PC Gamers Are WASTING Money on WRONG Parts! - Maximize Performance Instead

[@DannyzReviews]

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[@Lurch-Bot]

YT needs a lot more content like this. Far too many industry shills are teaching their audience nothing but how to waste money.

[@electronix6898]

Honestly, this was a bit of a wakeup call of how poor of a job I did on my own builds

[@danniecurlett8702]

That why you learn as you go

[@mrdali67]

The worst part is how unstable ICue is. It’s a rabbit hole. It looks so cool when it works. I have had so many issues over time when there is an update for iCue. Atm my Lightning for the back and top coolers are gone, and the front 3 is all White… turned out iCue won’t detect the various parts but the ram. There is light in the water block and the ram but other stuff is gone. It shows cpu package temp and load. Gpu and ram temp, but it lost the connection to both mobo and the h100i cooler and the Corsair RGB link and hub. I do like the Corsair eco system but its expensive and their iCue software is crap. It’s definetly not worth all the money you put into it. They make good PSU’s, but they need to rethink how all their accessories and software works together. Way too many issues over time with it for the price tag.

[@Tipman2OOO]

😂

[@Kirainne]

As a person who makes recommendations to many different people, I really appreciate this video. You should do a regular update as new parts come out or just keep rebuilding builds for different types of builds.

[@peterwstacey]

Generally the internet focuses a lot on min/max build configs, but doesn't pay attention to what it is used for. People assume it's a gaming PC whilst it could instead be for home office, file server, HTPC, Dev, Production, and so on. And inside each of these is another level of possibilities (gaming PC sure, but what games? FPS, RTS, 2D side scrollers, flight simulator, eSports, interactive novels). And that's even before external factors like budget, physical space constraints, power costs, and so on

[@TheLordNugget]

My Hot Take of the Day: the 4090 is NOT worth $1600 The AMD 7900 XTX is 62.5% of the cost and is generally 80-85% of the performance. I, though, do not value raytracing so my opinion may not matter to all that many people. I also have a instinctive hatred for the idea of paying more than $1k for a gpu. With the XTX often being available for around $920, the difference in performance just makes that markup to the 4090 just seem that much more ludicrous. I also do not believe in a company that has outright stated that they aren't for increasing the performance without increasing the price. This has resulted in an elongated product stack which has the launch prices of the 1080 TI, 2080, 3080, and then 4070 TI being the same. Recommending NVidia just feels like self imposed inflation.

[@nowloadingvids1972]

It was not about saving money, it was about being able to aford them all.

[@jimcachero]

$18 eBay Xeon $12 16 gb ddr3 $30 rx580 $60 used ibuy power case with rgb fans (6) and evga g650 psu $15 z97 board My 8 year old is silly happy

[@lifedroid]

rx 580 is legend GPU

[@Tipman2OOO]

Better performance than what most people would spend $700 to get!

[@mitsuhh]

@@Tipman2OOO Idk about that

[@rangersmith4652]

Fish tank cases. RGB everything. Tiny LCD screens. Cable extensions in matching colors. Famous brand names. OK, they're cool in a certain way, but they're expensive and do nothing for performance. They're like racing stripes and flames on your car.

[@jamesn.5277]

lol thats what I did besides the screens because I wanted it.

[@Tipman2OOO]

😂 wow, you're right, that's very true

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

$240 on Fans is Nuts!! I just got 6 Cooler Master Prismatic fans for $40 bucks on sale. They work with Signal RGB and the way my case is set up I wont see much of Crystals anyway.

[@Lurch-Bot]

I looked up some specs and the Thermalright 3 for $13 fans actually move a bit more air and are a bit quieter than 3 for $70 Lian Li fans. I recently built a secondary gaming PC and spent less than $240 and it has a Haswell i7 on a Z87 MB and an RTX 2060.

[@b4rs629]

I totally agree. $240 is nuts for just fans. I am totally nuts. (I just googled signal rgb... very interesting) I spent about $660 on corsair products in my build $20 xl mousepad

[@cornfedturbojoe]

Not to mention corsairs fans are mid at best, im all for uni fans. But the d30 and lian li infinity fans are in a different league in performance compared to corsairs crappy fans while being way cheaper

[@Igorath]

wasted money = RGB anything, transparent/windowed cases, newest cpu/memory/gpu. computer aren't art pieces they are machines.

[@Taxman1509]

I disagree totally. A PC is an art piece and is one of the first thing people comment about when they first walk into my house. Maybe if you're buying a 600 dollar computer you want to hide it but 2000 plus is a different story.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

@@Taxman1509 It's good and all, but at the end you're going to use it for its performance, not for how it looks. You have to find the balance in between.

[@Taxman1509]

@@Ari-xb8eu why do people paint their house if all you're doing is living in it. Why do people put rims on their cars if all you're doing is driving it. Why do people put ketchup and mustard on a hot dog if all you're doing is eating it. We do it to make it better.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

@@Taxman1509 That's why I typed you have to find the balance in between even though your logic doesn't make any sense.

[@Taxman1509]

@Ari-xb8eu why would you buy 2000 dollars worth of computer parts just to put 30 dollars worth of crappy fans in your case? I change out my gpu every couple years to get a better one. My fans don't have to be upgraded if you get nice ones the first time.

[@xBINARYGODx]

PC Elitism is not just anti-console-fanboy - it's from people who have 10K rigs, it's from people who have 1K-2L rigs who feel superior to anyone with a potato or to anyone with a 10K rig. And the potato owners laugh at anyone spending any money at all above what a SX or PS5(Pro) will cost. Being truly indifferent, one would not be concerned.

[@Personalinfo404]

My dual loop Corsair 1000D was built for me. Not for others.

[@24heavy69]

I asked one of the employee at the micro center to help me get the rest of my parts from that center in the middle of the store Is that bad?

[@xGamerGeek]

I think you have to factor the flexebility with having a computer instead of a console also! Iv’e played console for most of my life, but having a good pc instead is much more convenient.

[@caliginousmoira8565]

very, very well said.

[@cmdr_stretchedguy]

My biggest issue is cost, even in this modern inflated bloated price economy, it is insane spending over $500 for a GPU, and over $1k for the whole system, all so they can get 583 fps in a 12 year old game. Its just insane.

[@davidkim6469]

upgrade your pc 5 to 7 years not months that will save you $$$ and you will see massive improvements

[@ZackSNetwork]

That is not true. When you upgrade every GPU generation you can sell your old GPU for %80 of its original value.

[@caliginousmoira8565]

does this still apply if you start at the bottom of the barrel? people kept telling me to build a 'cheap' pc to game... my reply 'if i'm going to build a pc it's not going to be a pos that i have to upgrade every year'

[@lightest2385]

⁠@@ZackSNetworkmore like 2 generations after 5 years my 3600/2060 super got swap out to an 5700x3D /4080 super I’m pretty sure I can go more than 5 years now

[@astrea555]

Excellent video, lots of legit tips here. those teamgroup ram man, I saw buildzoid mentioning them several times too but I didn't think they were this fast. Watercooling for a 7800X3D honestly make sense (surprisingly hot CPU), but I still went aircooling for 30 buck with the excellent thermalright, it's still silent 90% of the time and no water related hassle and maintenance.

[@ErockOnTech]

Excellent video! This is very useful,, especially for new PC builders. I'm super fortunate to be in a position where I can have both the performance and the aesthetics. However, if I forced to only pick one, I would clearly pick performance. RGB doesn't improve FPS, unfortunately LOL. I actually VERY reluctantly just purchased some of these over priced Corsair fans. Long story, but most likely I will do a short video talking about my experience and the cost.

[@theseabass]

One perspective I would like to offer to those newer to PC building is to try incremental upgrades to the same PC over time. My current desktop started off as the family PC that was a Windows Vista Gateway PC we got in 2008. I've just slowly upgraded it over the years, and it's grown with my needs overtime. I don't think most people need to buy a completely new PC every 3 or so years in most cases. Typically I'll do major upgrades in rotating cycles. I might upgrade the MOBO/CPU to a new platform, 1-2 years later I upgrade the GPU, and 1-2 years after that I upgrade the MOBO/CPU again, so on and so forth. There's also minor upgrades I'll sprinkle in here and there like adding more SATA SSDs, adding RAM capacity, replacing aging drives, or upgrading the power supply depending on what I think I'll want to upgrade to in the future. I upgrade more frequently than most, so you could increase the time between upgrade intervals to push your money further, and you'd still have a very functional PC. What started as a Gateway PC with a Phenom II triple core with only integrated graphics has slowly morphed into a my monster that has a full tower case, AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, and a Radeon 7900XT, with many pit stops in between. I upgraded to the 7900XT the most recently, so the next round of upgrades will be the CPU/Mobo with me probably going for a 9950X3D. (Assuming they put the V-Cache on both dies.)

[@b4rs629]

I did the same a bit when I was broke asf. My friend built me a pc in 2015 for $200 using parts he bought /w his employee discount from a recycling pc company he worked for. It ran better than my $800 laptop from 2013. < Pretty much convinced me to build my own pc. I threw in a 1tb Western digital black for $100 in there & called it a day. I used an old dell keyboard & mouse from a desktop pc my mom had bought in 2009 up until 2019. ^ saved up some cash between 2015-2017 I kind of did the same... I've been slowly ^ I used that pc up until 2017 before I built my own for the first time. (the 1tb hdd is still in my current system, but it's not my main storage anymore due to it's age) 2017: b350 mobo, 16gb of ram, ryzen 1700 /w cooler, gtx1080, 500gb ssd, 750w gold psu, & phanteks pro m case for $1400 (used my tv)

[@theseabass]

@@b4rs629 Nice. I had similar parts during the 2017 era. I went Phenom II X3 > AMD FX 8120 > Ryzen 7 1700 > Ryzen 9 3950X > Ryzen 9 5950x. If I'm upgrading within a short time frame I will generally resell the old parts while they still have value to recoup a large part of the new parts. I bought an Asus Crosshair Hero X370 motherboard in 2017, and I was actually able to resell it a few months back for the same price that I bought another Crosshair Hero X570. I did buy the X570 used and got a hell of a deal, but the fact I was able to upgrade for a net 0$ cost shows the power of recouping the costs that way if you play your cards right. I do the same things for GPUs. I'll buy new again when I go to AM5, and I'll probably splurge on a nice motherboard to get a ton of IO, but that will set my up for another good resell value when I upgrade again down the road.

[@rathstar]

Great video. I like how you spent a moment to talk about the desk and chair at the end. When I build PCs to sell I look for good performance but am willing to pay slightly more for aesthetics however I wouldn't go anywhere near some of these parts. For nvme drives I haven't had any issues going for the cheapest on amazon once its the capacity I want (at least 1TB), and thermalright has some great budget cpu coolers that perform very well, but I do pay marginally more for an argb one. I look for cases that come with decent argb fans, as it saves so much buying fans separately, but when I do thermalright comes to the rescue again. Lastly for PCs I'm selling, once the budget goes past £450 I spend £20-25 on cable extensions. However for my own build, no rgb ram, the extra fans I added were plain blacks ones I had on hand. The only rgb being the lights that came with the case's front fans and the aio cooler. I still went with some cable extensions from ebay :)

[@briansmith3134]

I wanted to point out that the cpu temp is one aspect of cooling. Like in the south the ambient temperature is so high i always reccomend a water cooler over air. Now corsairs are good but you can find good deals from enermax. Lian li, And many others. Most of them are rebranded asetech (spelling may not be correct) but i have tested tons of heatsinks for air too and i have found the combination of copper bottom with heatpipes ran thru aluminum. The reason why is because copper can absorb a lot of energy but aluminum can release energy faster. Cooler master makes great heatsinks with that combination.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Wonderful video. Thanks for the effort put into it.

[@lachlanp3365]

One thing I feel that can be added is cases! Look at what it comes with and not just the ports. Many have enough fans or at least some others might even have a good power supply. Personally I don't rate RGB, but thats a preference. I feel like i should be looking at my screen not my case.

[@venomus9286]

Good upgrade, but I’d change the motherboard for ASRock B650E PG Riptide. Aorus doesnt have gpu 5.0 and according to the rumors, 5000 series are 5.0 so there is that. They cost the same more or less. I’d also pick Silicon Power UD90 over P3 for identical price since it is TLC and has higher TBW, although Silicon Power could have changed hardware by now behind the scenes.

[@danielabbott9312]

Going cheap on your fans will definitely be a huge regret ended up having to replace all my fans in my first build. As my dad always told me buy once cry once and move on.

[@regele4063]

wdym arctic makes great fans

[@caliginousmoira8565]

most things aren't the 'quality' that they used to be. unless it is an expensive product

[@chadmiesterDonovan]

@@caliginousmoira8565 intel 13th,14th gen chips and 4090 connectors would beg to differ

[@shregfrugg]

You dont understand much dont you

[@danielabbott9312]

@@shregfrugg no...just whatever it is you're trying to say.

[@Mattribute]

I used liquid cooling from the early 2000s till 2020 when, as a temporary fix I put an air cooler on a Threadripper, which was considered absurd. The results were strangely good so I experimented. That is when I discovered that with regard to CPU cooling, all the techtubers get air-cooling results that are different than what I get, by about 10C. The thing about air-cooling is that you have to take that glass side panel off. If you do that, you only need one case fan. That combination, I found resulted in a near-silent 12900K system with thermals far lower than even the corrupt youtuber's reviewing liquid AIOs for pay report. It's quite shocking to see how much better the result is with "air/no glass". Some people need the glass for aesthetic reasons and that is totally fine, for me it's mostly about quiet, stable, simple performance.

[@dolan_plz]

Hey man. I noticed your Gaming X Trio 4090 has a bit of sag. I have it too - I also use the included GPU bracket/stand, but I don't even think it does anything! 😅 So I put a small rubber soft thingy that is used as insulation/protection against damage and I glued it on the bracket so it sticks out and so that the bracket actually *supports* the GPU (and the GPU is more vertical). Probably not a big thing, but just wanted to toss it out there in case you find it useful. Not sure how it's supposed to work by design as the GPU does not make contact with the bracket if I use it normally as intended! Edit: ooh I actually see a black bit of something that sticks out of the bracket and makes contact with your 4090 (around 3:47)! Was that piece included with your GPU?? 🤔😮

[@ZackSNetwork]

When you have GPU’s as huge as the 4090. I heavily recommend horizontal GPU mounts and a PCIE riser cable.

[@Vialli100.]

My build is, Asus Crosshair viii Extreme, 32gb G.skill 3600mhz, Ryzen 5900x, Asus Tuf RX 6700 XT, Samsung 980 1tb NVME, Samsung 970 1tb + 500gb NVME, DeepCool Mystique 360 aio, TZMRIT Interstellar-V2 Reverse Flow Uni Fan 2x packs of 3 (£47), 1x Lian li fan for exhaust, Antec 1000w Signature Titanium PSU, Lian Li o11 evo Dynamic case.. LG Ultragear 32" 1440p monitor, Asus Gladius 2 mouse and Asus Tuf K7 Keyboard.. You could say some of it is OTT but some parts have gone through a couple of builds, and some I have picked up 2nd hand, the mobo I paid £200 for..

[@Dennn90]

I'm building pc for myself when some used deals popping up, gave up on new almost completely (unless difference is 10-15%, it happens) when it comes to my pc I only care about price/performance and due to picking random used parts, it might look like a mess of colours (white gpu, red mobo, black cooler and 10 year old case) but if it performs well and costs cheap I cannot care less. Although I'm also occasionally flipping PC's and it's a completely different story, people do care mostly about the looks and have no idea about the hardware outside of: "Core i7 is good, Ryzen is bad (funny), Nvidia is good, RTX is better, RGB is a must have, and what is Radeon?" So I have to invest in flashy cases, RGB fans, led strips, fix all the issues and do all kinds of stuff to patch up used cases, otherwise it's impossible to sell for any profit (or at all).

[@mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891]

Buying/Building a Flashy Car which you can ride and people will see riding it in a public road, that I can somehow understand (although it's not my thing)... In building a PC? Meh... Function > Form... ... Just saying... After all, it's your Life and Money...

[@UGMAN_]

Hi Dannyz Great video very insightful. You may of done it before but how about building the best PC on a budget or with donor parts. I'm looking to improve my system and haven't got much of a clue on what I'm doing pc part picker and userbenchmark have been a massive help for me.

[@pltatman1]

I just spend the better part of a year buying the best parts I can, and when I eventually have everything I need, then I build it! Fun, and a good way to get an amazing computer with a limited monthly budget.

[@Smashdalip]

Don’t shy away from Corsair, Lian Li, etc when it comes to fans if you have the money. You’re paying for the software, controller, cable management, premium construction, top notch cooling, aesthetics, & in general ease of use. I spent years buying knockoffs/chinese or “cheaper” alternatives and you get what you pay for, a tedious build experience that can create a headache for your wiring or cooling or just really poor looking PC that probably is running optimally but hey you spent “$300 on performance”.

[@princeofcaladan]

5:00 agree on this. these are actually a good advise on all parts of the video

[@timestamppatrol]

What do you think about my future build? Any suggestion? Ryzen 7500F XFX SPEEDSTER QICK 319 RX 6700XT ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F DDR5 16GB X 2 6400Mhz KINGBANK Sharp Blade Black RGB (I believe it's a SK Hynix A die) POWER SUPPLY FRACTAL DESIGN ION 750W 80+ GOLD (I think this is the cheaperst A tier PSU) Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB (as an OS storage) Samsung 980 PRO 1TB (as a gaming storage) HDD Osmous 3TB (not familiar brand but it's the cheapest hdd that I can found) Case THERMALTAKE VIEW 270 10x SEGOTEP HB12 ARGB 1800RPM Case Fan Deepcool AK400 Digital 2x Optane Memory M10 16GB (already have it from an old system, I want to use it as swap memory) Optional (I will add it later on) ASROCK Intel ARC A310 Low Profile 4GB (I love Intel AV1 encoder)

[@fresco_dinero5155]

I uilt a similar build. 7500f 6750xt. I recommend cheapening down this build. I paid $780 in total for my build and it stomps on any am4 PC. You don’t need a b650-e. Just get a asrock b650 pg lightning. Reduce ur rgb. Find the $80 6000mhz 30-36cl timing ram. Get the $18 Darckrock px4 cup cooler. Get the segotep 650w psu. Some other stuff. It will take a couple hundred dollars off ur build if u prioritize price to performance and only get what u need

[@peterwstacey]

@@timestamppatrol why are there 10 fans? 120GB storage for your OS drive will be fine for Linux, but might struggle with Windows unless you keep it super lean. The rest of it I won't comment on as I don't make gaming PCs these days :) Edit - be aware that Intel Optane is designed to work on Intel Chipsets - it will work on AMD ones but will act as pure NVMe drives, i.e you lose the caching feature (I am not certain of this, I've never done Optane on AMD)

[@timestamppatrol]

@@fresco_dinero5155 Thank you for your suggestions. 6750xt pricy on my country $93-100 more than 6700xt. I was considering b650 pg lightning but I think I'll stick to b650-e because I like expansion slots placement and pcie gen 5 for future. But im afraid the most is the current event Asus shady business. For ram about the same prices without rgb from bigger brand so I think I'll stick to that. Wow Darkrock px4 such affordable good cpu cooler but its not available on my country. What series Segotep 650w exactly that u mention because I cant find it on tier list??

[@timestamppatrol]

@@peterwstacey The case can fit 10 fans so yeah I'll take it lol. Yeah I'm usually just install the os, browser, and offices, I think im fine with that. I love responsiveness of the optane memory. Afaik as long u not messing around with optane driver u'll be fine. Because I done it, trying to install optane on amd system and then the os even not recognized the drive lol. thank you for your suggestions

[@peterwstacey]

@@timestamppatrol Nice! Let us know if you can get Optane working as Cache on AMD, as I read conflicting reports online.

[@theexpatgunner]

I think looking back I perhaps overspent on the aio and motherboard and fans. But I did end up with a 7800x3d and 4090 so all good. I could have put that money towards a decent OLED, which would be an upgrade for my current 240Hz IPS panel.

[@pcpups]

Great video - thanks! I would also suggest looking at Thermalright's ARGB case fans. $12.98 for a 3-pack at Amazon. That's $4.33 per fan versus Corsair's $41.33 per fan - an 854% no value premium just for Corsair's brand name. I have used several dozen Thermalright ARGB case fans in builds. Never had the first one fail. They move plenty of air and are quiet. I can't understand why anyone would flush so much $ down the Corsair fan toilet. Especially given how Thermalright has already embarrassed Corsair with CPU cooler performance for price.

[@esteban1973]

I agree with almost everything. Two 3packs of Thermalright argb fans would get you the six fans and cost less than those 5packs. I'm a professional cheapskate as well and also love power. Invest the saved money or pay off debt. Feels good.

[@MrKrisSatan]

Personally I'd ditch the second monitor too and get a case with a built in monitor like the HYTE Y70 touch, then with the leftover cash get a 4080 super

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

I would use a free milk crate for a case if it meant having a 4090 and 7800x3d cpu. Aesthetics are my very last concern. I don't care for RGB. I just want 1 small light to let me the pc is on.

[@ZackSNetwork]

Seriously with pc parts that expensive and high end bad aesthetics is not logical.

[@zdspider6778]

​@@ZackSNetwork My PC case is under the desk, where I don't look at it, where it's quieter. I don't understand people who keep it on top of the desk. I don't even have a glass panel, I opted for noise absorption foam instead. Because I work a lot at nights. Silence is A LOT more valuable to me. So I'm 100% with OP on this one. Who gives a flying FUCK about "aestethics"? Do you get more, OR LESS bitches with it? Think about it. They see "gamer boy" vibes they bolt. RGB lighting might be blocking da cock and you don't even understand why.

[@zdspider6778]

​ @ZackSNetwork My PC case is under the desk, where I don't look at it, where it's quieter. I don't understand people who keep it on top of the desk. I don't even have a glass panel, I opted for noise absorption foam instead. Because I work a lot at nights. Silence is A LOT more valuable to me. So I'm 100% with OP on this one. Who gives a flying FAWK about "aestethics"? Do you get more, OR LESS beyotches with it? Think about it. They see "gamer boy" vibes they bolt. RGB lighting might be blocking da cawk and you don't even understand why.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

@@ZackSNetwork With a 4090 and 7800x3d, You can enjoy games in high refresh rate and/or high resolution NOW. You can always get a nice case later.

[@michaelthompson9798]

I often look for ‘open box’ deals and brand discounts before purchasing as I’ve gotten high end Strix branded X-series AMD mobo’s for similar to TUF B- series. In addition I’ve gotten some sweet deals on Zotac gpus saving over 20% on equivalent brand same tier gpus…. Sometimes it lock and timing …..but a few minutes of internet searching can save $100’s or more!

[@neti_neti_]

Control on wasteful expenditure, facility for capital formation and PC performance increase. 💪💰📈

[@100500daniel]

I think the problem is that people that tend to overspend on motherboards, psus, fans, cases, RGB... Etc... Are also the ones that will post their PC on the Internet.

[@PLATINUM2U]

I prioritize performance and aesthetics. I want my pc to be a head turner but also perform as well as it looks 😎

[@thomasfulton5696]

Here's my preference... I don't care for RGB lights like at all. If I can get parts cheaper without it then that's what I'm going to aim for. Going to get the 4070 Super with the Ryzen 7 7800 x3d CPU that's it for me. I'm currently using a MSI Twin Frozr 2070 GeForce RTX at 1080p time for an upgrade.

[@jorge86rodriguez]

As a latino I learned us websites prices are dumb compared to ali express + we get free shipping. I purchased all my parts in ali express except for the few ones that I do not trust on amazon/newegg, like the power supply and the graphics card and even the last one is doable on ali express. And the case which I purchased locally

[@toddmclaughlin8153]

The ONLY reason to buy the fans he picked, ease of use. One set of software ( that is a good one ) and you can do all kinds of stuff with the lights. I have been spending time talking to people at OpenRGB about my next up grade.....to try to get every thing under one roof. Most people are not going to deal with all the mess. Or they will load one program for each thing with RGB in it and that can get up over 5 or more. From your build you are not an RGB person. Oh then try to get all this done in Linux....so much fun.

[@crowofjudgment]

He would be proud of me 😂. I ended up with a 2,500 budget (including desk, ergonomic mechanical keyboard and ergonomic mouse and chair) I got duel 27' inch monitors with a ryzen 9 7900x cpu and rx 7900 gre gpu AND matched my ascetic i wanted

[@jerrycurls88]

This is great advice. Unfortunately some people value asthetics over performance. When my niece wanted to build a PC, I tried to leverage this logic but she had to build a "white pc". So she had to pay the white color component tax. After I helped her put it all together, it was very nice and all. She loves her pc but in the back of my mind, all i think about is the FPS left on the table.

[@xBINARYGODx]

And if it you were your PC, that would matter - but it isn't, so who cares, most of all why do YOU care enough to even figurative shake your head. Also... "When my niece wanted to build a PC, I tried to leverage this logic but she had to built a "white pc"" This is just a very strange sentence all around. Did the PC being white mean you could not leverage similarly? Also, if she wants a PC, what you leveraging - she wants on and you know about them so you helped - there was nothing to leverage. I guess you think because she wanted on you would influence her to have the same sensitivities that you have because you think they are better. They are not. They are different. The PC you would have built for her would be lesser to her. She is correct. You are correct for the PC you build for yourself. Me? I don't care for a PC to look anything that a black box, large enough for some nice, non-rgb water cooling which won't be seen because I do metal side panels (with a side fan) via some modding of a kind. However, that person that spent even more money on their wizbang visuals? Cool, that's there rig - who cares. The ONLY thing that rubs me the wrong way is the near complete death of metal side panels on the side opposite the mother board tray. Not because I care about looking or that other people do, but cutting tempered glass is a non-starter and my life is made harder in cost and work to get superior cooling while letting a rad do front intake, and blah blah blah.

[@xsparky0168]

highly eye opening, its really hard for people to understand the concept of performance>aesthetics LMFAO

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

The one thing I wish I would've done was buy more storage when it was cheap Last Year. I could've got 2tb nvme ssds for low as $60 bucks. I absolutely fumbled the bag on that.

[@DannyzReviews]

Agreed, didn't realize until now how dirt cheap it was.

[@Lurch-Bot]

I bought a fair bit last year but it is never enough.

[@wayneosman8971]

Loved your video, Liked, Subscribed and hit the "Bell" hoping to see and get more content.

[@h1tzzYT]

I would do few things differently with this build and your recommendations, i would still use 360 AIO but not the overpriced one, probably even better in performance, something like lian li trinity 2 performance or iceberg thermal icefloe 360, i wouldnt cheap out on storage, but i would definitely change all the corsair garbage for cheaper parts. I would never buy 7950x3d because its garbage and objectively worse gaming cpu than 7800x3d and i would also buy cheaper secondary monitor. This would still hopefully let me have rtx 4090 instead of that 4070ti

[@MavZc]

Well is it better to have a dedicated boot drive and a separate one for games? or theres no difference with installing games on the same drive as the OS?

[@peterwstacey]

@@MavZc no real difference to performance, having games on a second drive means you might not have to reinstall them if you reinstall your OS. Having your Documents on a different drive to your OS is definitely recommended though, as you want to be able to move documents easily if you upgrade to a new OS / PC.

[@tzuyufanpage56]

It’s just for convenience if u switch pcs or just as the person said above me reinstall ur os 😊

[@T_Birmingham]

Damn it. I needed to see this video 3 days ago

[@nsreturn1365]

Ah yes can def vouch for a good office/ boss chair. My is killing me rn. Something that kept me at consoles for lomg time was the confiness of it. kinda missing it on pc now.

[@defectiveclone8450]

Great changes to make a better system.

[@1973Hog]

Excellent video!!!! Thanks ;>)

[@hugomouteira7015]

Wait... you can overclock that 6000mhz up to 8000mhz? I see good reviews on overclocking about the 7200mhz variant one, never saw ppl talking about this 6000mhz sticks. Can you show us?

[@astrea555]

That chair

[@curie1420]

ive always built $2k pc every 8yrs, the only upgrades i will get in that time is an ssd..... i see no reason to spend more when i just game and watch movies and animes

[@PureTazr]

Stick with Notcus fans they last the longest and better quality.

[@m3rcf1ve53]

Bro saved another PC with performance focus 💀

[@jipillow1]

But what about the flex?

[@jaredangell8472]

I built a 1440p ultrawide 60fps rig for around $800 and since i cant perceive over 60 FPS myself i am laughing st people who spend more.

[@finger00]

Depending on the game the difference between 60 and 120+ is like having motion blur on all the time.

[@jaredangell8472]

@@finger00 that's crazy I literally have tried to perceive a difference and can't

[@finger00]

@@jaredangell8472 High refresh and fps just make fast movements look smooth and clear. If you can't personally see the difference that's good because it's a rabbit hole. 🤑

[@gstormcz]

My PC is at best worth the savings you made on your over spend example 😅. I don't play newest AAA titles, only 2 online competitive games. Anyway whenever I was playing single player game in the past, it could wait as I had always dozens or maybe even hundreds of maybe older but really good playable games. Those past AAA titles made it to my PC already optimized and I got even couple of reviews or even discount to play it. But don't think I am not a PC fan, I am DIY my PC since 2000, upgraded CPU-RAM-MB typically each 2y. But usually budget hardware, I maybe overspent in things like old Sempron single core as I had to upgrade to X2 Dual core just after 1 year to keep OS and games responsive as I was used too. My PC is 3y old i3-10100f Gigabyte B460M Aorus pro (maybe only overspent component as its unused RGB featured), 2x8GB 2666Mhz Kingston Hyper X, Radeon 6650xt, the cheapest available MSI Mech. Using old MS Sidewinder X4 keyboard and laser 3 button mouse Gigabyte M6880. Case is years old black with metal cover, Yeong Yang 5605 Ara Midi. Monitor is 32inch 1440p 75Hz 4ms IPS as I don't need high refresh rate for any of both 2 games I play. Although I will definitely upgrade it because of some ghosting. Most likely to 4K. My goal upgrades are cheap AOC U27G3X 4K 160Hz, maybe Ryzen 7500f/7600 if Intel Arrow lake or Ryzen 9000 won't be attractive and either 7900XT or upcoming Radeon which promises to bring Rdna3 performance for midrange price. Such upgrade would be practically top end for my need to run World of warships at 4K high ultra at even high refresh. 👉 My 6650xt can do 4K but with many tweaks. And thats probably going to the over spending idea of your video. 👉👉 I could probably just upgrade my monitor and run either RSR or tune down settings as higher resolution has bigger impact on visual experience than details.

[@mdnormatnor5226]

pc gaming is about your money

[@cmdr_stretchedguy]

The #1 waste of money on any build: RGB. Do you wrap LED lights around a hammer? No? Then don't do it with this tool aka PC.

[@kenny10497]

amd remember plus tax of saving on $738

[@Taxman1509]

I spent 200 dollars on lian li fans, and they are dope as hell! 100% worth it, and anyone saying that's crazy just hating.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

Do you look at your monitor or just your case fans?

[@Taxman1509]

@Ari-xb8eu why do I need a monitor? I have lian li fans.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

@@Taxman1509 my bad, you're right. Monitors are piece of crap. We should use fans to play games.

[@Taxman1509]

@Ari-xb8eu only if you're a broke looser. I can have both because I work hard for what I want. You get the cheapest fans possible. I'm sure that will work out for ya.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

@@Taxman1509 Working hard doesn't make a dumb idiot smarter🤣

[@Babicoste]

Only Fans from Corsair...WOW

[@Decki777]

CPUs are lacking way too much I have a 13700kf it can't even max out rtx 3080 in battlefield 1 at 1080p low settings only 50% of my GPU utilized in multiplayer

[@bios9678]

??? Dude you should be getting over 500fps on that game at 1080p low settings on a 64 player server with that CPU tuned and a 3080. Seems like a you problem. If you are getting over 500fps, then having low GPU usage doesn’t matter since your already at the point of diminishing returns for latency. Also lower input lag. By the way, I am talking about low settings + with the config tweaked. Not just putting the settings on low. Look up Enders video on BF5 config, it applies to bf1 and decreases CPU overhead

[@xBINARYGODx]

thats not how that works - there is a GN video on how to tell if actual CPU and GPU utilization - your CPU can very much be starving the GPU to give you low gpu unitization. I doubt a 13700k is doing that, but GPU utilization alone tells you nothing.

[@Lurch-Bot]

You forced a CPU bottleneck with your settings and then complain about it🤣

[@Decki777]

@@bios9678 I'm getting same cinebench score ass others and I tested my rtx 3080 it's just working fine but I'm only getting 250 to 270fps in 64 player mode at 1080p low settings

[@michaelgleason4791]

I'm sure if you keep lowering your settings you'll eventually max out your graphics card. That was so sarcasm, in case that wasn't completely obvious.

[@tybino]

6 RGB fans for $250 😂😂😂

[@michaelgleason4791]

Who are you to tell people how they should spend their own money? Different people are *gasp* different and may prioritize *gasp* different things.

[@KuraiBeat]

iam a tryhard itx fan i build from case and board up to psu and gpu and fans/rads and next build i never again use any case with glass its so useless expensive and not woth for the heat :D micron is crucial and lexar i choose mosttimes hynix ram it workes and is cheaper mosttimes :D at fans i choose cheap corsair high pressure fans for 15€ each its cheap and quiet at monitor i say nothing with my 39" curved white monitor with 1440p 165hz 16:9 (i love good VA panels without ghosting with really good backlevels) inbuild rgb at background of the case (for 269€+30€ transport) no its normal not this cheap i get it on resale with a 30%saleoff and a coupon of 20% off from the manufactory behind a gamingmonitorbrand so mine is the same but without the branding and the 600€ more price bcz. the branding, 4hours searched for the manfactory and i get an nice price off btw. its not from 2024 its a 2022monitor so this was much more expensive at the time i see it at vendors (it was 1year old or 1year on market depent how you wanna call it) :D

[@dsandoval9396]

If you have the cash to burn then go for it! *_BUT,_* if this guy (example used in this video) had money to burn he would've went for a 4090 and not the 4070. Weak sauce, bro.

[@IndoHelleneBall]

u did in fact rub me off

[@fr0zen1isshadowbanned99]

Damn right ^^ bump

[@xBINARYGODx]

"I guess that's all that really matters" You guess? Seems like a thing you either do or don't feel/have an opinion on. Typical youtuber - undermined by their own point(s) via their (lack of) writing/communication skills. Also, if you disclaimer that much, you're not really shielding yourself, you are practically screaming that you are in fact doing the thing you clam you are not doing.

[@SmallTownInTexas]

Totally on board with this content except for the Crucial drives. I have purchased three and all 3 failed the same way. They warped. One was delivered warped and the other two eventually warped in about 3 months causing random boot and data errors. Samsung, all day EVERY DAY for your M.2 drives.

[@FilledWithChi11]

This is exactly what I do. It’s how I built my 7800X3D/4090 build for like $2800. I also scour around and find deals and things on sale. First priority is frames second is functionality third is aesthetics.

[@zdspider6778]

RGB lighting is a mosquito magnet. No, thank you.

[@cairnex4473]

Newsflash bro. This guy isn't you, he has different priorities. What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that there actually is such a thing as an overkill GPU. Not everyone wants to buy the flagship every generation. It's just as much of a waste of money to him as his aesthetic choices are to you. Also you don't "future proof" your build by buying the flagship just before it's about to be replaced. That's just called wasting your money.

[@Ari-xb8eu]

womp womp, Someone got a personal attack.🤣

[@costearobert2216]

never use a DRAM less SSD! you will thanks me latter

[@bios9678]

Only matters for OS. Gaming drive doesn’t matter

[@TheKproductionsful]

@@bios9678 Agreed. I have a 2TB SN850X as my boot drive and a 4TB P3 Plus for my game drive. No problems running games on that dramless nvme. Actually most modern nvme drives without native dram will simply use a tiny bit of ram in your system memory as a substitute for dram.

[@Nein99x]

If you aren't doing tons of writing on your drive the dram cache won't matter much.

[@harveybirdmannequin]

The average person/normie wastes too much money on the GPU. The reason is because GPUs are easy to replace and upgrade. CPUs on the other hand require more work like removing thermal paste and mounting a cooler and there's the possibility of bending pins out of place. Normies don't want to risk it. They order in which people should upgrade is CPU and RAM first then GPU. You can get the best gaming CPU and RAM for half the price of the best GPU. It's CPU and RAM that contribute more to smooth gameplay than the GPU.