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Samuel B.

Samuel B.

Joined on 06/04/10

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Base for a budget gaming rig

HP Z440 Workstation E5-1650 v3 3.5GHz 6-Cores 16GB DDR4 Quadro NVS 295
HP Z440 Workstation E5-1650 v3 3.5GHz 6-Cores 16GB DDR4 Quadro NVS 295

Pros: -700w PSU (seller said most of their units were the 700w version, it comes with 2 6 pin aux power connectors) -I ordered the 16GB RAM version, it came in 4x4GB quad channel config -Still a fairly modern system, with PCIe gen 3, DDR4, USB 3.0, supports Thunderbolt 2 cards. -Huge case, with plenty of drive bays, PCIe ports, I/O, etc. -Seller did a good job, comes with Win 10 COA and is immaculately clean

Cons: -No CPU overclocking. Not that big of a deal, but it's a nice-to-have if you're weighing buying this vs. building your own. -Obviously there's no M.2 or NVMe support, or other very recent standards. Again not strictly necessary, but still a benefit of buying something new.

Overall Review: I added a 1650 Super, wifi card, and a SATA SSD. In my previous rig, I was getting hitching in VR games like Blade and Sorcery and GRON, but it's been buttery smooth on this. I haven't played more demanding games yet, I'm waiting on an RTX 2060 with an aux 8 pin adapter, but I don't foresee any problems. The E5-1650 v3 can still compete with mid-range modern CPUs in single or multi-core tasks. It's an older system, sure, but someone probably paid several thousand dollars for it originally. So yeah it's not "future proof", there's no clear upgrade path, but it would be tough finding better price vs. performance right now.

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Seller is helpful, responds to emails.

My order got delayed, it wasn't even the seller's fault but they gave me some options to fix it.

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