Here we go again, another one of these mystery desktop. I commented on upgrading from Win 10 to Win 11 for these machines before. Here is the link so I don’t have to type all these again.
OK, if you can upgrade RAM to 16GB, these machines are probably good for a few years. If all you’re doing is browsing the internet and working on office apps, you don’t need something better.
Someone comment on this before, saying that a 10th gen i3 would beat these older i7s and presented benchmarks. Not going to disagree - my point is for most peoples’ computer needs, an 6 or 7th gen i7 is plenty.
If you are looking at this post, I don’t think you are in the market for an 12th gen, 13th or even a 14th gen (not sure if it’s out yet) PC.
For the same budget, you can get better performance with older tech.
That probably was me. Granted, Techspot pointed it out first when they reviewed it several years ago.
Passmark scores:
Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i3-10100 @ 3.60GHz [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software
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Ha ha, yes. We meet again! No worries, it’s all good.