A 10 year old PC workstation is just fine for doing all but the most intensive work (video editing, mozilla scale project compiles, NN training, finite element simulation...pretty hardcore stuff).
Indeed it is.
My i7-2600k that I bought in 2011 is still going strong. Friends thought I was burning my money when I bought it, but they've all upgraded their processors twice over at this point.
Best bang for buck I ever fuckin' got on any piece of PC hardware.
Indeed it is.
My i7-2600k that I bought in 2011 is still going strong. Friends thought I was burning my money when I bought it, but they've all upgraded their processors twice over at this point.
Best bang for buck I ever fuckin' got on any piece of PC hardware.
The simple test used to be: "Does it have an export license? If 'yes' then it has a backdoor."