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General_Failure
Apr 17, 2005
Alright. Yes I read the OP. But I need help. I could really use a new PC. Even just new to me.
My PC is past it. I realised recently it's about ten years old.
Usually I'd upgrade whenever there was a serious failure, but somehow it just hasn't happened.

What I'm after is kind of specific, but not necessarily high end.

I use things like virtualbox and friends. Things like tensorflow and other frameworks. Lots of software building. Occasional light gaming.
I also use Fusion 360 sometimes. It's one of the few reasons my PC even has a Windows partition.

So. Requirements would be:

AVX instruction support (everything should have it anyway)
CUDA. Mostly for deep learning, and some other libraries and software I use which take advantage of it.
USB3.0
Supports a reasonably large amount of common RAM. No snowflakes.
Modern SATA controller.

... That's about it I think.
I don't have a clue where to start. Haven't looked at PC hardware for years. I mostly play with SBCs and uCs.
I'd be fine with used, refurb or whatever.
I saw on Amazon they sell refurb PC's. Really I don't think I'd need more than Mobo, RAM, CPU and graphics card. Unless the ATX standard has changed, my PSU is more than adequate, and I have towers to choose from.

So, advice please?

I'm not after a high end PC or anything. Just something that will get the job done.

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General_Failure
Apr 17, 2005

Some Goon posted:

Budget?

Also, assuming your psu is also 10 years old, you should not be reusing it.

I dunno somewhere around $300AUD give or take.

I think the PSU is a bit newer. I remember it's a reasonably high wattage Corsair. I needed it because my old nvidia card, and the dual AMDs before it absolutely destroyed my old PSU.

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