Good explanation. I agree that finding the right balance within a given budget is a better solution than spending too much on one "bleeding edge" component.I had originally planned to use a Ryzen 6, but it was on back order, so I consider this an upgrade. I wanted to keep the cost down and have a good balanced system, so I spent a little less on the CPU and a little more on the GPU, SSD and memory. All in all, it checked out really good on userbenchmark.com
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ya'lls eva notice that the nooby always does everything bigly ?
6k ? what, a $1500 computer with 4500 worth of gold coins in it ?
Here's my build so far
MB: Asus ROG Strix B450-F ($118)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 ($175)
SSD: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB ($160)
Memory: Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 2666 4x8GB ($130)
HD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB ($50)
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 580 ($160)
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Total $793 plus tax
Using old case and PS.
The build scored 63% for gaming; 115% for desktop; and 100% for workstation.
I know I could have bought something similar for less, but I like to roll my own
Just built this pre Xmas
Ryzen 3700x
32 gig 3600 ram (slower specs)
500 meg M.2 drive
550 Watt ps corsair
1650 SUPER vid
paid less than 900 after some rebates INCLUDING TAX
You got robbed bro
64 GB RAM, 3x3 TB SSD + threadripper (32-core? 64-threads?) comes to at least $2K I think. But I didn't really look at the price, just went for the best in class.
Look, I get it. You're poor. Great. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy buying stuff.
2k? what happ to 6k ?
you buy three of everything, one for each head ?
you buy three of everything, one for each head ?
Does that list come to 2K? Fine, add top-of-line NVidia. OK, that probably comes to $6K.
The point I seem to fail to make is I sometimes buy without being price sensitive, so I couldn't tell you what the prices were. All I know is I did a bunch of research and bought the best for my particular circumstances. Ever seen those videos of rich people who think the price of milk is $10? Sort of like that.
All-in, the total bill was about $10K. But I can't be arsed to know exactly what the prices were for each component.
The point I seem to fail to make is I sometimes buy without being price sensitive, so I couldn't tell you what the prices were. All I know is I did a bunch of research and bought the best for my particular circumstances. Ever seen those videos of rich people who think the price of milk is $10? Sort of like that.
All-in, the total bill was about $10K. But I can't be arsed to know exactly what the prices were for each component.
Just looked up the price for the graphics card, that alone was $2K. Threadripper was at least $2K if memory serves.
How do you like the M.2 drive? I cannot live without SSD anymore.
One for Windows, one for Linux, one for data to share.
Over time, keep your eye on the price and availability of the faster/more-cores CPUs that will run on that MB....
MB: Asus ROG Strix B450-F ($118)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 ($175)
SSD: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB ($160)
Memory: Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 2666 4x8GB ($130)
HD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB ($50)
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 580 ($160)
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I know I could have bought something similar for less, but I like to roll my own
Pick one up while they're available but newer product has resulted a price drop.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B450-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_CPU/
It's currently showing good up to Ryzen 9 3950X.
Or pickup a used 3800X (etc.) when someone upgrades to a 3950X...