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Just thought I'd post where I'm at with considering a Ryzen midrange build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($326.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.98 @ Directron)
Memory: *GeIL EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($109.45 @ Jet)
Storage: *Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($369.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.90 @ B&H)
Total: $1108.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-21 18:07 EDT-0400

Hm, not there yet. Maybe if they come out with a CPU for $100 less in a couple of weeks... 😉
 
Sub in an RX 480 or GTX 1060 6GB, and you are there, though that is not technically up to the midrange standard we're used to. Just leaving out the spinner puts you dangerously close, too.
 
crashtech said:
Sub in an RX 480 or GTX 1060 6GB, and you are there, though that is not technically up to the midrange standard we're used to. Just leaving out the spinner puts you dangerously close, too.
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Yeah but for a system of that calibre I'll keep the 1 TB HDD, if not increasing to 2 TB at that.
 
whm1974 said:
Yeah but for a system of that calibre I'll keep the 1 TB HDD, if not increasing to 2 TB at that.
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Well, the game is to keep it at $1000, any old spinner laying around can serve as a data drive, or one can be added later. Lacking a data drive won't keep the machine from its gaming mission.
 
crashtech said:
Well, the game is to keep it at $1000, any old spinner laying around can serve as a data drive, or one can be added later. Lacking a data drive won't keep the machine from its gaming mission.
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Actually it can due to lack of space on the SSD. I use another drive for my Linux games to make sure I don't run out of space in /home.
 
whm1974 said:
You forgot to include Windows for the $1000 build. Not that I care since I only use Linux anyway, but other people do.
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It's a tradition. Mfenn's $1000 build never included Windows. The $500 build always did. I'm not sure why.
 
Ken g6 said:
It's a tradition. Mfenn's $1000 build never included Windows. The $500 build always did. I'm not sure why.
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OK. Personally if I was putting together the $500 build I would use the money saved by dumping Windows to add an SSD to the build. But that is me.
 
well you can get legit windows off of cdkey sites. just gotta google it. heck, i just checked ebay, theres a guy selling windows keys for $7.
 
LostPassword said:
well you can get legit windows off of cdkey sites. just gotta google it. heck, i just checked ebay, theres a guy selling windows keys for $7.
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I wouldn't trust it as it sounds too good to be true. Not that I really care since I longer use Windows and have no plans to do so unless I'm forced to for some reason.
 
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