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Here's an excerpt from Tom's Hardware in June of 2012:
We saw a number of price drops over the last month. Case in point: Crucial's 512 GB m4 now sits under $400. We have plenty of other recommendations.
A new six core Sandy or Ivy bridge Xeon CPU would have cost close to $1000 back in 2012. NVMe SSDs and 6 core consumer i7 CPUs didn't even exist back then. Much less a PCIe 4.0 slot for a graphics card. Here's an example build with current Amazon US pricing. The sales tax will vary depending on which state you reside in.
Of course a Ryzen 5 3600 has no iGPU so a discrete graphics card is mandatory. You may already have one that is macOS Catalina or Big Sur compatible.
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Even if you add this you're still under $700 pre sales tax. Cost is less than a 4 core base model Mac mini. Those are limited to very weak UHD 630 graphics unless you add a pricey eGPU setup. You can easily spend over $400 on a Mac mini eGPU. You can learn more about the Lian Li 205M case in this thread: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/lian-li-matx-computer-case-205m-for-62-99.302996/
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