It’s been a while since I last updated my blog. During this time, I’ve been busy preparing for new projects, learning new skills, and reading materials.
Saying Goodbye to Old Equipment
According to my plans, my future workflow will involve multimedia recording and editing, generative AI, and other computation-intensive tasks. To meet the demands of this software and speed up task processing, it’s time to upgrade my computer equipment.
The main hardware of my original computer was as follows:
- Processor: i7-6700K
- Motherboard: Z170X
- Memory: DDR4 2400MHz 16GB
- Graphics Card: GTX 1080
- Hard Drive: TR200 240GB SATA
Assembled around 2016, this computer has accompanied me in handling various tasks. Even after all these years, its performance is still decent, capable of running various software smoothly. If I were to point out its shortcomings, they would be the slightly outdated computing power of the CPU and graphics card, as well as the limited video memory. Additionally, it can’t fully support the cutting-edge effects of the latest AAA games. The ray tracing and DLSS features of Nvidia’s new-generation graphics cards have led to a qualitative leap in game graphics.
What to do with the replaced hardware? Since it’s aged, it doesn’t hold much value in the second-hand market. Instead, I’d prefer to continue utilizing it as a supplementary device. I’ve thought of a few practical scenarios: using it as a playback device for a home theater or continuing to work on this backup machine while my main computer is busy with computational tasks.
Does Intel 6th Gen CPU Support Windows 11
According to Microsoft’s announcement, the Intel 6th generation Core CPUs are not on the list of supported processors for Windows 11. However, based on my actual usage experience, my Z170X motherboard can enable the TPM feature built into the CPU. For the past few years, I’ve had no issues running Windows 11 on my i7-6700K processor, including the latest version 23H2, without any stability problems.
If it weren’t for the new generation of CPUs speeding up video editing and AIGC computations placing high demands on the graphics card, and the new generation of graphics cards rendering game graphics more beautifully, I wouldn’t want to upgrade my hardware at all.
Looking Forward to the AIPC Era
However, based on my observations of the hardware market over the past few years, I haven’t upgraded my hardware to the latest and highest configuration this time.
My new computer hardware is as follows:
- Processor: i7-12700K
- Motherboard: B760M
- Memory: DDR4 3600MHz 32GB
- Graphics Card: RTX 4070 Super
- Hard Drive: RC20 1TB NVMe M.2
The reason I didn’t choose the latest generation of processors is partly due to the stability issues with the 13th and 14th generation Intel CPUs1. I didn’t want to spend too much time tinkering with that. More importantly, the new Intel Arrow Lake series, set to be released this year, offers significant improvements in computing performance and AI capabilities. In the AIGC era, this will greatly enhance productivity. Therefore, I view this hardware upgrade as a short-term transition; once the new generation platform matures, I will switch to it to improve the efficiency of my creative work.
I look forward to a new era of AIGC where computers become smarter assistants to humanity.
- Intel has provided explanations and mitigation strategies.↩