The Xeon E5-2697Av4 is 2016Q2, so definitely aging, but stepping up to a R740 with a Xeon Gold 6136 is still 2017Q3 and gets a lower passmark all-core and only a 6% better single core. I'm not planning on running anything heavy, just file serving, Jellyfin, Pi-hole, and maybe something like ZoneMinder in the future if I get a POE security camera or two. Maybe spin up a Debian to mess around in big-dataset Matlab projects.
Those HBA cards are new to me. Unraid was the other option I'd looked into, but I like that TrueNAS is open source and free to use. I've read through their getting-started documentation and it doesn't sound overly complicated, but I've also been daily driving linux for more than two years now.
From the "Minimum" specs, you've accurately figured your CPU will be the shortcoming, so yeah, you could build yourself a new comp, and recycle your current 1070. There's nothing keeping you from upgrading the GPU in the future, or right away, if you aren't happy with its performance in Dragon's Dogma 2. The only potential drawback is if you intend to sell your current rig. It could make selling it harder, or maybe buyers would value all the remaining components as a single purchase less if they know they have to add a GPU themselves. On the other hand, maybe they'll value it more.
Cheers for taking the time to actually do a full parts list. That website is pretty awesome, I have been building through different stores own personal sites and keep ending up with it being better to basically buy one of their pre builts. I wouldn't bother to sell my current set up. If I replace it, it will go to my kid to play games instead of stealing my computer.
It’s dropped a drive and I can’t recover it so my storage is limited. The main reason is to play dragons dogma 2 though. My last computer lasted 8 years at 3000$ it kinda makes sense to spend $1500-2200 to get a similar run out of a new one. I would upgrade individual parts but by the time I drop a grand I may aswell spend a bit more and do a full refresh
If you're planning on upgrading, then yes, there's no way for a DIY build to really compete with system integrators in bang for buck. (I assume Australia has CyberPower and iBuyPower, but I don't work with that market that much). For context, in the US, the starting price for system integrator systems with an RTX 4060 is about $999 off discount now, 4070 prebuilds are around $1,500 without discounts. So your napkin math checks out, barring any Australia-specific taxes or import costs.
@KaNesDeath I think I recall you buying a similar SSD last year with the same specs, Mick mentioned that it uses the same components as the P41SSD but from a different brand? Are you experiencing any of the same issues? I think you'd be fine but just wanted to check, seems like this is pure a SK Hynix issue. I haven't seen reports from the other drive the Solidigm P44 which has the same components to have any problems.
I wouldn't advise gimping the CPU for the reason it's the more fixed component. To upgrade a CPU is more expensive because it usually entails upgrading the motherboard, too, possibly also the RAM, depending on how far in the future the upgrade is; additionally, it entails more hassle, because you'll have to extract the old CPU/MoBo to put the new one in, and reconnect everything. With the GPU, you just unplug it, and slot the new one in. Furthermore, the next generation of GPUs will probably release sometime in the 6-12 months. NVIDIA released the RTX 4000 series on October, 2022 (~19 months ago); AMD released the RX 7000 series on December, 2022 (~17 months ago). There's hasn't been more than 28 months between generations from either in the last 15 years.
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I think that was a really good strategy, it just turned out that the GTX 1000 series was a legendary generation of cards with the 1080 Ti, 1080, and 1070 in particular possessing perhaps the best bang-for-your-buck longevity of any cards in the past decade. Complicating that was the cryptobubble and the unforseen skyrocketing of GPU prices. Otherwise I suspect you would have upgraded your GPU already on that CPU.
Cheers mate, I appreciate the time to forward me that info. It seems things haven't changed too much and that a lot of the prebuilt ones use common, slightly outdated CPUs/ GPUs etc to keep the cost down.I think that was a really good strategy, it just turned out that the GTX 1000 series was a legendary generation of cards with the 1080 Ti, 1080, and 1070 in particular possessing perhaps the best bang-for-your-buck longevity of any cards in the past decade. Complicating that was the cryptobubble and the unforseen skyrocketing of GPU prices. Otherwise I suspect you would have upgraded your GPU already on that CPU.
I would urge you consider nothing less than the i5-13400F. Or, at least, if you do, since that older 12400F & 12600K(F) do look very attractively priced on the Australian market, you ought to also first shave costs on the other components I selected. Because, for the 12400F versus the R5-7600, rather than the 7600X, for example, you're talking about giving up a whopping 21% in framerate to save a measly $56 AUD. That's ~2.5% of the total budget you're talking about for the comp. You're sacrificing 1/5th the core performance for the build to save 1/40th the budget. Makes no sense.
Prebuilts very likely will offer the best bang-for-your-buck on the market at the cost of overall capability, expansion potential, and build quality. That's been true for a while.
The drive might be going bad. You should download HWInfo and see what the sensors indicate for it. Sectors could be "bad". Signs of imminent drive failure. You could also run a Diskcheck.
