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Planning on building a PC, anything I should know? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm planning on building a PC soon and, while I have done plenty of research, I'd like to hear advice from people who have experience in the area personally. It's also just nice talking to other people in general, lol

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really can’t go wrong with https://pcpartpicker.com/. Obviously double check things like GPU size mentioned below, and up size your PSU if you ever intend to upgrade GPU in same case. 850 Watts is a solid choice regardless of what your current picks need.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Buy more than you need, is the lesson I've learnt. Especially power, I have an 850 as well, but I sort of wish I bought a 1000W, the way things are going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

5950x with 7900xtx runs fine on my 850 watt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For sure, I run an 5800x3d and a 4070ti on an 850, but I had to replace the 650 that I built with in 2020 to do that. Two power supplies in three years could have been averted if I had just bought a bit more than I needed the first time. It sucks having to completely rewire an already built computer too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

On the other hand, I bought a beefy power supply in my last rig based on advice that I'll want room for upgrades, but I never did. It's not really of interest to me to fuff around with upgrades.

As a patient gamer, by the time my rig isn't able to handle modern games, it's time for a completely new build.

Also, I care a lot about noise (and thus heat), so I'd rather keep my entire build's thermal profile low, using lower-power components.

My new build, I only included enough extra power for some extra HDDs (including extra overhead for power spikes).