Intel Pentium Dual Core G850 Socket 1155 CPU £55.19 @ Novatech
My first deal. I was about to buy G840 from Amazon. 100MHz more on this one is worth a pound more. G850 seems to be £60+ anywhere else.
These Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs are low-end CPUs, but it reviews quite well, compared to pre-Sandy-Bridge CPUs. They are essentially i3 with slower clock and no Hyper-Threading. I figure i3-2120 would be 40% faster ( even less on things which doesn't take advantage on Hyper-Threading ), but it is 60% more expensive than this ( nothing scientific, though, so don't quote me on this ).
If you need fast CPUs, then get i3, or even better i5, but for value, I think this G850 is good.
Free delivery and 4% Topcashback / 3% quidco too
Note: Novatech also has G540 for £30.98. I think that's cheaper than other places too. ( Just saw that it was posted a month ago as well )
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Jump to unread Post a CommentI don't know how long it has been at this price, but it is still cheaper than other places and never posted on here. RRP was $86, which is translated to £65 after VAT.
Higher figures are better in both cases.
link to G530 stats: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+G530+%40+2.40GHz
link to G850 stats: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G850+%40+2.90GHz
Use the G530, stick in an SSD and assuming you've got 4GB RAM on a 32 bit system or 8GB RAM on a 64 bit system, then it will do just about anything an average home user throws at it (not including gaming).