Comment on Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can do better. I’d get a miniITX form factor of your choice that supports a video card, but omit the card for now.
An amd with igpu might be decent for your needs today and slap a dgpu in later if your needs change.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
It seems to me that mini ITX is small enough to cost a little bit more. The cheapest seem to be micro ATX boards.
Sorry for the unfamiliar platform, but here’s a comparison I recently made for a friend looking to build a computer around the AM5 socket.
mini ITX: www.toppreise.ch/produktsuche/…/Mainboards-c140?s…
micro ATX: www.toppreise.ch/produktsuche/…/Mainboards-c140?s…
1 CHF = 1.25 USD, but of course prices are different across the continents, so a direct comparison would be difficult. I just hope the fundamental price difference between sizes holds globally.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
mITX is more expensive but is smaller and has some other advantages.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
Are there any advantages that are worth it for that budget range?
The only one I know of so far was short DDR traces and a reduction to two slots for extreme memory overclocking.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I think the packaging also leads to better audio quality due to inherently lower emi.