expired Posted by VioletActivity921 • Dec 7, 2024
Dec 7, 2024 7:27 PM
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expired Posted by VioletActivity921 • Dec 7, 2024
Dec 7, 2024 7:27 PM
Costco Members: MSI Aegis ZS2 Desktop: Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4080 SUPER, 32GB RAM
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But I canceled it and paid $1165 (after tax/CB) for an i7-14700, 4070 ti super, 16GB. So about half the price of this for roughly 15% less speed and refurbed.
My buddy and I both got refurbed Alienwares from Dell Outlet 7 years ago and they both are still running well. My deal above wasn't as epic as that i7-7700 with 1080 Ti for <$1200, but I hope to get another 7 years out of it and it should be more than enough for 1440p.
To all the people who say you should build because of better value, components, or upgradeability, I strongly disagree. Since 2001, I have built 5 gaming rigs. If you are building to learn or teach someone about PCs, then it may be worth it. If you live near a MicroCenter (as I did for 2 of them), then you can almost reach the cost of prebuilts, but otherwise prebuilts are significantly cheaper. And if you value your time, there is no comparison--not only assembly, but time spent looking for deals on the multiple components. Similarly, I think it is almost never worth upgrading HW other than RAM and storage, unless you enjoy flipping stuff.
Of course the best value proposition is paying $17/mo for GeForce Now on a weak PC that you only change when it fails. If you factor in initial cost (vs keeping that cash in index funds) and energy costs, it isn't even close. But I am old and stubborn in my ways.
Edit: Corrected price of GF now ultimate. Also made a spreadsheet roughly comparing the costs of gaming vs non-gaming. It only comes out to about $5k at 25 yrs, so it doesn't seem to be a big difference. You can download this to your Google drive and adjust the variables (in green). I don't know the energy use of gaming vs non-gaming when doing things other than gaming so I didn't include that.
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...sp=
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Full tower case: Antec Performance 1FT ($115)
https://www.newegg.com/white-ante...ce-options
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Zen 4 6-Core 4.7 GHz - Socket AM5 - 105W Desktop Processor
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B650M
SSD: Kingston NV3 1TB
Memory: Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400
The above bundle is $304
https://slickdeals.net/f/17910078-amd-ryzen-5-7600x-gigabyte-b650m-gaming-plus-wifi-matx-board-32gb-ddr5-6400-mhz-ram-free-1tb-nvme-for-304-newegg?src=Site
PSU ($117): MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 1000W Power Supply
https://slickdeals.net/f/17911068-msi-mpg-a1000g-pcie5-1000w-80-gold-full-modular-gaming-psu-117-free-shipping?v=1&sr
CPU fan ($10): Cooler Master Hyper 212 Spectrum V3 ARGB CPU Air Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRBW9...title
Windows Home (~$30 including ms office for the licenses from Groupon)
All above adds up to $580.
RTX 4080 super is around $1000 at a deal price. Otherwise 4080 is normally at this price.
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Paid $360 for the 9900x and $1000 for the 4080 super. Otherwise nearly exact same specs except I went with 64 gb of ram. Did a lot of research and bought the best motherboard, ssd, cooler, ram, and case that was reasonable, which I think is where these pre builts cheap out. Other than being quieter though I'm not sure it'll make a huge difference in real life performance.
90% of my components were bought from Micro center. Definitely more expensive and harder to find components if you don't have one nearby.