Newegg has AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU + MSI B450M-A Pro Max II Motherboard + 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 Memory + Cooler Master CryoFuze Thermal Paste Bundle on sale for $167.58. Shipping is free.
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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU + MSI B450M-A Pro Max II Motherboard + 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 Memory + Cooler Master CryoFuze Thermal Paste Bundle on sale for $167.58. Shipping is free.
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Wow this is a great deal for a kids computer. Only thing you need to be careful of is the GPU and the pcie 3.0 you need to make sure you have at least 8 lanes on your GPU. Some budget gpus skimped on the lanes and it will hurt performance in this system.
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I put this together just today for a friend with a gtx 1060 6gb card and it's running very smoothly on w11. He is very happy and I was content with the performance, especially for the price. He was upgrading from an AM2 machine so it was a welcomed upgrade to AM4 in that regard.
I have an Intel i3-8100. is this worth the upgrade?
One of the primary values offered by this deal is compatibility with an automatic upgrade to Windows 11. However, that should also be the case for your i3-8100 (was this the standard desktop model, or a variant such as the H or T series?).
Of course, you'd be getting a CPU with more, faster cores which also support multi-threading all within the same overall power envelope. Then again, if your needs are basic Excel or more Intel-specific functionality associated with the I3-8100 GPU then sticking to the existing system you have could be somewhere between acceptable to critical.
So... it depends.
Good luck!
Jon
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This is another case of mixed up terminology; I know what he was trying to say and it was if it would bottleneck higher end GPUs and it probably would, especially at higher frame rates and resolutions.
I thought I was the only one when I read that…. Made zero sense. This cpu supports the standard 20 pcie lanes.
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I do think there is a lot of confusion surrounding PCIe lanes and different PCIe generations. The issue at hand stems from x4 PCIe 4.0 cards like the RX 6500xt. When paired with an R5 5500 which is PCIe 3.0, it will have its bandwidth cut in half whereas an x8 or x16 PCIe 4.0 (Or 3.0) card will not have this issue be noticable. Regardless, it will likely only be a problem in games with relatively high VRAM usage and which run at relatively high frame rates (e.g. Doom eternal). Just stay away from the RX 6500xt.
Last guy who replied is right (the bottleneck would be with some mid range to lower end AMD cards which need pcie 4.0 to function at their full potential). And it's not just the 6500xt; I believe it's a handful of budget cards for the last few generations. Not too sure if this motherboard has resizable BAR settings in its bios either (for those looking to use an Intel GPU). Since this is very much on the budget side of things, I'm sure there's some people who are looking to build a budget gaming system with it and they may be better off with a Nvidia GPU with CPU/motherboard combo.
EDIT: I just looked it up and apparently this chip along with this chipset should support reBAR (as long as there's options for it in the BIOS). Wasn't sure exactly when AMD implemented it (with Intel it was around 10th of 11th Gen I believe).
This was a fast PC 4 years ago.. back then cost $1200 for this kind of speed
Yeah um, this was never $1200 LOL because this was lower end stuff. Maybe this stuff might've been like $500 at the height of Covid. Power supplies were ridiculous along with half way decent video cards. The rest was just slightly inflated.
Are there a lot of people who build their own PC's and don't use a separate GPU?
And I still have 3 generations of old GPU's laying around, so if my current one were to fail, I'd have something like my old 1070 to hold me over.
Gaming and hardcore video editing aren't the only uses for PCs; some people just need a desktop for work, school, web browsing. I get that at this point in time you can get a mini PC for not much more which can do that. But this could make sense for someone who has all the rest of the parts from older builds (case with fans and a PSU, hard drives, etc etc). Not sure if I would recommend this hardware though for a fresh build though since it's DDR4, especially not for gaming. IDK, it would make more sense at this point in time to get a ddr5 motherboard (even if you have to skimp out on the CPU, at least it's something you could upgrade).
One of the primary values offered by this deal is compatibility with an automatic upgrade to Windows 11. However, that should also be the case for your i3-8100 (was this the standard desktop model, or a variant such as the H or T series?).
Of course, you'd be getting a CPU with more, faster cores which also support multi-threading all within the same overall power envelope. Then again, if your needs are basic Excel or more Intel-specific functionality associated with the I3-8100 GPU then sticking to the existing system you have could be somewhere between acceptable to critical.
So... it depends.
Good luck!
Jon
I have no issue running W11 24H2 LTSC x64 and i7 3770 with BIOS/MBR/NTFS. Just download the latest version of Rufus portable to remove W11's installation requirements. After optimization, the PC boots with 67 processes, 1.2/7.9 GB memory, and 10.2 GB data on the C boot partition. 15 seconds boot, 1 sec shutdown.
The use of a solid state drive will significantly improve system performance. I don't game or transcode video, so performance is par with the today's PCs preloaded with junks.
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I have no issue running W11 24H2 LTSC x64 and i7 3770 with BIOS/MBR/NTFS. Just download the latest version of Rufus portable to remove W11's installation requirements. After optimization, the PC boots with 67 processes, 1.2/7.9 GB memory, and 10.2 GB data on the C boot partition. 15 seconds boot, 1 sec shutdown.
The use of a solid state drive will significantly improve system performance. I don't game or transcode video, so performance is par with the today's PCs preloaded with junks.
Will you still get updates and everything alright running that?
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Swaps the paste for a case (with 3*120mm & 3*140mm RGB fans preinstalled) for $207
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AM2... WOW "haven't heard that name in years"
deal is dead... any other alternatives?
Of course, you'd be getting a CPU with more, faster cores which also support multi-threading all within the same overall power envelope. Then again, if your needs are basic Excel or more Intel-specific functionality associated with the I3-8100 GPU then sticking to the existing system you have could be somewhere between acceptable to critical.
So... it depends.
Good luck!
Jon
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Use PC Builder
Add all the parts from this combo individually
Add Silicon Power Ace A55 2.5" SSD for $16.99
Total should be $157.78
EDIT: I just looked it up and apparently this chip along with this chipset should support reBAR (as long as there's options for it in the BIOS). Wasn't sure exactly when AMD implemented it (with Intel it was around 10th of 11th Gen I believe).
And I still have 3 generations of old GPU's laying around, so if my current one were to fail, I'd have something like my old 1070 to hold me over.
Of course, you'd be getting a CPU with more, faster cores which also support multi-threading all within the same overall power envelope. Then again, if your needs are basic Excel or more Intel-specific functionality associated with the I3-8100 GPU then sticking to the existing system you have could be somewhere between acceptable to critical.
So... it depends.
Good luck!
Jon
The use of a solid state drive will significantly improve system performance. I don't game or transcode video, so performance is par with the today's PCs preloaded with junks.
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The use of a solid state drive will significantly improve system performance. I don't game or transcode video, so performance is par with the today's PCs preloaded with junks.