Should I build a new PC?

[Harrison]

As you are not really a gamer then an Intel i5 with built in GPU would be fine. And I always recommend Asus motherboards purely for reliability and features. Get a micro atx board with dvi/HDMI built in to support the built in GPU and you are good to go.

I think it's a bit early to buy the new AMD cpus yet to ensure full compatibility with every os etc. Intel are generally the best bet.

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[Demon Cleaner]

I considered buying a new PC, as mine is now already 7 years old, yes time passes, and as I'm lately doing a lot of extracting, archiving and that kind of stuff, mine is quite slow when you run multiple tasks. I f.ex. just extracted all of my PS2 RPGs from .rar files, then extracted these .rar files, and finally archived the .iso with .7z again, took forever. You can run multiple tasks, but it's damn slow.

So here's what I came up with. But of course if you don't need it that powerful, just downgrade every component by 2-3 steps, and you should be fine.

- CPU: Intel i7-7700K "Kaby Lake"
- Mainboard: Asus Prime Z270-A (ATX, Socket 1151)
- RAM: G.Skill 32GB (2x16) DDR4-3200 Ripjaws V
- GPU: Asus GeForce GTX1060 Turbo (6GB DDR5)
- CPU Cooling: be quiet! Dark Rock 3
- HDD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
- PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 550W
- Tower: be quiet! Silent Base 800 ATX
- Sound: Soundblaster Z

[J T]

*faints*

Stone the crows, Steve, a.... new PC?

But yes, if you've got the funds, and fancy it.

However, there will always be something faster/cheaper/better on the horizon - so if your current machine is satisfactory is it really worth it? You could wait a bit longer. Only you can really decide this.

[Demon Cleaner]

*faints*

Stone the crows, Steve, a.... new PC?

But yes, if you've got the funds, and fancy it.

However, there will always be something faster/cheaper/better on the horizon - so if your current machine is satisfactory is it really worth it? You could wait a bit longer. Only you can really decide this.

As we know Steve, he probably still has a Pentium 2, so it could indeed be time to change.

[Stephen Coates]

*faints*

Stone the crows, Steve, a.... new PC?

But yes, if you've got the funds, and fancy it.

However, there will always be something faster/cheaper/better on the horizon - so if your current machine is satisfactory is it really worth it? You could wait a bit longer. Only you can really decide this.

As we know Steve, he probably still has a Pentium 2, so it could indeed be time to change.

I did recently acquire a nice Pentium II machine. I'm yet to make a topic about it, but it does run Windows 98 nicely .

[Kin Hell]

*faints*

Stone the crows, Steve, a.... new PC?

But yes, if you've got the funds, and fancy it.

However, there will always be something faster/cheaper/better on the horizon - so if your current machine is satisfactory is it really worth it? You could wait a bit longer. Only you can really decide this.

Wait a bit longer.....? ?

[J T]

Mate I'm still waiting to upgrade my AMD 64x2 PC. Pretty much any piece of crap I could buy nowadays would run rings around it, but I just can't bring myself to buy from the really 'low end' even if technically it would be better than what I have now.

To be fair though, my PC has been unplugged for probably over 20 months.

I use my work laptop (an MBP), which is a far more recent spec, if I need to do anything significant. I have a PC laptop somewhere in the house, or maybe the garage. I'm not really sure where it is to be honest

[Kin Hell]

Mate I'm still waiting to upgrade my AMD 64x2 PC. Pretty much any piece of crap I could buy nowadays would run rings around it, but I just can't bring myself to buy from the really 'low end' even if technically it would be better than what I have now.

To be fair though, my PC has been unplugged for probably over 20 months.

I use my work laptop (an MBP), which is a far more recent spec, if I need to do anything significant. I have a PC laptop somewhere in the house, or maybe the garage. I'm not really sure where it is to be honest

You got me wrong fella.... Not you.....

Wait a bit longer.....? ?

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......Steve!

[Stephen Coates]

Do you guys have any opinion on AMD's latest offerings? I've heard quite a lot of good things about their new Ryzen processors.

Regarding Intel, is there much difference between, say, a lower end current generation processor (e.g. i3), and a several generations old high end processor (e.g. i7)?

[J T]

You'll like it Steve. I have a Samsung SSD (I think it's an EVO but with a different number, 840 or 850 perhaps, cba to check) and it's just fine for standard use. You can see that I'm far from benchmark-obsessed

Another thing that I like about SSDs is that without the moving parts it doesn't really matter if you just plug them in and chuck it in the case any old where if you can't be bothered to put them into the usual HDD bays

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To be fair though, my PC has been unplugged for probably over 20 months.

I use my work laptop (an MBP), which is a far more recent spec, if I need to do anything significant. I have a PC laptop somewhere in the house, or maybe the garage. I'm not really sure where it is to be honest

Fans of ennui will be pleased (or maybe not, whatever) to hear that the PC still remains unplugged and the windows laptop location remains, uh, uncertain.