Arrow Lake build for programming?

[bug]

@sudothelinuxwizard A couple of problems with that mobo:
1. Only one M.2 slot. If you ever want to upgrade storage, it's going to be a hassle to move data from your existing drive to the new one.
2. Gigabyte has a v1.0 and a v1.1 out there, make sure you get the latter. Idk what's the difference, but with Gigabyte, it's probably a fix over the original design.

Some may point out the original CPU was faster for what you need. Don't worry about that, they're both plenty fast.

 

[Gasaraki]

Yeah the 245 is good.

 

[Catzilla]

If you are running AI programs, you should have an NVIDIA GPU, RTX 3060 minimum, a 16GB VRAM card is better. You can run quantized (GGUF) models on CPU only, but that's only for LLM, not StableDiffusion. and will be slowerAlso, more CPU cores or threads can be helpful if you are compiling larger projects since you can set up your makefiles such that multiple compiles run at once.

 

[sudothelinuxwizard]

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PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/vkGrmC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (€341.58 @ Galaxus)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€18.00)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-H/M.2+ Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (€101.90 @ Alza)
Memory: *Crucial CT2K16G52C42U5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL42 Memory (€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €658.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 19:24 CET+0100

 

[igormp]

@bug

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/vkGrmC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (€341.58 @ Galaxus)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€18.00)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-H/M.2+ Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (€101.90 @ Alza)
Memory: *Crucial CT2K16G52C42U5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL42 Memory (€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €658.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 19:24 CET+0100

I'd go for a better mobo still:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (€341.58 @ Galaxus)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€18.00)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M PG Lightning Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (€122.61 @ Galaxus)
Memory: *Crucial CT2K16G52C42U5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL42 Memory (€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €678.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 20:05 CET+0100

 

[sudothelinuxwizard]

I'd go for a better mobo still:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (€341.58 @ Galaxus)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€18.00)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M PG Lightning Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (€122.61 @ Galaxus)
Memory: *Crucial CT2K16G52C42U5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL42 Memory (€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €678.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 20:05 CET+0100

According to HUB (TechSpot), the PG Lightning pretty much just has better heatsinks and more caps.

 

[igormp]

According to HUB (TechSpot), the PG Lightning pretty much just has better heatsinks and more caps.

Better heatsinks sounds better imo. It also has 4x DIMM slots instead of 2, in case you ever plan to upgrade.