I'm currently rocking one of those office ssf pcs with a i5-3XXX with 1050ti.
It's been great for my uni work and gaming. I did come across a reddit thread that said AI would want an i7.
And considering how damn cheap it is to get a ryzen + 580 build at techfast, I've been so tempted. Let's me try out VR too when the Lenovo explorer goes for half price or something.
But do I need to? I've been happy with my own pc so far.
My goal atm is to make a reddit chatbot. Something similar to those karma farmers in reddit.
Should be fine with what you have, try it out and see if it runs fine
Thanks! Then I'll meditate and be zen as (profanity) when the techfast deal comes on haha.
I would think the best way to do this is via an AWS instance. You can buy a lot of AWS time for the price of a computer.
I have no idea how training or building an AI work or how instance work, but unless I'm making money, wouldn't a simple Ryzen 5 build be more cost efficient in the long term? It's only 600 bucks on techfast.
Edit: on second thought, it makes sense to me if I want anything beyond Ryzen 7. Thanks!
Yeah I had similar goals but ended up playing games and running benchmarks most of the time. You can get more grunt than Ryzen with older intel setups if you are willing to o/c + get better cooling. So taking your cpu + gpu out and putting it into a new case with mobo. You can then add a cpu cooler. Maybe $200 all up if you get a cheap case? Less if you are willing to look for deals.
Hold up, so the i5 is better than a 6 core? Sick.
Haha yeah, I'm hoping that this project will be fruitful, I wanna get into the industry.
What case and motherboard should I be looking at? Motherboard rarely seems to go on discount, and idk if second hand motherboard are trustworthy.
Not really, but I don't think you notice 5-10% or so. I had a i7 4790 and the K version or a i7 2600K overclocked are meant to be very close to a ryzen 5 2600. This is Single Core performance but they may be very close in other areas. Even ddr3 is meant to be very close to DDR4. Ryzen's big advantage is the threads and better efficiency. You can use a GPU to do deep learning training. I think RTX cards have the advantage. But yeah, probably best to go through the theory before deciding if you want to commit. Here's the best videos I have found about AI in recent times Youtube
You're going to need to be more specific than AI.