I like my Cooler Master Elite 130 case. $40 on Amazon.

I looked at NUCs before, and Intel hadn’t updated them in a while. I’ll have to look at this new one!

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:

That's a nice-looking monitor mount. Do you like it? If so, please share make/model?

Sure thing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd#

I know I'm going to get myself in trouble with Mr. smschulz as he's a team blue player , but I just finished building a small mid-tower multi-use PC with a friend of mine, and am going to build something similar shortly for myself. He used an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU on a GIGABYTE GA-AB350 ATX mobo. That combo was over $100 less expensive than an equivalent Intel i5 chip and mobo, and the performance (when overclocked a bit / all Ryzen chips are unlocked) is impressive. He also runs a GTX 1070 graphics card transplanted from his previous machine (which will be upgraded to a GTX 1080 shortly), 32gb of Corsair Vengeance memory, and a Samsung 960 NVMe 250gb primary drive backed up with a 2TB WD spinning drive. All of this is installed into a Phanteks P300 case which is nothing short of amazing for the money (around $60). This case allows very good air flow for air cooled solutions, or options for a AIO water cooled solution. We installed a Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 AIO that's maintained CPU temps nice and cool on all the cores even during the AIDA64 stress test we ran after getting everything sorted.

This PC was specifically built to run AutoCad for work, and for rendering personal videos. Yes, this person is a YouTube wannabee star. Heavy emphasis on wannabee.

This was my first experience with AMD and Ryzen, and I must say I walked away very impressed.

Good luck getting a GPU.

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
Sure thing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd#

Thanks!

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
Good luck getting a GPU.

I'll assume that comment was meant for me. No issue at all getting a GPU for Ryzen. Nvidia, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, Zotac, all have drivers for Ryzen chips and mobo's.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
Good luck getting a GPU.

I'll assume that comment was meant for me. No issue at all getting a GPU for Ryzen. Nvidia, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, Zotac, all have drivers for Ryzen chips and mobo's.

I think it was in reference to the fact GPU's are what are used to mine cryptocurrency. Groups buy 5-10-100 or thousand at a time. This has driven the price way up above MSRP. which is a bit of a laugh. My last SLI CPU I built (first gen pcie-x sli) still ran me a grand for each card. So that is actually a tad higher than I just spent for my 1080TI.

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
Good luck getting a GPU.

I'll assume that comment was meant for me. No issue at all getting a GPU for Ryzen. Nvidia, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, Zotac, all have drivers for Ryzen chips and mobo's.

I think it was in reference to the fact GPU's are what are used to mine cryptocurrency. Groups buy 5-10-100 or thousand at a time. This has driven the price way up above MSRP. which is a bit of a laugh. My last SLI CPU I built (first gen pcie-x sli) still ran me a grand for each card. So that is actually a tad higher than I just spent for my 1080TI.

Bingo.

I like AMD, personally.

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
Good luck getting a GPU.

I'll assume that comment was meant for me. No issue at all getting a GPU for Ryzen. Nvidia, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, Zotac, all have drivers for Ryzen chips and mobo's.

I think it was in reference to the fact GPU's are what are used to mine cryptocurrency. Groups buy 5-10-100 or thousand at a time. This has driven the price way up above MSRP. which is a bit of a laugh. My last SLI CPU I built (first gen pcie-x sli) still ran me a grand for each card. So that is actually a tad higher than I just spent for my 1080TI.

Bingo.

I like AMD, personally.

Oops, my apology for misunderstanding your remarks. And both of you are 100% right on the Bitcoin/Crypto currency mining insanity. The Crypto craziness has made buying a new GPU and/or memory ridiculously expensive, assuming you can even find what you're looking for.