Hello. I joined a few days ago and I'm trying to learn about all these computer parts. I saw this place had a forum and I'd like some help trying to find a computer if someone wouldn't mind chipping in.
My computer is old and water damaged, and now finally given up and gone to e-Heaven. I'm not a gamer, but what I see in most OzBargain deals, is the graphics card is always included in a computer system - and it's a significant part of the cost which I'd never use.
I only know the basics of what I want. Things like cooling, what motherboard, leads, etc I have no idea about. I can't build it myself - it's beyond me.
I'd really like a big processor like the 9950x to see me through many years so I don't have to worry about this again (I'm an old guy). I'm currently learning about videos and transcoding, using virtual machines, but occasionally revert back to classic games like Age of Empires 2. I use a lot of Office applications and have numerous Chrome and Brave browsers open whcih I know eats memory. I'm always maxing out my friend's computer and it has 32gb of memory so maybe I should get double.
Summary computer: 9950x/14900n (are these fixed now?)/7950x3d? Maybe 32-64gb of memory, 1tb of storage, a wood panel box to put it all in, hmm, is that enough to go on? Everything else I will need to pass over to the person making it to decide what to put in. I have about $2-2,500. No graphics required. My 3060ti survived and is more than enough for what I do.
Thanks for reading. I'm sorry to ask - difficult trying to find computers without graphic cards that suit me.
Have a great day.
i strongly recommending AMD right now, they have just launched the 9000 series cpu which should be able to last u a few years or u can wait a while for their x3d cpu which is design for gaming. On the other hand they haven't fix the problem with intel yet. The main problem for intel is the voltage given by motherboard and intel themselves is too high which cause the performance to shrink. And the once the shrink starts there is no going back, their new bios is basiclly lower the voltage to a safe stardard but will hurt the performance after all.