My Dell T3500 got some blue screens a couple weeks ago and it relates to the PNY SSD I have, died. I have not gotten another yet. Instead I just powered on my old gaming/ mining pc, with one of the AMD R9 270X video cards installed. Changed a few settings and I can browse the web and play some older titles ( Athlon II X3 445 Rana is quite old now ). The boot/ only drive is a MDT 400gb IDE.. I'm basically living with it for now.
I could put another SSD in the T3500, reinstall Win 7 and be ready to go for $50-80, but in 2018 is that box really worth it?
I have it setup with a Dell Powervault LTO-3 tape drive, so I still need to keep it around to maintain my backups. Would really work well as a dedicated backup server..
What I'm considering is a newegg bundle since they seem well paired and cheap.. I have in my spare gaming/ mining box is an XFX 650W power supply which is fine. I could even reuse the Cooler Master Elite 310 case but I'd rather not..
Seems, this bundle https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3557131 will double my performance or better for pretty cheap. When I build computers, I've always gone AMD, but I'll go Intel if it really matters..
Budget, $600.. I don't need graphics, power supply, or main storage. Just an SSD but I won't even count that cost in the build since that's my minimum need just to get going again
Any insight, or a different combo? Really only looking for memory, mobo and processor.. Don't have any local places to buy parts. I've always used Newegg and Tiger Direct. Live in upstate NY, so Best Buy is about it.. GTX 1060 6gb is the video card I will run
I could put another SSD in the T3500, reinstall Win 7 and be ready to go for $50-80, but in 2018 is that box really worth it?
I have it setup with a Dell Powervault LTO-3 tape drive, so I still need to keep it around to maintain my backups. Would really work well as a dedicated backup server..
What I'm considering is a newegg bundle since they seem well paired and cheap.. I have in my spare gaming/ mining box is an XFX 650W power supply which is fine. I could even reuse the Cooler Master Elite 310 case but I'd rather not..
Seems, this bundle https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3557131 will double my performance or better for pretty cheap. When I build computers, I've always gone AMD, but I'll go Intel if it really matters..
Budget, $600.. I don't need graphics, power supply, or main storage. Just an SSD but I won't even count that cost in the build since that's my minimum need just to get going again
Any insight, or a different combo? Really only looking for memory, mobo and processor.. Don't have any local places to buy parts. I've always used Newegg and Tiger Direct. Live in upstate NY, so Best Buy is about it.. GTX 1060 6gb is the video card I will run