Same or equivalent parts from the store you linked earlier:

Processor 190€ link Mother Board 188€ link Memory 80€ link Graphics¹ 304€ link SSD 156 sale: 125€ link Chassis¹ 63€ link Power Supply 75€ link Total 1025€

¹ Note that a few of them I picked what I think might be refurbished parts, assuming you trust the store its a way to save a few €.

Do you recommend that you buy windows 10 pro?

@Megalomaniak said: Same or equivalent parts from the store you linked earlier:

Processor 190€ link Mother Board 188€ link Memory 80€ link Graphics¹ 304€ link SSD 156 sale: 125€ link Chassis¹ 63€ link Power Supply 75€ link Total 1025€

¹ Note that a few of them I picked what I think might be refurbished parts, assuming you trust the store its a way to save a few €.

Missing a heatsink?

@david8184 said: Do you recommend that you buy windows 10 pro?

Personally, I wouldn't bother to pay the extra for Windows 10 Pro over Windows 10, but that's just me. I don't really use the pro features though, so it might be worth it if you need something only the pro version offers.

@david8184 said: Missing a heatsink?

That CPU comes with one.

@cybereality said:

@david8184 said: Missing a heatsink?

That CPU comes with one.

Ok. Thank you.

@TwistedTwigleg said:

@david8184 said: Do you recommend that you buy windows 10 pro?

Personally, I wouldn't bother to pay the extra for Windows 10 Pro over Windows 10, but that's just me. I don't really use the pro features though, so it might be worth it if you need something only the pro version offers.

I think it's worth it Window 10 pro because it have more functions.

@david8184 said:

@TwistedTwigleg said:

@david8184 said: Do you recommend that you buy windows 10 pro?

Personally, I wouldn't bother to pay the extra for Windows 10 Pro over Windows 10, but that's just me. I don't really use the pro features though, so it might be worth it if you need something only the pro version offers.

I think it's worth it Window 10 pro because it have more functions.

That's fair, and if you think it is worth it, then go for it! I just personally have not used the functions that much myself.

@TwistedTwigleg said:

@david8184 said:

@TwistedTwigleg said:

@david8184 said: Do you recommend that you buy windows 10 pro?

Personally, I wouldn't bother to pay the extra for Windows 10 Pro over Windows 10, but that's just me. I don't really use the pro features though, so it might be worth it if you need something only the pro version offers.

I think it's worth it Window 10 pro because it have more functions.

That's fair, and if you think it is worth it, then go for it! I just personally have not used the functions that much myself.

Ok. ;)

2 years later

Re. Win10 Pro, most of the features are tailored towards accessing/being on a Windows Domain like group policy and the like.

The only feature I 'need' is bitlocker drive encryption, and my work covered the cost because of this anyway (always worth asking if you also intend to ever use the machine for work? Sames goes for Microsoft Office, a work license should cover home use).

As others have mentioned the GPU market is pretty fried atm, but if you'r OK with second hand I would suggest looking at older gen cards that were always and still are 1080p bangers. I don't know what the Radeon equivalents would be, but for Nvidia I've had a: 780ti was a monster when it came out and will still handle any game at 1080 med/high settings, but 3gb VRAM can be a limitation with big scenes in Blender (can workaround this obviously) 1070 was a borderline 1440p card really, so again will max out most games at 1080 and 8gb VRAM :)

A quick glance on Ebay in my area implies I could get these for ~1/2 the price of the RX5700, and the 1070 at least would come close to it's performance, though may lack newer feature sets. My current card is a 1080ti and again, absolute multi-generation monster that can happily play Horizon Zero Dawn at 4k/medium with a few highs despite it's age. But this basically doesn't support DLSS and RTX, which after tasting on my laptop....mmmmmm.

Anyway second hand market mileage may vary, I'm always super cagey when I deal with other peoples GPUs and will expect to see furmark running in person before I hand over cash.

if it helps, I'm doing a ton of game development, including 3D, with nothing but this piece of garbage lightened with a barebones operating system.

Video rendering takes forever but image editing isn't a problem at all. programming doesn't need specs until you get to rendering, but that's not a problem unless you plan to really get into 3D or shaders. I tried doing shaders and that shot out this thing's knees If you value convenience and don't want to spend a month studying a new operating system, you will almost definitely need something more powerful than this

Don't bother with building a PC right now, they are too expensive. Either buy a pre-built desktop (which are still selling for normal prices) or get a laptop. The laptop is a better choice, I would say, because they are much more powerful now and close to desktop machines, are portable, and are much easier to sell second-hand. If you get a desktop, it is very hard to get rid of besides selling are the parts one by one, and this is a hassle. Though personally, I don't like laptops, so I always use a desktop machine (but I understand I am spending a lot more money to choose that).

Don't bother with building a PC right now, they are too expensive.

Components other than GPUs are still reasonably priced, so if you build an AMD 5700G-based machine (which is fine for using Godot), you should be fine :)

The 5700G has the fastest integrated graphics available on a desktop CPU to date. While it's still at least twice as slow as a RX 6500XT, it's fast enough to run Godot 4.0's Vulkan renderer.

Yeah, the 5700G is okay. Even if it's the best iGPU, that is not saying much. I mean, in the current times, I guess it's a decent choice, and you can always add a dGPU later, but I think you will be waiting at least a year for things to settle. So my recommendation is still to get a laptop, because they are regular price and you can get a real GPU, they are quite fast, and even like $1,200 can get you something good.