Onboard GPU only

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I don’t play games, rarely edit videos but do a fair bit of graphic design and editing. I am specifying a new Pc based around a Ryzen 7600X, Asus Tuf 650 Mbd , 32Gb 4800 ram and an M2 drive. Monitor is a 34” Dell ultra wide. Originally I planned to add a low end graphics card but given my intended use I’ve decided to see how I get on with the onboard gpu only. I’d welcome thoughts on this strategy.

 

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Don't buy an Asus motherboard.

Reason?

 

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Do you even need all that lot?

I recently needed a PC for multimedia playback, streaming and office work. Bought a little Beelink mini-PC with the new Intel N100 chip in it. Entire PC was only £200 delivered (16GB ram, 512GB storage.) That's less than the cost of a 7600X. It supports two simultaneous 4k60 displays from the Intel onboard graphics. Even came with a Win11 Pro license. I installed Affinity Photo on it and was amazed by just how fast it was; I sat there editing photos for a couple of hours with tons of filters and it worked just fine. Also runs Libre Office apps just fine too.

Tbh, if you are buying a PC for non-gaming use, it's surprising just how fast even cheap, humble little boxes the size of a pack of butter have got. The N100 is quad-core @ 3.4GHz, which with the Intel onboard graphics is overkill for most tasks. You can buy something with even more power for not much more cash. Food for thought before you maybe buy more than you actually need.

Thanks but I think I am going to need a bit more oomph

 

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Are we talking 2D or 3D? I'd imagine 2D viewports should be fine in the majority of apps, but 3D ones might lag a bit, depending on what you're doing. You can always add a graphics card later though, so no harm in trying it out.

Layout of magazines with also vector and bitmap design.

 

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How long have you got?

As long as it take to explain why I shouldn't get it.

 

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Dont rule out those tiny little dell, hp and lenovo machines.

Thanks but I prefer a traditional sized case and format. I am still intrigued as to what the problem is with an Asus motherboard???

 

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Well there was the recent fiasco
Where their bios was over voting the soc
And killing cpus and motherboard
That was bad enough
But the initial reaction from asus
Is what really ###### people off
They released a beta bios to fix a problem of their making
And told people if you use the beta bios
To fix our problem
You will be voiding your warranty

Things go wrong sometimes
But how a company responds to an issue
Carries a lot of weight
And response from asus was about the worst thing
They possibly could have done to customers

Thanks for that - at least I now know the reason for the -ve comment.