upgrade Hello, shameless request for help in first post!

[Chronologix]

Hello LTT community, i have been a follower of the LTT adventures for a couple years now, but after 2020 i started watching everyday, i'm mostly a lurker everywhere i go, not your social cookie, but hey, here i am.

Budget (including currency): 20,000 AR$ (monthly, im buying one or two parts a month, if it goes over that, it means i have to save up)

Country: Argentina

Aim:

I'd like to have a PC powerful enough to run CAD programs (Such as Revit, Autocad) and at the same time be able to enjoy modern titles like Steampunk 2077 at least in 1080p (I cannot afford a GPU country economy makes it even harder). I had thought of buying a ryzen 7 5700g and work from there (Also open to suggestions)

Monitors

i Might add a second one in the future

Peripherals

will use the ones i already have

Why am I upgrading?

My current PC is my second ever build, it's not perfect, it was good at it's time, now not so much... It has sentimental value could repurpose it for a home server (maybe, idk, not an expert here)
Btw, first ever build was a Phenom II x2 3.1Ghz with an MSI 790gx-G65 4GB ddr3 1333mh and an Ati Radeon HD 5550 1gb

Edited March 11, 2022 by Chronologix
Intro

[paquarri]

27 minutes ago, Chronologix said:

I cannot afford a GPU country economy makes it even harder

you mean that you don't want a gpu at all? do you just want a cpu with integrated graphics?

[Chronologix]

 

8 hours ago, paquarri said:

you mean that you don't want a gpu at all? do you just want a cpu with integrated graphics?

Wanting? yes, being able to afford it? no, if the wolrd gpu market wasn't bad enough, these items get insanely taxed in my country so it's almost imposible to buy for your average person.

 

8 hours ago, Caroline said:

This is extremely subjective

You can pretty much enjoy a game playing in a rusty 90's machine if the game's good enough, I used to pull all-nighters on an Athlon XP build with half a PSU and a ziptied CPU fan, played GTA III, HL2 (base game, the episodes wouldn't even start) and other titles at like 10 FPS max and actually enjoyed them, having an expensive build doesn't ensures you'll enjoy a game.

Thanks for your help, yes, i agree with you, but it gets harder with modern titles, i was talking with a friend and we agreed that most devs don't care about optimizing games, they'd rather users have a gpu that will handle the draw calls from their games.
For example, i was able to run Genshin impact in my Phenom II build, that game is insanely optimized.
As for the CAD side of things, i mostly do blueprints and reference 3d drawings, nothing fancy, this is why i think i can get away without gpu at all.

BTW my current build is also an apu (A10 7850k) with no gpu, i had a gt 430 but it died, and ended up not making such a big difference without it.

Additional question: would it be better to buy more memory to reserve it for the iGPU? my current build only allows me to reserve 2gigs for it, is this motherboard related? or max memory pool related?

[brob]

Save up until you have enough to buy the entire system. Otherwise you run the risk of missing out on new and sometimes less expensive tech. There is also the problem of not being able to fully test a part until well past return dates or even warranty periods.