Never buy shit power supplies. You may not need a ton of watts but you want QUALITY capacitors and such.

@Mr.Morden

2 ай бұрын

Back in the 2000s the PSU vendors would straight up lie about the wattage. I remember a review of a Logisys PSU with an acrylic body that would melt when it was under load.

@Samlol23_drrich

2 ай бұрын

Watt?

@TheZoenGaming

2 ай бұрын

Efficiency is important as well.

@Axatron

2 ай бұрын

@@TheZoenGamingIs it important for things other than saving money on electricity bill?

@BalancedSpirit79

2 ай бұрын

Remember when PSUs had high wattage ratings but crappy 12V rails?

long live the 1080 ti

@TheBoostedDoge

2 ай бұрын

Nvidia's best mistake

@Kylian381

2 ай бұрын

@@TheBoostedDogeYeah I agree. I got a 1080 Ti and wish i hat a AMD. nvidia drivers on linux are shit

@bibinsunny6935

2 ай бұрын

I'm looking at you, dx12 ultimate 😂

@stefannilsson2406

2 ай бұрын

Mine died 😢

@Vorexia

2 ай бұрын

@@bibinsunny6935 Laugh all you want, it doesn't matter. Pascal-era GPUs can't do ray tracing anyway, mesh shading is literally only implemented in one mainstream title so far (Alan Wake 2), and VRS is still a very novel piece of tech. Even if a 1080 Ti could run DX12 Ultimate, most of its users would probably want to stick to DX11 anyway due to it performing much better atm.

It's very funny that you put a sponsorship for an expensive 1000W power supply on a video focused on not overspending 😂

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

Funny isn't the word I would use. Ironic. Sad. Absurd. Those are words that spring to mind. 90% of people building a gaming PC do not need a 1000W PSU.

@kalamir93

2 ай бұрын

@@Lurch-BotHonestly, him saying half a minute later that 1kW PSUs are useless for most people makes it pretty funny.

@xTRTSCx

2 ай бұрын

​​@@Lurch-Bot yeah, I have 1000W, but I admit 850W or even 750W would probably have been sufficient. That being said 1000W model was only a little bit more expensive than 850W, so I went with higher wattage for future me's sake. I don't want to have to upgrade that PSU for like the entire warranty period which is 10 years

@abibirawa4119

2 ай бұрын

@@Lurch-Botmore like 98%

@flamingburritto

2 ай бұрын

Im gonna do the same. um making a PC right now with a 3090 i got from a friend and i think 1000W gives enough headroom for me to make any future upgrades if i want to. @@xTRTSCx

BIOS flashback and debug LEDs are incredibly useful on motherboards. Either a 7-segment debug display or basic status LEDs to tell you if the system is failing to POST because of a dead CPU or bad RAM can save you hours or fiddling and testing different components, assuming you even have a secondary system to do component swaps.

2 ай бұрын

It is really a shame how these basic features are now more or less on premium mainboards only.

@yellingintothewind

2 ай бұрын

@ At least the basic debug lights seem quite common, but BIOS flashback and more detailed error codes kick you firmly into the above-$200 range. For the cost of a 7-segment display it's rather absurd. I don't know how expensive BIOS flashback actually is, but seeing how an entire SBC costs less than $15, I can't imagine it costs that much to add.

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

You can get a post test card for $40-50 and it can be used on numerous machines. I'm not going to pay $400 to get one built in to my MB when I really only need a midrange MB that costs $150.

@Sandmansa

2 ай бұрын

Debug LED's and displays are great to have. But usually only come on higher end boards these days. Surprisingly, almost every board still has a speaker header that's rarely ever talked about, or even used anymore.

@thegamerreborn55567

2 ай бұрын

@@yellingintothewindWhen I was picking my motherboard, I knew I wanted an ASUS board, but the only one that had the 7 segment LED Q code readout that I wanted was the Crosshair VIII Hero, which was like $400 retail, and even on sale, that's ridiculous that it costs that much just for something that used to be much more common on cheaper boards. Hell, even the new X670-E boards that have Q code is absurdly priced.

i like how big brands (HP, Dell, Apple) nearly always use the cheapest PSU they can get away with. Even on the hi end models.

@bablela26

2 ай бұрын

Yes "get away with", And also custom to remove everything unnecessary, But not catch fire garbage, mostly XD

@Linkman8912

2 ай бұрын

*high

@RainbowGin

2 ай бұрын

When their warnnety only covers 1-2 years then that's as long as they need to survive

@consoletimmy

2 ай бұрын

I was under the impression that they tend to be fitted with just enough wattage for the parts they're built with, but generally they use good quality power supplies.

@PneumaticFrog

2 ай бұрын

​@@consoletimmyagreed. Never really had those old psus fail, but I wouldn't upgrade the pc without changing the powersupply entirely

Just download more RAM, it's completely free.

@KokoroKatsura

2 ай бұрын

A N I M E N I M E

@orderlyhippo1569

2 ай бұрын

Print your downloaded ram and physically install it inside your pc to make the upgrade twice as effective. This is a fire hazard and a joke. Don’t do this or reply with “great, you made me burn my house down”

@joebouharb2039

2 ай бұрын

Plz clt+alt+del urself 🤓

@semmu93

2 ай бұрын

well with zram you can actually do that haha

@charliesretrocomputing

2 ай бұрын

Swap has entered the chat

It's a well known fact that Gaming chairs improves PC performance. The more expensive the better the performance.

@danieloberhofer9035

2 ай бұрын

But always prioritize RGB! Can't ever have enough RGB, even if your butt hurts. 😂

@playervalley

2 ай бұрын

rgb butt warmer... quite the dream

@01_zenyobi

2 ай бұрын

The chair ergonomics will improve the user's health

@davidhines7592

2 ай бұрын

the hell with performance i dont have backache anymore like with the ancient office chair. i'll take that from a £100 chair (i may have bought a white gaming chair at less than half price that nobody would buy except me, because everyone worried about it showing dirt - but the principle stands)

@01_zenyobi

2 ай бұрын

@@davidhines7592 Yeah, good purchase. Anything that improve your health, comfort, and life quality is a good buy. Maybe you could save some money to buy "High-end" chairs like Herman Miller. They're better and more cozy than those gaming chairs. Their used price werent that bad. Thats all from me.

"8GB should be fine for web browsing" laughs in win 11 using 5GB before debloat

@mrbobgamingmemes9558

2 ай бұрын

Damn, my windows 10 laptop with 32gb of ram use under 4gb right after booting.

@chrisk3127

2 ай бұрын

@mrbobgamingmemes9558 yeah win 11 has more crap most people don't use, I miss 7's 2gb at idle 😂

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

I have an 8GB laptop for browsing, editing documents, and occasional gaming with emulators and visual novels. Windows 11 has never used more than 6 - 7GB.

@chrisk3127

2 ай бұрын

@@greatwavefan397 my PC with just Firefox and discord open uses 7GB lol

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

​@@chrisk3127 I use Microsoft Edge at Maximum Efficiency mode; Discord has run smoothly on the browser ;p

Apple 8GB RAM has entered the chat.

We need follow up of this video

@name5336

2 ай бұрын

Yep!

@linkhatchet

Ай бұрын

You will, in 10 years

@Xero75

Ай бұрын

@@linkhatchet jokes on you, ill bow to the r/pcbuilds

Going with quality is ALWAYS worth it and it doesn't have to be expensive either. My 7 year old rig that I first built still works to this day, my sister who doesn't game much or plays heavy titles uses it now and she's happy with it. All the way back then I already knew that you shouldn't skimp on some components like the PSU for example. I also ALWAYS buy a cpu with intergrated grahics for troubleshooting! Have had a couple of instances where I didn't have a gpu for different periods. Worth it! You can play lighter titles like Minecraft and Factorio on modern cpu's! :D RAM is also something I Never skimp on. I host my own game servers from time to time so 32gb is a must and nowadays I have 64gb 6000MT/s DDR5 kit. Worth it. Also I don't play EFT anymore but that f'ing game loves RAM. The faster and the more you have the better. 'Till a certain point of course. I hate RGB so I never bother with it. Also my PC is out of sight 24/7 anyway so would make ZERO sense.

@zoopa9988

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, having a iGPU on my R5 7600 is definitely handy, RAM is cheap also, definitely worth it, 16GB of DDR4 costs 37$ while 32GB only costs 60$, 16GB of DDR5 costs 60$ while 32GB costs 96$, it's not like the price doubles, definitely worth it to get the extra RAM for stuff like EFT, servers, and Hogwarts legacy for example, that one gulps RAM also.

@ogaimon3380

Ай бұрын

my 14y old rig with no name garbage psu still work,7year is nothing if you paid premium,that pc better be running for 3 generation

@leonro

4 күн бұрын

iGPU isn't a reasonable option on AM4 (you're giving up on good amounts of performance), but otherwise I wholeheartedly agree with you.

More RAM = more Virtual Machines! Maybe discuss simple VMs on a future episode. That would be awesome.

@NitheshVG734

Ай бұрын

Yea but maybe not everyone uses VMs…

@OfficialDJSoru

Ай бұрын

@@NitheshVG734 Yeah but if you were playing old windows games like some of us, you'd be running a combination of 98SE, XP and 7 VMs to skip the hassle of trying to get the games running on Windows 10/11 And for those, the video memory in the VM software will get said memory from the allocated RAM, so if you're running a 7 VM with 8gb of ram allocated, then allocate 2gb of it for vram, the VM itself will only use 6gb. As you can imagine, running that VM on a 16GB Windows host is cutting it close.

@TimmyInTarky

Ай бұрын

I was also interested in the simplest VM setup possible. Would be a cool video

@OfficialDJSoru

Ай бұрын

@@TimmyInTarky if you want simple go with VMware Workstation Player, and run as a personal/non-commercial license. That way you can use it for free. It's the one I use in Windows to run my 98/XP/7 VMs and while the emulated gpu performance varies depending on the guest OS (the one in the VM), I can confirm on 7 if you lock the VM display to 1024x768, give it 10gb ram with 2 allocated to vram (already overkill for games made in that era or Vista), you can run Crysis at 30FPS maxed out. Yeah... It's powerful enough for that. If you wanna run more modern stuff your mileage may vary but if you're like me and looking for a simple solution that doesn't involve clogging up your desk with older computers to play old games, this is the one to suggest. What do you plan on doing with VM software? Can give some suggestions

@johngangemi1361

Ай бұрын

More cores on the CPU too.

My current build I focused heavily on a decently powerful, but also “No Dollar Wasted” rig and already did much of this kind of research and consideration, so it’s good to see it all consolidated into one video I can send people who ask me about it.

I got lucky and got an Aus Thor II 1000-watt PSU a couple years ago for about $150, brand new. The best way to go expensive is to look out for the deals. Almost every component I use, I did so only for the deals. The Asus Ryujin III-360 CPU cooler, I got it for $180, new. The Asus X570-I, I received that new for around $200. My Samsung Neo G8 4k 32 inch monitor was a little pricey at $800 new. Worth it though. The point I'm making is that you can often find top notch parts for almost half off, brand new.

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, shopping the sales is a great way to go. Problem is most new PC builders these days have some very specific and inflexible ideas about what they think they need. However, I think one of the most egregious sins is wasting money on the lowest tier new GPU when you can have something that performs better for less money on the used market. And, with the sort of QC issues I've been seeing on new parts lately, it is arguably better to buy used, as long as the seller is reputable. A novice builder probably won't know if their new GPU is performing 30% below the benchmark averages like I did with my last brand new GPU. I returned it immediately but if you don't thoroughly test your components, new or used, you can really get screwed over. Warranties are nice and all but 95% of the time when I have to RMA a component, I go and buy a replacement because I don't want to be without a working PC for 2 months. Then I have to sell the warranty replacement to recoup my money.

@andrewt9204

Ай бұрын

Bought an EVGA GT 1000w unit a few years ago when it went on discount for like $120. (shortly after the glut of pandemic PC demand when sales tanked) I didn't really need it at the time. My 750W seasonic was fine. Then, my friend needed a relatively basic editing computer so I built him one with my 750W and used the new EVGA in mine. I eventually bought a 7900XTX, so I felt really comfortable in that choice.

After having my RAM turn out to be incompatible with my GPU due to a really weirdly unique timing issue, I started only getting RAM off the QVL instead of going for the crazy fast stuff. lol

@Guldfisken90

2 ай бұрын

Smart man.

@oxfordsparky

2 ай бұрын

Ram incompatible with a GPU?

@Mammothcav342

2 ай бұрын

Got a kit incompatible with my MOTHERBOARD. Not fun to troubleshoot...

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

I never buy expensive RAM. I just get cheap RAM, OC it and when it dies after a couple of years, I replace it.

@seansingh4421

2 ай бұрын

Explain please, what was your main issue and how you finally pin pointed it because I seem to be in the same situation rn

For consumer PSU's, the power efficiency peaks at about 50% load. It's different for every PSU but for example a RM1000 (1000w) is 93% efficient at 400watts but is 89% at 900 watts, and at 50-100 watts it's 80-85%. Not only saves you energy, but it's less waste heat being created

Late 90s getting to 128mb ram was such a hype for us 😂

@Happy-295

Ай бұрын

My 2005 Dell PC had 128mb Vram

@lancevance6346

Ай бұрын

I remember playing Vice City on my 128 mb RAM Compaq laptop where the game occassionaly froze and went BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR for like 20 seconds before going back to normal. Good times.

@NitheshVG734

Ай бұрын

@@Happy-295vram=/=ram

As a gamer on linux, more cores makes steam games boot faster as it processes the vulkan shaders faster

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

I did not know that! How does that work?

@EvertG8086

2 ай бұрын

@@greatwavefan397Steam pre optimizes the Vulkan shaders on Linux, gets rid of a lot of studdering issues. Otherwise those shaders would be getting compiled during game play. So the more cores the faster it can compile the shaders.

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

​@@EvertG8086 IIRC, emulators also have that option :D

@EvertG8086

2 ай бұрын

@@greatwavefan397 Yea, but this is for PC games.

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

​@@EvertG8086 Interesting 🤔

Would deff love another one of these videos!

Dual core type CPUs are pretty usefull in my opinion, lower powerenvelope in general while if you need high multithread performance they are pretty fast, as for idle powerconsumption its also great, so the heatsoak on the cooler takes longer and fanramp is minimixed or takes way longer so its less noticible.

Remember when a chipset was actually a set of chips

@iammaybeabro4598

2 ай бұрын

Then talking to Brits would be hard because they'd call it a crispset.

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

Yes I do.

@uss_04

2 ай бұрын

Or a north bridge and a south bridge

@dinosor7793

2 ай бұрын

X670E actually consists of a set of chips

@ericremy2746

2 ай бұрын

What kind of chips? Lay's?

Very good video going over many possible things to consider with a PC.... I would love to see the followup as well!

Great video. Love this kind of content. Yes please to the dedicated expensive vs cheap GPU and drive video!

yes, more of this, i like this exactly, because after a couple years some rules tend to change when it comes to guiding towards the right pc build at that time. nice

Yes! We need a deep dive on CPUs like cache amounts and levels and speed and bandwidths and such

Yes we need a part two of this video

I''m a newbie trying to do my first build and honestly, this was super helpful. Please make another video.

As someone who's looking to build his first desktop I really appreciated this video and it definitely helped me understand some thing a little bit better. So yes I would really like to see a part 2 and idk maybe a part 3?... ;)

This was great! I had to look all over the net to find this info when I built my first PC so this is helpful to have it all in one place

In the last few years I've also found it important to check the RAM you want against the MB QVL list. Used to be if you could plug in the RAM it would just work. Nowadays have run into times where that wasn't the case.

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

Doesn't seem to be much of an issue with cheap, slow RAM. But IDK about DDR5. It may be inherently more picky. I've only run into a RAM incompatibility issue once in the past 20 years or so and that was on a Core 2 Optiplex. In the old days (pre-ATX), you were limited to certain specific combinations of RAM modules.

@Kisai_Yuki

Ай бұрын

Only matters when you are installing 4-sticks. If you are installing a paired set, it often doesn't matter.

Man i would love to see another part to this video or even a really indepth one

Of course I'm all in for more explanation! Also love this channel too!

Thanks Riley for the great tips!

Would be interesting about GPU's. I managed to get a 3060 with 12GB ram last year (as others were just too expensive and I just bought a house) and so far it runs every game on max settings.

For CPUs though, you skipped "threads" specially since Intel removed it for some CPUs. So if strictly CPU 8 threads is minimum. (Note: 4 threads are still useable BUT only for basic tasks like office apps and browsing)

i think a good followup is WHEN to buy. Middle of last year was a great time to buy RAM and NVME storage. NVME prices started shooting up in January and now the 2 TB NVMEs I bought for 70 each sell for 112 each.

My GTX 1660 Super has lasted me 3 years, best budget gpu ever.

@Lurch-Bot

2 ай бұрын

I just bought a GTX 560Ti for a retro gaming rig that is still going strong after 12 years and who knows how many owners. Your 1660 Super will probably be working long after it is obsolete. If a GPU lasts that long, it is probably free from any defects and highly likely to go the distance.

@DailyDoseOfLSD

2 ай бұрын

I recently bought a 1660 ti laptop (& 9th Gen i7). And I honestly use it more than my desktop with a rx6950xt & Ryzen 9 5950x. That GPU is more than enough for pretty much everything, I agree. Plus I can do it all in bed 😎

@xyzzy64

2 ай бұрын

that's the same specs as my Dell G7. It's the only computer I've used for 5 years now and I plan to continue that for 5 more.@@DailyDoseOfLSD

@steveurkelscock

2 ай бұрын

gtx 1070 in 2018. goin on 6 years

@BeautifulAngelBlossom

2 ай бұрын

My RX580 does me just fine

I did a major upgrade from a 2600X, 16GB RAM and an RTX 2060. To a 5800X3D, 32GB RAM and a 7900 XT. The CPU improved the 1% lows and the GPU lifted the framerate dramatically. The RAM just gave me a bigger buffer before calling on the SSD to help.

@Trouchy

Ай бұрын

this +1

Both Windows & Linux use unallocated RAM as a cache to boost performance. The benefit varies depending on what your system is doing, but there is a benefit from "more RAM than you need" (if your budget can handle it). Even with today's super fast SSDs, it's about an order of magnitude faster to access cached file data vs. reading it from the drive.

3:50 Cores also matter if you run the same APP multiple times at the same time ... like 7-Zip to create ten 7z different files at the same time, each one for its own folder / subfolders set.

That "Let's start OUT" in the beginning sure slipped out very... canadien :D Love it.

Do a follow up about whether it's worth the motherboard and case size (and then a mini ITX build guide)

"...more Watson your power supply." "My what, Holmes?"

Yes, you should do explainers about cheap vs more expensive Keyboards, Mouse, GPU’s, Displays, and Storage (SSD vs Spinning Hard Drives for non-System Drive application as well as different types of SSD memory cell types for System Drives such as QLC, TLC, MLC, and SLC.

@DaBombtasi

2 ай бұрын

Talkin about just the drives is more complex than ppl think. Read intensive, write intensive, response time, $/gb...

@Charlesb88

2 ай бұрын

@@DaBombtasi it is but you can boil it down to most important factors that one night need to consider for specific needs cases for noon-enterprise use such as content creation, media library storage, backup/archiving, game playing, etc. They could cover storage as a separate topic vs keyboards, mouse, and displays.

Also very important addition to power supply, many of cheap units have higher wattage, cause they can deliver more power on unnecessary 3,3v/5v rails, instead of 12v rail, which is more important, since it is used by CPU/GPU/Storage.

You forget to ,mention the power supply rating, something I learnt only a few years ago. If your pushing the performance constantly like gaming or visual work you should get a 80 plus rating of bronze or better! If it doesn't have a rating, skip it all together.

More RAM (and CPU cores) is also good for virtual machines

I usually pair motherboard with CPUs that handle the PCIE lanes. A GPU, m2 slots, sata, all add up. And while lanes may not be all used simultaneously it's annoying to have it throttle/split. I mean data hoarding is fun.

3:00 Undervolting can also increase performance, as a lower voltage produces less heat. This creates headroom for your chips to deliver a bit more performance while thermal throttling, or may keep you below certain thermal boost limits. But whats stable underload may crash randomly at idle. Test all kinds of scenarios!

@ShadeKoopa

Ай бұрын

I haven't even considered that. I'll have to see how undervolting works for my gaming system. I don't really play many games that really push my current rig.

@HexerPsy

Ай бұрын

@@ShadeKoopa Well, to get you started: In general bios of the motherboard is going to give voltage on the safer side and a lot of it. If you can find an option in the bios to treat your chip as 'typical' and try that, it can already save you so much heat and create headroom. If you have an intel system, intel XTU works well for me. Try the AI overclocking tool, and then reduce the power limits PL1 and PL2 to whatever matches your cooling. On the AMD side I prefer 1usmus Hydra over Ryzen Master, but you wanna find the optimal setting for EDC in PBO (you can find the max setting if you let the mobo decide on the limits in bios). And after finding a PBO setting you like, you can tweak Curve Optimizer, which is the actual undervolt (and adds more frequency). The 'downside' of modern chips is that you have so many cores and settings to test. Currently undervolting my 14700K after an overclock, and so far I know of 1 'weak' P core (-0.02V) and am still looking for the limits on the other cores (seem at least capable of -0.04V). Got a 7950X3D that is more efficient under full load, but will crash with the same CO settings on idle, because the chip boosts too high with too little voltage. So you end up changing only a few numbers at a time, narrowing down which core is at fault. The 5900X was much easier, since a WHEA error crash would just tell you which core was the 'faulty' one. Reduce CO on that core and test some more. Use OCCT for stability testing. You can tell it to cycle loads through one thread by thread - you can set it to halt on errors - and if it crashes it will show you its last state on next boot, allowing you to figure out which core crashed. Undervolting is a looong process though, since you need to test so much. Have fun!

Intel is the only one with E-Cores, AMD uses regular size cores with less cache (i.e. compact cores) so you can cram more into the same space as full cache cores.

this is the best video i have ever watched and im not even finished

Part 2 needed

Having gone from a Asus ROG X470-F because the B-channel RAM slots died, to a MSI Pro B550M-VC wifi, which cost half as much, I can confirm there is no point getting a "higher" quality mobo. It handles a 5800X3D and the VRM doesn't go higher than 50c. When the mobo wants to die, it will die, cheap or expensive, it doesn't matter. What does matter is who is easier to RMA with. I never want to go through Asus RMA, if I can help it.

It’s only easier to add more RAM if you’re building or buying a PC that does not use soldered-in RAM. Some budget PC laptops use soldered-on RAM and all modern M-Series Macs use an SOC with integrated RAM. In those cases you really need to considered what that maximum amount of RAM you expect you will ever use with that particular dekstop/laptop will be. You.can also plan for adding a separate desktop/laptop if your RAM needs change in the future (i..e. Keep the MacBook Air or budget PC laptop regular tasks but later a buy separate Mac Studio or Mac Pro with higher RAM for say 4K HDR 3D content creation, 3D Modeling, 3D animation, etc when you decide to go beyond what the MacBook Air is good at). If your getting into the high end graphics/content production then you likely going to make money off the content creation and thus can include the cost of additional computers in what you charge your clients or take it out of the KZread/sponsor ad revenue your creating content for your own channel.

@bablela26

2 ай бұрын

I mean... Soldered memory means the laptop is low tier garbage anyway, or custom very thin notebooks. The best solution is just to not buy these models and you'll most always have non soldered memory. Also just never buy cheap laptop it should be illegal. And if you have to buy apple... Idk it's your problem your choice XD

@Charlesb88

2 ай бұрын

@@bablela26 You can expect to see Arm based PC laptops integrating RAM into an Arm SOC's just like Apple, as whatever you may think of Apple overall, there advantages to its SOC model for certain use cases. For PC laptops focusing on energy use and battery life, the Arm SOC model is the way to go, which is why Qualcomm is going that way too

@bablela26

2 ай бұрын

@@Charlesb88 well I think as ARM laptops like smartphones, so have you ever been able or thought of changing smartphone RAM ? no, so it shouldn't be a surprise. And have you ever been able to do actual intensive task on your smartphone ? no, so putting smartphones SoCs in laptops is barely good with high end SoC, so lower end SoC are terrible anyway. High end SoC come with enough RAM for any possible task on a ARM laptop anyway. and the Apple SoC "certain use cases" are explicitly those who don't need additional RAM anyway, Just don't bother with the 8GB model it's criminal !

More videos on explaining different function in choosing a right build for us.

64gb can also be useful for virtualization, for example running Linux and Windows in Parallel

RAM: this might be controversial, but I simply buy the best frequency/latency combo that's still covered by the JEDEC specifications (and works with the CPU/MB combo). That also leads to always getting "naked" RAM sticks without any useless "heat spreaders" and/or RGB. No XMP or OC needed, they work OOTB 100% of the time. PSU: Enermax has a great web calculator where you simply select what other components you use and it spits out a recommended wattage. I usually take that result, round up to the next 50W tier and add another 50W as "buffer". For my last 2 builds that turned out to be a 600-700W PSU. Spending a few [currency] more for a model with a better "80+" label can be worth it if the system won't run at high load most of the time. MB: I usually pre-filter for the formfactor and socket I want/need, sort by price and then work my way up from the cheapest board until I find 2-3 that have all the ports/features I want. And from those I then pick the one that has the least unnecessary extra stuff (like WiFi...). That way I've so far always gotten boards that cost me

1:00 above 32gig is also necessary for IT work because we need to deploy a lab environment with numerous virtual machines to learn and test things. And VMs are RAM hungry.

Forget modelling work... If you start a fluid simulation with openfoam you can kiss your ram goodbye and start resource hog your friends ram and cpu cores as well. I believe open mpi it was called.

@ngroy8636

2 ай бұрын

I don’t think it’s good to running openfoam simulation locally. Perhaps a testing to see if runs. I think it is more important when analyzing with paraview, where your mesh is big.

I had a gaming rig with a mid quality psu, some day when my brother was playing a game on it, It literally exploded. lucky for me no other parts of my rig got broken except that psu.

I prefer to buy certain brand names with a reputation that I trust, either through personal experience or good research. I want to maximize my chances of having no hardware problems during the 4-5 years I usually keep/use each build, & be able to pass along a quality used-PC to the next person. When it comes to SSD's I have been using enterprise-class INTEL (now under Solidigm brand) versions since 2015 & they are all still working today & still rated at 100% health, so they are my go-to SSD choice for quality/reliability. For PSU I have always stuck with SeaSonic & have never had any issues. For memory I have used Kingston in my last 3 builds (2015, 2019 & 2024) without issue. For motherboards, I have used MSI for my last 3 builds also without issue. For GPU, I have jumped around between Gigabyte, XFX, EVGA & ASUS & never had any issues. For Fans, I tend to go with high-end non-RGB (don't like RGB) Corsair & never had issues. I started using AMD CPU's with my 2019 build (3700X 8C/16T) & also for my 2024 build (7900 12C/24T), & now prefer them over Intel CPU's.

My current record with tabs is around 860, The browser only took 2.5 GB. (most were not loaded)

Server SATA SSDs. Sweet spot is about 2x the price of regular ones. You get better handling of power spikes, power loss and also three times the amount of writes. The 1tb Samsung evo one have 700tbw, whereas the slightly more expensive server micron ones have three times that.

Make a follow up! Include RGB Fans, GPU/NVME storage, optical drives, and additional bays for stuffs!

A follow up would be great!

I do a lot of workstation tasks (Programming, 3D rendering, AI, PCB design with high pin count) so I have a pretty beefy PC, it's mostly future-proofed except my CPU.

Definitely a new video for powerdraw components

Please make an in depth video about how to set up cpu fan curves.

Another thing that lots of RAM is good for is if you do a lot of stuff with virtualization, using an OS like Qubes or a bunch of virtual boxes or such. That's why I generally go for 64 gigs of RAM when I can.

I would really like a "Is it worth it?" NVME storage video. For instance 980 pro vs Gammixx Blade etc

@atruceforbruce5388

2 ай бұрын

I maxed out the data on that drive 1 time and despite samsung software saying the drive has good health, has never been the same. Where the drive just freezes or loses data while writting.

@liyatini

Ай бұрын

​@@atruceforbruce5388The drive can be in great health while feeling worse because every operation has to overwrite old bytes

Since they mentioned the X3D cpu's, I'm just gonna point out for those who are looking at getting 32GB of ram with a 5800X3D, that you can use the 3200@14 Flare X's from Gskill without any issues as far as I can say so far. I have 4 in my rig, and they don't seem to mind the BCLK being played around with a bit. The m.2 SSD seems to not like that so much though, so be careful. A couple other things to add on here. 1. Motherboards: Yeah, you can easily spend more than you need to. But you really should pay close attention to the boards features over the price. Ultimately it won't do you any good if you buy a board cause it's cheap, only to find out why it's cheap. One such scenario is the PCI lanes configuration. If all you need is a slot for your GPU and that's it, then this won't be a huge issue for you beyond M.2 slots available maybe. For anyone else who wants to use those other slots with things that take more than x2 or x4 lanes, this will matter. The more lanes properly connected to each PCI slot, the better usually for more purposes; but often comes at higher cost. Threadripper, higher end Xeon rigs, and Epyc setups all have much more PCI lanes available, and as such tend to also have more PCI slots, among other things. Which raises the price further. Also, pay attention to the ethernet nics. Look for 2.5gb nics, instead of 1gb. It will give you some headroom if your internet ever gets higher speeds than 1gb. Also, if you get one with 2 nics at 2.5 or better, you can use one of them to setup a personal home network for a separate NAS device with decent transfer speeds. 2. PSUs: Yeah, do not F around with PSUs. Find the best one you can quality wise, the most appropriate wattage, and swallow the cost. Even if you want to save money, or have to; swallow the cost. It will be worth it in the long run. Cheaper will be tempting, and there will be reasonable units that are still worth getting, but don't compromise too hard. Better to just swallow the cost on the good one with 12 year warranty, etc.

@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem

2 ай бұрын

too much text and complicated part of 3200@14 flare x tjing what is the 14 part even

So uh, anyone can tell me where they get the clips of the car at 0:03 and 0:42? Is that a game or just video render?

I would love to see a follow up video with GPU, storage and cooling options.

Even Windows does use excess RAM for caching your storage. I'd like to see snappiness testing for RAM capacity, if feasible.

I really want to see a video about how useful a GPU is for a non-gaming and 3D-related tasks.

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

They can allow for more powerful hardware acceleration for programs that have an option, like web browsers, social media apps, and some video or audio editors.

@EvertG8086

2 ай бұрын

@@greatwavefan397 Yep, especially the video editors. But even for just playing video, the cpu will decode the video drawing much more power then a dedicated chip inside the GPU, this includes the iGPU as well if you have one.

@greatwavefan397

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@EvertG8086 So in some cases, a dGPU can be more efficient than an iGPU? Or might this depend on the components or setup?

For memory capacity, I love the freedom that having twice the capacity I would need for largest individual task. Having more means, simply not caring about leaving things open when doing memory hungry things. Its more about tool for multitasking. And with DDR5 having more than 2 RAM sticks will make your ram clock lower, thus adding more later is worse value than getting exactly two sticks that you needed in originally.

I spent a lot of time researching the best bang for my buck components without sacrificing longevity. It paid off nicely. I'm still rocking my MSI B450 Tomahawk Max MB, R5 3600, Asus 1070, Antec Silent case. EVGA 550w Gold PSU

I used to run 3 way SLI with gtx 480s lol. Talk about heat.

4:56 What's hybrid "fran" control? I'm just being a jerk. But anyway, this is a super informative video. I would love to have a detailed computer-building simulator when purchasing parts for a computer-an example of how I see it functioning would be like character building. You choose a class (gaming, video editing, AI, NAS, etc.). You then choose a price limit You get a base character (computer) that you can then modify. When you modify the computer, specific stats go up or down based on the class you chose earlier. With all the performance data that LTT has made over the years, that information could be used to help these builds, giving someone a more accurate example of what they will get after they build it. On the other side of this, I can see this being super helpful in deciding on what to upgrade next. Users can then manually or automatically upload their current hardware specs, add in some missing information, and help determine which parts would work best for what they intend to use the computer for. LTT can attach referral links to get commissions for those parts to earn money and maybe help with discount codes from manufacturers' advertising options; a ton can be done.

Ive come across some games that are unstable or down right dont work when e cores are enabled. Eg lethal company stoped working for me when i went from a 12400 to a 13700, disabling the e cores, the game ran, with em on, the game crashes a few secs in.

I'm currently saving up on paychecks to start building my own pc, another one of these videos would be greatly appreciated❤

How did you do an entire quick video about the worth of pc parts without actually teaching us HOW to determine their worth by looking at price to performance and more importantly showing us how to compare the diminishing returns of expensive parts compared to budget or medium range parts.

I also tend to overspend a bit on my peripherals because I'm going for a specific aesthetic.

Hi! A review of sorts on how different the same GPU from cheap to expensive you'd be cool! I honestly have no idea what the real difference is from bottom to high on the 4080s

Would definitely love part 2

yes please, follow up video on all the other PC components

It’s good to mention you can buy very fast RAM but be limited by your motherboard. Then you basically bought fast RAM just to run not that fast

please! more components in a follow-up video :)

More money more problems

Most days I see very little use of my cpu on average maybe 12%, but I always seems to be using more than half my ram at just normal day to day stuff. That tells me that I have a good enough cpu, but not enough ram, I also know that my GPU is lacking as it's several years old now. But beyond that I don't need more most of the time, it was a drag to learn that my system didn't have enough good stuff to run some games I wanted to play, so that was a hint that maybe I should think about upgrading more, but if I don't focus on that brand new game, my system more or less delivers what I need, though more ram would be good.

Very good idea for a video! Part 2 pls!

Follow up on storage please. Please talk about how latency, small file vs large transfer, and overall system "snapiness" is effected. Is a optane boot drive worth it ($40 for 120gb) to speed up boot time and "snapiness" vs a standard nvme? I have a 2220 gen3 nokia 128gb nvme boot drive in my windows based NAS pc... why is it so much "snapier" than every other nvme I own? Im like a beatnik when it comes to pc response 😂

I'd love to see a dedicated GPU buying video!

This video sounds like that friend that gives you life advice but finishes his sentence with " but idk though"

Last video I saw from you comparing SATA SSD vs NVME you showed there wasn't a noticeable difference in the drives. Is this still the case? Also: RAID 0 vs 1 vs 5 vs 10 vs just not using any of those.

how much will titanium rated PSU save me over X years of daily usage ? i got it since i needed more W at the time and because i sometimes have PC idle or not using much W so i wanted the low W usage to be also as efficient as possible, does it make difference tho ?

Got a 14900KS, Strix 4080 OC, Corsair DDR5 6400mhz (32gb), Tuf Gaming Z790 Plus Wifi, Asus Thor 1200w Psu, Strix LC II 360 AIO, all in a Tuf Gaming GT 501 Case. It's beautiful.

I already know all of these, but it is interesting to see if anything changed. I'm still running a 12 Core processor because when I bought it in 2019 it was literally double the cores for double the money. Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T Never really used it above 50% so completely wasted +250€

Yes, follow up video, please! We had the main course, now we want dessert

64GB is also pretty useful if you play DCS online. Didn't think I'd need more than 32GB RAM until I loaded up a DCS server and the game crashed. Turns out it can peak at over 50GB RAM usage as it loads a complicated mission, though it'll drop a little after you actually enter the server. _Why_ it can use so much RAM is a good question though; it doesn't really make sense to me.