Question What do I need to run the following programs????

[Former_Gump84]

I see a ton of information on gaming, but not as much for home office type stuff. I'll just use my PS4 or PS5 for gaming. However, I've got an older HP Elite 850 for my home office as it's not terrible, just starting to notice some struggling recently. Current specs are I5 4690 3.5Ghz, 8gig DDR3, SSD

I need a unit that can accommodate the following

3x Monitors total
4-5 excel documents open
10-15 Chrome tabs open
1x monitor that streams live video from my surveillance cameras at my business
2-3 PowerPoint documents open
On occasion Adobe AI or PS concurrently with all other tabs I have open
Rarely do I use AutoCad, but I would like the option.

What do I need? I'm don't mind buying a new build or building myself, either way. I've only built 1 in my life and it worked fine but mainly it was all plug and play, I'm by no mean an expert. Do I need to drop the money on a "Gaming" computer or is that unnecessary? All guidance welcome.

Thanks guys,

 

[stonecarver]

8gig DDR3

10-15 Chrome tabs open

At the very least bump up your memory to 16 Gb If your having that many open tabs all running your memory dry.

 

[artk2219]

I see a ton of information on gaming, but not as much for home office type stuff. I'll just use my PS4 or PS5 for gaming. However, I've got an older HP Elite 850 for my home office as it's not terrible, just starting to notice some struggling recently. Current specs are I5 4690 3.5Ghz, 8gig DDR3, SSD

I need a unit that can accommodate the following

3x Monitors total
4-5 excel documents open
10-15 Chrome tabs open
1x monitor that streams live video from my surveillance cameras at my business
2-3 PowerPoint documents open
On occasion Adobe AI or PS concurrently with all other tabs I have open
Rarely do I use AutoCad, but I would like the option.

What do I need? I'm don't mind buying a new build or building myself, either way. I've only built 1 in my life and it worked fine but mainly it was all plug and play, I'm by no mean an expert. Do I need to drop the money on a "Gaming" computer or is that unnecessary? All guidance welcome.

Thanks guys,

How much were you looking to spend on this and where are you located? I mean you could do some upgrades, but that system is old enough that you would want to look at replacing it.

 

[Former_Gump84]

At the very least bump up your memory to 16 Gb If your having that many open tabs all running your memory dry.

That's the first thing I noticed. I could spend $20 and upgrade to 16BG Ram to get me by, but I think Id rather enjoy the convenience of the newer, faster technology of everything better

 

[Former_Gump84]

How much were you looking to spend on this and where are you located? I mean you could do some upgrades, but that system is old enough that you would want to look at replacing it.

It costs what it costs so that's what I'm looking to spend. I'm leaning towards replacing the entire system since its outdated and I could use it for a different purpose. That being said, what build or qualities do I need to look for to replace this with faster, better and more up to date? Any build recommendations you guys have ready to throw my way, I'll look into it

I did see this posted about a year ago
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CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$184.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$68.98 @ Amazon
Memory	Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$47.97 @ Newegg
Storage	TEAMGROUP MS30 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$34.79 @ Amazon
Case	Metallic Gear Neo Silent ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA GQ 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Amazon

 

[kanewolf]

That's the first thing I noticed. I could spend $20 and upgrade to 16BG Ram to get me by, but I think Id rather enjoy the convenience of the newer, faster technology of everything better

You also have to consider hardware that will allow a supported Windows OS after next year. Your current hardware isn't Windows 11 compatible. Your 5600G hardware would be.

 

[Former_Gump84]

You also have to consider hardware that will allow a supported Windows OS after next year. Your current hardware isn't Windows 11 compatible. Your 5600G hardware would be.

Is Ryzen 7 5700x overkill compared to Ryzen 5 5700x both 4.6ghz but 6 vs 8 cores? about $50 difference right now

 

[kanewolf]

Is Ryzen 7 5700x overkill compared to Ryzen 5 5700x both 4.6ghz but 6 vs 8 cores? about $50 difference right now

I have a 5700x. Of course, you will have to have a discrete graphics card.

 

[Former_Gump84]

I have a 5700x. Of course, you will have to have a discrete graphics card.

Well I figured for 3 monitors there weren't that many integrated GPU MOBOS these days. I don't need anything fancy for a GPU I would imagine. Can you give me some ideas.

 

[kanewolf]

Well I figured for 3 monitors there weren't that many integrated GPU MOBOS these days. I don't need anything fancy for a GPU I would imagine. Can you give me some ideas.

Any more it is either the CPU has the integrated graphics or you use a discrete graphics card. Server motherboards are about the only motherboards with graphics chips today.

 

[Silas Sanchez]

As far as multiply monitors go on windows here is what i recommend:

- DisplayFusion Pro is essential for dealing with the bugs in windows and it allows easy setting wallpapers and you can have your windows positions reset to where you left them after waking the pc up from sleep.
-Ideally nvidia control panel (nvidia gpu) as it allows setting the screens up, windows built in features are absolute unreliable garbage.
- WindowManager so you can make sure your custom windows explorer windows open they way they should, again windows is absolute utter garbage.

Besides that, 16GB DDR4 ram minimum, a good Gen4 nvme high IOPS for C: and any storage drives. Its hard to say what cpu and mobo as its more about making sure all the parts are within just a few years and all balanced. AM4 system with a basic 8core fast clock speed cpu and feature rich motherboard that isnt more than a mid range spec.