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I put together the rig in my sig sometime in 2010. It’s not my sole pc and it is still a solid machine but it is time to go.
I do all sorts of things so I don’t see any reason to write down what I will be using my next rig for. Just use your imagination.
What I always try to do is build something that is as close to futureproof as it gets so it will be next to impossible to miss the target. In other words if you have an idea go ahead and shoot… Any opinion/recommendation is valued.
I am located in Euroland and access to most hardware should not be an issue. I will not comment on budget as this is subject to change with almost any decision and I’m not going overkill with this but I won’t go cheap either.
Here are some specs/preferences for my next rig: ASUS full ATX board, Pcie5, min 3 x m.2 with at least 1 Gen5, 2 x 16/32GB low profile Corsair DDR5 sticks, min 16GB non intel graphics card.
I don’t care about color themes, lighting effects, overclocking
I like tweaking, undervolting, air cooling, passively cooled chipsets, no need for a nuclear reactor to power up
The aforementioned do not mean that I will overlook any good idea that differ.
850/900 Watts is my power limit excluding peripherals and including any future upgrades but I am not aiming at that. The lower the better.
I don’t do a lot of gaming and my old pc does BG3 @50 fps but I do own a 32” 1440p 144MHz Freesync 2 monitor that can use something better than my venerable 480. Apart from that I see no limitations and that is part of the problem. Too many choices….
Currently I am reviewing CPUs. So this is the first big decision to be made.
I really like AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700, Ryzen 9 7900 and intel’s i5-14600, i7-14700.
Any suggestions on these or other cpus anyone ?
*** CPU poll added
I put together the rig in my sig sometime in 2010. It’s not my sole pc and it is still a solid machine but it is time to go.
I do all sorts of things so I don’t see any reason to write down what I will be using my next rig for. Just use your imagination.
What I always try to do is build something that is as close to futureproof as it gets so it will be next to impossible to miss the target. In other words if you have an idea go ahead and shoot… Any opinion/recommendation is valued.
I am located in Euroland and access to most hardware should not be an issue. I will not comment on budget as this is subject to change with almost any decision and I’m not going overkill with this but I won’t go cheap either.
Here are some specs/preferences for my next rig: ASUS full ATX board, Pcie5, min 3 x m.2 with at least 1 Gen5, 2 x 16/32GB low profile Corsair DDR5 sticks, min 16GB non intel graphics card.
I don’t care about color themes, lighting effects, overclocking
I like tweaking, undervolting, air cooling, passively cooled chipsets, no need for a nuclear reactor to power up
The aforementioned do not mean that I will overlook any good idea that differ.
850/900 Watts is my power limit excluding peripherals and including any future upgrades but I am not aiming at that. The lower the better.
I don’t do a lot of gaming and my old pc does BG3 @50 fps but I do own a 32” 1440p 144MHz Freesync 2 monitor that can use something better than my venerable 480. Apart from that I see no limitations and that is part of the problem. Too many choices….
Currently I am reviewing CPUs. So this is the first big decision to be made.
I really like AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700, Ryzen 9 7900 and intel’s i5-14600, i7-14700.
Any suggestions on these or other cpus anyone ?
*** CPU poll added
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