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Quality and Performance without spending more than necessary.

I only upgrade when absolutly necessary tho. I dont buy stuff only because its new and shiny.

Normaly i would be in my 5 Year upgrade cycle now, but Corona..,ya..you know the rest.

As long i can run Games on High. Im fine.

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I love to look at parts but everybody has their own versions of perfect system, for me it's ITX, but some of my classmates prefer M-ATX. But what do you look for when you pick parts?

Here are my choices. 

 

Case :

well ventilated, small and cheap (itx) - fractal design core 500 

Well ventilated, well filtered, silent and well priced (M-ATX) - fractal design meshify c mini 

CPU :

not overpriced and effecent. 

Motherboard : 

Good vram and not too ugly

RAM :

Good price, low profile and no rgb

GPU : 

Quiet (Silent fans), value for money and black if possible 

PSU : 

Seasonic or Corsair 

Fans :

Quiet and no rgb

What about you guys? 

 

 

Silent Cerberus - Fractal Design Core500,Ryzen R7 3700x,Scythe Fuma 2,Gigabyte Aorus B550i Pro AX,Crucial Ballistix Elite 3200mhz cl16 16gb,Adata XPG SX8200 nvme 512gb m.2 ssd,Lexar NS100 1tb ssd,Red Dragon RX5700 8gb(bio flashed 5700xt),Corsair SF600 SFX 600w 80+ platinum F-Modular. 

 

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2 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

CPU

something that is good. probably the current years intel i7 or ryzen 7 or 9 (assuming of course that i have the budget)

3 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

Motherboard : 

same

3 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

RAM

some that is gonna gas gas gas

4 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

GPU

GAS GAS GAS im gonna step on da gas

in other words, hopefully a nvidia xx70 or xx80

5 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

PSU

something a-tier

5 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

Fans

helicopter speeds

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.3-4.4 GHz

Corsair H100i platinum

32 GB Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz 14-14-14-34

RTX 2060

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge wifi

NZXT H510

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

2 TB WD hard drive

Corsair RM 750 Watt

ASUS ROG PG248Q 

Razer Ornata Chroma

Razer Firefly 

Razer Deathadder 2013

Logitech G935 Wireless

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Case :

Anything with mesh front, enough space and tempered glass plus cheap. 

CPU :

Best i can afford with good price to performance 

Motherboard : 

cheapest compatible motherboard with decent specs.

RAM :

Cheapest i could find with good timing and highest core clocks 

GPU : 

Best i can afford. I dont really mind the noise as long as its cooler is good.

PSU : 

Any psu that is in my requirement and is on the list from the psu tier list

Fans :

Strongest fan i could find that is not as expensive as the case.

Cpu cooler:

Largest and beefiest boi i can find.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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27 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

I love to look at parts but everybody has their own versions of perfect system, for me it's ITX, but some of my classmates prefer M-ATX. But what do you look for when you pick parts?

Here are my choices. 

 

Case :

well ventilated, small and cheap (itx) - fractal design core 500 

Well ventilated, well filtered, silent and well priced (M-ATX) - fractal design meshify c mini 

CPU :

not overpriced and effecent. 

Motherboard : 

Good vram and not too ugly

RAM :

Good price, low profile and no rgb

GPU : 

Quiet (Silent fans), value for money and black if possible 

PSU : 

Seasonic or Corsair 

Fans :

Quiet and no rgb

What about you guys? 

 

 

Case :

mesh front and tempered glass

CPU :

Depends on workload Pure gaming Intel multitasking and streaming AMD

Motherboard : 

Mix of good IO price and VRM's

RAM :

price and depends if im going intel or amd (i usually got 3600 mhz cl16 for amd)

GPU : 

as of know i cant say cause im still waiting on nvidia to iron out the problems and amd to launch big navi 

PSU : 

depends on the budget but all psus i use are on the tier list and even the cultists approve off

Fans :

arctic p12's cause cheap and good

Cpu cooler:

i usually recommend stock for cheaper builds but i usually recommend thicc air coolers and not aios

ASTRAY NOIR

CPU

Ryzen 5 3600

Cooler

Corsair H100I PRO

RAM

PNY XLR-8 EPIC-X DDR4-3200 CL16 32GB

GPU

ASUS ROG RTX 2070

STORAGE

SAMSUNG 850 EVO, 2xSEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 1TB,A2000 1TB

Case

NZXT H500 

PSU

Enermax Revolution DF 650W

MONITOR

MSI MAG272,LG 22MP68BQ,DELL D2015H

PERIPHIRALS

Ducky One 2 (HORIZON) || Glorious Model O- Pink || G305 || Razer Nari Essential || HyperX Cloud II

 

 

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32 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

I love to look at parts but everybody has their own versions of perfect system, for me it's ITX, but some of my classmates prefer M-ATX. But what do you look for when you pick parts?

Here are my choices. 

 

Case :

well ventilated, small and cheap (itx) - fractal design core 500 

Well ventilated, well filtered, silent and well priced (M-ATX) - fractal design meshify c mini 

CPU :

not overpriced and effecent. 

Motherboard : 

Good vram and not too ugly

RAM :

Good price, low profile and no rgb

GPU : 

Quiet (Silent fans), value for money and black if possible 

PSU : 

Seasonic or Corsair 

Fans :

Quiet and no rgb

What about you guys? 

 

 

Pretty similar, though I’m less concerned with sizes and brands.  I also prefer non glass cases so internals aesthtics drops to zero for me. 

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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Quality and Performance without spending more than necessary.

I only upgrade when absolutly necessary tho. I dont buy stuff only because its new and shiny.

Normaly i would be in my 5 Year upgrade cycle now, but Corona..,ya..you know the rest.

As long i can run Games on High. Im fine.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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12 hours ago, MartinKweh said:

Case :

Anything with mesh front, enough space and tempered glass plus cheap. 

CPU :

Best i can afford with good price to performance 

Motherboard : 

cheapest compatible motherboard with decent specs.

RAM :

Cheapest i could find with good timing and highest core clocks 

GPU : 

Best i can afford. I dont really mind the noise as long as its cooler is good.

PSU : 

Any psu that is in my requirement and is on the list from the psu tier list

Fans :

Strongest fan i could find that is not as expensive as the case.

Cpu cooler:

Largest and beefiest boi i can find.

Usually I go for twin towers, like with my core 500 the only twin can fit was the Fuma 2

11 hours ago, truecrafting said:

Case :

mesh front and tempered glass

CPU :

Depends on workload Pure gaming Intel multitasking and streaming AMD

Motherboard : 

Mix of good IO price and VRM's

RAM :

price and depends if im going intel or amd (i usually got 3600 mhz cl16 for amd)

GPU : 

as of know i cant say cause im still waiting on nvidia to iron out the problems and amd to launch big navi 

PSU : 

depends on the budget but all psus i use are on the tier list and even the cultists approve off

Fans :

arctic p12's cause cheap and good

Cpu cooler:

i usually recommend stock for cheaper builds but i usually recommend thicc air coolers and not aios

Do artics come in black? So far in Singapore I've only seen white ones. 

11 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Pretty similar, though I’m less concerned with sizes and brands.  I also prefer non glass cases so internals aesthtics drops to zero for me. 

Core 500 for itx and NR400 non-tg edition for Matx, I've seen and used both they're very well built. 

3 hours ago, Praesi said:

Quality and Performance without spending more than necessary.

I only upgrade when absolutly necessary tho. I dont buy stuff only because its new and shiny.

Normaly i would be in my 5 Year upgrade cycle now, but Corona..,ya..you know the rest.

As long i can run Games on High. Im fine.

Sweet, just build my first PC about 7 months ago went itx to save space. Otherwise the looks are bare minimum, but performance wise it's a ferrari in a junker shell. 

Silent Cerberus - Fractal Design Core500,Ryzen R7 3700x,Scythe Fuma 2,Gigabyte Aorus B550i Pro AX,Crucial Ballistix Elite 3200mhz cl16 16gb,Adata XPG SX8200 nvme 512gb m.2 ssd,Lexar NS100 1tb ssd,Red Dragon RX5700 8gb(bio flashed 5700xt),Corsair SF600 SFX 600w 80+ platinum F-Modular. 

 

Hades - dO.Ob Look into my eyes and see the dark eternal abyss that is your soul and pay for your hidden sins. 

Cerberus - the hell hound that guards the gates of hell. Once you enter you'll never escape. 

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