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What model GPU do you have?
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RX 7900 XT. Currently, I am pondering. I want to buy my kid a new PC too, but obviously, lower-specced. Will go Intel and Nvidia with that build, so I might go with a 4070-something. Pending on my needs, I might anyway then switch the GPU. My new PC is not a gaming PC per se; I want to localize some workloads.
 

All I care about is when these will hit the market? Seeing the B840 I can't see the current B650 boards come down in price. I don't know, but AMD has already scaled down production, and they will push their partners to move that which is on the shelves. This explains some price reductions or otherwise specials.

I don't think this generation will change much. Just AM5 being a little bit better. The next iteration will make some leaps. Then there is DDR6... will AMD push to AM6? Time will tell.
 
Also ATX V3.0 is actually kind of interesting...PSU's are not a particularly sexy piece of the PC but this new specification (not the new connector) is kinda neat. Haven't read up on it before.
 
Neoprod said:
Why do you think they gave you 3 cables? This ****ing guy.
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Neoprod said:
Also ATX V3.0 is actually kind of interesting...PSU's are not a particularly sexy piece of the PC but this new specification (not the new connector) is kinda neat. Haven't read up on it before.
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Brands are attempting to make all these things sexier by putting digital screens on everything. I like a digital screen, but I am not sold on turning my PC into cyberpunk. ASUS is leading this with their ROG brand. I like it subtle. Not big on case RGB either. I like stealth builds, or otherwise dark or cold builds.

Yeah, the new ATX standard is neat. Nobody I know has had a 'melted' ATX 3.0 PSU. I actually wanted to buy the Super Flower Leadex SE Platinum 1000W, but the Deepcool was the same price, and then I went all Deepcool.
 
ponder said:
Was watching a hardware unboxed vid the other day and they recommended some asrock b650 as a good budget mb, can't remember which model it was.
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Asrock seem to have quietly bailed on us...sorta. The board you mentioned has been out of stock around the country for months, I want to say - it's been so long, I stopped keeping an eye out (B650M-HDV M.2).

Don't know what the story is and it might be something temporary but their stuff is hard to come by nowadays (for the stuff I look at anyway).
 
Hi Guys, I know from the experience of my fellow Broadbanders, Evetech is a bit of a risk, but their deals are much cheaper than Wootware. Anyone still had bad experiences with Evetech lately.

I am looking at something like this atm

PC Builder - Wootware

Use the PC Builder to build your new epic computer for gaming, office, or personal use. Easily choose components for each hardware category and assist with compatibility. Woot up your life using the Wootware PC Builder today.
builder.wootware.co.za builder.wootware.co.za

At Evetech I can get the Ryzen 9 for more or less the same price, or is the Ryzen 9 just overkill?
 
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There's a reason Evetech have negative articles written about them, are universally loathed and are banned from Carbonite. I would advise not buying from them.

In terms of the build, I would highly recommend getting a 1440p monitor if you can. That build is massively overkill for 1080p, would be a waste of money to be honest.
 
UrBaN963 said:
There's a reason Evetech have negative articles written about them, are universally loathed and are banned from Carbonite. I would advise not buying from them.

In terms of the build, I would highly recommend getting a 1440p monitor if you can. That build is massively overkill for 1080p, would be a waste of money to be honest.
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Hi, the monitor is just for a secondary screen, my main screen will be a 4k
 
Anyone here has experience with the latest Hiksemi NVMe drives?

I am currently looking at this:

www.wootware.co.za

HIKSEMI HS-SSD-FUTURE-1024G FUTURE 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive

Buy HIKSEMI HS-SSD-FUTURE-1024G FUTURE 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.
www.wootware.co.za www.wootware.co.za

I don't know how reliable they are, and yes, I am aware it doesn't have DRAM cache. Hikvision drives... the old ones, SSDs in particular, weren't so reliable.
 
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Fulcrum29 said:
Anyhow here have experience with the latest Hiksemi NVMe drives?

I am currently looking at this:

www.wootware.co.za

HIKSEMI HS-SSD-FUTURE-1024G FUTURE 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive

Buy HIKSEMI HS-SSD-FUTURE-1024G FUTURE 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.
www.wootware.co.za www.wootware.co.za

I don't know how reliable they are, and yes, I am aware it doesn't have DRAM cache. Hikvision drives... the old ones, SSDs in particular, weren't so reliable.
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I last bought a mushkin purely on the basis it came up first (most popular). I kind of regret it now having taken a close look at the various product pages.

HIK's TBW rating is higher than Mushkin or Teamgroup which at least means they have some confidence in the product. Mushkin offer "5 Year Limited Warranty Or 500TBW" while HIK do 5 yr / 1800TBW (Teamgroup, Samsung, Kingston are in-between).

Just on that alone I'd feel better about choosing HIK over the other popular 1TB Gen 4 m.2s.
 
Vercogen said:
Hi Guys, I know from the experience of my fellow Broadbanders, Evetech is a bit of a risk, but their deals are much cheaper than Wootware. Anyone still had bad experiences with Evetech lately.

I am looking at something like this atm

PC Builder - Wootware

Use the PC Builder to build your new epic computer for gaming, office, or personal use. Easily choose components for each hardware category and assist with compatibility. Woot up your life using the Wootware PC Builder today.
builder.wootware.co.za builder.wootware.co.za

At Evetech I can get the Ryzen 9 for more or less the same price, or is the Ryzen 9 just overkill?
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Might as well get that Aliexpress deal if you're going that route...you can save even more and the warranty situations would be similar between dealing with Evetech and an oke selling stuff on Chinese Amazon.
 
Neoprod said:
I last bought a mushkin purely on the basis it came up first (most popular). I kind of regret it now having taken a close look at the various product pages.

HIK's TBW rating is higher than Mushkin or Teamgroup which at least means they have some confidence in the product. Mushkin offer "5 Year Limited Warranty Or 500TBW" while HIK do 5 yr / 1800TBW (Teamgroup, Samsung, Kingston are in-between).

Just on that alone I'd feel better about choosing HIK over the other popular 1TB Gen 4 m.2s.
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The only solid state drives I have ever purchased are Adata (XPG) and Crucial. The memory controller on the Hiksemi I linked to isn't bad. The price is good. For people who don't write to their drives all the time, it is a good deal IMHO. I want to buy one...
 
Fulcrum29 said:
The only solid state drives I have ever purchased are Adata (XPG) and Crucial. The memory controller on the Hiksemi I linked to isn't bad. The price is good. For people who don't write to their drives all the time, it is a good deal IMHO. I want to buy one...
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It was a better deal a month ago when it was R1199.
 
Vercogen said:
Hi Guys, I know from the experience of my fellow Broadbanders, Evetech is a bit of a risk, but their deals are much cheaper than Wootware. Anyone still had bad experiences with Evetech lately.

I am looking at something like this atm

PC Builder - Wootware

Use the PC Builder to build your new epic computer for gaming, office, or personal use. Easily choose components for each hardware category and assist with compatibility. Woot up your life using the Wootware PC Builder today.
builder.wootware.co.za builder.wootware.co.za

At Evetech I can get the Ryzen 9 for more or less the same price, or is the Ryzen 9 just overkill?
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Ok, will the Ryzen 5 7600 5.10GHz 6-Core Zen 4 Socket AM5 Desktop CPU be sufficient?
 
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