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Fortunately there are resources that make a good starting point because I agree; naming schemes are a shit show. I generally start with this and go from there research wise. https://www.logicalincrements.com/
...I just the other day ordered all the components to make the first "Extremist" tier build, nearly verbatim.
I guess I made some of the right choices, then.
Just buy AMD 😜
Honestly my preferred manufacturer since I started putting together my own machines.
You still need to understand their naming convention if you plan on comparing hardware.
The only thing you should realistic understand from the naming conventions is relative generations and which bracket of price/performance the part targets. Assuming more than that is just a mistake.
Is it not still "higher better" at AMD? With the obvious X or "m", but usually price reflects the specs when the numbers are the same.
Just ordered another CPU from them. Downside is that there isn't any modern AMD desktop platform that works with coreboot, which seems to be the only workable way to deactivate the Management Engine/Platform Security Processor after boot.
Was really considering to swap to Intel for that, but got a good deal on a Ryzen 9 that fits in my socket, so...
Is there anything from the last 10 years that runs coreboot?
They want you to fork over some cash for the most current binaries, though.
You can of course just build it from source.
The most current AMD Boards that are supported are FM2+. I actually have an FM2+ processor flying around somewhere, an Athlon II X4 860K, but that thing uses a lot of power for not very much performance.
Oh is this a different project to libreboot?
Yeah, it's a different coreboot fork. They seem to be kinda focused on selling their implementation to corporate users, but if that finances open source development, I'm not gonna complain.
I always go by the rule of the larger the number/more letters the better. The exception being M that usually means it's made for mobile devices.
i'll trade you my geforce 9500 for your 4090.
Ok maybe also look at the year the card was released too.
Q. E. D.
quantum electrodynamics
how about my geforce 9500 for your vega 64?
The other exception being monitors, which are named by connecting three keyboards to one computer and then rolling a bowling ball across all three.
No one really knows how that method was established, but it's industry standard now.
They know people like you are the majority, that's why, specially when it comes to low-end hardware, they up the price while selling you the same or worse performance just because the part is newer.
Naming conventions are somewhat consistent; it's the pricing that has gotten a bit out of hand.
I just go by PassMarks rating for CPU and GPU. It may not be the most nuanced rating, but it does give numbers that can be easily compared.
They periodically run out of integers so they have to reuse old ones.
I'm going to buy an entry level motherboard ...
This is what keeps me from being a pc gamer.
i mean dumb naming schemes isn't just a PC thing. Remember how the Xbox 360 is 359 faster than the Xbox One
Don't buy the Xbox One X, that's old, you need the Xbox Series X ffs so obvious!
USB 3.2 gen 1
I just have a conversation with someone at microcenter and double check what’s said. Is there a chance I’m getting scammed? Yeah, but I keep getting pretty good machines for the price/effort.