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2 hours ago, Pharrel said:

Its been almost five years since i bought my first computer and i was thinking to upgrade to a smaller form factor build, currently i have

-i3 10100f air cooled

-b460 atx motherboard

-gtx 1650

-400w de-530 atx psu

i got a few spare cash at the moment but didn't have enough to buy entire computer so im thinking of upgrading one by one and ran into a dilemma

 

I could buy an m-itx board now and use my existing cpu and case but looking at the price i thought it was going to be a waste not just upgrade to 12th gen with basic b660 atx motherboard, or i could go with a case that fit atx motherboard but it just not the same as using smaller form factor case like the ch160 or the nr200

 

The other choice i just look into is using matx motherboard because its not as expensive as mitx board and use something like a ch260 or something similar

 

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

Don't invest anything in your current platform, and upgrading to 12th gen is not really the best neither

Really AM5 is the only good option atm

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Its been almost five years since i bought my first computer and i was thinking to upgrade to a smaller form factor build, currently i have

-i3 10100f air cooled

-b460 atx motherboard

-gtx 1650

-400w de-530 atx psu

i got a few spare cash at the moment but didn't have enough to buy entire computer so im thinking of upgrading one by one and ran into a dilemma

 

I could buy an m-itx board now and use my existing cpu and case but looking at the price i thought it was going to be a waste not just upgrade to 12th gen with basic b660 atx motherboard, or i could go with a case that fit atx motherboard but it just not the same as using smaller form factor case like the ch160 or the nr200

 

The other choice i just look into is using matx motherboard because its not as expensive as mitx board and use something like a ch260 or something similar

 

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

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4 minutes ago, Pharrel said:

I could buy an m-itx board now and use my existing cpu and case but looking at the price i thought it was going to be a waste

Yeah, that would be a waste.

 

5 minutes ago, Pharrel said:

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

Save your money until you have enough to get what you want.

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15 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

Save your money until you have enough to get what you want.

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1 hour ago, Pharrel said:

i thought it was going to be a waste not just upgrade to 12th gen with basic b660 atx motherboard

You shouldn't upgrade to 12th gen, or even Intel, now.

Consider AMD with AM5 instead.

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2 hours ago, Pharrel said:

Its been almost five years since i bought my first computer and i was thinking to upgrade to a smaller form factor build, currently i have

-i3 10100f air cooled

-b460 atx motherboard

-gtx 1650

-400w de-530 atx psu

i got a few spare cash at the moment but didn't have enough to buy entire computer so im thinking of upgrading one by one and ran into a dilemma

 

I could buy an m-itx board now and use my existing cpu and case but looking at the price i thought it was going to be a waste not just upgrade to 12th gen with basic b660 atx motherboard, or i could go with a case that fit atx motherboard but it just not the same as using smaller form factor case like the ch160 or the nr200

 

The other choice i just look into is using matx motherboard because its not as expensive as mitx board and use something like a ch260 or something similar

 

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

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CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B660M Pro RS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($48.73 @ Amazon) 
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2 hours ago, Pharrel said:

Its been almost five years since i bought my first computer and i was thinking to upgrade to a smaller form factor build, currently i have

-i3 10100f air cooled

-b460 atx motherboard

-gtx 1650

-400w de-530 atx psu

i got a few spare cash at the moment but didn't have enough to buy entire computer so im thinking of upgrading one by one and ran into a dilemma

 

I could buy an m-itx board now and use my existing cpu and case but looking at the price i thought it was going to be a waste not just upgrade to 12th gen with basic b660 atx motherboard, or i could go with a case that fit atx motherboard but it just not the same as using smaller form factor case like the ch160 or the nr200

 

The other choice i just look into is using matx motherboard because its not as expensive as mitx board and use something like a ch260 or something similar

 

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

Don't invest anything in your current platform, and upgrading to 12th gen is not really the best neither

Really AM5 is the only good option atm

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I still want a 10850k... The only Intel CPU except Pentium 1 that I like 😅 there's just something mythical about it... I bet it's still good too, even AMD FX is still holding up!  

 

6 hours ago, Pharrel said:

Whats the best option should i choose, or should i save my money to go mitx on newer platform?

I don't really see why you want to upgrade the CPU? Looks to me the only sensible option would be a complete platform refresh (including that GPU). 

The direction tells you... the direction. 

-Scott Manley, 2021

 

 

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