No, the R9700 I have got fried by a power supply fault, and GPU replacements are not always trivial.
Of the two affordable options for good 32G compute, the R9700 would be the best of the two (compared to the Arc Pro B70).
Of the two affordable options for good 32G compute, the R9700 would be the best of the two (compared to the Arc Pro B70).
Somehow managed to not break anything else though, but an experience not to repeat.