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Question

Regarding Amazon Prime Day

Jul 8, 2019 8:49PM PDT

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For now, Speccy is down.
Jul 9, 2019 12:01AM PDT
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Userbenchmark.com result
Jul 9, 2019 5:47AM PDT
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I was hoping for a link but it tells a little.
Jul 9, 2019 10:10AM PDT

The G3220 is compared to the Core2Quad I upgraded in a link to follow at
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G3220-vs-Intel-Core2-Quad-Q9450/1967vsm765

I share the CPU comparison since my old HP Quadcore does a nice horse race with your G3220.

You can see my upgrades, benchmarks and power measurements at https://www.cnet.com/forums/post/3ef4c495-10ec-4348-8dc1-1322367b0f7f/

You could follow the path I took with changes to the HDD to SSD and a much better GPU. I suggest the 1050Ti in a low profile which if you quibble on power, you didn't read my power consumption tests.

https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/Best-video-card-for-Inspiron-3647/td-p/4548816 gets into cards I WOULD NOT TRY AS THEY REQUIRE UEFI and won't boot.

For the GPU https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1050-TI-4GT/dp/B01N2W8MJ9 would be what I would test in such a small case.

Given the tiny case you are very limited in choices. My choices are:
1. Change the HDDs to SSD.
2. The 1050Ti noted or lesser cards that others report as working.

For me, the bottom end for say gaming at 1080p would be the 1050ti.

Post was last edited on July 9, 2019 10:11 AM PDT

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Is this the 'link' you were looking for?
Jul 9, 2019 2:24PM PDT
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Thanks for the link.
Jul 9, 2019 2:41PM PDT

I looked closer and will write "don't worry" about the memory test result. https://www.memorybenchmark.net/ram.php?ram=Kingston+9905471-074.A00LF+8GB shows these are mid to lower range parts so while the advice is solid about the BIOS and seeing if it has an XMP memory setting I would not spend much time there.

Also when gaming, benchmarking when speed is needed, unplug USB drives and printers.