In the sense that the prices will possibly drop for their current lineups, I take it? Nice.
Anyone Have Any PC/Laptop Upgrading Experience?
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In the sense that the prices will possibly drop for their current lineups, I take it? Nice.
I just looked on YouTube and said what I wanted to spend and what it's for and got lots of good info (like $1200 gaming PC). I did pick my own case choice, more RAM, slightly different cooler, and bigger SSD than the build suggested. I also got a different variation of the motherboard (it's what Best Buy had that was in the budget). I've been busy doing other stuff so I haven't been able to see what it can do. I still mostly play on PS5 with my brother and some friends, but might see if I can find something to test on it. Maybe something that's a few years old and cheap.
Most of my builds end up around $1700-1800.
I usually build around ASUS boards, but I understand why people are dogging them. NZXT MBs are made by ASROCK I think, or they were a few years ago. ASROCK boards are good quality. Unfortunately $250ish isn't insane for a good MB these days. Yeah inflation.
Which ever you go with make sure to buy quality RAM. Crucial or Corsair for me. Your sanity will thank you later. Same for a PSU. Research it a bit and do not skimp.
I was seeing Samsung NVMe 2TB drives for about $100 around Christmas.
If you want an AMD processor that is fine. I've used both Intel and AMD over the years and prefer INTEL, but the latest gen (13 + 14) have some serious issues; Raptor Lake is no go. Aldur Lake is a maybe. I would not buy either of them. You can get some pretty serious deals on the 12th gen right now. Not sure when the 15th is due to land. Get a good cooler. AIO or a Nocturna or something like that.
Monitors are dirt freaking cheap right now, even OLEDs.
Graphics cards are something I am fairly one sided about. I do not like AMD cards. Their drivers are a clusterscrew on the best of days. I only buy NVIDIA even though I'm not a big fan of their company. A 4070 super or 4080 super will run about anything you toss at it. Go for the TI version for some extra life. 4900s are for people with FU money.
Here is a link to a place that posts deals for PC parts. Yeah, it's reddit, but you can rub the dirt off.
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What I'm realizing is that, like everything else, things have gotten more expensive lol. I'm sure i could do a PC for $1000, but seems like I might be short changing myself down the road.
Prices basically doubled after covid. Sucks.
Look for sales and buy a piece here and there.
I think all in (PC, monitors, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, printer, desk, desk chair, and seat cushion) I spent like $1600-$1700. The only thing I didn't buy was some crappy speakers I had sitting around. The PC alone was probably around $1200. Definitely not top of the line but runs very well. Will do more testing in the near future.
The perks of working in IT is i can pretty much get all the peripheral tech gear I need from the office.. desk, chairs, printer, etc.
Yeah I'm kind of going through brands now. What things I should eliminate (like how RR mentioned NZXT cases running hot, stuff like that). I forget what a fun project it is. You have to throw about 8 components together... and you gotta go through brands, makes, models, what things work with what, and what things don't. Been a good 10 years since my last build, but looking forward to it.. and this time, I'm not working an entry level job in my 20s where money is tight haha.
(Money is still tight. I have a wife and kid, so im really in the same boat).
My home build is about 7 years old and it’s time for a new one. Looks like newegg is still the place for components?
Few months back I upgraded my current home build with an Nvidia 4080. Had no idea how big that card was, had to cut out some of the drive bay frame. Lesson learned.
Newegg, but also probably Amazon just in general.
Im going with PcPartPicker to start. Pretty much as I remember it, but a lot of nice new features.
And yeah that's always my worry with builds, will these components fit.
That’s a cool site, does price comps. Thanks for sharing.
Same here, sizing is always a worry.
But this site appears to have a compatibility feature, wonder if it would catch dimensional specs like “card too large for case”?
Yeah that's a good question. But that site has almost everything you need otherwise. Some of these cases also seem to have grown in size to accommodate the larger GPUs.
Gskill makes solid ram as well. They also have a really nice lifetime warranty.
Make sure you check the GPU length and case length, because new GPUs are massive.
New 5080 cards are showing up pre-sale in Europe at around 1600 euro. Most agree they will settle out at launch around 1100-1200, so a bit above standard.
Nvidia 4000 sales series suffered from miners dumping their 3000 cards. NVIDIA stopped production on the 4000 line early to kill the aftermarket glut. So no, prices will not fall.
AMD 9070 series launches end of January.
Congratulations, you are now a case modder. lol. I've heard that story more than once. I'm surprised that you didn't have a problem with your power supply.
Chinaegg is still fine for parts, but Amazon has some really good buys. In fact I have bought my CPUS exclusively from them for many years now.
This is 100% true. I listed those two companies because I am old and stick to what has worked for me over the years.
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