SwiftJAB wrote:> I appreciate a great deal like the rest of y'all. I just wanted to pop-in and share
> a quick story about a PC I recently built for my nephew. tldr version: mid-tower
> system full build with a Ryzen 5600X and RTX 3070 for $650
>
> My 11yo nephew hit me up in mid January saying he wanted to get into PC gaming and
> that he'd been saving his money from Christmas and his birthday plus the a few hundred
> he made from selling off some higher priced Pokemon cards. I knew I wanted to build
> him something that had a little bit of headroom to grow, so I wasn't willing to compromise
> too much, which meant that the higher priced items were going to have to be bought
> used. I started combing through posts on Offer Up and Facebook Market Place to see
> what was out there and what were some of the floors on prices for CPUs, GPUs, and
> motherboards. I also have access to family in some nearby cities, so I checked in
> some farther places as well.
>
> After a couple of weeks of looking around, we decided that we're going with an AMD
> system. There was a clear upgrade path to the 5800X3D should he ever need a faster
> CPU to reduce bottlenecks on any GPU upgrades he might make and there were plenty
> of AM4 motherboards on the market to keep prices down. We lucked out and found an
> MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi for $100 and the guy was also selling a 16GB kit of
> Corsair Vengeance RGB for $50, talked him down to $125 for both. Solid deal for sure
> and we were on our way towards building a PC.
>
> The next deal we had was insane. I was shopping for CPUs and GPUs when I came across
> a listing in another town for an RTX 3070 for $150. This was too good to be true
> pricing, but I had to inquire about it. The guy was well rated on Offer Up and he
> said the card was never used for mining. Even when I told him he could get a lot
> more for the card, he still was fine with selling it for the price he listed. I knew
> this was going to go fast and I was a good 1.5-2hrs away. I called my sister-in-law
> who lived in the area and asked her if she could do me a favor. Thankfully she could
> and acted fast to secure the card. It was in like new condition and included the
> original box. I was stoked! I kicked her an extra $30 as a thank you making the total
> cost $180.
>
> The other two stand out deals was a Ryzen 5600X for $60. Some kid had recently bought
> a pre-built with this CPU but upgraded the processor, so he was willing to sell this
> part for cheap. And then a 650W 80 Gold fully modular power supply from Cooler Master
> that was brand new for $50. The rest of the parts we ordered off of Amazon.
>
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Nice. Thanks for sharing. Hope your nephew enjoys it, especially with the effort you put in. Cool uncles are pretty much awesome. :)