Hi community!
I’m in the process of building a new office PC for:

  • tenths of firefox tabs open some with Microsoft 365 Excel
  • some VMs because I will be installing Debian on the host, but in the office we use some Microsoft software and because, since I install, uninstall, create a lot of mess, I like to be able to go back to old snapshots or format and reinstall Windows without impacting my day to day job.

I’m still undecided about the CPU: AMD 9950x, 9700x or 7950x, but where I’ completely blind is the motherboard. What I would like:

  • more than 2 PCIe slots to:
    • install a PCI USB card to pass the whole controller to a VM
    • install an extra NIC
    • I want to be able to install a graphic card in future if needed
  • more than 4 USB-A ports
  • more than 1 USB-C port
  • a well known and reliable brand

Do you have any suggestion even for an SSD (probably 4TB, in the 2-300€ range, maybe even something more) and RAM (64GB)?

Thanks!

  • darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    This post seems confusing without additional details. Maybe you can expand on what are the tasks that will make use of that kind of processing power. What are your performance priorities?

    Based on your current description, I don’t see anything that will stress even a 10 year old CPU.

    Also, what uses would you have for an egpu other than basic hardware acceleration? Gaming, A.I, etc…

    If you just want to cover your bases, almost any high end x670 board will do the job.

    • peregus@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      Well, actually my almost 10 years old i7-6700K struggles.
      The problem is probably that I keep a lot of programs open:

      • Outlook
      • about 100 Firefox tabs (with 10+ addons)
      • 10+ Chrome tabs
      • 5 Edge tabs (with Excel 365)
      • 3 or 4 Excel sheets
      • MS Teams
      • Foxit Reader
      • a coupe of VMs
      • QCAD/Photoshop/Premiere for basic editing (for these software I may need a discrete GPU)