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Hey y'all, i am wondering: what would be better - A used GTX 1050 or a new GTX 1030? Or if you have any other recomendations like the AMD Radeon or anything else, please let me know (I am building a budget PC, just thought i'd let you all know).

 

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1050 for sure. I would look into a rx 470 though if you can find one in all this mining craziness.

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Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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1050

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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What is the rest of the pc?

Current LTT F@H Rank: 90    Score: 2,503,680,659    Stats

Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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Just now, sazrocks said:

1050 for sure. I would look into a rx 470 though if you can find one in all this mining craziness.

Yeah i thought so! xD And the rx 470 (and rx 460) are on my list just in case.

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1 minute ago, themctipers said:

1050

Thanks.

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2 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

What is the rest of the pc?

Getting it now, wont be long.

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Just now, Gus127465 said:

Getting it now, wont be long.

What's the specs you're getting?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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1 minute ago, Blebekblebek said:

Where you get a USED 1050?

 

Not sure, maybe ill just buy new if i cant get used. :|

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4 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

What is the rest of the pc?

Here it is:

Case - $59 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/thermaltake-versa-h25-midtower-case-black-ab56177

 

CPU - $75 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/intel-pentium-g4560-dual-core-lga-1151-350-ghz-cpu-processor-ab94870

 

Motherboard - $99 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-b250m-provh-lga-1151-micro-atx-motherboard-ab94384

 

Memory - $87 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/crucial-8gb-1x-8gb-ddr4-2133mhz-memory-ab80221

 

Graphics Card - $169 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/galax-geforce-gtx-1050-oc-2gb-video-card-ab92775

 

Power Supply - $65 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/cooler-master-masterwatt-lite-500w-80-white-power-supply-ab94678

 

SSD - $77 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/wd-green-120gb-25-sata-iii-ssd-wds120g1g0a-ab90155

 

HDD - $68 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/wd-wd10ezex-1tb-blue-35-7200rpm-sata3-hard-drive-aa19761

 

Monitor - $199 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/aoc-i2481fxh-238-fhd-ahips-ultraslim-led-monitor-ab92651

 

Keyboard & Mouse - $55 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/cooler-master-devastator-ii-gaming-keyboard-and-mouse-blue-led-ab79209

 

WIFI Adapter - $19 - https://www.mwave.com.au/product/tplink-tlwn881nd-300mbps-wireless-n-pci-express-adapter-aa81105

 

Total - $972

Not sure about graphics card yet.

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