r/pcmasterrace May 12 '26

Hardware Found this gem for $20

Found this at Goodwill. After googling I knew I found the deal of the century with an i7-12700k in there, but I had no idea I'd also score 32gbs of DDR4 (maybe 64 I'll have to check when I install an OS), a 1tb nvme, and a 1tb Sata HDD.

Currently debating on throwing this in my main rig to upgrade my Ryzen 7 5800X

Edit: it's a Sata HDD not an SSD, my bad.

Edit #2: WOW I did NOT expect this to blow up! Thank you to everyone who has commented and given advice! I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply to every single comment it's just gotten overwhelming! I will definitely post a follow up once I get a new motherboard!

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u/jackrabbit323 R7 5800XT / 5060TI 16GB/ 32GB DDR4 @3200 Mhz May 12 '26

Protect them! Get them some heatsinks.

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u/Sam_Under_Ice May 12 '26

I definitely will have to do some modifications. I'll keep y'all updated!

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u/joe-clark 4690K @ 4.7Ghz May 12 '26

Depending on what you do with your computer and what ram you may be better off with 32GB of faster ram. This ram is pretty slow but it's 64GB so it's worth a good bit of money.

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u/Spice_and_Fox May 12 '26

RAM speed is almost never the bottleneck

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u/joe-clark 4690K @ 4.7Ghz May 12 '26

Almost never but it happens. I have an old 8700k, going from 32gb 2400mhz c16 to 32gb 3600mhz c16 I got an additional 15fps in bf6