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Opinion(s) and suggestions about my pcpartpicker setup (pcpartpicker.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dornad to c/pcmasterrace

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Never built a PC before, but thought it was a good time to get started on it!

I already got the tower, CPU and motherboard. Someone was getting rid of that specific tower and they wanted it gone - it was basically free! (aka a glorified curbalert)

I chose that CPU cause I don't want to spend money on a GPU, yet. Not looking yet into AAA gaming, at most I'll start with my Steam indie backlog 😁

Thanks!

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[–] mholiv 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I would personally just get a nice air cooler for ~50€ and use the rest of the budget for an alternative improvement. I might also consider a slightly cheaper case. I might also consider saving a bit more money on the power supply by going with gold over platinum.

An extra €100 to your CPU would do a world of good.

Also I might consider using a more reputable NVMe drive. Maybe from that cooler/power supply money. A more reputable PCIE 4.0 drive with meaningful dcache would serve you well.

Also you may consider higher clocked RAM. If you are using an iGPU faster ram makes a world of difference.

I have a bias to “function over form” pc building so your values may differ here. My two cents.