Posts by Jonathan Barrett

Yeah, it's a blower style without any extra cooling. It’s probably been pushed to its absolute limit already. We'll see, I might just go for it. Thanks anyway

Honestly, I still think that's way too much money to pay just to get performance roughly on par with a GTX 1070. I’ll probably end up looking into those Nvidia cards instead. I actually stumbled upon a V56 for around $1,500—but the catch is there's no warranty, which is a pretty interesting wrinkle to consider. If I can actually get my hands on it to run some tests, I might seriously consider pulling the trigger, especially since the RTX 2060 and the V56 sit in a similar performance bracket, yet the 2060 is sitting there costing me 50% more. For that kind of price difference, I might actually be willing to swallow the risk of having no warranty.

Yeah, that power supply is exactly the one you mentioned in your last post.

I really appreciate you putting in all that work to look this up. Honestly, grabbing that Nvidia Phoenix RTX 2060 for $220 is a solid move. It’s got plenty of punch for what it is, and you won't be getting fleeced like you would if you walked into a Best Buy to buy something brand new.

Thanks a million!

What about those used 1070ti or 1080 cards? Are they pretty much outdated compared to an RTX 2060, or would it actually be worth picking one up if it still has a valid warranty?

And once again, I didn't get the answer I was actually looking for, nor did anyone bother to provide a legitimate opinion regarding the CPU and motherboard combo. People are still out here running 775 socket setups today without breaking a sweat, so I honestly don't see why two products that were considered high-end enthusiast grade back in the day wouldn't still be functional. It’s just great how the processor and motherboard get mentioned, yet the actual answer to my question is nowhere to be found. This whole attempt at acting smart is still just that—an attempt.

If the motherboard dies, I’ll just grab $833 for an R5 3600, a B450, and Aegis 16GB, and I won't have a single worry in the world. You really don't need to stress about that setup. As long as the processor and the motherboard are working, there's zero cause for concern. So, if you actually have one or two intelligent things to say, feel free, but if you don't, please just leave this post alone.

Is there anything actually worth picking up—whether I'm buying new or hunting for a used card with at least 1GB of VRAM—for somewhere between 2000 and $833 (that’s my hard ceiling, no exceptions)? It absolutely has to have a 0rpm mode.

I'm planning to drop it into a rig running an i7 3930k, 16GB of RAM, and a 600w FSP power supply. I'll deal with swapping out the PSU once I've got the GPU situation sorted out.

Eventually, we’ll make the jump over to Ryzen 😁 But until then, I guess we just have to let this thing limp along for as long as it actually lasts 🙂

Looking at a budget around $200. I'm hunting for an 8-core/16-thread setup in the same ballpark as a stock AMD Ryzen 7 1800X. My daily grind involves programming and video editing, with some casual gaming thrown in here and there to unwind.

That’s what I was thinking too, somewhere in the ballpark of 3000. Thanks, everyone.

It looks like the Intel Xeon E5-2667v2 is going to drop in price, and the NVIDIA GTX 1080 will probably follow suit later on.

Hey everyone, I was wondering what kind of cash I could realistically pull for this setup

Nothing left on warranty except for the SSD, which I picked up at Best Buy back in late 2017.

So, here’s the breakdown:

Intel Core i7-3930k paired with an EKL cooler
ASUS Rampage IV Formula X79
Crucial 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz
Storage: Hitachi 7200 RPM 500GB HDD | Samsung 850Evo 250GB SSD
MSI Gaming GeForce 1060 3GB OC @ Accelero Mono Plus | 2101MHz/4608MHz (no warranty, but I still have the original shroud)
Fortron 600W
Zalman Z3 black case

I'm looking for a realistic price tag.

Did he actually give you a reason? Because from where I’m sitting, that graphics card (looks like a GTX 750ti to me) is going to run perfectly fine on that motherboard. Some genius clearly thinks they know better than they do

There’s already an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X available for $1000, and honestly, the price has dropped quite a bit lately. If you're running workloads that really push every single core to its limit, you might actually be better off going that route instead of picking up a 9900K.

Now that I realize this is intended for accounting purposes—or specifically for business use—it’s totally off the table for me, even if it is perfectly legal for an individual to use it.

eBay, you can snag them there for just a couple of bucks

Yeah

Honestly, that just doesn't fit within the budget. $1167 is the absolute limit, so if we're looking at 2330 for the tower plus another 2000 for the GPU, we're hitting 4330 :/

I'd say they should just grab this setup for the core components and then pick up a used RX 580 4GB or 8GB with a warranty from a place like Micro Center.

Yeah, I guess that's fine.

I finally pulled the trigger and ordered this one.

You’re getting integrated graphics bundled right in with the processor, which honestly isn't bad at all considering what you're paying.