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How I went from A Pentium G3220 To a Ryzen 7 1700X for Under 300 dollars

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boi dont you call your computer a Toaster unless it looks like dis ?:

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It all started when I was 13, I wanted to get into PC building and I was working on a budget at the time, so I naturally got the Pentium G3220 GTX 750 ti Crucial 8 gb DDR3, etc. Now fast tracking to today, where as I was at Micro Center (not promoted) They had very cheap Ryzen 7’s like about 60 dollars off and ontop of the 30 that you get when bundleing and the RAM was on sale too! It was like a dream come true! So I took my christmas money, ~350 dollars and I bought the ASRock AM350 PRO4 ATX size for 30 USD, Ryzen 7 for 140 USD, Hyper 212 EVO for $33 USD and Ripjaws Ram for like $63.00 USD It was a pure gold mine and my friend’s Uncle had a spare MSI Geforce 1050 Ti and he sold it to me for 100 USD. So this Major haul of upgrades for my old Toaster which could barely run even Minecraft got Super charged, Reply with your guys’ experiences with upgrading.

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1 minute ago, handymanshandle said:

Yeah, the 1700X isn't expensive.

But why did you buy a Hyper 212 for it?

Yeah, honestly a waste of money lol stock cooler is pretty good

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boi dont you call your computer a Toaster unless it looks like dis ?:

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I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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Just now, Shiv78 said:

Yeah, honestly a waste of money lol stock cooler is pretty good

Well, the 1700X doesn't come with a stock cooler, unless you bought the Wraith package of this chip that does.

I'm just curious as to why OP chose the Hyper 212 though. It wasn't a bad cooler for its time but there's newer and better.

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22 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

boi dont you call your computer a Toaster unless it looks like dis ?:

 

Dual core no HT? looked more like this:

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Just now, fasauceome said:

Dual core no HT? looked more like this:

 

i wont allow people to steal my toaster name with just any computer :P 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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31 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Yeah, the 1700X isn't expensive.

But why did you buy a Hyper 212 for it?

It doesnt come with a Stock cooler and that was the cheapest AM4 at Micro Center

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Just now, James Evens said:

@Od1sseas how do you run 3200 MHz on ryzen 1. gen?

With one slot the best i got was CL17 2966 and with three ram sticks Cl14-15-15-30 at 2733 MHz with my RAM kits.

It's possible but it depends on the RAM itself (Maybe Mobo/CPU)

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