YMMV Microcenter: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D + GIGABYTE X870 GAMING WIFI6 + G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5 Bundle $379.99

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The normal 7600X3D bundle is $350 with a B650E board. Not worth the extra $30 for this specific X870 board, with just a 7600X3D.

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DylanR22

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https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ild-bundle

FatCatsFlatWallet

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https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ild-bundle

IMO the 7500x3d b850m bundle for $299 is still the best bang for the buck if you're planning to use a discrete GPU. In terms of performance they're virtually identical. The $50 extra you spend on the 7600x3d would be for the integrated graphics and a bit more flexibility with an ATX form factor.

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FatCatsFlatWallet

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IMO the 7500x3d b850m bundle for $299 is still the best bang for the buck if you're planning to use a discrete GPU. In terms of performance they're virtually identical. The $50 extra you spend on the 7600x3d would be for the integrated graphics and a bit more flexibility with an ATX form factor.

One thing to consider though if you're running the bundle as is, you're only running single channel ram, which means you are only utilizing half of the total bandwidth. The x3d cache can mitigate this by reducing the number of pages but if lets say you're loading into a new zone in your game and fetching large amounts of data, then there would still be significant lag spikes.
If you are willing to pay retail ($230) for another 16gb stick to run dual channel, then you might as well just step up to the ~$500 32g bundles.

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Bozanimal

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Quote from FatCatsFlatWallet

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One thing to consider though if you're running the bundle as is, you're only running single channel ram, which means you are only utilizing half of the total bandwidth. The x3d cache can mitigate this by reducing the number of pages but if lets say you're loading into a new zone in your game and fetching large amounts of data, then there would still be significant lag spikes.
If you are willing to pay retail ($230) for another 16gb stick to run dual channel, then you might as well just step up to the ~$500 32g bundles.

I just bought this bundle and it runs great, but it's hard to justify nearly doubling the cost for a single extra stick of RAM. It makes more sense to buy a SECOND bundle (through a friend if necessary) to keep the RAM and resell the mobo and processor, which is bonkers but that's the economy we're in!

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Elon69Today 09:15 PM

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I can't believe the cost of CASE + PSU is relatively high compared to a bundle like this. $80+$100 or so for case and PSU if I want to install this. Almost the cost of a cheap pre-built.

YMMV Microcenter: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D + GIGABYTE X870 GAMING WIFI6 + G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5 Bundle $379.99

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