Are you just gaming, or running a cpu intensive program? Gaming some people get away with an air cooler. If you want to maximize what it can do, get a contact frame and at least a 360mm aio.
Are you just gaming, or running a cpu intensive program? Gaming some people get away with an air cooler. If you want to maximize what it can do, get a contact frame and at least a 360mm aio.
The Meg has an Intel ethernet chip. I wouldn’t want that. The z790 steel legend isn’t much more.
Z690 has limited ddr5 speeds.
What is your current setup not doing?
If there is something specific, it would be useful to provide a link to the problem you are worried about. I don’t think you’ll have much of a problem running either operating system. Blustacks could potentially have issues with either.
Look at the numbers. They ramped up a huge amount in the last couple of years. Probably just getting rid of excess people where they ramped up too quickly.
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/corporate-responsibility/esg-data-tables.html
I don’t see anyone asking about your cooler solution and what your cpu temperatures are. The 13700 can run hot, which can impact its performance.