Micro Center has a great Labor Day Weekend sale going on. My X58 rig is pretty much in hospice. It's use is just running Netflix and some other media occasionally. I have a spare 5800X3D unopened, and a 2x8 16GB 3800 cl14 kit. Been trying to sell them. Local MC had one X570 Dark Hero board for about a year at full MSRP ($459 or something), a few months ago the listing was gone. Fast forward to today and I configure a new MB in Micro Center's combo deals. 9600X - $149 after in cart with combo, Asus ROG X670E-F Strix $349 ($20 off), and a Flare X 32GB Kit 6000 CL32 kit $109 Just a replacement for the X58 rig. On the way there I'm thinking 9700X? Seasonic 1200 Vertex Gold? and a few other configurations but I decided to keep it at $609 (in cart price) with the parts I listed. I get there, I'm milling around literally not looking at anything but acting like I am cause I'm going over my decision on multiple levels. Walk up to the motherboards, looking for the X670E-F Strix and guess what I see? A sealed Dark Hero VIII board. Sales assistant marks it down from the MSRP to $359
So after I buy it I'm now comparing the costs, pros and cons, etc.
9600X system for $609
5800X3D system for $359
The 9600X would be fun to learn and get into, has 2 more NVME drive slots than the Dark Hero, will have longer security mitigation bios updates, better resale value, ...
The 5800X3D, cheaper, matured system, just a media rig for occasional use, lack of emotional persuasion, less resale value, don't have to worry about selling the CPU and Memory, I can finally open up the 3D and see which of the two I have has a better/higher IF speed, for $249 I can pick up the 1200w Vertex Gold and be on par with the cost of the 9600X system, ...
So after I buy it I'm now comparing the costs, pros and cons, etc.
9600X system for $609
5800X3D system for $359
The 9600X would be fun to learn and get into, has 2 more NVME drive slots than the Dark Hero, will have longer security mitigation bios updates, better resale value, ...
The 5800X3D, cheaper, matured system, just a media rig for occasional use, lack of emotional persuasion, less resale value, don't have to worry about selling the CPU and Memory, I can finally open up the 3D and see which of the two I have has a better/higher IF speed, for $249 I can pick up the 1200w Vertex Gold and be on par with the cost of the 9600X system, ...
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