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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 6974805" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>My iMac has a quad core i5 2.5GHz Sandy Bridge processor which does everything I've wanted it to do perfectly well. But it is a nine year old machine and time and tide wait for no man or his machine. The main limiting factors of my machine were/are the original 4GB or RAM which I didn't realise was quite as limiting as it proved to be. After installing another 8GB extra a while ago it totally transformed its speed overall. The other limiting factor is my hard drive, which was perfectly good in its day [and is still the same performance today] as a 7500rpm mechanical thing. However solid state drives are between 10 and 20 times faster operating and in reading and writing and that makes a huge noticeable difference. These should be the standard fit on any new computer that is meant to last a good few years. Ideally not with a SATA interface but with the much faster still NVME, which does require an NVME motherboard to take advantage of it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The issue is to make a new work perfectly well for the next 10 years, when my i5 or any i5 will be an ancient 20 year old design by then.</p><p>Today I'd go for a Ryzen7 compatible motherboard I think, and be able to make use of multi-threading, making sure it had at least two PCIe NVME M.2 2280 memory slots and fit at least one such memory card of at least 500GB and ideally 1TB. Also important is to have several USB 3 and USB3.1/Thunderbolt sockets for connecting peripherals. Graphics card depends on whether it would be intended for gaming, or not, but AMD offer plenty of choices for all budgets. My own machine has an AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 mb but even fairly budget cards today will have 2GB on board memory on their graphics card. Higher end ones will have 8GB.</p><p></p><p><strong>The 'Budget' is the thing of course. If it was a very significant point then I don't think anyone would bother with their own home build, because off the shelf budget machines will almost always be cheaper than building your own. Most people who build their own are enthusiasts looking for performance and 'performance costs'.</strong></p><p></p><p>David might be an exception of course, for reasons such as 'the challenge' and 'satisfaction'. None of the above is compulsory. They are just ideas for a build that combines performance with future-proofing. Peripherals can be changed as fashion and need dictates, but building the basics for speed and performance using quality branded parts will never be a 'bad thing'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 6974805, member: 718"] My iMac has a quad core i5 2.5GHz Sandy Bridge processor which does everything I've wanted it to do perfectly well. But it is a nine year old machine and time and tide wait for no man or his machine. The main limiting factors of my machine were/are the original 4GB or RAM which I didn't realise was quite as limiting as it proved to be. After installing another 8GB extra a while ago it totally transformed its speed overall. The other limiting factor is my hard drive, which was perfectly good in its day [and is still the same performance today] as a 7500rpm mechanical thing. However solid state drives are between 10 and 20 times faster operating and in reading and writing and that makes a huge noticeable difference. These should be the standard fit on any new computer that is meant to last a good few years. Ideally not with a SATA interface but with the much faster still NVME, which does require an NVME motherboard to take advantage of it. The issue is to make a new work perfectly well for the next 10 years, when my i5 or any i5 will be an ancient 20 year old design by then. Today I'd go for a Ryzen7 compatible motherboard I think, and be able to make use of multi-threading, making sure it had at least two PCIe NVME M.2 2280 memory slots and fit at least one such memory card of at least 500GB and ideally 1TB. Also important is to have several USB 3 and USB3.1/Thunderbolt sockets for connecting peripherals. Graphics card depends on whether it would be intended for gaming, or not, but AMD offer plenty of choices for all budgets. My own machine has an AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 mb but even fairly budget cards today will have 2GB on board memory on their graphics card. Higher end ones will have 8GB. [B]The 'Budget' is the thing of course. If it was a very significant point then I don't think anyone would bother with their own home build, because off the shelf budget machines will almost always be cheaper than building your own. Most people who build their own are enthusiasts looking for performance and 'performance costs'.[/B] David might be an exception of course, for reasons such as 'the challenge' and 'satisfaction'. None of the above is compulsory. They are just ideas for a build that combines performance with future-proofing. Peripherals can be changed as fashion and need dictates, but building the basics for speed and performance using quality branded parts will never be a 'bad thing'. [/QUOTE]
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