I feel a new build coming on, not sure I really need it but I've stopped using my HP Z620 and I'd like to use the case which is designed like a
Rolls Royce.
My last build was based on an Asus Z170K board and it's still in use as my main machine. Got really pissed off building it as I scrunched up the pins
on the first board so had to bin it and start again. Even so it has served well and still does.
Use is Office stuff and Visual Studio.
What board/CPU is the modern equivalent of the Asus?
Would it have significant benefits (apart from the satisfaction of
building it)?
On 28 Aug 2023 at 11:03:46 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
I feel a new build coming on, not sure I really need it but I've stopped using my HP Z620 and I'd like to use the case which is designed like a Rolls Royce.
What board/CPU is the modern equivalent of the Asus?
Would it have significant benefits (apart from the satisfaction of
building it)?
Not really.
CPUs are a bit faster now, which won't affect office/browsing at all. If
you compile big things in VS, you might get a 30% reduction in time that takes. Is that worth spending a grand on?
I'm still using my 2016 build (Asus Z170i with i7 mumbleK, 2080Ti later update) as my gaming PC, still hits 4k60/1080p120 happily with modern
games. Absolutely no point upgrading.
The other reason is power consumption. I have a dual Xeon E5-2670v1 workstation (no GPU, just VGA) which takes about 100W idle and 400W peak - I'm sure I could get that down to say 20W idle 100-150W peak on a modern machine. If I used it a lot it would eventually pay in terms of electricity bill. (it is taking 10W just being 'off', running the BMC)
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