| From: Clifford Ilkay via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | By the way, I don't see the point of doing a new build with a CPU that is | four generations old and with only 16GB that ends up costing $1600+. You | could purchase a refurbished, off-lease workstation of that vintage for | about a quarter of the price with more RAM. It would not likely have an SSD | but you could always add one if you really wanted to. I really agree with this. Here, for example, is a reasonable off-lease "business class" computer from a reputable dealer: <https://www.dellrefurbished.ca/desktop-computers?filter_memory=79&filter_processor_brand=357> $429 for an i5-4570 with 16G of RAM <https://www.dellrefurbished.ca/desktop-computers?filter_processor_brand=357> a whole bunch to chose from, with most with less RAM and lower prices. Note: Dell Refurbished have a sale times a year with significant discounts. Perhaps three times since you configured your system on PC partspicker. Their stock comes and goes. Right now is probably a low considering the Boxing Day sale they had. If you are daring, knowledgeable, and patient, there are better deal on Kijiji or ebay, for example. For example, the box I'm typing this on came from Staples via ebay. I paid about $650 (including taxes and shipping) for a refurb Haswell i7 system with 12G of RAM and a discrete graphics card. This was 3.5 years ago.