Core™ M-5Y10 for gaming?

[cub_fanatic]

I was looking at this Asus Zenbook with the new Broadwell crazy low power CPU in it (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00SGS7ZH4/ref=nosim/dealiggcom-20#customerReviews) and the price of just $700 for what is essentially the newest generation Intel CPU and a Macbook Air like thin ultrabook is looking tempting. But, then I look up the CPU specs (http://ark.intel.com/products/83610/Intel-Core-M-5Y10-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-2_00-GHz) and notice that the CPU is running at a whopping 800 MHz and boosts to only 2 GHz. My current laptop, an Ivy Bridge 3210m boosts to 3.1 GHz. Will the low clock speed hold it back in games like Payday 2 and Borderlands 2/PS that run quite well in 1366x768 on my current laptop? I'm sure the difference between a HD 4000 and the HD 5300 is probably significant, but I'm afraid that the CPU, specifically the crazy low clock speed will bottleneck it?

Also, I know this wasn't designed to run Borderlands, I am just curious if the clock speed will affect games. Probably not going to buy it anyway.

 

[TNT27]

If you are just gaming, for 700$ you can get a very decent beast of a PC for any game.

 

[AdviserKulikov]

The CPU will bottleneck you, but more to the point the embedded GPU will not pack enough power to run many games. It certainly will not run Payday 2 at a playable frame rate.

For $700, you can put together a fairly nice budget rig along these lines. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/achufnagel/saved/gwxWGX

If you need a gaming pc for that budget, you need to go desktop, or maybe refurbished laptop. If you want a tiny laptop and are just asking if it will run games, then no, that laptop will not play games.

 

[TNT27]

Why not just keep your old laptop (which isn't terribly old), and get this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($51.88 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($190.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $719.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 13:43 EST-0500

 

[AdviserKulikov]

Go with TNT's rig if you have all the peripherals laying around for a PC, it's a quality balanced rig. Otherwise you'll need to price cut down to something along the rig I posted.