While I agree to most of your points and the experience with LGA775 and Ivy bridge is mutual but you're forgetting that the task he mentions are casual browsing and 4K videos and with the hardware he got he's pretty much untouchable by the changes happening. Now if his requirements were to change then accordingly he'd need the upgrades.
Also when I mentioned that those tasks should be doable in low end hardware with less power that's why we still have 2c/4t or 4c/4t CPUs like pentium/i3 or Ryzen 3 on mobile CPUs still since past 10 years almost the low/budget end hasn't changed in core count but the architecture is so refined that they are still powerful enough to do modern daily tasks while keeping same number of cores all this time and reduced power usage.
And BTW I don't think there are many mobile devices with 4K res which are in the range of 12-14" form factor.
well said, yes the Number of Cores have not changed much, u could say 4C has come to 10C in the past 10 years thats an improvement if we measure only the physical cores and not the virtual hyperthreading, but 10C cpus are expensive - rightly so, the downside is even 6C proccys have also been overpriced, as a thumb rule when the technology improves, price must also come down, whereas in reality, the THUMB is broken
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anyway, PI 4 8GB RAM with CREDIT CARD SIZED Form factor is more than enough for CASUAL BROWSING and 4K Videos, although some 4K Frames will be bunked by the PI 4 Proccy, it will not make any difference, AND the proccy speed is only 1.5GHz, the funny part is , like a mobile it supports all the latest encoding/decoding technologies, which is not part of 10 year old CPUs , and it's a tough ask, PI 4 is certainly advanced with 1.5GHz speed 4 cores , it is a
magic for me.
It is silly to optimize these specs for video playback. Most formats today are being being designed with hardware acceleration in mind. A significantly cheaper machine 6-7 years from now may be able to play a wider variety of formats than a maxed out machine today.
LOL, unfortunately to run 4K videos, practically in reality, the best bet will be 8 Cores, otherwise the usage will be 90%, which i am not against it, as i had seen HD videos consuming at the max only 10% of the CPU , the same CPU is using 90% of its effort to run a 4K Video, is kinda disturbing, to run a SIMPLE task like playing a VIDEO.
Having said that, HW acceleration plays an important role, meaning the CPU must be capable of processing latest decoding/encoding technologies, that might slice the usage from 90% to 10%, then i would be satisfied, is there such proccy with only 4 cores with all the latest technologies of HW acceleration in place within the proccy that supports HDR or HDR+ and a speed of 5 GHz ??? for a layman practical understanding.
Could you please list your proccy or anyother CPU for that matter , that it's usage is only few percentages for just a 4K playback???
a combo of CPU and GPU will also be nice.
PI 4 has already achieved it in a crispy form factor, but IDK coz, it bunks frames. which i can't accept.
I just got a 5600x so I'll update you all after a year
. Everything will make sense at the right price. 5800x was often called the most overpriced Zen 3 processor that didn't make sense at all, so 5600x and 5900x were always recommended. I highly doubt the 5600x will come down to 20K in India. Maybe after 2 years, if at all.
As of now it has come down from 27K to 25K, so it is falling. 5600x,
