ATL. Paired with the 4060 from another deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/879001
Makes a great budget casual gaming/netflix/browsing rig.
Had it in my cart at this price and check out failed. Code got removed haha. Guttered.
Better to spend just a little more on AMD 7000 cpu at this point (7500F go cheap on Aliexpress when on sale)
This way your not getting older DDR4, a motherboard with no good upgrade path (you can get some ok cheap B650 boards these days)
Yes DDR5 and the CPU will cost more, but will be upgradable if wanted later with something newer, and is better.
At this point LGA1700 is dead. I normally do intel myself, but with their 13/14 gen issues, LGA1851 cpu being a flop so far, even I am looking at AMD now.
Could only recommend this now if you already have a LGA1700 setup and need a replacement, or budget restraints and just can not afford the bit more for AM5.
What's a decent AMD combo to take over from an i5-8600 & 1060?
I don't really need a dedicated GPU anymore… not at the moment, anyway.
Intel 12th gen has instability issues with permanent damage so avoid it
False. Intel 13th and 14th gen chips have instability issues. 12th gen is on a completely different architecture and unaffected.
My bad i thought it was 12th and 13th gen.
May as well wait till Friday in case ebay does 30% off again. Computer Alliance had it for ~$120.