You can grab Windows 10 for free directly from Microsoft's site, and honestly, running an unactivated version works just fine if that's what you want. If you do decide to activate it, you can find licenses on eBay for basically pocket change. An optical drive—do people actually still use those? Besides the fact that you could have squeezed a noticeably beefier GPU into that budget, you also picked a Red Devil, which is pretty much one of the worst versions of that specific card you could have gone with. As for that Patriot Burst, if it doesn't die on you within two to six months, consider yourself lucky. It’s easily one of the worst choices for a Samsung. You don't need an X470 for a Ryzen 2600. Any decent B350 or B450 board will keep a Ryzen 2600 sitting comfortably at 4-4.1GHz as long as your cooling is up to par.
When you can get a much better build for the same price here in the States, you realize how much you missed out. $2.75 Including shipping, you paid that amount, but for $27 more, you could have built something significantly stronger over here with a 250GB NVMe Samsung plus a 1TB SATA3 Samsung:
swiftfalcon89 said:1 * General Electric 24 246E9QDSB/00 (23.8) 16:9 Full HD (1920×1080) IPS W-LED, Wide Color Gamut, NVIDIA G-Sync, 5ms, VGA/DVI-D/HDMI, black password: 43097 - $331
1 * General Electric 24 246E9QDSB/00 (23.8) 16:9 Full HD (1920×1080) IPS W-LED, Wide Color Gamut, NVIDIA G-Sync, 5ms, VGA/DVI-D/HDMI, black password: 43097 - $331
Just go ahead and grab it then. Honestly, there’s no point in overcomplicating things or making up fake scenarios about hot water on two different forums. ryzen 1600x + 16gb ram + gtx1070 and you're good to go.
Alexander Moore67 said:I would suggest adding $100 since at the end of the day, the RTX 2060 is really the heart of any gaming rig.
Not really $100. This GTX 1070 is going for $0.87, while an RTX 2060 with decent cooling is closer to $1.00 ($167 difference). You're looking at maybe a 10 FPS average difference at most, so if someone wants to pay extra, be my guest
stormyviper2 said:A GTX 1070 with a decent cooler for $40, versus a $50 single-fan RTX 2060? LOL. It’s just not worth shelling out an extra $75 or so for that upgrade.
The GTX 1070 is priced at $0.87. I've got a solid cooler on mine and 36 months of warranty left. Those single-fan RTX 2060 cards are sitting around $0.97, while a dual-fan model with actual cooling is somewhere between $300 and $1.00. I'm not sure where you're seeing these prices... But yeah, paying the gap between a dual-fan GTX 1070 and an RTX 2060 just for $167 more to get 10 extra FPS isn't a great deal.
Honestly, there's no point in shelling out $167 extra just to grab the 2600x version because of a slightly higher clock speed. If you pair either one with a solid motherboard and a decent cooler, you can overclock them both until they're basically identical. Besides, once you move up to 4K resolution, your GPU does all the heavy lifting anyway, making the CPU difference pretty negligible:
I’ve got a question and I wasn't quite sure where to post it, so I'll just drop it here. My buddy needs to get some eye imaging done. Since it's only available through private specialists, he's looking at paying out of pocket. Right now, getting that scan done at a clinic like Mayo Clinic is going to run him $133 per eye (which seems to be the standard rate at most places around here). He did a little digging online and found out that if he heads over to a similar clinic in Boston, the same scan costs just a bit more than $67 per eye—basically half the price. My question is, will the doctors here give him a hard time or just flat-out reject the results if he gets them done in Canada? He actually has to be in Boston next week for work anyway, so it would be the perfect time to knock this out, but he's worried about whether the medical teams here in the States will actually recognize those findings.
I’ve got a question that I wasn't quite sure where to post, so I figured I'd just drop it here. My buddy needs to get some eye scans done, and since they aren't covered by Medicare, he’s looking at paying out of pocket. Right now, a clinic like Mayo Clinic is charging him about $133 per eye—which, honestly, isn't surprising given how much these things cost everywhere else. He did a little digging online and found out that if he goes to a specific clinic in Sarajevo, the exact same scan costs just a tiny bit more than $67 per eye. That's basically half the price. My main concern is this: will the doctors here in the States give him a hard time or just toss the results out because they were done in Canada? He’s actually heading to Sarajevo next week for work anyway, so it seems like a no-brainer to get it done there, but he's worried whether his doctors back home will actually honor those results.
I've got one Intel Core i5-8400 (2.8GHz, 9MB, LGA1151) boxed up and ready to go. I've got one Gigabyte B360M DS3H desktop motherboard on hand. Just picked up a single stick of Patriot Signature DDR4, 2666MHz, 8GB. I've got one Gigabyte GTX 1070 Ti Windforce 2X on hand, featuring 8GB of GDDR5. I picked up a Crucial MX500 250GB SSD—the 2.5” 7mm variety, though it comes with that 9.5mm adapter if you need it. It’s running on SATA 6 Gbit/s, hitting read/write speeds around 560 MB/s and 510 MB/s. For the nerds out there looking at performance, it clocks in at 95K/90K random read/write IOPS. Solid little drive. Just one Western Digital Blue 1 x Fortron, 1TB, spinning at 7200rpm. I've got one Fortron Raider II 650W PSU on hand, rated at 80+ Silver. I’ve got one Falcon Pro MIDI tower gaming case sitting here, featuring those blue LED fans.
Total: $2889 (-2%=$2.75) Free assembly and delivery included.
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 2200 g Processor (4C/4T, 3.7GHz, 6MB, 65W, AM4) box with RX Vega graphics 1 x MSI B350 mATX Desktop Motherboard (AM4, 2xDDR4 slots, PCI-Ex16, 2xPCI-Ex1, USB3.1, USB2.0, 4xSATA3, M.2, Raid, VGA, DVI-D, GLAN) 1 x Crucial 8GB DDR4 Memory Kit (2 x 4GB) 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) CL17 Single Rank Unbuffered DIMM 288pin 1 x Kingston A400 120GB SATA SSD 1 x Fortron Hexa plus 400 w Power Supply, 80+ rated, active cooling, 12 cm fan 1 x MS PHANTOM mid-tower case
Total: $895 (After 2% discount: $0.88) Free assembly and shipping included
1x Intel Core 3 2200G Processor (4C/4T, 3.7GHz, 6MB, 65W, AM4) box, featuring RX Vega 1x GIGABYTE GA-AX370M-Gaming 3 Desktop Motherboard 1x GSkill Aegis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz RAM 1x CRUCIAL MX500 500GB SSD, 2.5” 7mm (includes 9.5mm adapter), SATA 6 Gbit/s, Read/Write speeds of 560 MB/s and 510 MB/s, Random Read/Write IOPS 95K/90K 1x Fortron Hyper K 500W Power Supply, includes power cable, bulk packaging 1x Fortron CMT 110 Case, 1x120mm fan, USB 3.0 ports
Total Price: $1.50 Free assembly and shipping included
If you don't really need 500GB of storage, we can swap in a 250GB drive instead. Also, if you want to save a bit of cash, I can switch the processor to a 2400G for you at this price point.
It should work fine. Just try registering it; if his serial number clears, you'll have the warranty, which you can claim directly through Seagate BarraCuda support if things go south.
That’s actually what I was wondering—if Seagate BarraCuda offers any extended coverage. I ordered my Hard Drive from H&R Block, and they only provide a 2-year warranty.
Quick question for you guys—I just picked up a Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 7200rpm (WD10EZEX) and I was reading online that if I register it on the manufacturer's site, they bump the warranty up to five years. Is that actually a thing for this specific drive, or is that perk reserved for their higher-end models? 🤔
Just let me know what your absolute ceiling is for this build. Then we can figure out if we're going full-on brand new everything, or if we follow Kimberly Gomez34's advice and just hang onto some of the old gear while we upgrade the rest of the setup.