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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I would get a Intel 6-8 gen i5 and then if you can afford it I would get some SSDs for data storage.
Keep in mind hardware prices are astronomic right now so you are unlikely to get a good deal
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
An i7 doesn’t really use much more power for bursty usage, as it gets back to sleep states faster. Same issue with ssds vs HDDs, per GB, there’s not much difference in power consumption, only when you look at per drive does it matter.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That hasn’t been my experience
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Of course. But when you have a storage requirement and it can be met with fewer HDDs than SSDs, the difference becomes less and less.