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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Nov 14, 2024 10:44 PM
NZXT Desktop: i5-12400F, RTX 3060 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
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While not necessarily a terrible price at $600, it's not that great of a deal unless your budget is extremely tight.
Moving on to the $699 3060ti edition, unlike the other listed models this particular version has a lower end b760 chipset ddr4 motherboard (no overclocking support, half the dmi lanes and fewer potential pcie lanes, though the exact motherboard specs aren't listed for any model), and comes with 16gb of ddr4 3200 instead of ddr5 5200. Twelfth gen and later intel cpus perform substantially worse in gaming when using ddr4 compared to when using ddr5. When using ddr5 6400 cl32, the 12600k and 12900k are approximately ~20% faster on average in gaming (with a 4090 at 1080p) compared to when using ddr4 3600 cl14: https://youtu.be/gV3fDDLr918?t=6
Considering the 3070 edition is only $50 more with a better gpu, motherboard and ddr5 support, I wouldn't recommend purchasing the 3060ti version with the gimped motherboard where you're stuck with ddr4.
Moving on to the 3070 editions, the only difference listed for the 3070 edition II I can find is that it has the 12600k cpu as opposed to the 12400f cpu. Interestingly, they appear to have made a mistake in their specs, as they state the 12600k is a 6-core cpu when it's actually a 10-core (6p+4e) 16-thread cpu. The 12400f is a 6-core (6p, 0e) 12-thread cpu. The main benefits of the 12600k over the 12400f are that the 12600k: is clocked a fair bit higher (somewhat better gaming performance), the additional e-cores provide meaningfully better multithreaded performance, the 12600k supports overclocking, and the 12600k includes an igpu which enables display output without the gpu and provides intel quicksync (hardware accelerated video encoding/transcoding). If you don't plan on using your computer for anything more cpu intensive than gaming the 12400f should generally be sufficient. Keep in mind that while the rtx 3070 is fairly powerful it only has 8gb of vram, so it'll struggle at playing more demanding games at any resolution above 1080p. The 3070 editions are a decent value overall, though with black friday / cyber monday so close I'd personally consider waiting to see if there are better deals if you don't need a computer in the short term.
Also, if you're willing to purchase a refurbished computer rather than new, there are occasional deals for refurbished desktops with the far more powerful rtx 3080 between $700-$900.
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While not necessarily a terrible price at $600, it's not that great of a deal unless your budget is extremely tight.
Moving on to the $699 3060ti edition, unlike the other listed models this particular version has a lower end b760 chipset ddr4 motherboard (no overclocking support, half the dmi lanes and fewer potential pcie lanes, though the exact motherboard specs aren't listed for any model), and comes with 16gb of ddr4 3200 instead of ddr5 5200. Twelfth gen and later intel cpus perform substantially worse in gaming when using ddr4 compared to when using ddr5. When using ddr5 6400 cl32, the 12600k and 12900k are approximately ~20% faster on average in gaming (with a 4090 at 1080p) compared to when using ddr4 3600 cl14: https://youtu.be/gV3fDDLr918?t=6
Considering the 3070 edition is only $50 more with a better gpu, motherboard and ddr5 support, I wouldn't recommend purchasing the 3060ti version with the gimped motherboard where you're stuck with ddr4.
Moving on to the 3070 editions, the only difference listed for the 3070 edition II I can find is that it has the 12600k cpu as opposed to the 12400f cpu. Interestingly, they appear to have made a mistake in their specs, as they state the 12600k is a 6-core cpu when it's actually a 10-core (6p+4e) 16-thread cpu. The 12400f is a 6-core (6p, 0e) 12-thread cpu. The main benefits of the 12600k over the 12400f are that the 12600k: is clocked a fair bit higher (somewhat better gaming performance), the additional e-cores provide meaningfully better multithreaded performance, the 12600k supports overclocking, and the 12600k includes an igpu which enables display output without the gpu and provides intel quicksync (hardware accelerated video encoding/transcoding). If you don't plan on using your computer for anything more cpu intensive than gaming the 12400f should generally be sufficient. Keep in mind that while the rtx 3070 is fairly powerful it only has 8gb of vram, so it'll struggle at playing more demanding games at any resolution above 1080p. The 3070 editions are a decent value overall, though with black friday / cyber monday so close I'd personally consider waiting to see if there are better deals if you don't need a computer in the short term.
Also, if you're willing to purchase a refurbished computer rather than new, there are occasional deals for refurbished desktops with the far more powerful rtx 3080 between $700-$900.
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While not necessarily a terrible price at $600, it's not that great of a deal unless your budget is extremely tight.
Moving on to the $699 3060ti edition, unlike the other listed models this particular version has a lower end b760 chipset ddr4 motherboard (no overclocking support, half the dmi lanes and fewer potential pcie lanes, though the exact motherboard specs aren't listed for any model), and comes with 16gb of ddr4 3200 instead of ddr5 5200. Twelfth gen and later intel cpus perform substantially worse in gaming when using ddr4 compared to when using ddr5. When using ddr5 6400 cl32, the 12600k and 12900k are approximately ~20% faster on average in gaming (with a 4090 at 1080p) compared to when using ddr4 3600 cl14: https://youtu.be/gV3fDDLr918?t=6
Considering the 3070 edition is only $50 more with a better gpu, motherboard and ddr5 support, I wouldn't recommend purchasing the 3060ti version with the gimped motherboard where you're stuck with ddr4.
Moving on to the 3070 editions, the only difference listed for the 3070 edition II I can find is that it has the 12600k cpu as opposed to the 12400f cpu. Interestingly, they appear to have made a mistake in their specs, as they state the 12600k is a 6-core cpu when it's actually a 10-core (6p+4e) 16-thread cpu. The 12400f is a 6-core (6p, 0e) 12-thread cpu. The main benefits of the 12600k over the 12400f are that the 12600k: is clocked a fair bit higher (somewhat better gaming performance), the additional e-cores provide meaningfully better multithreaded performance, the 12600k supports overclocking, and the 12600k includes an igpu which enables display output without the gpu and provides intel quicksync (hardware accelerated video encoding/transcoding). If you don't plan on using your computer for anything more cpu intensive than gaming the 12400f should generally be sufficient. Keep in mind that while the rtx 3070 is fairly powerful it only has 8gb of vram, so it'll struggle at playing more demanding games at any resolution above 1080p. The 3070 editions are a decent value overall, though with black friday / cyber monday so close I'd personally consider waiting to see if there are better deals if you don't need a computer in the short term.
Also, if you're willing to purchase a refurbished computer rather than new, there are occasional deals for refurbished desktops with the far more powerful rtx 3080 between $700-$900.
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While not necessarily a terrible price at $600, it's not that great of a deal unless your budget is extremely tight.
Moving on to the $699 3060ti edition, unlike the other listed models this particular version has a lower end b760 chipset ddr4 motherboard (no overclocking support, half the dmi lanes and fewer potential pcie lanes, though the exact motherboard specs aren't listed for any model), and comes with 16gb of ddr4 3200 instead of ddr5 5200. Twelfth gen and later intel cpus perform substantially worse in gaming when using ddr4 compared to when using ddr5. When using ddr5 6400 cl32, the 12600k and 12900k are approximately ~20% faster on average in gaming (with a 4090 at 1080p) compared to when using ddr4 3600 cl14: https://youtu.be/gV3fDDLr918?t=6
Considering the 3070 edition is only $50 more with a better gpu, motherboard and ddr5 support, I wouldn't recommend purchasing the 3060ti version with the gimped motherboard where you're stuck with ddr4.
Moving on to the 3070 editions, the only difference listed for the 3070 edition II I can find is that it has the 12600k cpu as opposed to the 12400f cpu. Interestingly, they appear to have made a mistake in their specs, as they state the 12600k is a 6-core cpu when it's actually a 10-core (6p+4e) 16-thread cpu. The 12400f is a 6-core (6p, 0e) 12-thread cpu. The main benefits of the 12600k over the 12400f are that the 12600k: is clocked a fair bit higher (somewhat better gaming performance), the additional e-cores provide meaningfully better multithreaded performance, the 12600k supports overclocking, and the 12600k includes an igpu which enables display output without the gpu and provides intel quicksync (hardware accelerated video encoding/transcoding). If you don't plan on using your computer for anything more cpu intensive than gaming the 12400f should generally be sufficient. Keep in mind that while the rtx 3070 is fairly powerful it only has 8gb of vram, so it'll struggle at playing more demanding games at any resolution above 1080p. The 3070 editions are a decent value overall, though with black friday / cyber monday so close I'd personally consider waiting to see if there are better deals if you don't need a computer in the short term.
Also, if you're willing to purchase a refurbished computer rather than new, there are occasional deals for refurbished desktops with the far more powerful rtx 3080 between $700-$900.
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