And good psu? Good time to build a pc?

[Krxpt]

I’m look like for a psu with like 500-650 and the build I am planning to get requires 365.it has an i5-10400 with a 3060ti (hopefully) 16 ram 3200 and a 512 go nvme ssd. The build is 840with mobo and case. The most I’d like to spend on a psu is like 75 usd so pls help

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Krxpt said:

The most I’d like to spend on a psu is like 75 usd so pls help

With an RTX 3060 Ti? Good luck - quality PSUs for 650 watts or so are ~$100 USD.
Also, a Core i5-10400? Which motherboard, and what CAS latency on your RAM?

1 minute ago, Krxpt said:

(OMG LTT DEAD) NOOOOO

What do you mean?

[Krxpt]

2 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

With an RTX 3060 Ti? Good luck - quality PSUs for 650 watts or so are ~$100 USD.
Also, a Core i5-10400? Which motherboard, and what CAS latency on your RAM?

What do you mean?

Cl16 ram, and yes it’s a core i5-10400 and the mobo is H470 PRIME H470M-PLUS/CSM Intel LGA 1200 ATX Motherboard. Idk if I need a wifi card or not. The title was clickbait

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, Krxpt said:

Cl16 ram, and yes it’s a core i5-10400 and the mobo is H470 PRIME H470M-PLUS/CSM Intel LGA 1200 ATX Motherboard. Idk if I need a wifi card or not. The title was clickbait

Do you have a cooler?

[Krxpt]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

Do you have a cooler?

Wait, the 10400 doesn’t come with stock?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Krxpt said:

Wait, the 10400 doesn’t come with stock?

It does, but I'd recommend getting a better one.
The Hyper 212 is 40 bucks and worth it.

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk-r2/p/N82E16835103099

As for power supplies? I'm not very experienced with them, so I can't help you there. Everything else about your build looks good though

[Krxpt]

1 minute ago, ragnarok0273 said:

It does, but I'd recommend getting a better one.
The Hyper 212 is 40 bucks and worth it.

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk-r2/p/N82E16835103099

As for power supplies? I'm not very experienced with them, so I can't help you there. Everything else about your build looks good though

Do you want a spec sheet with prices?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Krxpt said:

Do you want a spec sheet with prices?

No, but you could look here for a Tier A/Tier B 650W unit:

 

[Krxpt]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/624975/redragon-gc-ps003-600-watt-80-plus-bronze-atx-fully-modular-power-supply good?

1 minute ago, ragnarok0273 said:

No, but you could look here for a Tier A/Tier B 650W unit:

 

 

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, Krxpt said:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/624975/redragon-gc-ps003-600-watt-80-plus-bronze-atx-fully-modular-power-supply good?

It's not on the list, but you could ask on that thread.

[Krxpt]

1 minute ago, ragnarok0273 said:

It's not on the list, but you could ask on that thread.

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ed44c439-58de-4dae-b45e-e3d2db3b09c4

[Mateyyy]

7 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

It does, but I'd recommend getting a better one.
The Hyper 212 is 40 bucks and worth it.

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk-r2/p/N82E16835103099

As for power supplies? I'm not very experienced with them, so I can't help you there. Everything else about your build looks good though

How'd spending $40 on a mediocre, unnecessary cooler be more worthwhile than putting that money towards a better PSU/CPU/motherboard?

The stock cooler's perfectly adequate for a locked i5.

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

How'd spending $40 on a mediocre, unnecessary cooler be more worthwhile than putting that money towards a better PSU/CPU/motherboard?

The stock cooler's perfectly adequate for a locked i5.

I stand corrected.

[Krxpt]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

How'd spending $40 on a mediocre, unnecessary cooler be more worthwhile than putting that money towards a better PSU/CPU/motherboard?

The stock cooler's perfectly adequate for a locked i5.

Is https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ed44c439-58de-4dae-b45e-e3d2db3b09c4 Good for price?

[Krxpt]

3 minutes ago, Caroline said:

You really shouldn't cheap out on the most important part of your computer, I mean without power the rest of the PC is just an expensive paperweight

That thing looks like someone took a 2004 PSU, painted its housing and added a couple of connectors on the back to make it look better, it's still crap on the inside but hey it says "gaming" on the label.

This. Can't believe the 212 is still around, stock isn't so bad, might sound like a jet engine sometimes but it's not that bad.

 

Oh, edit: 3060Ti is gonna be hot enough to cook some bacon on top of it being inside that NZXT microwave. $70 for that, my God what an absolute ripoff.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/485312/powerspec-650-watt-80-plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply how abt this?

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, Krxpt said:

Is https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ed44c439-58de-4dae-b45e-e3d2db3b09c4 Good for price?

The parts in that power supply should be used for basic electronics, not powering a ~$800 PC. Also, that case is crap with airflow and should be used as a garden gnome. 

 

AS @Caroline stated, you never want to cheap out on the most important component in your computer. Go for a Corsair RM750x as that is a really good unit and affordable. Also, if you are buying all your parts from Micro Center, be sure to check Amazon and Newegg for their prices on the components you have put together. Make sure they are the same UPC and for Amazon, shipped and sold by Amazon.com, for Newegg, shipped and sold by Newegg. They cannot be sold by third party sellers as you can price match at Micro Center. 

 

More information on price matching at Micro Center down below. 

https://community.microcenter.com/kb/articles/6-do-you-price-match

[Krxpt]

Just now, Caroline said:

Eh it just keeps getting worse. Just read what everyone else just said, you won't find a *decent* power supply that's 650W for less than 70 bucks, not because I say so but because it doesn't exist.

 

Not trying to be a mean bitch just stating some facts. My plan would be to get a cheaper case, a SATA instead of a NVMeme drive and then a better power supply, there are great cases for like $50.

Can you help me find a case?

[Mateyyy]

44 minutes ago, Krxpt said:

Is https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ed44c439-58de-4dae-b45e-e3d2db3b09c4 Good for price?

I'd say you can do better for $900ish, at least if you're not limited to just Microcenter.

$110 seems pretty excessive for an H470 board, there's not much info on the Barracuda Q5 (other than the fact that it does use QLC NAND, which should ideally be avoided for an OS drive), the H510 is a hotbox and I couldn't find anything on the PSU, though there probably is a reason for Redragon not being known for their PSUs (or... for much of anything really, other than cheap peripherals afaik).

 

You could put together either an AMD or a comparable Intel rig for roughly the same price.

AMD:

Spoiler

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Amazon
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$59.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P5 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$410.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$957.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-09 21:20 EST-0500

 

Intel:

Spoiler

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Adorama
Motherboard	ASRock B460 Pro4 ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Newegg
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$59.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P5 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$410.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$939.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-09 21:20 EST-0500

 

 

Frankly, I think I'd spend the extra ~$20 on the AMD build - the 3600 isn't necessarily a whole lot faster (if at all) compared to the 10400 depending on the workload, but if you plan on upgrading the CPU a few years down the line, I'd put my money on you finding more good deals on Zen 2/3 CPUs than on Comet/Rocket Lake ones. 

And also once you do upgrade your CPU (if you decide to), it won't be gimped by B460/H410/H470's memory speed limitations, and potentially by subpar VRMs as well.

[Elisis]

1 hour ago, Caroline said:

The budget solution

That's an incredibly outdated/horrible case. h510 is decidedly better.

[MrBrightSyde]

5 hours ago, Krxpt said:

Can you help me find a case?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/627504/lian-li-lancool-215-tempered-glass-eatx-full-tower-computer-case---black

 

Same price as the h510 but better airflow

[Krxpt]

2 hours ago, MrBrightSyde said:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/627504/lian-li-lancool-215-tempered-glass-eatx-full-tower-computer-case---black

 

Same price as the h510 but better airflow

I’ll have to change my mobo then because mobo is atx

[8tg]

14 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

It does, but I'd recommend getting a better one.
The Hyper 212 is 40 bucks and worth it.

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk-r2/p/N82E16835103099

As for power supplies? I'm not very experienced with them, so I can't help you there. Everything else about your build looks good though

It was worth it in 2012 when it was a 20$. It sure as hell isn’t worth 40$ now and hasn’t been worth anything compared it it’s competitors in years.

 

[8tg]

As for OP, 650w under 75$ and its a decent unit:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084Q4JQM9

About all i could suggest at that price point for 550-650 watts, these are the only decent 80+ gold options i can find left, anything other than this is currently coasting on brand name price hikes, like corsair CV units being the same price though theyre awful power supplies.

[MrBrightSyde]

7 hours ago, Krxpt said:

I’ll have to change my mobo then because mobo is atx

No you don't? The Lancool 215 can fit ATX mobos

[WhitetailAni]

2 hours ago, 8tg said:

It was worth it in 2012 when it was a 20$. It sure as hell isn’t worth 40$ now and hasn’t been worth anything compared it it’s competitors in years.

 

That kinda makes sense then - I've been watching some of the older LTT videos from around that time.