Newegg STG Auboron gaming PC / 16GB RX 580? $435

jiffer

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Before I start commenting, I want to say my intention is to find out where you think the value in this system is. I'm just curious.

Haswell processors and chipsets were discontinued eleven years ago, so I wonder where this stuff is coming from. I don't know where you could buy a new Haswell motherboard. There used to be a glut of DDR3 memory on the market. I assume you're getting a SATA SSD. I've always said that Ivy Bridge and Haswell platforms still have a lot of life left in them and their performance is still decent enough, so I would keep using machines I already have, but you can't get firmware updates, and Windows 10 support will end soon. The Radeon RX 580 is about 25% percent less powerful than a more modern Radeon RX 5600 and uses almost 25% more energy at probably the same cost. The case, RGB cooling fans, keyboard and mouse look cool and modern but they might be cheap quality.

You'd probably have to spend a lot more money to get something more modern and more powerful than this system, which is certainly very useable. But I feel like the question is, where was this deal five or six years ago? :)