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- Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU (BX80768265K)
- ASRock Z890 Pro-A LGA 1851 Intel Z890 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Motherboard
- 32GB (16GBx2) V-COLOR Manta XFinity RGB DDR5 Desktop RAM
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The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K is a current gen 20-core (8p, 12e) 20-thread cpu on the lga 1851 platform. As an arrow lake cpu, it is not affected by any of the instability/degradation issues of the previous generations. In most respects the 265k performs fairly similarly to the previous gen i7-14700k (it's moderately faster in productivity workloads, but has slightly worse gaming performance when paired with lower speed ram), but the 265k is drastically more power efficient. In fact, the 265k is nearly on par with its amd zen5 competitors such as the 9900x in terms of efficiency. While the lack of an improvement in gaming performance is unfortunate, unless you have a gpu with at minimum rtx 5080 level performance the 265k is more than sufficient. In terms of productivity, it depends on the workload (zen5 slaughters intel in avx-512 for example), but the 265k is generally slightly ahead of the amd r9 9900x. It absolutely crushes any single ccd amd cpu in terms of multithreaded performance. In terms of gaming the 265k is usually just about on par with non-x3d zen5 cpus on standard udimm ram, though with fast cudimm ram (like the ram in this deal) it can actually end up a fair bit faster depending on the game. The 265k has an igpu for display output and supports intel quicksync (hardware accelerated video encoding/transcoding).
The ASRock Z890 Pro-A is a lower-midrange (more towards the midrange) full size atx z890 (high end chipset) motherboard. Arrow lake is the first generation on the lga 1851 socket, but unfortunately it's currently looking like future cpu generations won't be on lga 1851, only arrow lake refresh. This motherboard supports overclocking, and has a frankly overkill 16(60a)+1+1+1+1 phase vrm. Storage options and i/o are quite decent. The primary x16 slot is gen5, and there are four m.2 slots, one being gen5 and the others being gen4. For networking it has 2.5 Gigabit LAN.
Hardware unboxed reviewed this motherboard, and it's his top pick for a z890 motherboard on a budget (for those that don't need built in wifi): https://youtu.be/GxzMtPmjG_M?t=1
It is important to note that this motherboard does not have built in wifi. If you require wifi, decent wifi adapters cost between $10-$45 (depending on desired wifi generation).
ASRock Z890 Pro-A specs: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z...cification
If you want a higher end motherboard you can get the ASRock Z890 Pro RS WiFi White for $40 more. I personally don't think the difference (mainly better heatsink coverage, built in wifi 6e, and better io (such as two thunderbolt ports instead of one)) is sufficient to justify the price premium, but it's an option.
ASRock Z890 Pro RS WiFi White specs: https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Z...cification
The 32gb (2x16gb) kit of ram is ddr5 8000 cl38 1.45v (Timings: 38-48-48-128). It's hynix a-die cudimm (has a clock driver on the dimm), and is on the asrock memory qvl list. It should provide a moderate performance benefit (depending on the workload) over the ddr5 7200 udimm that's normally recommended as the value sweetspot for arrow lake at ~$105. The voltage is a bit high at 1.45v, but so long as your case has decent airflow it should be fine.
For those who need higher capacity, or just want higher bandwith, you can get 48GB (24GBx2) 8200mt/s CL40 1.40V (Timings: 40-52-52-128) cudimm for $50 more (previously $70, price dropped overnight). The 48gb kit uses 3gb hynix m-die, and is also on the asrock memory qvl list. The performance benefits over the 8000mt/s kit should be very minor, so it's only really worthwhile if you need the additional capacity. Voltages are lower with this kit, so it'll do better in cases with worse cooling. You can find substantially slower dual rank 64gb ddr5 6400 cl32 udimm kits for ~$140, so if memory capacity is the priority and speed is a distant second this probably isn't the deal for you.
The included MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 240 White Aio cpu cooler seems decent overall, though not meaningfully better than high end air coolers. Still, it'll be perfectly sufficient for cooling the 265k. Some thermal paste is included.
Review: https://www.tomshardwar
The cpu comes with two free games: Civilization VII and Dying Light: The Beast; details can be found here: https://softwareoffer.i
The games are nice extras, though from what I've heard claiming them can be a pain.
Compared to the $500 265k+mobo+ram microcenter bundle, the motherboard in this bundle is of a similar tier due to not having built in wifi but having a thunderbolt port (the asus mobo in the microcenter bundle only has wifi 6), but the ram is multiple tiers higher. The ram in the microcenter bundles is ddr5 6000 cl36 udimm, which use significantly inferior samsung memory chips and is drastically slower. Additionally, this bundle comes with a decent 240mm aio. I'd personally consider this newegg bundle to be significantly superior to the microcenter 265k bundle.
If the microcenter amd bundles had retained their previous sale prices they could have been a fairly similar value depending on exact use cases and whether someone planned to upgrade on the same platform, however considering the price increases I'd personally say this 265k bundle beats microcenter's current amd bundles as well if you have any use cases more cpu intensive than gaming.
If you're absolutely certain you'll never want to use your computer for anything more cpu intensive than gaming, you could probably save some money purchasing a 9700x bundle instead when one goes on a good sale (~$400), which also has the benefit of a better future upgrade path (zen6 should be a slot in upgrade on am5). Likewise, if you want the absolute best gaming performance possible and don't care about multithreaded/productivity performance whatsoever, amd's x3d cpus are the best, though they are quite expensive.
On the other hand, if you're looking to build a computer with strong productivity performance in the near term, this bundle is a rather good value.
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With mid range components, I would estimate $75 for case $100 or less for 1tb nvme $150 for psu more or less depending on gpu you choose but I like 850 watts.
You really could probably get everything you need for another 500 with a gpu if you hunt down deals and buy a used gpu. It really depends on what you want to use the pc for.
You can either just plug in and boot from the old SSD or image it to your new SSD and boot from that. Windows has improved quite a bit at recognizing the different hardware. It will install generic drivers until you install any specific drivers for your hardware.
You have to activate Windows on the new hardware, and my understanding is once you do the old computer is deactivated so you can't use the same Windows license on both computers.
This is my personal experience, but it worked both times for me. Been running without issues for over a year on both new computers. Try it first, and if it doesn't work, you can always buy a Windows license at that time.
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Even you get cheap, you will not be able to upgrade in the future, etc.
Big NO to me.
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In terms of 64gb deals, I'd keep an eye on Patriot Memory Viper Venom 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model PVV564G640C32K (Timings: 32-40-40-84) 1.4v, which is currently $140 and has dropped as low as $130 in the past.
In terms of 96gb deals, if speed/latency aren't a primary concern I'd go for one of the $170 gskill 96gb (2x48gb) ddr5 5200 CL40 1.1v kits. If you want faster ram, I'd go for OLOy Blade (OLOY) 96GB (2 x 48GB) DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model ND5U4864320BRLDA (Timings: 32-38-38-76) 1.35v for $250.
If you want capacity above all else, I'll also give a tertiary mention of the Crucial Pro 128GB Kit (2x64GB) DDR5 RAM, 5600MHz (or 5200MHz or 4800MHz) Desktop Gaming Memory UDIMM, Compatible with Latest Intel & AMD CPU CP2K64G56C46U5 at $300 from amazon. Speeds and latency are rather poor, but not only is it the cheapest 128gb kit, but as a one dimm per channel kit its less likely to have issues and you can add additional dimms in the future.
In terms of 64gb deals, I'd keep an eye on Patriot Memory Viper Venom 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model PVV564G640C32K (Timings: 32-40-40-84) 1.4v, which is currently $140 and has dropped as low as $130 in the past.
In terms of 96gb deals, if speed/latency aren't a primary concern I'd go for one of the $170 gskill 96gb (2x48gb) ddr5 5200 CL40 1.1v kits. If you want faster ram, I'd go for OLOy Blade (OLOY) 96GB (2 x 48GB) DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model ND5U4864320BRLDA (Timings: 32-38-38-76) 1.35v for $250.
If you want capacity above all else, I'll also give a tertiary mention of the Crucial Pro 128GB Kit (2x64GB) DDR5 RAM, 5600MHz (or 5200MHz or 4800MHz) Desktop Gaming Memory UDIMM, Compatible with Latest Intel & AMD CPU CP2K64G56C46U5 at $300 from amazon. Speeds and latency are rather poor, but not only is it the cheapest 128gb kit, but as a one dimm per channel kit its less likely to have issues and you can add additional dimms in the future.