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At what cost though?

• candiddevmike 5y ago
  $500-800 for the CPU and RAM ish? I just built a 16 core Ryzen with 32GB of RAM and a bunch of HDDs for about that a year ago.
  • MrFoof 5y ago
    Pretty much spot on, though the ceiling is a lot lower, at least in the US. -- ----- A 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X is now $395 everywhere in the US, though a patient soul can get one on new eBay for $370-375 before sales tax (but including shipping), best $350 used. DDR4-3200 CL16 from top brands isr $3.50-$3.65/GB new, or under $250 for 64GB. Again, a patient soul can save more still and get it closer to $200. Want 32GB? Cut those prices in half. So ~$530-650 new with sales tax and shipping, with a floor of maybe $455-575. For a tremendously capable processor and 32-64GB of memory.
  • sgt 5y ago
    I guess that's pretty cheap. I've also wondered about a Mac Mini running a bunch of Linux VM's. I've to this date never seen a piece of hardware as reliable as the Mac Mini, based on my own and anecdotal evidence.
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