Recent content by Ajaness

Ok, after much deliberation I ended up going with this mainly to avoid using an intel gen 13/14 with its known problems despite the microcode patches. Plus side I'll have the AM5 chipset and the 20gb gpu vram should be more than enough unless I get to the point of needing a dedicated workload...

Apologies for the delayed reply. Been comparing both builds cpu's and gpu's as best I can on my own and getting advice from other informed friends to make a final decision. I was leaning towards Why_Me's $1540~ build as the cpu's and gpu's are similar enough for gaming that the lower price is...

Unfortunately no Microcenter as an option, is an interesting point about the mobo though. Ideally the build would last long enough that it shouldn't matter by the time it'd be that outdated, on top of new releases lowering the price of more top end LGA1700 cpu's if it ends up mattering sooner...

Approximate Purchase Date: This week - this month preferably Budget Range: $1500-$2,000 Budget System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming is the primary focus, Handling workloads in Unreal Engine 5, Maya, Blender well would be nice. Are you buying a monitor: Could use a main monitor...

I really do appreciate the sentiment as tech is always improving so there's always another reason to wait, and have been considering doing just that since the RX 580 is also slightly above recommended minimum Index req of the RX 480 which would let me get my hands on it now and still be able to...

After doing some more looking and taking all the new posts into account (thanks for the input everyone) I think it is the best choice to hold off on the 2080ti if the 3000 line might be coming out this year, probably wont be picking up the VR component (or any 4k) for a few months anyway and can...

Also worth mentioning after more research into the subject I do have a semi-close microcenter, which has both ryzen 9 3900x and intel i9 9900k at $450, and the ryzen 7 3700x at $280 if any of those price drops would change opinions on which would be best. Heavily considering pulling...

Is 32GB ram necessary over 16GB? For the 9900k build is liquid cooling needed over a good air cooler? Kind of wary of liquid cooling but if it's necessary can consider it.

Approximate Purchase Date: Weekish from now Budget Range: $2,000 - $3,000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Hardcore Gaming, Looking to be able to support mid-high tier VR graphics for few years into the future. Are you buying a monitor: Not looking for a monitor in the budget but if...