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   From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at   
      
   pinnerite  writes:   
   >My main desktop is showing its age. Some parts are new but the   
   >processor, main board and graphics cards are over 16 years old. I need   
   >to upgrade but I have several 2TB hard drives that have seen little use   
   >that I do not want to just throw away.   
   >   
   >Historically I have preferred AMD processors and their graphics cards.   
   >   
   >Given those perameters, what combination of bits would you (anyone)   
   >suggest that would give me decent performance when say, scrolling   
   >browser pages or running a virtual machine on the main (Linux) host?   
      
   An AM4 board with a Ryzen 5600G and as much DDR4 RAM as you need, plus   
   an M.2 NVME SSD.  You may or may not need to upgrade the power supply.   
      
   For a little more money, you can get the 5700G (8 cores instead of 6).   
      
   If you want to spend more money, you can buy an AM5 board (make sure   
   you get enough SATA ports for your HDD), a Ryzen 7600, DDR5 RAM, and   
   again an M.2 NVME SSD.   
      
   With a higher budget, you can put in any AM5 CPU, up to the 7950X3D,   
   but many of them come without cooler, so you may have to buy that   
   separately.   
      
   The AM5 CPUs have weaker graphics than the 5600G and 5700G, but enough   
   for scrolling browser pages.   
      
   - anton   
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