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6:20, Downgrades the PSU and repins a cable because of a sponsorship. I admire the dedication to fulfill the sponsorship, but honestly, why? Good thing those custom cables either have propper 12v sense with ferrite beads or no 12v sense at all to avoid tripping.

should still be able to use it, like shown above, or if its attached to the microsoft account. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kms-client-activation-keys you can also seemingly use this to activate windows. A solution by Microsoft themselves.

non-issue. Cooling solution for these chips dont need to be perticularly big. And powerdraw will be less than going with some dGPU desktop solution.

take a look if you can find a reasonably priced PN50 or PN51 barebone. If the goal is powerefficiency, i dont see a reason to get a dGPU. Given the PN50 and PN51 use mobile CPUs with the power behavior assosiated with them. That likely the way to go. Also the iGPU solution of the Ryzen parts in those is rather nice for an iGPU solution.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Microsoft-Surface-Laptop-Go-12-4-Touchscreen-Intel-Core-i5-1035G1-8GB-Memory-128GB-SSD-Ice-Blue-THH-00024/254296807?athbdg=L1700 Neat relatively cheap machine that for its price class is rather high quality. The storage is lacking, but if you dont mind that, its a rather neat daily driver for most people. there are similar deals in other countries aswell, so worth checking if its wellpriced elsewhere. edit: some extra locations where the deal is https://www.prisjakt.no/product.php?p=5577558 https://pricespy.co.uk/computers-accessories/laptops/microsoft-surface-laptop-go-i5-8gb-128gb-12.45--p5659561 in general, just have a look at a price comparison website to see if its a good deal. Some places its less of a good deal than others.

dont waste 330 CAD on a 1050ti........ just grab what Herman Mcpootis prepared, its practically better in every aspect. Better PSU, Better CPU, much nicer motherboard and it includes wifi. the integrated graphics will be enough untill you can grab something near MSRP, either it being Navi 24 or 128EU intel graphics. A 1050ti for 300+ is just a complete waste.

Depends what is available, but probably a Corsair HX1200.

I mean the AX1600i is kinda the only step up from the Dark Power Pro 12 in terms of powersupplies. However its likely not meaningfully more quiet, but it is a bit better powersupply. The AX1600i being essentially as good as it gets.

Honestly you can probably just get something like a PN50/PN51 with 1 HDMi and 1 DP.

I mean, its a completely different powersupply, but it is among the best units you can get.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nQJkcf/corsair-hx-platinum-1000w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020139-na With the more recent HX1000 only being 200$, that would be a much nicer deal compared to the Leadex Platinum SE. HX being among the best units you can get in the consumer market.

you can put a 5900x/5950x on a 120mm singletower cooler, and something like a Fuma 2 would be plenty.

id swap this out for something like a A850GF, Revolution DF 850w, or RM850x. or depending on pricing, an HX850 might be worthwhile. The Rog strix 850w, is just a Focus rebrand, and its questionable if it has the issues with tripping on Ampere GPUs. edit: likely worth checking out the 5800x or 10900k/10850k, the 11700k is typically not worthwhile in favor of other options.

tbh, for 64gb of memmory in 4 dimms, it kinda is at that speed........... what you picked is litterally more than twice the cost for very very minor increases in performance. just not a very impressive powersupply to spend 200$ on, like for 200$ its pretty underwhealming for what it is. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nQJkcf/corsair-hx-platinum-1000w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020139-na especially considering one of the best powersupplies on the market is the same price. edit: even the G6, a relatively decent powersupply is cheaper than the G5. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QdFbt6/evga-supernova-g6-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g6-1000-x1 but if you are gonna get something nice, a Corsair HX is pretty much the way to go. also swap for Lian Li Galahad, EK AIO Basic or a Arctic liquid Freezer 2. not sure how many HDDs you are looking to get, but https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TVJmP6/be-quiet-silent-base-802-atx-mid-tower-case-bgw39 a bequiet 802 does allow you to fit a lot of HDDs, however you need to get a few more of the bays that hold the HDDs, but the HDDs will then get airflow from the front case fans.

RMx is just a way better powersupply, then again i dont know the cost between them, and that may play some part, but if they are remotely similar price wise, RMx is the better choice.