forum threadKingPoopa posted Yesterday 08:23 PM
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forum threadKingPoopa posted Yesterday 08:23 PM
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X 4.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7; 128GB DDR5-5600 RAM ECC RDIMM; Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD $7299.99
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Case, PSU, and SSD are negligible here.
That leaves the GPU.
~$4k delta for 5090 is too much.
I'd say, not a good deal.
But $7300 is too damn much. Bad bundle.
MC disappointed me here.
Case, PSU, and SSD are negligible here.
That leaves the GPU.
~$4k delta for 5090 is too much.
I'd say, not a good deal.
5090s are still running $3k.
So $3k for the MB+CPU+RAM bundle, $3k for a random 5090, $1k for the rest of the bits to make it work, and that leaves $300 as an assembly fee.
That's actually a decent fair overhead. This is a moderately good deal that basically takes advantage of MC's bundle pricing and takes away the need to build it yourself if that's important to you. Oh, and free Windows license I guess.
What makes it not a good deal is the CPU. Unless you need the PCIe lanes, you can get 70% of the CPU performance from a 9950X. And the Ryzen comparable system can run the exact same RAM and GPU. For someone that does need the PCIe lanes, this is a moderately good deal.
5090s are still running $3k.
So $3k for the MB+CPU+RAM bundle, $3k for a random 5090, $1k for the rest of the bits to make it work, and that leaves $300 as an assembly fee.
That's actually a decent fair overhead. This is a moderately good deal that basically takes advantage of MC's bundle pricing and takes away the need to build it yourself if that's important to you. Oh, and free Windows license I guess.
What makes it not a good deal is the CPU. Unless you need the PCIe lanes, you can get 70% of the CPU performance from a 9950X. And the Ryzen comparable system can run the exact same RAM and GPU. For someone that does need the PCIe lanes, this is a moderately good deal.
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