ITX Build $500

4freedomssake

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Good afternoon guys and gals. This is the first time I’ve been on here for quite a while. Lost my username.

I have done quite a few ATX builds in the past. But never an ITX build; so I’m going to ask for your help with three exceptions: going for an AMD build, must have room for a PCI-E (to upgraded later, filled or not now) & something that will spit out video on my new LG 2560 X 1080 monitor smoothly.

Have OS Windows 10 already.
 

4freedomssake

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Oct 30, 2017
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I've looked at many other ITX builds here. But none of them have been within the last year while memory prices and video card prices have skyrocketed. Would an Intel build be a better option? i3?
 

stdragon

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I'm hesitant to recommend Intel at the moment, not until the new Spectre variant 4 patch is released and benchmarked. Preliminary tests report 3% to 8% loss in integer calculating performance, which is the majority of stuff processed!