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Welch wrote:https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBUndleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3665661&cm_sp=&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=11877032&PID=1800524&SID=
The Wednesday deal. MAN that is a cheap way to get into a "premium" Ryzen. I wanted the 1600x anyhow, they pretty much are giving you the motherboard for free.... Talk me out of it...
I mean the motherboard has quite a few bad reviews, I'm just curious how many of them are people who like to complain. Hell people complained about other Ryzen boards I've used for customer builds and all of those have been solid.
thecoldanddarkone wrote:And here I was trying to keep myself from buying
https://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellSho ... 17&Index=8
Now it's multiple choice..
Welch wrote:/sigh... Like going to a crack house hoping to get clean
You know, the cost of RAM is enough to make me shy away from this deal obviously not the deals fault... but to get 16GB of RAM running at the desired 3200 is insane. Cheapest kit is $150 and I'd have to make sure it is compatible and a decent latency/quality.
If only I could just use my 16GB of DDR3
Welch wrote:Yeah, realistically I wanted 32GB. I didn't think it was a need, but when I've just been playing certain games my system RAM usage has peaked 12GB. I plan to start doing a lot more with my system, to include a YouTube type channel, streaming, video editing, ect. Soooooooo, 16GB could get used quite quick.
Welch wrote:I figured $100 for 16GB is fair considering I believe I paid $110 for my 16GB DDR3 1600 Vengeance back in 2011. Hard to pay near $200 for decent 3200 kit that is also 16GB. Perhaps I am out of touch but RAM should never be close to the same cost as the CPU!
just brew it! wrote:Welch wrote:Yeah, realistically I wanted 32GB. I didn't think it was a need, but when I've just been playing certain games my system RAM usage has peaked 12GB. I plan to start doing a lot more with my system, to include a YouTube type channel, streaming, video editing, ect. Soooooooo, 16GB could get used quite quick.
I muck around with VMs semi-regularly. Depending on what you're running in the VMs, that can chew through 16 GB in a hurry, hence my 32 GB requirement.Welch wrote:I figured $100 for 16GB is fair considering I believe I paid $110 for my 16GB DDR3 1600 Vengeance back in 2011. Hard to pay near $200 for decent 3200 kit that is also 16GB. Perhaps I am out of touch but RAM should never be close to the same cost as the CPU!
I think my last 2-3 builds have had the RAM costing close to (if not more than) the CPU. But then, given my use case I tend to value RAM size over raw CPU horsepower, and I also tend to buy ECC RAM if the system supports it. So it does not seem at all odd to me to spend a lot on the RAM.
just brew it! wrote:..And yes, paying for 16 GB of DDR4 was painful.)
Welch wrote:ECC support not being common even with Ryzen because of motherboards was sort of a let down. I was willing to pay the premium for the ECC on my rig knowing I'd take a small hit in performance for stability. That sort of went out the window thanks to most boards I liked not being available with ECC support.
If I am seeing this correctly, the ASRock board in that deal actually supports ECC and Non-ECC up to 2933 for Ryzen and 7th Gen APUs...............?
Welch wrote:/sigh... Like going to a crack house hoping to get clean
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
Heiwashin wrote:I know to never come here if I need talking out of something. You guys are a bunch of enablers.