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As a stopgap, for the past few months been using a 5y/o oem smallish form form factor castoff with Linux slapped on it. It’s been fine for utility, but not exactly fun. And looking at the state of affairs re current-gen stuff, I’m at the end of my rope on waiting for better value pricing.
Thinking the below:
MSI 550-A Pro ~$140 (First time considering a MSI mobo)
Ryzen 5500 ~$100
Gskill Ripjaws 32GB 3600 cas16 ~$114 (~$88 cas18 instead? Other non-Corsair brand instead? 32GB overkill, just get 16GB?)
Update:
Ryzen 5600 ordered.
Gskill Ripjaws 32GB 3600 cas18 ordered.
ASRock B550 PG VELOCITA (essentially Extreme4 / Steel Legend, it appears) backordered.
Thoughts? Spend iirc 1/3rd more on the CPU front for the 5600?
I don’t want to be too stingy as I’m quite likely not going to want to bother up upgrading again for some years.
I’m looking for value as whatever I get will be an acute upgrade over my old, dead build, and I’ve been disinterested in AAA gaming since the post COD4-era.
Thinking the below:
MSI 550-A Pro ~$140 (First time considering a MSI mobo)
Ryzen 5500 ~$100
Gskill Ripjaws 32GB 3600 cas16 ~$114 (~$88 cas18 instead? Other non-Corsair brand instead? 32GB overkill, just get 16GB?)
Update:
Ryzen 5600 ordered.
Gskill Ripjaws 32GB 3600 cas18 ordered.
ASRock B550 PG VELOCITA (essentially Extreme4 / Steel Legend, it appears) backordered.
Thoughts? Spend iirc 1/3rd more on the CPU front for the 5600?
I don’t want to be too stingy as I’m quite likely not going to want to bother up upgrading again for some years.
I’m looking for value as whatever I get will be an acute upgrade over my old, dead build, and I’ve been disinterested in AAA gaming since the post COD4-era.
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