Building first pc......

Aadi179q · May 30, 2022

11 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Ryzen 5600x is similar in performance with an Intel 12400

Your Intel processors are cheaper because they're older generations and you can't upgrade from 11th generation to 12 generation... but while the Intel cpu may be cheaper, the motherboard is often more expensive (for the same performance and quality) AND you may also end up paying for an extra cooler, because the cooler that comes in the box with Intel cpus is crap, unlike the one that comes with AMD processors.

With AMD you have the option to eventually upgrade the CPU to something much better. There are processors cheaper than 5600x, like 5500 for example, but that one is a bit slower)

Reason for switching other things... Ryzen processors like fast memory, you should get at least 3200 Mhz memory sticks. The sticks I chose at 3600 CL18 were cheap.

If you want to save money for a short time, you can buy just one stick and then a month or so later when you have money, you can get second stick.

The SSD I suggested uses TLC memory which means has higher endurance, will last you longer. The Rocket Q is based on QLC which has less endurance (wears out faster) and has worse read/write speeds.

You can save a few dollars going with a 500 GB nvme SSD or even with a 2.5" SSD but I'd try to stay with a TLC memory based SSD.

A video card like 3060 won't consume more than 150-200 watts by itself, but modern video cards are designed in such a way that they can suddenly take 50w or so above the peak power consumption for a few milliseconds.. and older power supplies and low output power supplies don't like that.

That's why a 400w power supply like that Deepcool one would be a bad choice - while in theory your system won't go over 250 watts, the power supply may not handle it.

You should go with 550w or higher, bronze efficiency is fine, but ideally you should avoid group regulated power supplies. As you don't know how to tell what topology the psu uses, I gave you one that was cheap-ish and gold efficiency (it's hard to make gold efficiency power supplies with group regulation)

The case can be whatever you want. That I seemed cheap and with nice ventilation and fans built in. You can reuse older cases if the case is standard ATX.