What is needed to play 1080p 60fps videos on YouTube?

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FAHIM_PC

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I bought a cheap laptop and struggling to play videos 720p 60fps. Here are specs:
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz, 1601 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
Installed RAM: 4GB

Not really tech savoury, but have some knowledge of processors, so tell me, what would be required to play 1080p60fps videos on YouTube. I don't need it for gaming, just office word, YouTube and browsing internet.

PS. Does Internet connection matter? My internet speed is decent.
 
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Even a core 2 duo can run 1080p/60. Sorry but there is no simple way to explain it as it gets technical. The issue is those out of order architecture cpus (not just atoms) are so weak. Since you just bought it, return it.

There are desktop pentiums with 35w tdp but I don't think it's an issue. The laptop core m cpus are 4.5w and would work. These are used in tablets and convertibles and being very low power doesn't mean it can't do it.

The simplest way I can say is look up the cpu on intel's site. http://ark.intel.com/products/91832/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3060-2M-Cache-up-to-2_48-GHz Where it says code name "Products formerly Braswell", you do not want braswell. You want skylake or kabylake.
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The processor you have is a low power processor. It isn't going to perform that well in watching 720p video. If you are on about getting a new computer (because there isn't really anything you can do with your current machine) then you wouldn't need anything higher then a Pentium for watching YouTube at 1080p@60fps.
 
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Callum Clarke - it depends on the Pentium. A Pentium N3700 (just as an example) uses the same cores as the Celeron N3060 - "N" CPUs use Atom CPU cores, rather than the larger, faster "Core" cores.

@OP, you'll want a CPU that doesn't use low power Atom cores. Those are essentially phone and tablet processors, and are very weak for typical Windows usage.
 
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I'm talking about the Kaby Lake desktop series of Pentium not other low-powered processors.
 
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Lower power atom cores? Sorry for being such a noob but please tell me what that means. Also please don't use such technological terms, AKA explain to me in baby language.
 
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Even a core 2 duo can run 1080p/60. Sorry but there is no simple way to explain it as it gets technical. The issue is those out of order architecture cpus (not just atoms) are so weak. Since you just bought it, return it.

There are desktop pentiums with 35w tdp but I don't think it's an issue. The laptop core m cpus are 4.5w and would work. These are used in tablets and convertibles and being very low power doesn't mean it can't do it.

The simplest way I can say is look up the cpu on intel's site. http://ark.intel.com/products/91832/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3060-2M-Cache-up-to-2_48-GHz Where it says code name "Products formerly Braswell", you do not want braswell. You want skylake or kabylake.
 
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Intel makes two lines of processors - Atom, and Core. Atom are very tiny, low power processors, while Core are much larger and more powerful. "Core i3/i5/i7" are all Core-based. Pentiums and Celerons can either be Atom based (N3xxx) or Core-based (G4xxx or 4xxxY/U). With a Pentium, you generally can either get two Core-based cores, or four Atom-based cores.
 
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