Golden chips are pricier than regular ones.
Golden chips are pricier than regular ones.
I understand your point. However, a seller with no identity demanding a high price for a changed component...
you won't be able to eliminate the stress, because at the end you changed things—its outdated, no matter how quick it is, it still has 8 cores, and folks will favor something newer that uses DDR4. sure, it's a solid overclocker, but it's been stuck at 4.9ghz and had some issues... it doesn't fit well with the current setup.
I’m not certain about labeling Haswell as "ancient" right away. To meet my own standards for a CPU architecture, there are several factors to consider. One is that the current least-powerful mobile CPU, running at base frequency (without turbo), would need to outperform the older flagship or top-end CPUs across the whole design—single-threaded, multi-threaded, and spanning multiple sockets. I believe the most affordable Ice Lake -Y single-threaded model is still lagging behind the highest-performing Haswell EX Xeon E7-8xxx v3, which supports many threads and has the most CPUs possible in a server setup. I doubt the same Ice Lake configuration would have caught up to the Pentium 4 era (especially with the hyper-threaded dual-core extreme edition). Regarding Pentium III Xeon, I’m not sure but it’s likely it surpassed multi-CPU Pentium II Xeon and probably even dual Pentium Pro units. I’m curious about how much longer it’ll take before prices drop significantly—maybe when I offer my i7-4790K (currently in my desktop) to someone with very limited means, needing just basic office tasks or school work. If I were to give it away for free, would they destroy it with such force that it breaks my jaw, cheekbone, nose, and skull at once? And what about the worst-case scenarios? I’ve seen old Pentium 4s, P3s, and even 4004 models still selling for over $0 on eBay. Right now I’m thinking about upgrading to DDR5, but I’m worried the gain in performance per dollar might not be as strong as hoped, and I could wait for DDR6 or even DDR7. *1* I’d prefer a big jump—like moving from a 286-10 in January 1989 to a 486DX4-120 in October 1995. That’s roughly the same time span between my 4790K purchase (January 2015) and October 2021. I’m also concerned about the pace of improvement; if the boost per dollar isn’t as impressive as expected, I might have to wait for even newer generations. *2* For the performance benchmark I mentioned—comparing encoding speeds—I ran a test where my 4790K took about two minutes to encode roughly two hours of 320kbps MP3 using LAME’s multi-threaded frontend, and four days to handle about four minutes of HEVC (4K, q=0, keyint=1). In contrast, the new CPU would perform encoding at speeds comparable to jumping through decades in the 1980s or 1990s. For instance, upgrading from Haswell Refresh to Zen 4 would feel like leaping eight generations forward. The past could look like an 8086 transitioning to a Pentium III, then to Pentium II, and so on. I’d rather change my power supply several times before swapping the motherboard, assuming I have a reliable PSU by then. I’m leaning heavily toward AMD over Intel, and I wouldn’t risk stepping into the AM4 socket with Zen 2—I’d choose Zen 1 in 2017 if I still had DDR2 systems from 2008.
Generally, I believe many individuals on this forum and similar communities are overly limited in their understanding of CPU purchases. Like most aspects of life, it involves more than just comparing performance and price. It can take a long time to fully grasp. I have fewer quad-core processors than some people expect, but for a typical gamer or everyday user, it should still suffice for years ahead. Of course, you won’t achieve peak performance, but it will be adequate for around 60Hz gaming unless the GPU is restricting it. Do you think they’re completely useless now? Even if you considered them as waste, their worth remains positive. The reasons can differ. Perhaps someone wants to maintain a vintage system, and with the older models, they’re now collectibles.