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thanks for all the suggestions, I'll take an evening tomorrow to check all my options and ask more questions if needed. Greatly appreciated all the input!

I'm not gonna use it for farming. It will be for development, running server and sandbox for ethical hacking and penetration testing. One will be sandbox windows, 2 will run on linux (They won't need as much resources), 1 will run as a server and the other one for streaming and rendering. For my coding and compiling I'm not really worried - even my old machine is slow but handling it. I need to future proof my projects though since they are getting bigger and that will result in an increasing compile time. For the datasets I figure I'll use AWS. The video editing and photo editing is a disaster on this machine, it takes ages... The gaming I do is really a side thing, I dont care for fast refresh rates, since my monitors are prioritized to be color accurate and not fast. I would like to be able to connect a big screen, since I don't own a tv and watching movies or series is a bit of a downer on a 27inch. Maybe this information helps, because I don't want to overbuild my dekstop. I would like for it to go for roughly 7-10years. My current setup is 7y old, it has been decent, but it's getting very slow. To the point I don't feel like editing anymore.

thanks, I'm gonna check them out and see if i can bump up my memory instead.

Priority is on development, productivity and VM's - gaming is just a side thing. Could I do with a lesser GPU? Those prices are ridiculous imo.

Thanks, If i may be so blunt would you go team blue or red?

Thanks for the build, I'm gonna check those out! It's crazy to see there are so little usb-c ports on those motherboards.. I guess I'm the only one using external SSD's

Thanks for the work invested in making both lists! I don't feel good with spending half budget on a graphics card. And this is the problem I'm not sure if it will make a big difference in my editing work. For my datasets - I don't worry too much since there are cloud services for that. The case comes with 2 fans, the liquid cooler has 3 and the power supply also has a fan, I guess that will be sufficient or should i invest in more fans? I'm still looking at the differences in motherboards and memory. Also need to look up performance between the CPU's you mentioned. -- If someone has answers to my other questions that would be nice. Thanks in advance

Budget (including currency): € 2000 - 3000 (max 3500)-> edit Country: Belgium - https://be.pcpartpicker.com/ Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games: - Factorio - Anno 1404 - 1800(in the future) - Farming Simulator - Football Manager - Frostpunk - City: Skylines - Horizon Zero Dawn 2 (when it releases for pc) Programs/Workloads: - OBS - Jetbrains: pycharm, intelliJ, Datagrip, etc.. - IDE: vs code - Docker - VM's 4 (sandbox, 2 linux, 1 server) - Adobe Cloud: Photoshop, lightroom, premiere pro, Illustrator - Inkscape, Gimp - Spotify, Teams, Discord, Steam - Browsers (a bunch of tabs) - I'm probably forgetting a bunch, but in general: coding, compiling, photo and video editing, streaming, a couple VM's and browsing + occasianal gaming. Current hardware: Build from 2016 - Asus Maximus VIII Hero DDR4 socket 1151 Z170 - Intel I7 6700K OC 4.5GHz - Asus-Strix-GTX970 - Corsair (2x8GB) 2666MHZ - Corsair RM650i - Corsair H100i GTX - Corsair Obesidian 450D - SSD's samsung 850 evo 250GB and 500GB and HDD WD 1TB peripherals: - webcam usb-a - mic blue yeti usb-a - want to upgrade in the future to a xlr mic - keyboard k70 2x usb-a - logi mx master 3 - bluetooth dongle usb-a 2x - speakers old logitich 5.1 so need those jacks (green, black, orange) - 2x benq 27inch 1440p one connected with hdmi, the other mini-displayport. - 1x Dell 23inch 1080p (vertical stand) DVI-D - i figure this will be a problem future upgrades in peripherals: XLR mic, new monitor probably 34inch 4K (and removing the Dell), probably new speakers at some point. Use current setup to transform to server. But for now no need in upgrading peripherals. When to buy: As soon as possible, unless it's beneficial to wait a little longer. I have done some research and some say November is ideal, others say September is good because they come out with new hardware at the end of the year. Honestly I try to follow and read up to a lot of hardware stuff, amd, intel, nvidea, readon. But I'm a software guy, I can build my own desktop and there is the end of my knowledge. To each their own specialty. Please only begin suggesting something if you enjoy doing this kind of thing. I don't need someone telling me: "Hey at least put a list in pcpartpicker." I'll explain why I haven't. Problem: I'm not sure if I should go with amd5 or intel, why? 1. I need to use windows for development reasons 2. I need and want to use linux - nvidea is not good at supporting drivers, so Radeon sounds better. 3. I'm going into data/AI development and the CUDA cores in Nvidea are good for that. 4. I can use cloud services for large datasets - so I may not need those cuda cores after all. 5. I don't care for ray tracing or ultimate settings for gaming, and most of the games i play are resource-management focused and probably more CPU heavy. 6. Although I do a lot of photo and video editing and I don't know if nvidea vs radeon has a big part in those workloads. What's important: 1. my I/O needs to be fast 2. I need enough cores for my VM's I figure 16 cores? 3. I need a decent amount of RAM 32GB, maybe 64GB? 4. my main drive should at least be 1TB since programming stuff takes a lot of space. and another 2TB drive would be nice. Since my current ones aren't M2. 5. I don't think I'll be OC like i did previously - but a BIOS flash button is handy - as is an indicator on Motherboard for faults. 6. enough USB-A and USB-C 7. integrated Bluetooth would be nice (but optional since I use dongle now anyways) 8. audio jacks 9. no RGB, again I don't need RGB. 10. Silent, cool temps. Question 1 : I have a retail version of windows, if i do a complete overhaul will they accept my retail version or are they gonna expect me to buy a new license for this new build? I guess they will, the ******. Since the current setup and case will be used for server (linux). Question 2 : What about cooling? I have my desktop in the attic, summers can get very hot. I have been looking up water vs air cooling a lot, but it keeps unclear to me. I get that the water has some kind of buffer and then it will probably be mostly the same.. I prefer a lot of fans at a lower speed to keep things cool. My current water cooling makes a lot of noise. Are those noctua really that good or is it hyped by influencers? Thanks if you got till the end, I am aware this is a load of talk and I feel like i missed some things still. I prefer to spent a good amount on SSD, RAM and Motherboard, I guess for my use on video editing the GPU will be important but I'm not gonna pay 1000 euro for a graphics card. Please ask for additional information, if needed.

Greetings helpful people, Once more i return to the guidance of the LTT forum. Like the title says i'm looking for a monitor 32" 4K non-curved that can pivot and is focused on real estate and color. I'll be using it for programming mainly. the games i do play on it will be mostly limited to non-fps games so refresh-rate is not my biggest concern. I do want it to be IPS and not OLED. I did find a benq monitor (PD3200U) but my last benQ monitor (one i'm using now) had such bad out-of-the-box color accuracy, that i'm hesitant to go with benQ again. I hear Dell is good at this. I'm in the EU and budget would be 600-800 € (since i'll probably be buying 2) One in landscape other in portrait (not sure if i should go with a 32" for that one) If the portrait one isn't 32" then the pivot function is not that important. But i'd still like it to be height adjustable. I wasn't sure if i was better of with 27" but 4K on that size makes it hard to read text and since i'm mainly in text editors i decided to go for 32" Anyone with experience in programming and the monitor they use is a big plus. Thanks in advance!

That is very good to hear since in my experience all other brands seem to die on me pretty soon. And i like to use my devices for a couple years and not buy new ones every 2years. I decided to go with the 16GB FHD X1 gen2. Thanks for your help!

Thanks, sounds easy enough to try out. I take it you own thinkpad yourself? Can you guide me in terms of 16 vs 32 GB ? Does Thinkpad come with lots of bloatware or is that relatively fair? Would you opt for 4K or is there no real value? I think i'm going for the thinkpad since i hear nothing but love from devs and sysadmins for the thinkpad. Only issue i have is the delivery time but that will only be a one-time issue..

I'm not familiar with undervolt on laptops, i should be looking into that. Do you know if they changed internal design between gen1 and gen2? Since the gen2 is new i don't find a lot of feedback on performance? Thanks for replying btw!

Hello All helpful people I noticed similar topics but can't seem to find the laptop I'm looking for. I have been researching the interwebs for weeks with the result of getting more confused everyday. ( do all laptops suck? ) So i have high hopes and trust in your guidance, since I'm not familiar with laptops in general. What i have now: mbp 13" 2015 what i'll be using it for - web dev - programming mainly Java / C# - adobe suit (occasional) - VM's ( will be running multiple OS and servers at the same time ) - NO gaming what i'm looking for: - 15" - 16GB - 512 SSD - i7 gen9 - would be nice to be able to upgrade SSD and RAM (not the highest priority) - HDMI port should be included - portability is kinda important though so 2.0 - 2.5 kg would be nice - battery life ( it would be nice if i don't need a powerbank ) - keyboard needs to be pleasant to type on, so no mbp important note: - first thing i'll do is format the disk - probably run w10 on it dual boot with linux ( not sure yet if it will be dual boot or VM ) I've been looking into the xps 15 7590 ( unreliable? ) thinkpad X1 gen2 ( a hot mess? ) mbp ( unix is great but keyboard, port selection makes it a no go ) I'm getting frustrated since it seems like there is no good laptop at all.. so i'd appreciate the recommendations a lot. also since i'm in EU i need it to get here fast enough..( that's a major concern with lenovo - thinkpad to be honest.. i hear it takes +4weeks to get it ) budget: i'd like to be around 2000 euro, 2500 would be the max and then it would be having an amazing screen. about the screen i really wonder if 4K is a big advantage on 15" i do like a lot of workspace. also any advice on matte vs glossy would be nice. thanks in advance!