03-02-2017, 07:46 PM
Obvious first question: What are you going to use it for?
If you have a need for that machine with those specs, I'd buy it. That's a better price than most comparable machines go for on ebay. Re heat: The word generally is that the 3.46 is no hotter than the 3.33; no real problems. If you want to, you can ramp up the fan speed to cool it down.
But the BIG qualifying question is: Do you need a machine that fast? Slower ones with four cores go for about $350-$400 on ebay.
I've been tracking this stuff pretty closely for about a year now, so I'm pretty confident about my answers.
If you have a need for that machine with those specs, I'd buy it. That's a better price than most comparable machines go for on ebay. Re heat: The word generally is that the 3.46 is no hotter than the 3.33; no real problems. If you want to, you can ramp up the fan speed to cool it down.
But the BIG qualifying question is: Do you need a machine that fast? Slower ones with four cores go for about $350-$400 on ebay.
I've been tracking this stuff pretty closely for about a year now, so I'm pretty confident about my answers.