So I haven't used/owned a desktop for around a decade (MBP/Chomebook only), haven't built one for some 14 years. Until then I was building a new one every 18-24 months. Could say I'm a bit out of touch!!
Physically I'm after is a small system, don't need a big tower with a dozen drive bays etc. I'm looking for a small case, room for one drive as well as a PCIe SSD, no need for optical and one mid-level discrete GPU. It needs to be fairly quiet.
Performance wise I want the system to last quite a few years, 5+. This is leading to towards an 8 core Ryzen CPU. I don't feel a need the discrete GPU yet, it's something I'd like to option to add *IF* I ever get into gaming again. I also what the power consumption to be as low as possible. Our eldest is 5 years old, so this is likely to be the 'family' PC for next 5+ yrs.
I'm very happy to buy a pre-built system from someone like Lenovo, HP, Dell etc. But haven't seen anything that's perfect yet.
CPU wise, the recently announced Ryzen 7 4700GE seems to fit the bill. 35W, 3.1-4.3GHz, 8/16HT, 8GPU cores at 2GHz. This looks to be enough of a CPU/GPU and low enough power, but how big an issue is the missing PCIe4.0? Will I be able to add a high spec discrete GPU to this in a year's time? Being an OEM only chip, I'd be limited to boxes like the Lenovo's ThinkCentre M75s - but are their PSUs up for running decent GPUs?
Sure this kind of thing was easier 15 years ago!
Physically I'm after is a small system, don't need a big tower with a dozen drive bays etc. I'm looking for a small case, room for one drive as well as a PCIe SSD, no need for optical and one mid-level discrete GPU. It needs to be fairly quiet.
Performance wise I want the system to last quite a few years, 5+. This is leading to towards an 8 core Ryzen CPU. I don't feel a need the discrete GPU yet, it's something I'd like to option to add *IF* I ever get into gaming again. I also what the power consumption to be as low as possible. Our eldest is 5 years old, so this is likely to be the 'family' PC for next 5+ yrs.
I'm very happy to buy a pre-built system from someone like Lenovo, HP, Dell etc. But haven't seen anything that's perfect yet.
CPU wise, the recently announced Ryzen 7 4700GE seems to fit the bill. 35W, 3.1-4.3GHz, 8/16HT, 8GPU cores at 2GHz. This looks to be enough of a CPU/GPU and low enough power, but how big an issue is the missing PCIe4.0? Will I be able to add a high spec discrete GPU to this in a year's time? Being an OEM only chip, I'd be limited to boxes like the Lenovo's ThinkCentre M75s - but are their PSUs up for running decent GPUs?
Sure this kind of thing was easier 15 years ago!
