November 15, 2025Nov 15 Dear Folks, It seems that my 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz in one of my computers is now struggling when hosting on Google Meet. The CPU is operating at 95% with screen sharing, for example. So, the Google Meet app is now becoming ever more a RESOURCE HOG, especially for graphics, blurring, etc. And, without doubt, the Google Meet App, with new AI features added, will need even more power to run at 1080p, in the near future. So, I am thinking that the Ryzen 7 8700G 8-Core might be a good starting point. OF COURSE, i MUST have Integrated Graphics, no matter what I decide to purchase. Then, I guess, I will choose a decent ASUS MB. But, which MB and which CPU should I choose if I want this new computer to last for 5 years, without quickly becoming outdated by new software-based resource requirements? The Ryzen sells for about USD300, give or take a few tens of dollars. What would you buy? And, what should I buy? Tks. Gamma
November 17, 2025Nov 17 Ryzen 5 8000-G AND Ryzen 7 8700G are 'APU's, Has the Ryzen AI™, dedicated Ryzen AI Accelerator. It's a substantially worse cpu than the 5-7600,7-7700 5-8400F 7-8600G. Have same IGPU MUCH better than any Intel. Two Suggestions; AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core is a "really good" CPU, and entirely comparable to the i5-14600K If you're on a budget, then 7600 is the way to go. AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Both 7600, 7700 have same IGPU MUCH better than any Intel. Are the extra 2 cores and 4 threads worth it? I personally think the 7700 is the way to go FOR ME. Because I'm not a gamer and those extra cores make a real difference in production tasks, video encoding and such. ALL AMD Ryzen cpu's Love a 32GB kit of decent DDR5 memory. Ryzens really like higher frequency (so DDR5-6000 is best) A systemboard is an issue, a basic B550, B650, B650-P board will do, the '800' series is nutz $$$ Can't suggest where to purchase or cost as I'm not in Thailand, I'm in the US. Best of luck
November 18, 2025Nov 18 Author 15 hours ago, howto said: Ryzen 5 8000-G AND Ryzen 7 8700G are 'APU's, Has the Ryzen AI™, dedicated Ryzen AI Accelerator. It's a substantially worse cpu than the 5-7600,7-7700 5-8400F 7-8600G. Have same IGPU MUCH better than any Intel. Two Suggestions; AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core is a "really good" CPU, and entirely comparable to the i5-14600K If you're on a budget, then 7600 is the way to go. AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Both 7600, 7700 have same IGPU MUCH better than any Intel. Are the extra 2 cores and 4 threads worth it? I personally think the 7700 is the way to go FOR ME. Because I'm not a gamer and those extra cores make a real difference in production tasks, video encoding and such. ALL AMD Ryzen cpu's Love a 32GB kit of decent DDR5 memory. Ryzens really like higher frequency (so DDR5-6000 is best) A systemboard is an issue, a basic B550, B650, B650-P board will do, the '800' series is nutz $$$ Can't suggest where to purchase or cost as I'm not in Thailand, I'm in the US. Best of luck Thanks for the reply. I'll evaluate pricing, and then add more.
November 23, 2025Nov 23 Yoy could upgrade your existing CPU, but The Core i7-4790 is only 20% perf increase, same IGPU. It's the only CPU option. However your issue is not the CPU, it's the IGPU. A discrete video card would fix that fast and is far cheaper than a new system. Get a low~midrange 3~4 year old nVidia card. I know you don't wanna, and I don't want to hear it, so save your breath. Even a 5 year old low range video card will 'stomp' that Intel IGPU. ------ Here is info on the different AMD AM5 chipsets. https://www.techspot.com/guides/2901-amd-ryzen-x870-b850-b840-x670-b650-a620-motherboards/ Guide to AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard Chipsets By Amir Shoam on Feb 06, 2025 This may also explain what the VRM is and it's importance. <<< If that not in this doc it will be in the reviews below. ------ And here are 3 reviews of AMD motherboard. https://www.techspot.com/bestof/amd-b650-motherboards/ Zen 5 Ready: AMD B650 Motherboard Buying Guide By Steven Walton on Jul 13, 2024 ------ https://www.techspot.com/review/3027-amd-b850-motherboards/ AMD B850 Motherboard Roundup: 23 Motherboards Tested Under $200 By Steven Walton on Aug 27, 2025 ------ https://www.techspot.com/review/3050-amd-b850-motherboards-full/ Mega AMD B850 Motherboard Roundup: 47 Boards Tested Asrock, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Sapphire, and NZXT By Steven Walton November 7, 2025 Best of luck, Happy pre-Thanksgiving, Howto
November 24, 2025Nov 24 Author 13 hours ago, howto said: A discrete video card would fix that fast and is far cheaper than a new system. Get a low~midrange 3~4 year old nVidia card. I know you don't wanna, and I don't want to hear it, so save your breath. Even a 5 year old low range video card will 'stomp' that Intel IGPU. Pls do not prejudge or anticipate that I might not be unwilling to accept a good stop-gap solution, during this great time of flux in my computer life. a. My main concern is that I far prefer a solid-state solution for cooling the GPU. b. However, a used GPU from nVidia might last me 90 days. I am using Leap 16, and all drivers are easily available in the system I have installed. c. Perhaps, the one variable is that I don't know the best source of a used GPU hat would work on my ASUS MB, and be reliable for the next 3 to 6 months. d. If the cost was between Bt.500 to maybe Bt.800, or even less, then this is worth considering. e. Used components of this nature are typically very cheap....but I have never researched used parts in CM..... f. Still, IMHO, this solution you suggest is, obviously, quite good....and I don't mean maybe....
November 24, 2025Nov 24 Author 4 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said: Your bandwidth is probably a bigger bottleneck. No. Actually, HOWTO is correct. The problem derives from the CPU being overtaxed, since it is a K CPU, and using integrated graphics with no discrete GPU. If I were to offload the work from the i5-4600K CPU to a discrete GPU, as suggested by HOWTO, and his solution is a very good suggestion, then this would definitely solve my problem. HOWEVER, the problem with adopting HOWTO's suggestion, at least in my scenario, is that my CPU is now 12-yo, and the ASUS MB was purchased in late 2015. Also, I might have problems with powering the added nVIDIA GPU, since the PSU now being used was actually purchased in 2013. So, this computer has been extremely stable for about 12 years. I bet it will last another three years. However, to add an NVIDIA GPU to it, at this point, might be asking for more than it can handle. ========== This is why I had been thinking of retiring it from my work needs, and using it for some other purpose. Instead, it might be better to just purchase a new case, a new MB, some decent RAM, and an AMD CPU, but then I will also need to buy a PSU, etc. I really do not care about buying/having a new computer...just for the excitement of it. I just think this might be the only viable and sensible solution, at this moment. Of course, if the used NVIDIA addition suggestion were practicable, then this suggestion from HOWTO is absolutely the best and lowest cost solution. This is not a gaming computer, of course.
November 24, 2025Nov 24 Author 26 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said: Your bandwidth is probably a bigger bottleneck. What bandwidth are you referring to....? a. The bandwidth of my internet connection? b. The bandwidth of the several pertinent internal components of this computer? Which I believe might be an issue here. c. The bandwidth of the GPU, and as stated, I am not using a discrete GPU. So, this is why I suggested an AMD CPU with integrated graphics, since AMD performs well, compared to some Intel CPUs, in this respect. d. I have reliable 1 Gbps internet speeds through 3BB, which is very stable in my area. e. I never use WIFI, of course, and always connect my computers using ethernet. f. So, as I stated above, the problem originates with the very old CPU, and i5 as follows.... 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable) Intel® HD Graphics 4600
November 24, 2025Nov 24 Author By the Way, Guys, and this is not a joke: When/IF I assemble my next AMD box.... I intend to place my older i5-Intel desktop computer in one of my bathrooms. This way, while sitting on the hopper, I will, finally, have something interesting to do.... I will be able to gaze upon my old i5-parts....rather than... My own private parts, which are even older. Unfortunately, one cannot upgrade one's member so easily, as one can now upgrade a CPU. If I could upgrade my member, for example.... I think I would choose a scarlet-red one, just so, during my final years... It might shock the ladies. As follows: a. Scarlet-red Ryzen b. Scarlet-red Member c. If my member, when I was young, looked like the one sported by this insect, then... I might have had EVEN MORE GFs than I had, in Taiwan, when I was young..... d. When I was young.....(there are no do-overs, of course).... Who does not love Burdon.....because.....HIS SQUARE JAW, and his low voice, ..... Turns me ON....Big Time...... Whatever Burdon might tell me to do.....if I were a girl...... I would do. Even now, if Eric told me to do something, then..... I would. Would not you....????????? Such a strong voice. Truly amazing. Wish I could have a scarlet member, even now..... BUT, instead, I will just opt for a scarlet CPU, and feel satisfied and pleased. This is the least I can do, to pleasure myself, at my old age, I guess.
November 24, 2025Nov 24 Author In a most serious vein, let us take a different tack, an AI tack, in order to compare the advice of TV Members to the advice of the best free AI model provided by Google's Gemini. Just for the fun of it, given the original constraints of the specs and pricing I mentioned above, and also given the need to have an AMD computer able to provide the umph required for the the next five years, come what may.... Would YOU say that Gemini-3.0 has provided poor advice to this user? Of course, Gemini is providing advice based on a very long "thread", maybe about 10,000 words of text in length, or more, involving intimate knowledge of me, and my IT needs. Still, even though you do not know me, would you say that Gemini has steered me wrong...?......or....right? a. My clarification to Gemini stating I need to replace my struggling computer, the one with the i5-4600K, or whatever, purchased over 10 years ago, and this is my prompt: a2. Gemini begins it's clairvoyant and miraculous response here: Gemini's Light-Bulb Conclusion is brilliantly clear: So, is this the unsound advice of a chatbot, predicting the next word? Or, is Gemini now becoming somewhat useful? Whatever: I need a new computer, and replacing the NVIDIA GPU will not get me where I need to go. What would YOU do? How many faults can you find with Gemini's logic....? We know that humans are still smarter than machines, for example.
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