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Okay, since the cat just deleted the first this will be short-er

If anyone is interested, you probably read this alsewhere, but I am kinda
chuffed
mainly because I am getting something upscale later ,
we needs it,  for work , yes we does :-)

 I got Dad a i3-4130 2 core+HT @3.4GHz
8G ram @ 1600
Win7 64bit on SSD on Sata3.0/6Gbps, copy of WOW running off SATA 3.0 HDD
CPU has onboard HD 4400
These are going for like $AU500 in standard case
without the SSD and some extras I added for ruggedising.

So it isn't high end, it isn't even a HD4600 the 4570 has let alone a card
but it should do for mail and skype and internet browsing :-).
I got that cpu because heat and dust buildup is a problem, this has low
demand.
It idles at 2C above ambient 25C with the MSI clock control
It adjusts clock down to ~500MHz and ramps up to full nicely when needed.

So I had to stress test it, and what better than a WOW trial account?
since I haven't actually played wow for ages , saving the real one for SOR
when I have time :-)

Keep in mind this runs faster off the SSD, but wow is off the HDD
running around stormwind it is only using 3G ram + half a gig for the GPU
so not much should be the SSD except boot

Load time from the character select screen, which should be same-ish for
zone changes
after a few other loads, the first load is kinda slow.
    5 seconds
running 1920x1080 (HDMI connect ) windowed fullscreen
at the docks looking back at the city in FPS  as ctrl-r shows
 using the stardard selects no tweaks
  Ultra 24
  High 38
  Good 48
  Fair 120
  Low- who cares?
Running from docks to bank with moderate population
  Ultra  24-20
  High  38-40
  Good  50-55
  Fair  90-110
  Low- who cares?
- there was a crowd of dragons waiting for a boat when I did the docks
 but the ranges are  fairly consistent, no real spikes

Not really that bad  :-) for a lower end cpu/gpu even if the latest
generation.
It runs Wow in HD with 50% cpu and 45-48C with 25C ambient
of course the GPU is flatchat all the way

Ulra does tend to be a bit laggy and jerky around crowds, but I didn't try
any of the tweaks
ping is 250ms anyway by the game, which is kinda whoohoo for here.
It used to be 500-700 ms+ most of the time, and we won't even talk about
satellite ping
must be the high capacity pipes under the Pacific.