Can I build an all-AMD or Intel+Nvidia system that can beat the pants off the Acer Aspire Shit I call my home PC (which did cost US$600 new)?
My most demanding benchmark is Bricklink’s Stud.io native renderer, which rendered the model below in 15 minutes.
That, to me is unacceptable, especially with these settings.
I’m pretty sure even a 5th-gen Intel or Zen+ AMD CPU (and accompanying GPU) can render that in 60 seconds on Stud.io’s default settings.
But I want something that can render more ambitious builds (part counts up to 500) to 108op in the highest quality and play NFS Heat, modded Assetto Corsa, and/or every major Trackmania release (United Star Ed, TM2, Turbo and the upcoming reboot) with enough quality in details and framerate to make photo mode viable.
All for Php30,000, while still retaining an “all-in-one” form factor (with the case acting as a VESA mount for a monitor). Or Php40,000 (about $800) if I want to push the limit.
Now, admittedly, I kinda have a good idea of what I want in an all-AMD build. Minus the monitor and case (they take way longer to scour than system parts), the red build below costs $717. That said, if I add in a monitor and case, I reckon I’d go over my budget ceiling.
It’s the alternative Intel + Nvidia setup I’m having some cheese with. THERE’S TOO MANY OF THEM! On AMD, I get to choose between an APU or the 4-core Zen 2 chip, and that’s it. Intel’s got like bajillions of them yet they all looks the same. How?