A Tempting Low Budget Upgrade?

[MadAnt250]

I'm usually a cheapskate when it comes to buying new stuff, but now that the better hardware has come down to my price range.

 https://www.microcenter.com/product/5002577/-amd-ryzen-5-2600x-with-wraith-spire-cooler,-gigabyte-b450-aorus-m-cpu---motherboard-bundle

 

It looks like it will just about fit in my case too.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/474800/acer-aspire-atc-780a-ur12-desktop-computer#photogroup-5

 

I like future compatibility which is something Intel does not want to give or will LIE about and I think this will be a good substitute for the i7 6700 that I wanted but can't find for under $170. 

 

Specs in spoiler

[emosun]

6 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

I like future compatibility which is something Intel does not want to give or will LIE about

I supposed I haven't actually seen this occur at least in the higher end side of hardware. typically I will spend quite a large amount on a motherboard and then a pair of cheap cpu's to put on it. As the board ages and it's highest end cpu's become cheaper the board can have roughly a 10 year lifespan of being pretty quick comparatively.

Typically I do not see many old amd systems with a 10 year lifespan but I do see plenty of dual 1366 platforms still in use.

[MadAnt250]

16 minutes ago, emosun said:

Typically I do not see many old amd systems with a 10 year lifespan but I do see plenty of dual 1366 platforms still in use.

The compatibility of the 1151 socket is were the Intel fans got screwed.

Times have changed and we are still using an xeon x3430 in the server at work, but it keeps ticking.

[emosun]

7 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

The compatibility of the 1151 socket is were the Intel fans got screwed.

ah yeah I usually only use multisocket platforms. Prevents thats "limited upgrades" problem.

[MadAnt250]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

ah yeah I usually only use multisocket platforms. Prevents thats "limited upgrades" problem.

Lol, show off

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

Lol, show off

well an expensive motherboard + cheap cpu's is the most cost effective option. then when the future arrives the highest end cpu's for your platform become cheap as well so you do get your fast machine for very cheap.

if you can afford to replace the board and cpu on a single socket platform then i would consider that to be more of the showoff lol

[MadAnt250]

27 minutes ago, emosun said:

well an expensive motherboard + cheap cpu's is the most cost effective option. then when the future arrives the highest end cpu's for your platform become cheap as well so you do get your fast machine for very cheap.

if you can afford to replace the board and cpu on a single socket platform then i would consider that to be more of the showoff lol

I think there are other factors to consider, in some cases people may have bought an expensive 100 or 200 series lga 1151 motherboard with the intent of upgrading the cpu in the future, but now 2-4 years later the used price of 6th and 7th gen i7s are still through the roof, even some of the 6th and 7th gen i5s are too much money lol.