm looking for a motherboard that is compatible with the CPU in question, but it must be with in my $130 Budget. I'm looking for a board suitable for budget gaming.
The board must have:
2+ DDR3/...
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How can I upgrade my Laptop Asus X553 MA Pentium Quad-Core N3540 2.16 GHz ~ 2.66 GHz Processor [closed]
I am a .NET developer and need to work with Visual Studio 2015, SQL server etc.
I am ready to spend INR 6000 K(100 US $).
Details below:
Laptop : Asus X 553 MA
Processor : Pentium® Quad-Core N3540 ...
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Where can I buy Intel Atom processor
I want to buy Intel Atom C2550 but could not find it online.
anyone knows where I can buy one?
Thanks
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TS140 Lenovo ThinkServer i3-4150 CPU upgrade LGA 1150 i3-4150 to e3-1276v3 or e3-1226v3?
I have TS140 server running Ubuntu and several vm's for apps, web, MySQL. Looking to upgrade CPU from stock i3-4150. It is LGA 1150 (H3) socket. I have the newer motherboard.
Is e3-1230v3, e3-...
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Silent cooler recommendation for the i3-7100?
I am currently using the stock cooler for the i3-7100 and should have heeded the warnings that it is incredibly loud (it is seriously unbearable).
I am looking for the quietest cooler I can find. Not ...
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What laptop suits me?
I usually use math and engineering sections so sorry if I missed section.
I decided that I want to buy new laptop. Let me say that I am not considering Macbook pro, it's just too expensive.I don't ...
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