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Originally Posted by Plasmatic
How about performance/ system cost numbers.
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That seems a little moot considering hardware generations only being 6-8 months and first gen for new architecture is usually costs a ****ton more and performs less than subsequent gens.
My build was first gen back in late 2014 to early 2015 (I bought a few pieces each month). It was right when Intel came out with their 6 and 8 core processors.
- ASUS X99-A LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1 GAMING OC EDITION
- Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75820K Desktop Processor
- Intel 730 Series 2.5" 240GB SATA 6Gb/s MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2BP240G4R5 x2
- WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch
- G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-16GRR
- ASUS ROG PG278Q Black 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440, 144 Hz 1ms (GTG) NVIDIA G-Sync Gaming Monitor
For the same money today I'm sure you could get:
-higher clock CPU or maybe even an 8 core if they've come down a bit in cost
-next gen gpu
-IPS panel monitor
-way the **** better SSD as the pcie cards smoke the older sata drives (look at the difference between my raid0 SSDs and lemon's PCIe drive - granted benchmarks are more theoretical throughput and not necessarily real world application but i'm sure these two techs have a noticeable difference.)
Just pick a budget and work within it. You can always spend 'just $20 more for something better' on each component and end up way over budget at the end.