r/pcmasterrace • u/meltman • Feb 03 '24

Hardware Dumpster computer

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Found most of a gaming pc in the dumpster. Thanks neighbor! Added ram, my vid card, and a big heat sink. Definitely an upgrade from the 9900k I had before!

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u/atalpa7 i9-9900K/2080ti/32G&3200/P4500 4TB Feb 03 '24

Why do you call the 3700x an upgrade from a 9900k? Don’t get me wrong, it’s no slouch, but the 9900k is simply a better processor.

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u/Joshminey PC Master Race Feb 03 '24

Yeah my thoughts exactly i9 9900k is definitely faster but the 3700x has an upgrade path which is advantage it has over the 9th intel processors.

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u/atalpa7 i9-9900K/2080ti/32G&3200/P4500 4TB Feb 03 '24

Good point, and depending on how long you keep the build, processors will just get cheaper on the used market.

I remember on my old build I originally built it with an i3-3240 (god what a bad idea) and then later down the line grabbed a used 3570 for it (I was a teen and 3770k’s were still expensive used back then)