First Flip since RAMmageddon started, how'd I do?
This is my first one since memory/storage prices fucked off so I was a little hesitant to dip my toes back in (havent built one since last August), but I spotted the i3 12100f in a mostly complete build for $100 (had everything except ram and storage, original GPU was an RTX 2060). I sold the 2060 for 120 (95 after ebay fees) so basically came out with a CPU, cooler, motherboard, and power supply for $5. I generally try to use NVIDIA since they sell better but I spotted the RX 6700XT for 150 and couldn't pass it up. Also saw the 2TB WD SA510 for $60 and took a gamble on it: it ended up being too good to be true, drive was completely dead, but it was well within the warranty window so I was able to RMA it and have a brand new one on the way (shoutout SANDISK). I just threw a 512gb ssd in it for now to test everything out while I wait
The memory was of course the challenge - being a DDR5 motherboard made the cost of RAM damn-near cancel out the fact that I got the motherboard+CPU+PSU basically for free. In hindsight I probably could've reduced the cost to ~400 by selling the original motherboard for $50-60 and getting a DDR4 mobo+ram for 130-150. But we'll see if the DDR5 in the title will make this more appealing or not
(I originally wanted to keep the 2060 but it was single fan, no backplate, and scratched up a bit. It would've made this otherwise clean/high end looking build just look cheap and perform pretty low-tier. I figured i could still get a decent deal on a better graphics card so I'm pretty happy with how it ended up)
Cost breakdown
$5: i3 12100f + Asrock 760M-C + EVGA BP650W
$150: Powercolor RX 6700XT
$150: 2x8GB DDR5 5600 memory (generic Samsung sticks)
$20 memory heatinks to cover the ugly green PCBs
$70: Brand new Lian Li V100 mini (original case was super old and beat up)
$60: 2TB WD SA510 (SATA SSD but we take what we can get)
$22: cable extensions
~$477 for a DDR5 build with 12GB of VRAM and 2TB SSD. Not too terrible honestly but definitely got very lucky with some of these.
Edit: Per the suggestion of several people now, I ended up ordering a used 13400F off ebay for 130 (146 after shipping). I'm sure i could've waited around for what FB Marketplace could conjure up, but I rarely see LGA 1700 CPUs selling for reasonable prices locally. If i can get 80-85 after sales fees for the 12100f, it should bring the build total to 538 and hopefully sell for 800 when all is said and done. I appreciate the suggestions so far!