Recent content by MaxxBot

I'm saying this as someone who owns all Intel CPUs, this list is incredibly unfair. The Ryzen 5 offers some really good value at some price points, especially the 1600.

This went a bit over budget but it's a good baseline, I trimmed as much price off as I could whithout using any low quality components. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qLKjQ7

The baseline system is a good value but the "red devil" is more for someone who either runs games with low hardware reqs or is a very casual gamer. Most people would prefer to spend that $730 on the significantly faster hardware that extra money would enable rather than going for an SSD...

Don't forget the SSD on your list! It makes a huge difference, 250GB Samsung 840 EVO is a good choice.

"I *might* have spent 1400-1600 for this card, not 3k..."I agree, it seems silly to price out the enthusiasts while most serious professionals are going to use the Tesla for ECC and other reasons. As someone who wants DP computing with decent price/performance I think I'll need to look to AMD...