Budget (including currency): $500 - 700
Country: Canada
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: general programming... database work, mathy stuff, 2D and minor 3D graphics, some machine learning stuff
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): updating old mini-itx system. its old so the only thing that is ok is the case, everything else will have to be repurchased
So I want to make a new mini-itx build for myself. It is going to be a linux based system for my programming projects. The highest priority is being as silent as possible but I would still like some power. I have been searching for various combinations components. Looked at various amd and intel stuff. Also noticed this arm based motherboard:
https://en.t-firefly.com/product/industry/itx3588j
For a little more than my budget, I can get a new m2 mac mini and have something quiet, fast, and works out of the box. Does this make any sense? Seems the research involved to pull together the correct combo of parts while having a silent machine might not be worth it, right now.
Anyways...