Hi community!
I’m in the process of building a new office PC for:
- tenths of firefox tabs open some with Microsoft 365 Excel
- some VMs because I will be installing Debian on the host, but in the office we use some Microsoft software and because, since I install, uninstall, create a lot of mess, I like to be able to go back to old snapshots or format and reinstall Windows without impacting my day to day job.
I’m still undecided about the CPU: AMD 9950x, 9700x or 7950x, but where I’ completely blind is the motherboard. What I would like:
- more than 2 PCIe slots to:
- install a PCI USB card to pass the whole controller to a VM
- install an extra NIC
- I want to be able to install a graphic card in future if needed
- more than 4 USB-A ports
- more than 1 USB-C port
- a well known and reliable brand
Do you have any suggestion even for an SSD (probably 4TB, in the 2-300€ range, maybe even something more) and RAM (64GB)?
Thanks!
https://www.techspot.com/bestof/amd-x670-motherboards
Hard to go wrong with the Asrock Taichi that Wendell from Level1Techs is also a fan of. Looks like memory will be your limiting factor and with VMs being part of the equation, 128gb seems like a good idea.
I am curious how well adobe software can use a dgpu in a vm. I understand things have gotten much better for gaming and maybe that’ll translate into other gpu intensive tasks.
A good source of info: https://forum.level1techs.com