MINISFORUM Bd795i SE Barebone with Mini ITX PC, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, 16 C/32 T, up to 5.4 Ghz $639 at Amazon
RichardL 
My old 4800U (8 core / 16threads) laptop is playing up and it’s 16 Gig of RAM is severely limiting my CAD work now.
so, i’d committed myself to buying a desktop.
I’d settled on a basic 8700G based Ryzen system with 64 Gig of RAM. (the G has basic graphics built in, ain’t interested in anything else!)
a SINGLE CORE benchmark of 3917 on one site………
This is a nice 50% increase on my 4800U lapop which has a score of 2564
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3721vs5232vs5036vs5836v…
However, this ‘beast’ of a thing comes in at 3865!…….single core
and due to it’s 16 cores, it more than TRIPLES my existing benchmark score!
Now, where the ‘deal’ bit comes in..
The 7700X / 8700G processors come in at around $500 AUD……,
I figured, my minimum investment’s gonna need to be around $1500ish (8 core chip with a 4060) to get any drastic improvements over my laptop
Picking budget items on PC Part Picker AU gets me to about $600 (plus post) for a 8700G, motherboard and CPU Cooler! – the same as this board.
BUT………..
this board has 50% higher multi core performance! (as it has double the cores!)
If you compare laptop processors – this one’s THIRD
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
with an overall benchmark that sits at the lower end of HIGH range desktops!
So, Summary, after all that waffle.
Spending $640 right now, gets me 16C/32T processor with basic integrated graphics
I’d need to get an $830 7950X to match the number of cores and a minimum of $1000 on a mobo/cooler deal……..(and an old second hand GPU from somewhere)
it’s about 14% faster in multi core, and 5% faster single core
