Sniki
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- Motherboard
- HP Elite 8300 SFF
- CPU
- i7-3770
- Graphics
- Intel HD 3000 | GTX 1650 LP
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It's not bad for price but I would shop around some more. You can usually get a lower price if you buy one with 4GB of ram and a 160 or 250 GB HDD. That might save you a hundred Euros. Then just replace those with your own 1 TB drive and ram kit. Sometimes you can even find a barebones one in good shape and install your own CPU and ram to save money.@trs96 i found a HP Elite 8300 Tower for 280 Euro's..
Do you think it's worth the price ?, it's almost maxed out:
8GB of Ram
i7-3770 CPU
2TB HDD Included
i will have to add a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo 140 euro + Nvidia 1050 Ti around 140 euro so the overall price reaches almost 600 Euros.
i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.It's not bad for price but I would shop around some more. You can usually get a lower price if you buy one with 4GB of ram and a 160 or 250 GB HDD. That might save you a hundred Euros. Then just replace those with your own 1 TB drive and ram kit. Sometimes you can even find a barebones one in good shape and install your own CPU and ram to save money.
It depends on what you would use it for. If it's mostly gaming, the 8300 with an I5-3470 is the better choice. It performs almost equally in games to a new I5-7500 CPU. If you are doing things like video and photo editing it's better to go with the newer kaby lake based system.I have seen a ton of these hitting the market for under $200 sometimes $150. I am debating getting one verses doing a MB/CPU/Ram bare bones upgrade with a i5-7600. @trs96, any opinions?
It's taking a chance buying a used graphics card from a mining rig. Don't know if the warranty would transfer over to you when you buy it. The ram needs to be DDR3-1600 to work with these. Nothing too fast or exotic.i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.
i get 16GB of ram for free from a friend, i will buy my own SSD and i got an idea to search for people selling mining rigs and buy a used 1050 Ti for a lower price that way if i can find one who sells parts separately.
i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.
i get 16GB of ram for free from a friend, i will buy my own SSD and i got an idea to search for people selling mining rigs and buy a used 1050 Ti for a lower price that way if i can find one who sells parts separately.
Just read this thread with interest. Have an HP 8300 and looking to upgrade from the HD4000 in order to use Davinci Resolve (or perhaps FCPX). @PDE - how did you get on with the 1050 Ti?
Thanks. Do you also use Final Cut Pro X as well?