Back in April 2022, I asked for advice here re parts for a new machine(ANB6)
& got some very helpful info (thanks to everyone).
Since then, it hasn't worked out very well
& I'm still relying on my 7-year-old machine (ANB5).
I want an AMD CPU, based on past experience ;
I prefer a Gigabyte mobo ditto, but will consider other makes.
I would like to have PCIe 4.0 , which is much faster than 3.0 ,
to improve Gentoo compile times ; I don't do gaming.
I would like to avoid a separate graphics card,
which are expensive & seem today to be designed for gaming enthusiasts.
I want to buy from a physical store, not delivered by an on-line order,
in case there's a defect, so that I can easily take it back to the store.
Looking at the offerings from Canada Computers, my most convenient store, which I have used for all 5 of my previous home-built machines,
my impression is that if you get PCIe 4.0 ,
you don't get CPU graphics, but have to buy a separate graphics card ;
if you have built-in graphics in the CPU, you get only PCIe 3.0.
I might be willing to get an Intel CPU,
but in their specifications there's no mention of PCIe (3 or 4) :
is this an accident or are PCIe's confined to AMD ?
Intel seems to be a quite different world from AMD today.
Does anyone have any useful advice or suggestions ?
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<br></div><div>Look for an AMD X570 chipset MB. I think you can find what you're looking for.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Mark</div></div>
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 1:13 PM Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
Look for an AMD X570 chipset MB. I think you can find what you're lookingfor.
HTH,
Mark
Since then, it hasn't worked out very well
& I'm still relying on my 7-year-old machine (ANB5).
I would like to have PCIe 4.0 , which is much faster than 3.0 ,
to improve Gentoo compile times ; I don't do gaming.
I want to buy from a physical store, not delivered by an on-line order,
in case there's a defect, so that I can easily take it back to the store.
my impression is that if you get PCIe 4.0 , you don't get CPU graphics,
but have to buy a separate graphics card ;
if you have built-in graphics in the CPU, you get only PCIe 3.0.
I might be willing to get an Intel CPU,
but in their specifications there's no mention of PCIe (3 or 4) :
is this an accident or are PCIe's confined to AMD ?
Does anyone have any useful advice or suggestions ?
I don't think PCIe 4.0 would, in this sort of machine,
have much to do with compile times.
This level of machine has an NVMe flash drive for the system disk.
My machine has 2 x 1 TB NVMe SSDs and no mechanical drives.
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