Comparing my old slim PC w/E5500 at 2.8ghz to an Intel NUC w/i5-5250U

[JPolo2]

So I've had this HP slim PC set up in my kitchen for the past few years for general use, web, email, ms office, etc. It also has an instance of MySQL running on it to serve as a back-end for my XBMC database. Very low intensity stuff. Along the way I upgraded it to a SSD for better performance.

I want to upgrade to a NUC to get the footprint even lower and use a larger display.

The old slimline is using an E5500.

I'm looking at the NUC that uses an i5-5250U

I also have the possibility of getting a Lenovo M92Z which uses a I5-3470T at 2.90ghz

Should I see an improvement in performance going to the NUC? Is the Lenovo M92Z the best of the 3? It's using a desktop part correct? I'm always leery of moving from a desktop part to a LV or Laptop part. I've used the latest i7 Mac Mini and it didnt' seem like the zippiest machine considering the cost.

I know its hard to quantify and I have looked at some of the benchmarks, but I'm wondering what I should expect. If it's only margionally faster I have to consider the cost/performance and consider if it just makes sense to keep the old clunker right where it is. It's not giving me any trouble at this point, but I'd like a larger screen and smaller footprint.

Thanks,

Roveer

[Kevin_M_Intel]

Hello Roveer,

There are many differences between these two products. Definitely the NUC will be powerful and faster than the Pentium processor E5500.

Here is the comparison chart:

http://ark.intel.com/compare/42800,84984 http://ark.intel.com/compare/42800,84984

Kevin M

[JPolo2]

Would the Lenovo with the I5-3470T be the fastest? That would be the simplest "all in one" to replace the old setup and at the price I might be able to get it for would be the cheapest solution.

[Kevin_M_Intel]

I am not sure about the brand/specifications of the computer but I can tell you the I5-3470T is faster than the Pentium processor.

Kevin M