Should I buy a computer from aliexpress?

Question

Computers

Decided to upgrade my home computer.
At the moment the configuration is as follows:
Processor i5-2320
Mother Asus p8z77-v
HDD 500GB
DDR3 16GB
Video Gtx 1060 3GB

The computer is mainly used for work (documents, sql, python), internet surfing and sometimes games. Despite the fact that you don’t have to play a lot on it, however, the desire to feel the newly released games sometimes appears.
In general, the current system is almost always enough, but if there is an opportunity for improvement for little money, I would use it.

I see such an opportunity in the face of our Chinese friends from AliExpress.
This set costs a little more than 28,000 rubles. HUANANZHI X99 F8 X99 Motherboard with Intel XEON E5 2690 v3 with 4*8G DDR4 Non-ECC Memory, NVME SATA 3.0 USB 3.0 Combo Kit Chassis

, PSU and Cooling can be left as is, add only SSD.
In total, for a modest 30-odd thousand, we get a computer that seems much better than the current one.
How good is this idea? The fact is that the Internet is full of polar opinions on this subject, there are enough positive ones, in which this approach is described as Heavenly Mana in our difficult time, and completely negative ones, where server processors are described as completely unsuitable for home systems.

Answer 1

I would generally buy 2700k and ssd, it would turn out to be a penny. And by the way, it is faster than 3200G.

Answer 2

Garbage collection. Never buy anything "from a simple time" if there is no money. So at least you save money. Forget about server processes, they have a different category of tasks.
I recommend the next assembly which will last you 3 years and which will not burn you.
1. Replace hdd with ssd. The money is the same, but the profit is 500%.
SSD 500GB for 3.7k rubles
2. Better than DDR4.
3.5k for 8GB
2.6k for 8GB is slightly worse, but you won't notice
Total for 6k you will take 16GB. This will be enough for a long time.
3. You can take any motherboard within 6k, but not the most stupid one.
4. Take the processor with a built-in graphics processor. The profit will be the same as from the GTX 1060 3GB (yes, it's bad).
I recommend AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G or something like that, you can rummage around. Don't take Intel, they have a small resource for tasks, any task turns into 100% utilization of the processor, and these are problems with cooling. Total 14k per processor. Never skimp on it. Indeed, for example, a video card, despite its cost, is stupidly idle in 90% of cases, but it costs the most.
We consider - 6 + 6 + 6 + 14 = 32 thousand rubles. At the same time, the assembly will be modern, pleasing to the eye and there is an opportunity to improve it, and you will throw away the rubbish from the alik after six months.

Answer 3

Buy a ssd
Buy a more powerful percentage for your mother
That's it, don't touch the rest

Answer 4

If there is money that you can risk and doh ... time to wait for a package from Ali - you can buy it. It's like buying a house at the stage of excavation - maybe the house will be built on time. Or maybe he will hang for twenty years.
Server prots - they are for servers. Servers have different tasks than desktops, although, of course, now there are a lot of smart people who will prove that xeon on a home car is crazy, because Vasyan said so from YouTube.
In any case, the choice is yours - because we won’t lose money if the parcel doesn’t arrive, or it arrives incomplete, or it arrives, but the assembled computer will not work at all as expected ...

Answer 5

I would look towards buying an HP Z440 board + their own fan.
the owner of hp z 420 + xeon e5 2680 v2
https://xeon-e5450.ru/socket-2011/xeon-e5-2600-v2/...

Answer 6

At your peril.
I bought an HP laptop from alik two months ago, 38K for the price.
At one time I bought a lot of drones and projectors.
So look at the seller reviews and buy. I don't see any problems. But again, look, if the price is 2-3K difference with Russia, then it’s better to take it after the fact.

Answer 7

If you don't need a warranty, then take it.

Answer 8

get a used iMik or mac mini
these are the best computers on the planet

Answer 9

I would take DNS, there will be less pain with a return if something goes wrong ... but this is not accurate))