Posted By
MMS
on 2019-10-29
20:11:03
 |  Re: Interesting ebay auctions
Well, today I found a special "C16" on the Italian ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Intel-i7-8850U-16gb-RAM-250gb-SSD-Case-Vintage-Commodore/223694429031
Nice effort! Expecially: no problem here with limited RAM, despite it is only 16 too (but GB, not KB :-) )
Actually due to Intel integrated UHD630 GPU the gaming performance would be little low for 2019 standards, but for emulation, browsing and other tasks it could be a killer PC in this nice housing. (and yes. it can run Crysis at 720P at ~50fps  )
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(BTW I would rather choose Ryzen 5 2400G or 3400G, my son's 2400G's integrated Vega11 is faster than my LP GT1030, but the DC single voltage input and the very low 15W TPD of the i7-8850U (VS 65W of Ryzen) is a huge benefit in this small housing, not to mention the PSU, though the PicoPSUs also nice ones with 96% efficiency, and they could even use the original DC input socket of the C16. This machine could also use that trick with a converter cable, and it would look even more authentic with an external PSU brick).
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