Posts by crimsonstag84

Used Intel Core i7 8700... I guess it might not be worth the jump from 4 cores to 6 cores.

That one from the 😁 isn't really any good.
There are plenty of much stronger options for roughly the same price.
They mostly just throw laptop components in there, so speed shouldn't be an issue, I guess.

https://www.amazon.com/Ra%C4%8Dunal...m_medium=click

It looks like there might be another 10% discount on top of the current price, too.

If I had to go with this as a baseline:

Kingston FURY Beast Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL16
Intel Core i3-10105F 3.7GHz LGA1200
ASUS PRIME H410M-E Motherboard
Enermax 500W MaxPro II, 80+ Certified, active PFC, 2×PCIe, 5×SATA, 24-pin, 120mm fan
Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
Zalman S4 Mid-Tower ATX Case, black, no PSU included

$0.98 - Best Buy

Intel Core Ryzen 5 5600G 4.4 GHz AM4
GIGABYTE Main Board Desktop B550M DS3H
MEM DDR4 16GB 3200MHz (2x8) Fury BEAST
Napajanje Thermaltake Smart BM2 550W Bronze
Kingston A2000 NVMe 1000GB,R2200/W1900, M.2 2280
ZALMAN Z3 NEO ATX Mid Tower PC Case

$1.75 - Best Buy

You’ll probably have to make do with integrated graphics for a bit with this setup, though I guess if you tune the RAM and overclock the GPU, you might get some decent performance out of older titles or esports games. You could potentially pivot to an i5-10400F paired with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 DDR6, but then you'd likely be looking at just 8GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD.

Intel Core i7 10700k - $586

Ah, I totally blanked on that 🤣

3840@1.6GHz and 11.4Gbps for the Nvidia Titan XP

3584@1.5GHz and 10 Gbps for the Nvidia Titan X (Pascal)

3072@1Ghz and 7Gbps for the Nvidia Titan X (Maxwell)

You've got the Titan X (roughly comparable to a 1660 or 1660 Super) and the Titan XP (which is closer to a 2070 or 2070 Super)😁

The latter is definitely worth a lot more, obviously...

The second one’s probably going to pull way more FPS since it has a noticeably faster GPU (an RTX 2060) and quicker RAM. I guess the first build has a slightly better motherboard, an extra cooler, and a 1TB drive instead of 500GB, but honestly, that doesn't really matter for gaming...

By the way, you can grab an RTX 2060 at Best Buy for about $600.

I guess it might be smarter to hold off for a bit; GPU prices are finally starting to trend downward. Right now, everything seems to be priced at nearly double what it should be. You’ll probably be able to snag an RTX 3060 for what people are currently paying for a 2060 before you know it.

True. $1833, though I guess the GPU alone makes up more than half that total right now.

eBay, Newegg, Facebook Marketplace...

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/monitors/p...m_medium=click

https://www.newegg.com/p/mo...m_medium=click

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/p...

Intel Core i7 10700 f - $0.51
Intel Core i3 10105 f - $332

It's a decent setup, I guess, if you already happen to own a 1151v2 motherboard...

Looks like Best Buy is running another big sale on processors 😁>

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/processors/

Got an 10850K for $883 😲

Maybe the 4650G is a decent way to start 😛

Intel Core i7 10700 f - $0.76

Intel Core i5 10400F CPU (2.9GHz up to 4.3GHz, 12MB, 6C/12T, LGA 1200, includes cooler, 65W)
Asus PRIME B460M-A Motherboard, LGA 1200, micro ATX, 4x DDR4 slots, Intel B460
2x 8GB DDR4 RAM (1x8GB stick), DDR4 3000, CL15, 288-pin DIMM, Kingston HyperX Predator HX430C15PB3/8
Corsair 450W CV Series Power Supply, ATX, 120mm, 80 Plus Bronze
Zalman R2 Black Case, black, ATX
Kingston 960GB SSD, A400, SA400S37/960G, 2.5", SATA3

TOTAL: $1299 - MicroCenter

Maybe look for a used graphics card... 😬

Yeah, it might be better to build it this way 😬

DDR4 RAM, 16 GB, GEIL Evo Spear Corsair Vengeance LPX, DDR4 3200MHz, 2x8GB kit
1 TB Western Digital Blue Hard Drive, WD10EZEX, SATA3, 64MB cache, 7200 RPM, 3.5" Desktop HDD
Intel B250 mATX Motherboard, Intel B250, DDR4, mATX, socket AM4
GeForce GTX 1660 super Ghost Graphics Card, 6GB GDDR6
Intel Core 5 3600 BOX, 3.6GHz, HexaCore, Wraith Stealth
256 GB ADATA XPG AGAMMIXS5-256GT-C SSD, PCIe NVMe, M.2, 2280, up to 2100/1200 MB/s
650W Power Supply, Antec NeoECO NE650M, ATX v2.4, 120mm fan, modular, PFC, 80+ Bronze
ARCTIC Freezer 7 X Cooler, compatible with 775/1151/1155/1156/1150/1366/AM2/AM3/FM1/AM4/TR4/FM2
Antec P7 Case, MIDI, ATX, windowed, black/red, no PSU included
Noctua NF-P12 Fan, 120mm, 1350 RPM

$2135 - Best Buy

Maybe you could save some cash on the power supply and the case (like an NX 200), then maybe put that money toward a larger hard drive.

It looks like an AMD Ryzen CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads—specifically the 1600 model running at 3.2 to 3.6GHz. It comes with that standard Wraith Stealth cooler in the box, I guess.
Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000MHz NON-ECC UDIMM Ballistix Sport LT Gray
Maybe an ASRock B450M-PRO4-F on an AM4 socket? I guess.

All in all: $691 I guess I'm just going to stick with Centro.