Hi Everyone,
I am planning to build my first PC and have never done it before. I am a newbie, but am one of those people who can do most things as long as I get some direction and start out with good equipment that just works. I do not play games on my PC, so it is mostly for internet, playing with my Unifi Network and maybe some future 3D design and printing.
I realize anything I am about to list may be overkill, but I am doing it for the fun, experience and cool factor. I am planning on a max budget of around $1200 US, including two SSD's and a new copy on Win 10. I already have a Corsair iCUE 4000x case and a corsair 850x psu. My biggest issue is that I keep flip flopping back and forth between the AMD 5 5600G and the i5-12600K and the motherboard that will work the best with them without breaking the bank. I also wonder if I should go with the 11th gen instead. I think a max budget of $300 for the MOB is good. I don't want to buy a GPU right now, so I want integrated graphics. My fear with the intel 12th gen is that because it is so new, that it will be riddled with firmware issues and that is the last thing I want to deal with. I also fear firmware issues or conflicts if I pick a crappy MOB for either of the processors. What do you all recommend in the motherboard/CPU department? AMD or Intel? Asus, MSI or Gigabyte and which model MOBO would you use? Thank you.
I am planning to build my first PC and have never done it before. I am a newbie, but am one of those people who can do most things as long as I get some direction and start out with good equipment that just works. I do not play games on my PC, so it is mostly for internet, playing with my Unifi Network and maybe some future 3D design and printing.
I realize anything I am about to list may be overkill, but I am doing it for the fun, experience and cool factor. I am planning on a max budget of around $1200 US, including two SSD's and a new copy on Win 10. I already have a Corsair iCUE 4000x case and a corsair 850x psu. My biggest issue is that I keep flip flopping back and forth between the AMD 5 5600G and the i5-12600K and the motherboard that will work the best with them without breaking the bank. I also wonder if I should go with the 11th gen instead. I think a max budget of $300 for the MOB is good. I don't want to buy a GPU right now, so I want integrated graphics. My fear with the intel 12th gen is that because it is so new, that it will be riddled with firmware issues and that is the last thing I want to deal with. I also fear firmware issues or conflicts if I pick a crappy MOB for either of the processors. What do you all recommend in the motherboard/CPU department? AMD or Intel? Asus, MSI or Gigabyte and which model MOBO would you use? Thank you.
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