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I have too much on my plate right now as a 75+ year-old senior. I've built all of my systems since 1994, excluding the LG Gram laptop I bought two years ago. I've got eldercare responsibilities (Moms is 98), and I want to scale back on my collection of aging hardware -- suddenly, there aren't three users in the house, and no longer two users since my brother died last year. Just me. And then, last week, my Win 2012 server died -- or at least the boot disk died -- and I'm going through the chore of restoring my files. I'm thinking to replace the server with a Synology NAS.
Meanwhile, my two "best" workstation/desktop PCs are too old for Windows 11. I had reluctantly begun to think of building a new 12- or 13-gen Intel system over the last six months.
Now, I'm beginning to think that I might just buy an OEM. My problem with that, however, is straightforward: I've never got what I "want" with an OEM, but when I build my own, I plan for the afterthoughts and expansions.
Anyway, here's one of the models I'm looking at: Acer Predator Orion 7000 P07-640-UR11
What I like: comes with 32 GB DDR5 upgradeable to 64. Uses 12700K -- a processor candidate for a DIY-built system. Graphics isn't Radeon, but I've always bought nVidia as a habit, and this is upper tier, I think. Boot drive is a current-gen 1TB NVME.
What I don't like: Watercooling, with limited radiator size. (Possibly . . . ) only two RAM slots? Possibly limited number of PCIE >= x4 expansion -- if any? Windows 11 HOME -- will want to upgrade to PRO.
The price tag doesn't phase me. I usually end up dropping about 2 Grand into the systems I build, anyway.
I can afford it now -- I can afford it later. But what do you think? Can you think of better alternatives? I prefer to stick with Intel processors and chipsets, no matter what.
Meanwhile, my two "best" workstation/desktop PCs are too old for Windows 11. I had reluctantly begun to think of building a new 12- or 13-gen Intel system over the last six months.
Now, I'm beginning to think that I might just buy an OEM. My problem with that, however, is straightforward: I've never got what I "want" with an OEM, but when I build my own, I plan for the afterthoughts and expansions.
Anyway, here's one of the models I'm looking at: Acer Predator Orion 7000 P07-640-UR11
What I like: comes with 32 GB DDR5 upgradeable to 64. Uses 12700K -- a processor candidate for a DIY-built system. Graphics isn't Radeon, but I've always bought nVidia as a habit, and this is upper tier, I think. Boot drive is a current-gen 1TB NVME.
What I don't like: Watercooling, with limited radiator size. (Possibly . . . ) only two RAM slots? Possibly limited number of PCIE >= x4 expansion -- if any? Windows 11 HOME -- will want to upgrade to PRO.
The price tag doesn't phase me. I usually end up dropping about 2 Grand into the systems I build, anyway.
I can afford it now -- I can afford it later. But what do you think? Can you think of better alternatives? I prefer to stick with Intel processors and chipsets, no matter what.
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