Never buy shit power supplies. You may not need a ton of watts but you want QUALITY capacitors and such.
@Mr.Morden5 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_drrich5 ай бұрын
Watt?
@TheZoenGaming5 ай бұрын
Efficiency is important as well.
@Axatron5 ай бұрын
@@TheZoenGamingIs it important for things other than saving money on electricity bill?
@BalancedSpirit795 ай бұрын
Remember when PSUs had high wattage ratings but crappy 12V rails?
@flamingburritto5 ай бұрын
It's very funny that you put a sponsorship for an expensive 1000W power supply on a video focused on not overspending 😂
@Lurch-Bot5 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.
@kalamir935 ай бұрын
@@Lurch-BotHonestly, him saying half a minute later that 1kW PSUs are useless for most people makes it pretty funny.
@xTRTSCx5 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
@abibirawa41195 ай бұрын
@@Lurch-Botmore like 98%
@flamingburritto5 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
@yellingintothewind5 ай бұрын
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.
5 ай бұрын
It is really a shame how these basic features are now more or less on premium mainboards only.
@yellingintothewind5 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-Bot5 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.
@Sandmansa5 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.
@thegamerreborn555675 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.
@pluto73895 ай бұрын
long live the 1080 ti
@TheBoostedDoge5 ай бұрын
Nvidia's best mistake
@Kylian3815 ай бұрын
@@TheBoostedDogeYeah I agree. I got a 1080 Ti and wish i hat a AMD. nvidia drivers on linux are shit
@bibinsunny69355 ай бұрын
I'm looking at you, dx12 ultimate 😂
@stefannilsson24065 ай бұрын
Mine died 😢
@Vorexia5 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.
@Boss_Fight_Index_muki5 ай бұрын
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.
@bablela265 ай бұрын
Yes "get away with", And also custom to remove everything unnecessary, But not catch fire garbage, mostly XD
@Linkman89125 ай бұрын
*high
@RainbowGin5 ай бұрын
When their warnnety only covers 1-2 years then that's as long as they need to survive
@consoletimmy5 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.
@PneumaticFrog5 ай бұрын
@@consoletimmyagreed. Never really had those old psus fail, but I wouldn't upgrade the pc without changing the powersupply entirely
@BlueEyedVibeChecker5 ай бұрын
Just download more RAM, it's completely free.
@KokoroKatsura5 ай бұрын
A N I M E N I M E
@orderlyhippo15695 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”
@joebouharb20395 ай бұрын
Plz clt+alt+del urself 🤓
@semmu935 ай бұрын
well with zram you can actually do that haha
@charliesretrocomputing5 ай бұрын
Swap has entered the chat
@Call_Me_Matrix5 ай бұрын
It's a well known fact that Gaming chairs improves PC performance. The more expensive the better the performance.
@danieloberhofer90355 ай бұрын
But always prioritize RGB! Can't ever have enough RGB, even if your butt hurts. 😂
@playervalley5 ай бұрын
rgb butt warmer... quite the dream
@01_zenyobi5 ай бұрын
The chair ergonomics will improve the user's health
@davidhines75925 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_zenyobi5 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.
@zackzeed5 ай бұрын
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.
@zoopa99885 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.
@ogaimon33805 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
@leonro3 ай 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.
@MrFoxStories5 ай бұрын
My GTX 1660 Super has lasted me 3 years, best budget gpu ever.
@Lurch-Bot5 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.
@DailyDoseOfShrooms5 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 😎
@xyzzy645 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.@@DailyDoseOfShrooms
@steveurkelscock5 ай бұрын
gtx 1070 in 2018. goin on 6 years
@BeautifulAngelBlossom5 ай бұрын
My RX580 does me just fine
@chrisk31275 ай бұрын
"8GB should be fine for web browsing" laughs in win 11 using 5GB before debloat
@mrbobgamingmemes95585 ай бұрын
Damn, my windows 10 laptop with 32gb of ram use under 4gb right after booting.
@chrisk31275 ай бұрын
@mrbobgamingmemes9558 yeah win 11 has more crap most people don't use, I miss 7's 2gb at idle 😂
@greatwavefan3975 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.
@chrisk31275 ай бұрын
@@greatwavefan397 my PC with just Firefox and discord open uses 7GB lol
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
@@chrisk3127 I use Microsoft Edge at Maximum Efficiency mode; Discord has run smoothly on the browser ;p
@Abovan795 ай бұрын
More RAM = more Virtual Machines! Maybe discuss simple VMs on a future episode. That would be awesome.
@NitheshVG7345 ай бұрын
Yea but maybe not everyone uses VMs…
@OfficialDJSoru5 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.
@TimmyInTarky5 ай бұрын
I was also interested in the simplest VM setup possible. Would be a cool video
@OfficialDJSoru5 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
@johngangemi13615 ай бұрын
More cores on the CPU too.
@cheeseisgreat245 ай бұрын
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.
@Nexx5 ай бұрын
Apple 8GB RAM has entered the chat.
@Xero755 ай бұрын
We need follow up of this video
@name53365 ай бұрын
Yep!
@linkhatchet5 ай бұрын
You will, in 10 years
@Xero755 ай бұрын
@@linkhatchet jokes on you, ill bow to the r/pcbuilds
@d.wolfin1525 ай бұрын
As a gamer on linux, more cores makes steam games boot faster as it processes the vulkan shaders faster
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
I did not know that! How does that work?
@EvertG80865 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.
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
@@EvertG8086 IIRC, emulators also have that option :D
@EvertG80865 ай бұрын
@@greatwavefan397 Yea, but this is for PC games.
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
@@EvertG8086 Interesting 🤔
@dirkjewitt50375 ай бұрын
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-Bot5 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.
@andrewt92045 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.
@TheJimmyCartel5 ай бұрын
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
@Technopath475 ай бұрын
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
@Guldfisken905 ай бұрын
Smart man.
@oxfordsparky5 ай бұрын
Ram incompatible with a GPU?
@Mammothcav3425 ай бұрын
Got a kit incompatible with my MOTHERBOARD. Not fun to troubleshoot...
@Lurch-Bot5 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.
@seansingh44215 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
@Just_a_commenter5 ай бұрын
My 4090 keeps my frames high and my room warm, so it serves multiple purposes and is well worth the cost to me c:
@Hybris511295 ай бұрын
It will also do so for far longer than a cheaper video card.
@inf3rnalis8045 ай бұрын
Sometimes I run folding at home to keep the (pet) rats warm
@SorakaOTP4625 ай бұрын
You didn't even watch the whole video and you made a comment.
@CanadianBakin42O5 ай бұрын
You're capping by saying you have a 4090
@CanadianBakin42O5 ай бұрын
@@SorakaOTP462 why do you care?
@chbu83465 ай бұрын
Late 90s getting to 128mb ram was such a hype for us 😂
@Happy-Man55 ай бұрын
My 2005 Dell PC had 128mb Vram
@lancevance63465 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.
@NitheshVG7345 ай бұрын
@@Happy-Man5vram=/=ram
@xXJNTXx5 ай бұрын
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.
@CallMeMasterBabo5 ай бұрын
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
@pharmdiddy51205 ай бұрын
Yes! We need a deep dive on CPUs like cache amounts and levels and speed and bandwidths and such
@justinpatterson52915 ай бұрын
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.
@Trouchy5 ай бұрын
this +1
@deepblue8125 ай бұрын
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-Bot5 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_Yuki5 ай бұрын
Only matters when you are installing 4-sticks. If you are installing a paired set, it often doesn't matter.
@4RILDIGITAL5 ай бұрын
This effectively eliminates the misconception that more money guarantees improvement across the board. Performance is more about balance and understanding what you're using your PC for.
@weltenkrank78075 ай бұрын
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.
@ngroy86365 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.
@ricola30955 ай бұрын
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?... ;)
@avicohen2k5 ай бұрын
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.
@raidnoir86915 ай бұрын
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)
@Murph90005 ай бұрын
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.
@shannonrhoads70995 ай бұрын
"...more Watson your power supply." "My what, Holmes?"
@johnDingoFoxVelocity5 ай бұрын
Yes dont buy junk power supplies and cheap ram plane and simple buy a cheap case cheaper drive cables is using sata and spend the money on a gpu
@user-xv8xh2ib6p5 ай бұрын
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.
@philiphimmelstein95104 ай бұрын
I''m a newbie trying to do my first build and honestly, this was super helpful. Please make another video.
@rowan79295 ай бұрын
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.
@00Drizz005 ай бұрын
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.
@timseguine25 ай бұрын
Remember when a chipset was actually a set of chips
@iammaybeabro45985 ай бұрын
Then talking to Brits would be hard because they'd call it a crispset.
@Lurch-Bot5 ай бұрын
Yes I do.
@uss_045 ай бұрын
Or a north bridge and a south bridge
@dinosor77935 ай бұрын
X670E actually consists of a set of chips
@ericremy27465 ай бұрын
What kind of chips? Lay's?
@AbrahamFiruz5 ай бұрын
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.
@Nacho-lw2yuАй бұрын
Small piece of advice, sometimes its better to save a bit more for the higer end motherboard in the same family, what i mean is that if you aim for a z660 because its enough, try and go for the same brand z690 and you'll get a smoother performance for a bit more money, its worth it
@jouniosmala99215 ай бұрын
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.
@robotparadise5 ай бұрын
Installing lots of ram (32gb+) mitigates the memory leaks from installing multiple mods in your games (cough cough FO4). Instead of crashes every 10 minutes, it is every 2-3 hours, which is nice.
@DavidPereiraLima1235 ай бұрын
People playing FPS titles sometimes put Auto RAM cleaner to work along with gaming. It causes stutters for normal games, but for leaky ones... Well, the problem is "patched"!
@LinusBerglund5 ай бұрын
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.
@daveg44172 ай бұрын
My most recent system purchased last autumn 2023 is an Intel Xeon W7-2495X 24-Core, ASUS W790-ACE, 512GB DDR5-4800 RDIMM, ASUS ROG STRIX RTX-3090, 2x WD SN850X 4TB NVMe, 2x WD 4TB Black HD, Corsair 5000D Case, Corsair HX1200 PSU, Noctua CPU Cooler and Fans, Ducky Mechanical Keyboard, Microsoft Mouse, Dell Ultrawide 34-inch monitor, Mackie speakers. I also looked at the Intel Xeon W9-3475X 36-Core and ASUS W790-SAGE and faster RDIMMs and RTX-4090, but the much higher cost for those parts pushed my budget way too high.
@slothnium5 ай бұрын
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.
@HexerPsy5 ай бұрын
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!
@ShadeKoopa5 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.
@HexerPsy5 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!
@Charlesb885 ай бұрын
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.
@DaBombtasi5 ай бұрын
Talkin about just the drives is more complex than ppl think. Read intensive, write intensive, response time, $/gb...
@Charlesb885 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.
@Lorofol4 ай бұрын
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.
@K5Legion5 ай бұрын
Watch those high end PSU sales! I got my EVGA Supernova 1600W G+ for $140. Even with a 3080Ti and a 14700K I'm drawing
@wileymonair5 ай бұрын
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
@rumblpak5 ай бұрын
With the number of videos on this and the main LTT channel talking about virtual machines and containers, I’m honestly shocked at not calling out that use-case and developers as a reason for more memory. The focus on “content creators” in this section is a disservice to wider, more established communities that have practical use-cases here.
@EternalAwait5 ай бұрын
I really want to see a video about how useful a GPU is for a non-gaming and 3D-related tasks.
@greatwavefan3975 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.
@EvertG80865 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.
@greatwavefan3975 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?
@androidlogin30655 ай бұрын
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.
@JustinWalker9515 ай бұрын
More RAM (and CPU cores) is also good for virtual machines
@TheAJKid5 ай бұрын
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.
@MikkoKalavainen5 ай бұрын
That "Let's start OUT" in the beginning sure slipped out very... canadien :D Love it.
@Eric79-f7i5 ай бұрын
I would really like a "Is it worth it?" NVME storage video. For instance 980 pro vs Gammixx Blade etc
@atruceforbruce53885 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.
@liyatini4 ай бұрын
@@atruceforbruce5388The drive can be in great health while feeling worse because every operation has to overwrite old bytes
@joshhuang22795 ай бұрын
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
@pali1H5 ай бұрын
I used to run 3 way SLI with gtx 480s lol. Talk about heat.
@sharoyveduchi5 ай бұрын
Yeah make a follow up video. A lot of people definitely need to know buying a GT 1030 is a mistake.
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
pizza tower gpu
@l3v1ckUK5 ай бұрын
I would argue that PSUs are, or at least they were. In the 90's cheap PSUs were liable to explode. A lesson I learned the hard way when my PSU blew, and took my motherboard and CPU with it.
@NiyaKouya5 ай бұрын
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
@afterglow-podcast5 ай бұрын
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.
@HowToLinux5 ай бұрын
64gb can also be useful for virtualization, for example running Linux and Windows in Parallel
@NobbsAndVagene5 ай бұрын
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.
@benderrobo78645 ай бұрын
Quality is first... My first build is 7 years old and still going strong. All quality parts which do cost more.
@XenoX5 ай бұрын
Would deff love another one of these videos!
@marcfuchs69385 ай бұрын
You don't need the best of the best, but quality components are usually worth it. Though they are not indestructible either. My GTX 1080 from 2016 is still working like new and never caused problems. On the other hand, an Intel i7 6900K and some expensive Corsair RAM died on me after a couple years. The freaking CPU cost 1,000 bucks (that was shortly before AMD came back into the game to kick Intel's monopoly ass), but at least, Corsair grants a lifetime guarantee and they were switching out the RAM at no cost. The whole computer cost $3,500 in 2016 and aside from these 2 incidents, has always been working crazy reliable. I am a professional media creator by now, and that computer is still perfectly suitable for all my needs - including intense Blender work. Which was desired, buying top of the line components that were available back then. My current work rig is a 9900K with an RTX 3060 which is also working perfectly fine for a while now.
@superjaseZA5 ай бұрын
please! more components in a follow-up video :)
@jeraldbottcher15885 ай бұрын
Every time I build a computer for a friend I explain what they need for today and for tomorrow. They are surprised when I tell them not to buy the most expensive parts, but to but the parts that fit what their workload is. I end up saving them tons of money and they get a great system for what they need. Most of them are not gamers, developers, or content creators. Just want to browse the web, check email, and run some office apps. I do not have them "cheap out" on the parts though.
@BansheeBlitz5 ай бұрын
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.
@douglasmoncsko92415 ай бұрын
Make a follow up! Include RGB Fans, GPU/NVME storage, optical drives, and additional bays for stuffs!
@ralkros6815 ай бұрын
Just stick to the big brand PSU's ... figuring this out the hard way as game max psu is annihilating my other components 😢
@DinnerBone4225 ай бұрын
Man i would love to see another part to this video or even a really indepth one
@seansingh44215 ай бұрын
And that’s how I met Supermicro motherboards. You can stuff 4 beefy cpus and 4 gpus with 1tb RAM on a single mobo that can be remotely managed via built in IPMI . All without vendor lock in.
@RetroGameSpacko5 ай бұрын
0:05 : Of course not, thank you for your time. *video ends*
@ElladanKenet5 ай бұрын
Great video. Love this kind of content. Yes please to the dedicated expensive vs cheap GPU and drive video!
@TheZoenGaming5 ай бұрын
When it comes to a PSU, Wattage is less important than efficiency. I wouldn't buy anything less 80+ Platinum efficiency as 80+ Gold is still likely to fail these days.
@StripesOO75 ай бұрын
>32gb RAM can be usefull depending on what kind of programming you do. Datascience-like stuff can be demanding very fast
@Eoraph5 ай бұрын
My current record with tabs is around 860, The browser only took 2.5 GB. (most were not loaded)
@dystopia-usa5 ай бұрын
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.
@Vidtv5635 ай бұрын
More videos on explaining different function in choosing a right build for us.
@HedgehogY2K5 ай бұрын
0:00 nobody has been conditioned to believe that crap. Especially now after the invention of RTX as a whole.
@TALPOKEYASHA5 ай бұрын
We all know that the main reason for buying a Z\X MB is the USB goodness on the back. Yes, you can buy a hub, but it's a hassle and some equipment may not work properly.
@wintutorials22825 ай бұрын
I game, edit videos, study, use 10 virtual machines at the same time on 3 monitors 64gb ddr3, gtx 1080ti, mac pro
@zackzeed5 ай бұрын
what
@LarsThePenguin5 ай бұрын
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.
@Arhey5 ай бұрын
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.
@darkmp405 ай бұрын
5:15 made my head hurt , sli and crossfire on the same machine, wut
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
crosslier
@indignasmr73795 ай бұрын
Even Windows does use excess RAM for caching your storage. I'd like to see snappiness testing for RAM capacity, if feasible.
@romuluxb5 ай бұрын
Yes, it does! Have to justify it, since I just bought a 7800X3D, B650E mobo and 32GB DDR5 tightly tuned memory!
@greatwavefan3975 ай бұрын
Sounds like one of my dream PCs. That build is very solid.
@gezimlimoni23195 ай бұрын
What board and ram exactly you have, how is running so far, please, because I'm planning these days to get 7800x3d and can't decide yet on those two,,,the rest I already have from AM4?
@taleg14 ай бұрын
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.
@markkodzoaziakou85325 ай бұрын
Yes we need a part two of this video
@bubbalu74435 ай бұрын
I'd love to see a dedicated GPU buying video!
@MJSGamingSanctuary5 ай бұрын
High core counts more specificly are relevant if you are someone with 1-2 + screens multiple apps or instances and you want them all working at once. And in this case a 1-4 core cpu just isn't even going to cut it. And a 6-8 core cpu is in that murky range of now your just being honestly cheap. And 12 core is gonna let you if you want casually to stream all the chaos XD. So its like pay the slight prenium for also the long term relief. IF you can afford it of course.
@MJSGamingSanctuary5 ай бұрын
Also a little misleading most PC parts aren't gonna be over drawing power. Most well designed powersupplies are only drawing what the PC parts and CPU are asking for. Not the full load of the PSU 100% of the time. Meaning if you have a 1000 watt PSU with a 750 watt draw its gonna pull probablly only 800 watts. NOT the full 1000 watts.
@ManuFortis5 ай бұрын
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.
@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem5 ай бұрын
too much text and complicated part of 3200@14 flare x tjing what is the 14 part even
@AndyHerbert2545 ай бұрын
Do a follow up about whether it's worth the motherboard and case size (and then a mini ITX build guide)
@MoisterOyster_5 ай бұрын
I can't stop staring at the two bright orange dots that on on his shirt. Sticks out more then the others
@Adept_Austin5 ай бұрын
I'd love a follow up video. This should help me convince some people to save their money
@Charlesb885 ай бұрын
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 KZbin/sponsor ad revenue your creating content for your own channel.
@bablela265 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
@Charlesb885 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
@bablela265 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 !
@riccardopezzani5 ай бұрын
1 use pcpartpicker to save your time and see what’s working together instead of figuring it put for yourself. 2 maximise your GPU budget at as much as possible, buy used ecc since it’s the most important component nowadays 3 good power supply, choose a case you like or you will regret it, and don’t be fooled by cores, frequencies, Ghz, any motherboard more expensive than the second cheapest tiers, ssd gens, ssd speeds, x3d bullshits. Always choose a CPU with the cooler since it’s bang for the buck and you can upgrade later if it’s not enough as power OR cooling. 4 don’t trust tech nerds too much since we will care about things normal people won’t even see 5 have fun!