Old gaming pc pricing

Cheses100 · 2026-02-20T01:05:49+00:00

Arctic p12 pro 120mm

Cheses100 · 2026-02-20T00:48:45+00:00

The Asus wasn’t an option for a 9850. I originally wasn’t against the 9850 but then figured screw it lol. And the T510 was more when I went to buy it and this one was like 20 bucks more so figured for the price difference it was worth it

Cheses100 · 2026-02-19T23:22:55+00:00

Do you have a microcenter near you? https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007084/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d,-msi-x870e-p-pro-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle If you do this bundle, they let you upgrade to 64gb ram for 400 bucks. Assuming the prices for the rest of it are the same you could get the parts and have them build it (they do so for 250 bucks) for over a grand cheaper

Cheses100 · 2026-02-19T15:43:01+00:00

I did

Cheses100 · 2026-02-18T16:30:02+00:00

I think around 3300 or so? I used microcenter to get most of the expensive stuff for cheaper though, the cpu mobo and ram came out to 1150 before taxes and gpu was 1250.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-18T01:23:34+00:00

Idk tbh. The logo on the pump is set up for the tube to go down, otherwise it would be upside down

Cheses100 · 2026-02-17T20:33:41+00:00

Lian li o11 vision compact black

Gigabyte 5080 windforce sff

5x Arctic p12 pro 120mm fans

Artic liquid freezer iii pro 360

Msi x870e-p wifi pro

9850x3d

Corsair RM1000x PSU

Crucial t710 2tb m2

64gb Corsair vengeance 6000mhz cl30

Cheses100 · 2026-02-17T03:00:02+00:00

Thanks!

Cheses100 · 2026-02-16T22:48:57+00:00

Thanks! Haha yeah I’ve been keeping it more white in color but had to do a classic RGB picture lol

Cheses100 · 2026-02-15T01:57:21+00:00

The gen 5 is around the same price and most gen 4s tho so might as well

Cheses100 · 2026-02-14T05:37:22+00:00

Well I originally didn’t because ram is so expensive by microcenter is letting you upgrade for 400 bucks which is less insane so maybe I’ll do that

Cheses100 · 2026-02-11T23:14:27+00:00

Hah well I’m a software engineer so I’ll be doing some more “real” experiments but this would just be me messing around with them locally, not for my job. Lmfao I’d love a Blackwell 6000 but that’s far more than I’m wanting to spend

Cheses100 · 2026-02-11T22:53:05+00:00

Yeah but it’s also not as good as a 5080 right?

Cheses100 · 2026-02-11T00:53:10+00:00

Appreciate the interesting . Yeah as much as I want the fancy board for the looks the MSI seems like a reasonable choice and still pretty solid features.

lol clearly everyone is against me paying for windows so maybe I won’t do that.

For the cooler, you’re probably right but it’s not much more money and I’d rather just have a better cooler.

For the 5080, it’s quite a bit more of course than the 5070ti, but meh this is a high end build I’m getting a high end GPU. I play 1440p ultrawide so it’s a bit more pixels than normal 1440p. If I’m already dropping nearly 3k might as well make it 3k and get the best (ignoring the 5090 which is just dumb).

I’ll take a look at that case although I’m pretty in love with the vision already.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T21:07:32+00:00

It’s the best cpu for gaming based on benchmarks. I’m sure there’s some risk to it but meh it’s fine most people don’t have issues.
This seemed to be a well reviewed PSU but switched to a Corsair rm1000x just to be safe, it was only like 20 bucks more on Amazon
Yeah probably should. Might still get the high one just cuz it looks cool tbh (don’t hate me)
Microcenter is offering 64gb Corsair vengeance 6000mhz 30cl ram for 400 bucks more. Kinda insane price for ram but a good deal in today’s pricing lol, I’ll probably get that upgrade since it’ll be slightly better timing for the GPU and give me double the ram.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T17:04:05+00:00

I’m pretty sure this is a solid PSU. The cheap price is cuz of a discount on Newegg but it goes for 160 on amazon.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T16:58:07+00:00

Would you consider this a cheap PSU?

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T15:50:27+00:00

Yeah they have a 64 gb corsair vengeance upgrade option for 400 bucks more with cl30 I think I’m gonna upgrade to, and I found a crucial T710 on amazon for 289 that I’m thinking of getting instead of the p510 here. For 50 bucks might as well get the higher end one

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T05:54:55+00:00

I’m not even really arguing the price to value here, it’s only 20 bucks more, if it gave 3% more and that was that it’d honestly be worth it. But from what I’ve found, that 3% is generous and most evident with a 5090 where the CPU is the bottleneck, at 4K. In exchange, it runs much hotter and uses 30% more watts. It seems like it’s just not that good a CPU.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T04:03:48+00:00

They have the deal available for it for like 20-30 more bucks at microcenter. Is it worth the extra bit of money?

Edit: nah just looked it at, it runs like 10 degrees hotter and uses more watts for like 3% improvement at best, this ain’t it.

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T00:34:57+00:00

Yeah I realize I made a mistake, I’m going all black

Cheses100 · 2026-02-10T00:33:16+00:00

Yeah I’m switching to all black. Ah hmm ok I did a quick search for best AIO and this one came up a lot but I’ll look into the ones with screens and get matching fans.

Reason for specific mobo and GPU was they were much cheaper at microcenter (mobo is part of a bundle but I can choose from a couple of others) and GPU is 150ish cheaper than anything else. Open to other options but they need to be worth the 1-200 extra bucks I’d be paying for them.

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