Scored this during that recent Prime event...
Got a Ryzen 5 5600G for $130. I'm trying it in my main system in place of my 5800X for now. It runs a lot cooler and performs nearly as well, though the lack of PCIe Gen 4 support leads to a surprising drop in performance with my 6800 XT in the one program I've tested (FFXV Benchmark).
I'm going to keep this CPU in my main system until I can get more thermal paste. After that, I'll be on the hunt for a cheap AM4 board so that I can upgrade my testing system.
Also scored this on Craigslist...
I found four SanDisk ReadyCache drives and an 8GB IDE SSD from Transcend for $8 total.
The cool part is that
all of these drives are brand new, unopened old stock. The SanDisk drives are from around 2013, and the Transcend is from around 2010.
Each ReadyCache drive is 32GB. They all came with SATA cables and 2.5" to 3.5" adapters.
They perform alright, with mediocre write performance and good read performance.
They'll be great for testing systems, and also just having a bunch of SSDs around is nice for when I need them.
I have no clue what I'll do with the Transcend. Maybe I'll stick it in an old laptop at some point.