9 Nines Posted July 1, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 11 minutes ago, Starkiller said: Also, you can always add a video card later if you want to do any gaming. Though it won’t be a silent PC any more at that point. That is how I am leaning. This does not seem a good time to buy a video card. Rumors are that AMD might catch up to Nvidia in ray and path tracing in its next release, so you would get higher ram for better 4K gaming without trade-off in ray/path tracing. Also Nvidia is supposed to issue a 5070 super that will up the ram which would help in 4K gaming. I would save ~$900. Right now I am using a 2012 Intel 3770K with 8GB and a ~2015 GTX 970 video card. For 10+ browsers, Discord, Excel with multiple pages but no to few macros, and a trading ap all running every day, would I get same (or maybe better??) performance while using a 9800X3D's integrated graphics doing that? Hopefully the answer is a strong Yes, but I want to make sure before I buy the components as I might be without a graphics card for 6 to 9+ months if I go that route waiting for new releases. Thanks for helping me. Starkiller 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted July 1, 2025 Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 42 minutes ago, 9 Nines said: Right now I am using a 2012 Intel 3770K with 8GB Definitely time for an upgrade! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Nines Posted July 1, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 (edited) 4 hours ago, Starkiller said: Definitely time for an upgrade! For the usage I listed above (For 10+ browsers, Discord, Excel with multiple pages but no to few macros, and a trading ap all running every day) will it run as well or better than what I have now when using only the iGPU or will it have hiccups/lag? Edited July 1, 2025 by 9 Nines Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted July 1, 2025 Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 1 hour ago, 9 Nines said: For the usage I listed above (For 10+ browsers, Discord, Excel with multiple pages but no to few macros, and a trading ap all running every day) will it run as well or better than what I have now when using only the iGPU or will it have hiccups/lag? Would a PC with a 12 year newer high end CPU and motherboard, with 4 times as much RAM and a new SSD run faster? Slightly… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Nines Posted July 1, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Starkiller said: Would a PC with a 12 year newer high end CPU and motherboard, with 4 times as much RAM and a new SSD run faster? Slightly… But for 6 to 9 months, until the rumored 5070 Super TI is released, I would be using its iGPU which is actually lower than iGPU of previous CPUs because it only has 2 cores on it. I think AMD stopped putting an iGPU in its gaming oriented CPUs until the 7 series and 9 series in what one reviewer called "a display output only" choice - that review gave me pause to try to make sure before I order the parts. Edited July 1, 2025 by 9 Nines Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted July 2, 2025 Report Share Posted July 2, 2025 15 minutes ago, 9 Nines said: But for 6 to 9 months, until the rumored 5070 Super TI is released, I would be using its iGPU which is actually lower than iGPU of previous CPUs because it only has 2 cores on it. I think AMD stopped putting an iGPU in its gaming oriented CPUs until the 7 series and 9 series in what one reviewer called "a display output only" choice - that review gave me pause to try to make sure before I order the parts. The CPU you picked has AMD’s graphics hardware integrated. If you cared about how much graphics power it provides you wouldn’t be considering not buying a graphics card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted July 2, 2025 Report Share Posted July 2, 2025 14 hours ago, 9 Nines said: I am going to consider such a build. With ten-plus browsers pages open, Excel and Discord running, and an ap like Think-or-Swim/other stock trading platforms, would such a build have any lag? Would it be very zippy with that usage or would a gaming build such as listed be better in that regard? Also I do weekly Roll20 D&D gaming and Discord usage on the PC as well as light gaming like card and time-killing gaming. Basically, while I planned a gaming build I am not sure I will do serious gaming on it all that much - it would be nice to do but a luxury on which I could be flexible. So if a general build would be just as good in what I just listed, I will consider one and compare them on price. Dude you'd be fine with an i5 16g and whatever storage meets your needs for that usage. A Dell Latitude 5400 series laptop would suffice. If you wanted something fancier, try the XPS line. These lines will hold up long-term. One of the mistakes people make when building or purchasing a computer is buying components based on "horsepower" thinking that it will have longevity, but computer programs eat up more of our cores and RAM as time goes on. You're better off spending the money on business class components that are stress tested but with less horsepower. For RAM, 16 will be enough for what you described, but if you must, double it. Unless those Excel files are deep af, you don't need more than an i5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted July 2, 2025 Report Share Posted July 2, 2025 And get something that's compatible with a nice high powered dock if you want multiple monitors and fast charging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Nines Posted July 10, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2025 Its fast, even on iGPU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanruss Posted July 14, 2025 Report Share Posted July 14, 2025 More RAM. Just buy 2 sets now so they all are from the same batch. wiscotitansfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted August 20, 2025 Report Share Posted August 20, 2025 I recently replaced my motherboard and CPU… waiting on Witcher 4 to upgrade my GPU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted August 20, 2025 Report Share Posted August 20, 2025 On 7/14/2025 at 5:47 PM, titanruss said: More RAM. Just buy 2 sets now so they all are from the same batch. This is a very underrated piece of information titanruss 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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