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Minisforum Minisforum U700 / Refurbished $49

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49 when you apply GG40 at checkout
good for media consumption

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CPUCore i5-5257U Processor , 2 Cores/4 Threads (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz)GPUIris Graphics 6100MemoryDDR3L Dual channel (SODIMM Slots×2)StorageM.2 2280 SATA SSDStorage Expansion1×2.5 inch SATA HDD Slot (SATA 3.0 6.0Gb/s); 1×TF Card Slot (up to 128GB)

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49 when you apply GG40 at checkout
good for media consumption

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U700

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CPUCore i5-5257U Processor , 2 Cores/4 Threads (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz)GPUIris Graphics 6100MemoryDDR3L Dual channel (SODIMM Slots×2)StorageM.2 2280 SATA SSDStorage Expansion1×2.5 inch SATA HDD Slot (SATA 3.0 6.0Gb/s); 1×TF Card Slot (up to 128GB)

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Mar 11, 2025
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social_gamer
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Those iGPUs are getting better but still not as good as a gtx 1030 so no real gaming on this but it's better than what I started with (GTX 730)
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Giovanni4k
Mar 11, 2025
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Quote from social_gamer :
Those iGPUs are getting better but still not as good as a gtx 1030 so no real gaming on this but it's better than what I started with (GTX 730)
This is more a media consumption device to have in a living room
Mar 11, 2025
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181day
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U700 or U820?
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Giovanni4k
Mar 11, 2025
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Quote from 181day :
U700 or U820?
U700 , let me fix it
Mar 11, 2025
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Kinglicious
Mar 11, 2025
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DDR3? I get that it's $50 but that's a 10 year old CPU. It released in March 2015 and by today's standards is hard to think of as anything but e-waste. A new build using DDR3 is an utter waste of time, even for media consumption. Far better options that have more power, are way more efficient, and probably cheaper once fitted with parts it needs.
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Peerless_Warrior
Mar 11, 2025
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Quote from Kinglicious :
DDR3? I get that it's $50 but that's a 10 year old CPU. It released in March 2015 and by today's standards is hard to think of as anything but e-waste. A new build using DDR3 is an utter waste of time, even for media consumption. Far better options that have more power, are way more efficient, and probably cheaper once fitted with parts it needs.
Not worth the price at all. Plenty of N97 or similar deals. Can't imagine how slow this is.
Mar 11, 2025
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_DonkeyKong_
Mar 11, 2025
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is there a website that tells you what cpu is good enough for basic web browsing, what is good enough for lite gaming, etc.

i cant keep up with all these cpu serial numbers , how do you guys do it quickly without devoting so much time into it?

what is the fast way you figure out a cpu is good for your purpose or not? (besides waiting for some jedi on sd forum to chime in)

there are those benchmark sites (first result on google besides an intel link) like this ... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu....Hz&id=2504 but its just gibberish numbers to me, looks like its some automated page, so what is a better way?

how do you guys do it?

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Looks like GG40 also works with the version with the U850 which has the i5-10210U, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD, brings it down to $129.

A lot more than $49 (percentage wise) but for $80, it's very much worth the upgrade and it isn't effectively ewaste.

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