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System Name | Office |
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Processor | Ryzen 5600G |
Motherboard | ASUS B450M-A II |
Cooling | be quiet! Shadow Rock LP |
Memory | 16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200 |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte RX 5600 XT |
Storage | PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB |
Display(s) | Dell S2719DGF |
Case | Fractal Define 7 Compact |
Power Supply | EVGA 550 G3 |
Mouse | Logitech M705 Marthon |
Keyboard | Logitech G410 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 22H2 |
Doing my weekly Wednesday check of EVGA's B-Stock page, I find this:
No, it's not strictly "new". And it's dual-DVI, which will be inconvenient for most. And it's a GT 1030, everybody's second-least favorite graphics card now that the 6500 XT exists.
BUT: It's the GDDR5 version. It's available from a legitimate reseller with a warranty. And it's something you can buy for less than a kidney and still play* games on.
I dunno; it made my day a little less glum.
*Don't laugh. When my office PC was down for motherboard shenanigans, I fell back on an old Optiplex that my 1060 wouldn't fit into. The 1030 was the next best thing I had on hand. And it was fine! For a given value of fine: Deep Rock Galactic, for instance, played great at 1920x1200 at Medium to Medium-High settings. Heck, I may just pick one up, as I'm running out of spare modern graphics cards.
EDIT: Well that didn't last long; looks like they're already gone less than 24h later.
No, it's not strictly "new". And it's dual-DVI, which will be inconvenient for most. And it's a GT 1030, everybody's second-least favorite graphics card now that the 6500 XT exists.
BUT: It's the GDDR5 version. It's available from a legitimate reseller with a warranty. And it's something you can buy for less than a kidney and still play* games on.
I dunno; it made my day a little less glum.
*Don't laugh. When my office PC was down for motherboard shenanigans, I fell back on an old Optiplex that my 1060 wouldn't fit into. The 1030 was the next best thing I had on hand. And it was fine! For a given value of fine: Deep Rock Galactic, for instance, played great at 1920x1200 at Medium to Medium-High settings. Heck, I may just pick one up, as I'm running out of spare modern graphics cards.
EDIT: Well that didn't last long; looks like they're already gone less than 24h later.
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