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by f8o 1470 days ago
You can build a Ryzen or even a fairly powerful Xeon/x99 build in Brazil purchasing key parts (some used) from trusted sellers on AliExpress. I've done both. Not exactly the cheapest parts in my case, but I can say that I saved a good amount of money while building desktop hardware that exceeds my laptop to work on software development with modern IDEs, containers, VMs, being able to create useful and interesting test environments/scenarios for backend development. Anything less than that would cost me productivity and make me loose money.