1. To solve this particular youtube problem, you only need a GPU that supports VP9 hardware decode. Nothing else. Your CPU usage hit 100% is because your existing GPU does not support hardware acceleration, thus the entire video decoding load goes to your CPU. What you need is a GT1030, GTX1050 and newer Nvidia GPU.

2. This one no big deal.

3. That is not true. There are ways to circumvent microsoft windows 11 TPM and secure boot requirements. You just need to do some homework to find out how.

Don't buy the R7 8700F. There are reasons why it is so cheap for an AM5 8 core CPU .
1. The temps are bad because the silicon crystal is not soldered onto the Integrated Heat spreader (IHS). AMD use thermal paste here. Likely because this is originally a laptop APU that has been repackaged to use on desktop AM5 motherboard. Laptop CPUs do not come with IHS at all.
2. This SKU only has half the L3 cache of the proper desktop AM5 CPU like the R5 7500F. For gaming use case ,cache capacity is more important than core count once core count is at least 6.



The R5 7500F is a better part.

This post has been edited by k!nex: Yesterday, 05:10 PM