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Title: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 10, 2019, 07:44:11 PM

Thanks! I have a refurb Lenovo T440 that’s been a champ for a year. Thinking of a second one for playback only, I bought a DAC and plan on joining 21st century.👍

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: heathen on March 10, 2019, 10:34:01 PM

For playback only, literally any i5 will be more than sufficient.  It's not an intensive task at all.

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 10, 2019, 10:50:06 PM

Cool thanks!

Would that be true of streaming as well?

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: Gutbucket on March 11, 2019, 09:32:27 AM

Yep.

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 11, 2019, 11:55:22 AM

Thanks guys!

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 11, 2019, 10:36:05 PM

Would i3 do the job?

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: heathen on March 12, 2019, 12:48:26 AM

Quote from: MakersMarc on March 11, 2019, 10:36:05 PM

Would i3 do the job?

For playback of local files, most certainly.  Looks fine for streaming too: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005872445-System-Requirements

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 12, 2019, 04:56:06 PM

Thanks Heathen!

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 12, 2019, 10:17:46 PM

Bought a refurb from Early Morning Rain on TS.


https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x230t/

$140 shipped

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: heathen on March 13, 2019, 10:33:35 AM

Quote from: MakersMarc on March 12, 2019, 10:17:46 PM

Bought a refurb from Early Morning Rain on TS.


https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x230t/

$140 shipped

I'd be shocked if that doesn't handle all of your playback/streaming needs.  Rock on!

Title: Re: What generation of Intel I5 should I look for in refurb?
Post by: Chilly Brioschi on March 14, 2019, 02:22:31 AM

If any playback issues with Winders10, them move on up to an audio-forward, free Linux distro and experience the paegentry of real computing.

Ubuntu is well supported and easy.
https://youtu.be/Yqb1BpEMs00