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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler. Base clock 3.4GHz (as of June 11, 2019 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
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Intel Core i5-9600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
9th Gen Intel Core i5-9600K desktop processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 offers powerful performance for gaming, creating and productivity. Thermal solution NOT included in the box. ONLY compatible with 300 series chipset based mot... (as of June 11, 2019 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
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Acer Aspire E 15 Laptop, 15.6" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U, GeForce MX150, 8GB RAM Memory, 256GB SSD, E5-576G-5762
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a guy who has alot of subs he made a pretty decent pc he got a i 5 cpu but im not sure about the gpu it was either a 980 or a 650
But can it run crysis @ 4k?
Who else cringed at 2:58?
But can it run crysis @ 4k?
My graphics card costs 3x that whole pc
i feel kinda guilty ;-;
I used a dual opetron with a $20 motherboard off Amazon. Cheaper.
Any advice for someone with a Precision 690 that doesn’t seem to like UEFI video cards?
did linus create linux
Why not just outright buy an old or refurbished server with case and everything? just pop off the top lid and put in yer GPU and good to go (sorta) much less hassle than what you guys did, and just as cheap.
has an i9 7700k and 64gb of ram
*slaps in a GT 220 and intel integrated graphics*
warranty? really like any hardware company handles that well anyway lol
Got a board with 2x Xeon x5670 -> rocking at 1388 cb 🙂
Don’t buy a server board from eBay, buy a used Xeon workstation. They come with tons of expansion, 8-16 cores, great power supplies for the measly cost of 2-300.
Go with old workstation boards not server boards, decent speed PCIe, SLI on many of them, loads of PCIe slots and same dual xeon sockets.
My workhorse PC is a 10 year old IBM ZPro 9228 with with 2x Xeon X5365 3.0Ghz Quad-Cores, 32GB ram and recently a GTX 1060.
The graphics card does bottleneck obviously but it takes pretty much anything I throw at it and the system itself cost me about what I spend on coffee a month.
150×4=600×2= $1200 32 CORE SERVER YEAH!!!!.
In 2022 when all games use 8core then this will be good
casually throws in gtx 980
no biggie
how abut os? windows can be used or you need windows server
you could have bought a MSI X58 Pro E with an Xeon X5650/5660/5670 instead of wastsing Money on a Server MB. It has 6 cores and can be overclocked up to 4,4 GHz easily
what is this motherboard?
It’s Soo rare and these are the one of them.
IS UR NAME LINUS?
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too much work, it’s price effective because of all the stress.
hey! i have an Asus H81M-K motherboard with an intel i7 4770, im on a budget and i still need a GPU, i also have a thermaltake case with just a 300w power supply that comes whit it, do i need to upgrade my PS or there is any good GPU that works?
That’s good cause I just have a gtx980 laying around.
I would go with an old prebuilt and put a new graphics card in it you can get a prebuilt with an i5 2400 for like a hundred bucks
lol Fake
All the 12 year olds still saying it not affordible.
Guys can my iMac game?.. here are my specs – NVIDIA GeForce GT 7300 128mb, 4gb ram 667mhz, Intel Core 2 duo 2.16ghz.. Can this game? Please tell me right away :3
Can you checkout the DIY external graphic card hub for laptops.. is it worth it to buy this?? Plzz run a benchmark..✌️✌️
Rofl ddr 2 xD
why for 150$ NO?
60-ish FPS? I think my 1050 Ti can do that
this is not a gaming pc for $150
Hi! Can I reuse an i7 coreTM-6500U microprocessor in another laptop’s or desktops motherboard. It is kind of soldered and doesn’t have a socket plus I don’t have any idea how assembled laptops work
For those of us who are not fluent in geek, in the future could you point to what you talking about? The differences in RAM, slots, etc. leap to mind. This will be helpful in the future, I think.
When its still better that my pc
Meanwhile AMD released ryzen thread ripper 16 cores, 32 threads, 4.0ghz, time does fly….
can we use usb sound card on this
Do I really need to use 2 CPUs?