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Those are indeed Euros, converted to USD that would be $76 for the KC2500 and 980 and $101 for the 970 EVO Plus. Don't think that's worth it but thanks for the suggestion! As long as they perform better than what I've got now then I'll be satisfied. I'll have a look at whichever one has the shorter delivery time then.

970 EVO Plus goes for €87,- for the 500GB model. If I'm not mistaken then the difference in performance won't be enough to justify that price difference right?

Oh no there's nothing wrong with my current drive, I just need it somewhere else. The reputation point makes sense, although I've never had an issue with Kingston stuff in the past either (even have a couple of ancient 1GB DataTravelers still lying around).

I'm looking for a drive to replace my Kingston A2000 as OS drive in my desktop which I use mainly for development and gaming. While my motherboard (and CPU) supports PCIe 4, I don't think I have any workflows that would really benefit from those speeds (please correct me if I'm wrong here). This lead me to the 500GB versions of both the Kingston KC2500 and the Samsung 980, which both sell for around €65,- here right now. Which one of these would make for a better OS drive? I know the Samsung 980 is DRAM-less but would that impact performance as an OS-drive?

Don't forget that you're probably in for quite the wait if you want to switch to AMD. Seems like especially the higher-end chips are sold out all over the place...

I though compile times benefited from multi-thread performance, but I could very well be wrong. Most of my development is web and desktop in .NET, so noteworthy improvements in Visual Studio compile / build times with the 5600 compared to the 3600 would really help justify the extra cost. Personally I think I'd sooner make the switch to 4K for content consumption rather than a higher refresh rate monitor, just a matter of opinion off course. For foreseeable future this will sadly be out of my budget anyway... Wouldn't this change when more applications and games start taking advantage of higher thread counts?

I was lucky enough to get hold of a 5600X at launch. Even though I had my doubts about it I just went ahead since I have 30 days to decide whether or not I return it. I'm currently running an i5 6600K and was actually thinking of upgrading to the Ryzen 3600 a while back, but decided to wait out the 5000 launch. My PC is mostly used for software development and gaming (1440p - 60Hz monitor, currently using a GTX 1060, hoping to get a 3060 Ti or whatever will be a bit cheaper than the 3070). I don't play competitive stuff and have been happy with the approx. 50 fps I can get now. Most info I can find suggests that the advantage of the 5600X's single thread performance is most (if not only) noticeable in 1080p. This (perhaps falsely) leads me to the conclusion that I won't be benefiting much from the 5600X compared to the 3600X, the latter of which sells for a good 120 Euros less here (enough for a new MOBO which I also need, coming from Intel). Or I could get a 3700X for the same price I've paid for the 5600X and have those two extra cores. Is this indeed the case? What would you guys suggest?

Okay, very clear replies! If the next gen stuff is worth it then I'll just wait. Hmm never really considered an AMD card, wouldn't I be missing out on the ray tracing stuff?

Hey everyone, I'm currently rocking an Intel 6600K in my PC which I use for a combination of software development (mostly hobby projects, I've got a laptop for work stuff) and gaming. I wouldn't say my current system is slow, but an improvement in compile times and overall “snappyness” in programs like Visual Studio would be nice. The system isn’t bottlenecked by the CPU in games, but more likely by my GTX 1060. I game on a 1440p monitor which the 1060 struggles with a bit (didn’t have the budget for a 1070 back then). So now I’m thinking of doing one of the following: - Upgrading to a Ryzen 3600 which seems like the best < 200 EUR option for a processor right now (correct me if I’m wrong). - Waiting for the Zen 3 chips to either buy one of those or a Zen 2 one on sale. This is a bit of a gamble (no idea whether the old ones will get much cheaper or the new ones just more expensive…) and might still take a while. - Upgrading my 1060 to an RTX 2060 Super. - Waiting for Nvidia to release an RTX 3060 to buy either that or the 2060 on sale. Question is which option is best here… I know this is quite subjective but I don’t really keep up with rumors and news on things that haven’t been released so some advice would be great. Will the newer Ryzens and RTXs likely be worth waiting for or should I just go ahead and buy the current gen stuff? Apologies if I posted this in the wrong place since this is both about CPU’s and GPU’s…

Great! Thanks for the very informative answers! Precisely what I needed to know.

Ok, so them burning is very unlikely. But could they harm my power supply in any way if the strip would become a short circuit? And is there a safety advantage to buying more expensive LED strips locally? Are they better protected against shorting out than a simple strip like this?

And them burning out won't be able to cause any harm either? Yeah that's the only reason I'm even looking into them. Strips are easy to find here but I can't seem to find a MOLEX connector anywhere (I'd have to salvage one).

I've been browsing for some simple case lighting and came across a cheap, simple led strip attached to a MOLEX connector on a Chinese website (AliExpress). They're 12 Volt, single colour LED strips. Nothing fancy. Now, I was wondering whether or not using something like this is safe. Can they short out? Cause fire (seems unlikely for LED strips but still...). Or, long question short, can something like this harm my power supply or system? And are there advantages to buying one from a local hardware store instead?

Thanks for your suggestions! (and them linking to Dutch sites!) I think the PW2 and that led strip could be a really great combo, especially for the price! And thanks to both you and @wzrd for the info on this topic.

@wzrd@WoodenMarker What alternative would you suggest to the Corsair ones then?