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True, I knew that my Voron would work out to be more expensive than the leading competitor, but I also highly value the open source ethos and saw it as an opportunity to put my money where my mouth is. No regrets and I'm happy to champion it, but I do try to present other options on the field.
My broke college student days aren't that far behind me and I can appreciate the hell out of a value option. I'm very curious what route you have in mind.
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The closest I can think of is maybe the Sovol SV-08, which gets you pretty close to a v2.4, but apparently not without it's faults (comment). I'll own seeing the budget and immediately thinking "you could build a Voron with that".Alternatively, maybe doing a variation of the Ender 3 NG conversion, but I'm not sure how much traction/ review coverage that project has just yet.
In either case, it's hard to recommend something you've heard of, but haven't personally used (experience bias and all). Happy to change my mind in the face of new evidence though!
I wasn't really speaking on a voron as it's far superior to another recommendation people are making, and honestly ALWAYS make when people are considering a purchase.