OKC Yeakey Trentadue
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After being fed up with console gaming, I decided to convert my existing PC into something more usable for gaming.
The 3 Pillars I focused on were:
1.) Value
2.) Power Efficiency
3.) Compactness
Parts: [$Rough cost estimates]
5700g (igpu redundant but it was $100 on marketplace) [$150 for 5700]
Gigabyte Auros B-550 ITX[$170]
16gb DDR4. [$50]
512 GB nvme + 1 TB ssd [$100]
Silverstone ML-06 case [$80]
450w sff psu [$50]
And now, RTX 3050 6GB sff [$160]
Value: So closer to $850 if you bought all the parts new compared to $300 of the Series S, but obviously more usability. ITX sff always kills value some but needed for the compactness. Comparable in shader gpu performance to the Series S, but much more cpu headroom than the Series S and even Series X. Also, way more game storage space and dlss.
Efficiency: Both the 5700g in cpu only mode and the 3050 6gb are some of the most efficient cpus and gpus even today. Not quite as low as the 90w typically seen with the Series S, but happy with 130w at the wall when gaming.
3.) Compactness - Not as small as the Series S or some of the hyper small builds seen in other posts here, but not an obnoxious giant ATX build either.
Overall very happy. It's like I a took a time machine back to 2014 which is about the game era where a build like this flourishes. Okay with me as I am rediscovering gems that I missed or played little of such as Alien Isolation, GTA V, Witcher 3 and others.
The 3 Pillars I focused on were:
1.) Value
2.) Power Efficiency
3.) Compactness
Parts: [$Rough cost estimates]
5700g (igpu redundant but it was $100 on marketplace) [$150 for 5700]
Gigabyte Auros B-550 ITX[$170]
16gb DDR4. [$50]
512 GB nvme + 1 TB ssd [$100]
Silverstone ML-06 case [$80]
450w sff psu [$50]
And now, RTX 3050 6GB sff [$160]
Value: So closer to $850 if you bought all the parts new compared to $300 of the Series S, but obviously more usability. ITX sff always kills value some but needed for the compactness. Comparable in shader gpu performance to the Series S, but much more cpu headroom than the Series S and even Series X. Also, way more game storage space and dlss.
Efficiency: Both the 5700g in cpu only mode and the 3050 6gb are some of the most efficient cpus and gpus even today. Not quite as low as the 90w typically seen with the Series S, but happy with 130w at the wall when gaming.
3.) Compactness - Not as small as the Series S or some of the hyper small builds seen in other posts here, but not an obnoxious giant ATX build either.
Overall very happy. It's like I a took a time machine back to 2014 which is about the game era where a build like this flourishes. Okay with me as I am rediscovering gems that I missed or played little of such as Alien Isolation, GTA V, Witcher 3 and others.



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