{"id":1057,"date":"2019-12-21T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/TimOnCS\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2019-12-21T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T01:17:00","slug":"amd-ryzen-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/2019\/12\/21\/amd-ryzen-build\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD Ryzen Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some facts on the CPU: it is currently #135 on PassMark [16,9499] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpubenchmark.net\/high_end_cpus.html\">cpubenchmark.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video card was the least expensive PCI available at Micro Center.<\/p>\n<p>This build is intended for two distinct purposes.  The first is a general-purpose, install linux, install multiple linux, experiment machine.  The second is as a Windows gaming machine, which will require a &#8220;real&#8221; GPU and Windows 10 install.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The AMD CPU came with a coupon code for a free game.  However, redeeming the code requires &#8220;AMD Verification Tool&#8221;, and that tool is windows-only.  So, don&#8217;t fall for AMD if you want to use linux.  Probably, just don&#8217;t fall for AMD, period.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Product<\/th>\n<th>Cost<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CPU<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/product\/505632\/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-37ghz-8-core-am4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-prism-cooler\">AMD Ryzen 7 2700x 3.7Ghz<\/a> 8 Core, 16 threads AM4 (4.3Ghz turbo) AM4, 105W<\/td>\n<td>$159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cooler<\/td>\n<td>Wraith Prism Cooler<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RAM<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/product\/483401\/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-2400-pc4-19200-cl17-dual-channel-desktop-memory-kit-f4-2400c17d-16g---black-red\">G.Skill Aegis 16GB <\/a> (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) CL17 F4-2400C17D-16G &#8211; Black\/Red<\/td>\n<td>$68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Motherboard<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/product\/510207\/gigabyte-b450-aorus-m-am4-matx-amd-motherboard\">Gigabyte B450M Aorus<\/a> AM4 mATX Motherboard<\/td>\n<td>$40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Power Supply<\/td>\n<td>Apea 500W<\/a> reuse<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/product\/510207\/gigabyte-b450-aorus-m-am4-matx-amd-motherboard\">EVGA GeForce 8400GS 1GB<\/a> Single-Fan DDR3<\/td>\n<td>$42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/gigabyte-radeon-rx-570-gv-rx570gaming-4gd-rev2-0\/p\/N82E16814932242\">Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4GG<\/a> 256-bit GDDR4 x16<\/td>\n<td>$115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Case<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061\">NZXT GAMMA Classic<\/a> ATX Mid Tower reuse $31<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M.2 Drive<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/intel-660p-series-1tb\/p\/N82E16820167462?Item=N82E16820167462\">Intel 660p Series 1TB<\/a> &#8211; NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC SSD (SSDPEKNW010T8X1)<\/td>\n<td>$83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SS Drive<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HD Drive<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BD\/DVD\/CD<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4-to-8 pin adapter<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/p\/N82E16812423181?Item=N82E16812423181\">Coboc EPSADLP48-6 6in ATX 12V P4 4-Pin LP4 to EPS 12V 8-pin<\/td>\n<td>$2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keyboard<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mouse<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OS<\/td>\n<td>Ubuntu to start, then Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OEM<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>$394<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tax 7.529%<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>$24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Total<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>$418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>tax newegg 7.526%<br \/>\ntax microcenter 7.529%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some facts on the CPU: it is currently #135 on PassMark [16,9499] cpubenchmark.net. The video card was the least expensive PCI available at Micro Center. This build is intended for two distinct purposes. The first is a general-purpose, install linux, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/2019\/12\/21\/amd-ryzen-build\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}