[UPDATE] Stepson bought a used i7 desktop for $150 thinking it will improve his video editing performance over a Ryzen 5600. Is there a performance chart somewhere to compare intel generations so I can educate my stepson to not waste his hard earned money on a 10 year old computer?
So my friend was bragging about buying a best buy pre built... how is this even legal? 1200$...
Thoughts on this ASUS prebuilt from BestBuy? Intel Core i7-14700KF, 32GB RAM, 4070 SUPER, 2TB SSD
So I bought a 12700k from BestBuy but inside the box was a different i7 processor. Don't know exactly which one, any guess? I am listed right now.
What is the price range for PCs with Core i7 processors?
What advantages do Core i7 processors offer in PCs?
What finance plans are offered for Core i7 PCs at Laptop Outlet?
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He unboxed the computer and it was a refurbished Dell workstation... 2nd gen i7 2600. He was excited as hell at first until we tried to install Premiere Pro. The processor wasn't supported. I found an old compatible version of Premiere and let him play around with it for a while and soon enough he was asking for help.
I have to say Amazon resellers do a terrific job at misleading specs for aspring enthusiasts - "Intel i7, 2TB storage, 16gb ram". We had a discussion of DDR generations, PCIE speeds from 2011, processor generations (thanks to some helpful links and vids from you guys), and spinning platter hard drives vs M.2 capability.
It became pretty apparent the Dell was about as useful as a Chromebook. After he realized it wasn't worth upgrading I offered to piece together a new rig. Had him work for chores and offered to match his savings dollar to dollar.. he ended up saving around $800 so we had about $1600 to work with.
Best part of the experience was shopping for parts and teaching him how to find deals thanks to Slickdeals and r/buildapcsales. Almost every part we purchased was on sale in some form. Through that process he learned a ton about specs, speeds, brands, compatibility, etc. The shopping experience ended up teaching him as much about computers vs the building experience.
The rig shreds and it was overall enlightening to compare a 2nd gen vs 12th gen i7 side by side:
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i7 12700K
Asrock Riptide WiFi Z790
64gb GSKILL Trident 6400
XFX Speedster RX6800
Seasonic Focus GX-750 PSU
Jonsbo D41 Mesh case with LCD
1tb Kingston M.2
1tb Western Digital WD_BLACK M.2
Arctic Liquid Freezer iii 360 AIO
5x Antec 120mm RGB fans