Advice on Motherboard for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:What I dont know is when you go in for a swap 3 years later say, how do they value the trade-in item. As the same as what they're now selling the CPU/board for? Or what you paid for a long time ago? If they use the price it carries now (which I think makes no sense, they'll go bankrupt like this) then sure, go ahead with your plan (Pro4 needs an older CPU for the BIOS update though), but if products on your hand also depriciate then it's not worthwhile.
O ya, they value the parts of what you paid. If they can't replace it you get a gift card for the store. You can't put a warranty on anything over $500 at once. So what i did is place it one each items. Like RAM, M.2, Motherboard. Each item under $100 was no more than $10 for the extra 3 years. My CPU though was $40 for that, i guess because it was over $100.
I walked into the store today. Got my motherboard for $71 + $6 Inland M.2 for $36 256 Gb ( i really needed something to replace the 840 evo ssd) and CPU Ryzen 3600X for $151. If they would have had the Ryzen 3700X open box like they do in PA store for $208, i would have got that. Also got 32 Gb of Ribjaw RAM 3200 Mhz for $115.
Total for everything (plus tax) was $475. I'm happy with my purchase. I don't have time to boot it up yet as i'm still on my xeon computer and no extra power supply. I will note i got a a outer worlds or borderlands 3, i'll sell that on Ebay for a quick $26 or so. Also have a 3 month game pass if anyone wants it (no charge) for the game pass.
Once i get my work done for my music website before 2pm sat. I'll have to boot this up and give it a go. I do hope the bios already has the update, or i'll have to comeup with a way to flash it. Thanks again all for the help!
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