90% of the time overheating won't damage a chip because modern CPUs have protection to protect against damage. Shutting down is one such protection. In the case of non-overclocking it'll pretty much always be fine unless not taken care of for a long period of time. I also have an article here about the correlation between clock speed and actual performance.
So, always make sure the computer is kept in good shape... anything you'd recommend? From what I know, people always say regularly clear your temporary files and defrag the hard drive (not sure if this applies to a SSD).
In a desktop anything can be upgraded provided you're using a standard machine. Almost anything is swappable besides certain scenarios.
Linus knows a lot, but I've caught him even with some bad info. It's why I don't link to all of his videos.
This isn't exactly accurate. The Core i series is the performance line, not simply the latest gen. We're on the 6th generation of Core i, but they have Celeron and Pentium derivatives off each generation of Core i processors.
Would you recommend either the Celeron or Pentium? I'm guessing they're good for simple tasks, but not so much for the things the i series CPUs are good for, like video editing or gaming, right?
Pretty much, yes in most cases.
That's why I'm here. I literally get paid to provide tech info at work.
But doesn't that mean you're wasting time with people like me here on Techist, rather than where you work? What exactly do you do? With all the server talk, I'm imagining some kind of office-based position, right?
Consoles have file systems that are extremely write protected. It's possible, but we'll just say highly unlikely.
Write protected?
Almost anything is multi-threaded these days besides certain programs. To the difference is the extent of how multi-threaded a program is. For instance, a game for the most part will not utilize virtual threads (HT) properly, which is why I say a lot of the time not to buy an i7 for gaming. A transcoding/encoding type of program like Handbrake will utilize 100% of your CPU for the task. It just depends highly on the software in question.
If most things are multithreaded, shouldn't I really look out for the i series? Can Core m do multithreading just as well? And what of Pentium and Celeron?
Is there a real difference between Hyper threading and Multi threading?
Why not recommend the i7 for gaming? Shouldn't an i7 be capable of doing exactly what an i5 is capable of? Linus was saying something like good, better, best for i3, i5 and i7, respectively.
Well, fast HDD and a good amount of RAM is one thing. The second being a program capable of utilizing the power at hand.
So, good software is very important to how well Hyper-threading, Multi-threading, etc., actually perform? What about games; do some of them utilize HT? And what if you don't have HT in a CPU, does that mean the game or other type of HT-based software won't work at all?
We'll use the Core i5 4690k as an example again. The base clock of this processor is 3.5GHz. That would be it's "base speed". It can turbo higher and overclock higher than this.