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My non-gamer AM5 parts list. APU will work for me this go-round. Could always purchase a decent CPU and video card in the future.
What would of you done if given the same situation?
Left a little wiggle room for upgrading.
I decided USB4 in the future not today.

CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL30-36-36-76 1.40V Intel XMP Desktop Computer Memory - Black (CMK32GX5M2B6000C30)​

Corsair fest this build..

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G​

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI AMD X670 AM5​

CORSAIR RM850x Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 80 PLUS Gold
CORSAIR 7000D AIRFLOW full-tower case
ID-COOLING FX360 INF 360mm Liquid CPU AIO Cooler
Samsung 2TB 990 Pro.
~$1100.00 for the completed purchase. RAM is not a great overclocker. I'll just setup Expo. No modern games, not worried about squeezing the last bit pee out of it.
Jeff
 
For a $1100ish non gaming rig, for a person that apparently keeps systems long term, I would probably do something more like this.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($323.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Montech HyperFlow ARGB 360 76.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: ASRock Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX Arc A380 6 GB Video Card ($109.97 @ Newegg)
Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.90 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.35 @ Amazon)
Total: $1106.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-01 15:37 EST-0500
 
If you’re on a budget and don’t care about max performance…if you’ve got Microcenter near you they’ve been running a special with an i7 12700k, board and 16gb ddr4 for 299. Might be worth considering and tossing in a little extra ram. Though I think they had a ryzen 7700, board and 32gb ddr5 for 400. So would be worth check those out.
 
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logainofhades said:
For a $1100ish non gaming rig, for a person that apparently keeps systems long term, I would probably do something more like this.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($323.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Montech HyperFlow ARGB 360 76.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: ASRock Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX Arc A380 6 GB Video Card ($109.97 @ Newegg)
Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.90 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.35 @ Amazon)
Total: $1106.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-01 15:37 EST-0500
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My main PC I built about two years. RTX5950x, 3080ti FTW3. Waste of money for me. The three thermostatically controlled cooling fans rarely spin up.
 
ohio_buckeye said:
If you’re on a budget and don’t care about max performance…if you’ve got Microcenter near you they’ve been running a special with an i7 12700k, board and 16gb ddr4 for 299. Might be worth considering and tossing in a little extra ram. Though I think they had a ryzen 7700, board and 32gb ddr5 for 400. So would be worth check those out.
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No microcenters around Phoenix, AZ. I mix it up looking for the best price. Amazon and Bestbuy.
Amazon owns me.
I looked into similar options you mentioned. Yes, you can also go that route. Took me a while to make up my mind..
 
If you look hard enough on amazon, microcenter does sell bundle packages on there.

I built 3 CAD computers at work almost a year ago, and was able to pick up a 14700k with and Asus Prime motherboard on amazon bundled from Microcenter. ( This was right before Intel came out with their problem of self killing CPUs, but have done all the bios updates and haven't had any issues )
 
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JeffreyP55 said:
My non-gamer AM5 parts list. APU will work for me this go-round. Could always purchase a decent CPU and video card in the future.
What would of you done if given the same situation?
Left a little wiggle room for upgrading.
I decided USB4 in the future not today.

CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL30-36-36-76 1.40V Intel XMP Desktop Computer Memory - Black (CMK32GX5M2B6000C30)​

Corsair fest this build..

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G​

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI AMD X670 AM5​

CORSAIR RM850x Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 80 PLUS Gold
CORSAIR 7000D AIRFLOW full-tower case
ID-COOLING FX360 INF 360mm Liquid CPU AIO Cooler
Samsung 2TB 990 Pro.
~$1100.00 for the completed purchase. RAM is not a great overclocker. I'll just setup Expo. No modern games, not worried about squeezing the last bit pee out of it.
Jeff
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APU was a little luke-warm.. No PCIe5 or USB4 support. Adding a video card the 8700G would be a huge bottlenck.
Had a change of plans. Ryzen 9 9900x, GIGABYTE X870 Gaming WIFI6 and ASUS GeForce RT 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB GDDR6. So much for my budget ok at everything productivity PC.

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SkyNetRising said:
Productivity/non-gaming pc doesn't need RTX 4070 Ti Super.
What sort of software are you running on it?
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Nothing specific. Old man enjoying one of his hobbies. I usually end up giving builds to my with. She own an assisted living home. Slew of Windows 10 machine that will need replacing by mid-august. Guess I am the uncompensated tech support guy. Thanks for asking.
 
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