Purchase Date: November 2020
A major reason I decided to upgrade at this time was warnings from computer geeks that part prices would soon climb and that the shortages of parts would get worse.
This was highlighted by the GPU being $3000 and that was from a reputable supplier which listed several models of 3090 but could only guarantee supplies of one or two models.
I am still happy that I did get it though – it is the first computer that I am really happy with.
AMD TR4 3970X CPU (32Cores) $3279
MSI TRX40-PRO WIFI Motherboard $559
64 Corsair 3200 DDR4 RAM $418
Corsair HX1200 PSU $439
NH-U14S TR4-SP3 $159 (Special TR4 socket cooler)
Define 7 Compact Case $199
Noctua NF-P12 PWM Fan x 3 $147
Samsung EVO M2 SSD 500GB $145
EVGA RTX 3090 GPU $2999
Samsung NVMe M2 2TB $499
NF-A15 PWM Fan x 2 $98
TOTAL $9154
This was also my most expensive computer buy to date. I considered buying the AMD TR4 3990 64 Core processor but apparently Windows 10 does not run on it. Nope. You need Linux for that and I am not going to go there. Oh, and it cost $6000.
Looking at the same store now, the same model RTX 3090s are still available but now they cost $3600. All prices are in AUD.
This is all here for historical reasons: I am curious to see how this looks in future.
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