Hardware Recommendations
This page aims to make buying recommendations for problematic hardware.
PLEASE NOTE: Old or unavailable hardware is to be removed, and the list should be short. Best case would be one device that is good, cheap, and available in all countries. If this doesn't exist, there may be different recommendations for different countries and/or different price categories. Every price is to be provided with a date in the form YYYY-MM-DD. Mentioned devices should have great out-of-the-box experience. If there are no devices with great out-of-the-box experience available, there might also be devices mentioned that require as little tweaking as possible. Tweaking steps are to be mentioned in these cases.
GPUs
Just buy AMD, and you will be fine. If you buy old GPUs, look for Vulkan support.
WiFi Sticks
2.4Ghz
5Ghz
Bluetooth Sticks
Bluetooth Headphones
Noise Cancelling Over Ear
- Premium: Sony WH-1000XM4 | EU | 250€ | 2022-03-10
- Good Value:
- Cheap:
Noise Cancelling In-Ear
Over-Ear
In-Ear
Mainboard
AMD
AM3
AM4
Intel
Sandy Bridge
Scanner/Printer
Not Problematic
Just buy whatever you want in the following categories:
- CPU
- RAM
- Keyboard
- Mouse (just configure the DPI once on Windows, for example in a VM)