re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Posted by bad93ex

Walnut Cove

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:52 pm to Joshjrn

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As for storage, what kind of drive do you currently have?

I think it is a very low budget hard drive 500gb 5400rpm

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Max or rough target?

This will be his xmas money and his savings but if it makes a huge difference then I can kick in a little myself. ($50-75)

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Posted by Joshjrn

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:58 pm to bad93ex

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I think it is a very low budget hard drive 500gb 5400rpm

We’re definitely going to replace that. Even the cheapest of cheap Gen 3 m.2 NVME drives would an utterly massive upgrade.

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This will be his xmas money and his savings but if it makes a huge difference then I can kick in a little myself. ($50-75)

We’ll see where the wiggle room is. I’ll try to spec something out tonight.

Posted by LSUGent

Member since Jun 2011

2720 posts

Posted on 9/23/24 at 5:08 pm to bad93ex

PC Build

I added a small m.2 drive, because you actually can not expect to use old HDD's for modern gaming. I left out the case since you specified you could re-use it with its fans.

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 9/23/24 at 5:41 pm to bad93ex

If I had to build today, this is what I would build. With that said, at this price point, Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales can legitimately jump you entire tiers of performance, so I would be inclined to hold off until then:

PCPartPicker Part List: LINK

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor ($190.97 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card ($310.61 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 750 Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.39 @ Amazon)
Total: $817.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-23 18:39 EDT-0400

Posted by bamabenny

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:17 pm to Joshjrn

Mtech days were insane

I think we got some of the last cards he shipped out

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:24 pm to bamabenny

One day, I’ll be scrolling through my phone pics and see a GPU with a fork next to it, and I’ll remember

Posted by bad93ex

Walnut Cove

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 9/24/24 at 9:59 am to Joshjrn

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If I had to build today, this is what I would build. With that said, at this price point, Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales can legitimately jump you entire tiers of performance, so I would be inclined to hold off until then

Yeah, I think I can use this Gaming PC upgrade as a tool to get some additional housework done out of him between now and Xmas while aligning other donations.

Posted by UltimateHog

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Posted on 9/25/24 at 10:45 pm to bad93ex

Ryzen 7 9800X3D rumored to arrive in October

Hopefully this is true, grabbing day 1.

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 9/27/24 at 12:31 pm to UltimateHog

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Hopefully this is true, grabbing day 1.

Didn't you pass on x3d last time to go 7900x? If I'm remembering that correctly, why the shift back?

Posted by boXerrumble

Member since Sep 2011

53956 posts

Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:54 am to Joshjrn

5700x3d/5800x3d are going to be AMD's version of a 1080ti for CPUs. Those will hold up for years.

Posted by LSUGent

Member since Jun 2011

2720 posts

Posted on 10/10/24 at 10:02 am to boXerrumble

Rumored prices for Nvidia 5000 series cards.

They are such fricking scum

Posted by boXerrumble

Member since Sep 2011

53956 posts

Posted on 10/10/24 at 10:14 am to LSUGent

I bought a 4080 Super FE for MSRP, I'm good for years. But honestly, part of this is lack of competition.

Nvidia is scummy, but they can pretty much do w.e they want because AMD gave up on the high end, and Intel isn't there yet with their hardware maturity (plus driver issues).

Posted by boXerrumble

Member since Sep 2011

53956 posts

Posted on 10/10/24 at 10:17 am to boXerrumble

Intel comparing their top of the line chip to a 9950X for gaming... yeah they aren't confident at all about beating the AMD 7800x3d/9800x3d chips for gaming.

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 10/10/24 at 1:39 pm to LSUGent

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Rumored prices for Nvidia 5000 series cards.

MLID will publish pretty much anything, so I’m still cautiously optimistic, but if this is even close to accurate, I’ll be skipping this generation as well, assuming AMD has abandoned the high end.

Posted by UltimateHog

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Posted on 10/10/24 at 3:29 pm to boXerrumble

Yeah Intel is slower than 14th gen and can't beat the 7X3D series. Meanwhile the 9X3D leaks are showing 15-20% gaming bump over 7X3D. Slaughter.

Posted by SaintEB

Member since Jul 2008

23339 posts

Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:05 am to UltimateHog

This may not be surprising to any of you, but I was just browsing Newegg and noticed that the 7800X3D is around $130 more than I paid for mine about 7 months or so ago. Any guesses as to why that large of an increase?

I realize "supply and demand" but why would the demand for this chip be so high?

Posted by Carson123987

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Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:19 am to SaintEB

It's not a demand issue, it's a supply issue. They were available for like $330 just a month ago and have since shot up due to a significant reduction in production

I'm glad I got one cheap as well

This post was edited on 10/28/24 at 9:46 am