Is this decent?

[DietzDiet]

Just wanna make sure, is this rgb pc setup decent? Will the light strips work and the other crap... is it ok? The monitor and stuff budget for pc parts is $700 btw if u see my other posts

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xsrgqm

[Dukesilver27-]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D6ZyQ6

12400 is overkill for a budget setup, go with 12100 instead.

6600 XT instead of 1650, buying a new 4 years old GPU is just non sensical. 6600 XT is almost twice as fast and cost less than twice of the 1650s.

Overspending on keyboard and mic, also unnecessary RGB, but low storage capacity, you'd want more storage.

I understand wanting to have a nice looking PC, but I'd suggest to have them be an upgrade later, like a month or several months after you build the PC.

Contrary to what people say, performance>RGB, and RGB doesn't boost performance.

Also, you did not pick case fans, most budget cases only comes with 1 or 2 case fans, which might just be enough, but not great.

[DietzDiet]

1 hour ago, Dukesilver27- said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D6ZyQ6

12400 is overkill for a budget setup, go with 12100 instead.

6600 XT instead of 1650, buying a new 4 years old GPU is just non sensical. 6600 XT is almost twice as fast and cost less than twice of the 1650s.

Overspending on keyboard and mic, also unnecessary RGB, but low storage capacity, you'd want more storage.

I understand wanting to have a nice looking PC, but I'd suggest to have them be an upgrade later, like a month or several months after you build the PC.

Contrary to what people say, performance>RGB, and RGB doesn't boost performance.

Also, you did not pick case fans, most budget cases only comes with 1 or 2 case fans, which might just be enough, but not great.

r u sure the gpu will fit and also i was told that a 12400 is way better and where would i get the fan?

[Meowth LVL255]

24 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

r u sure the gpu will fit and also i was told that a 12400 is way better and where would i get the fan?

If you're looking for a budget build, skip back a couple of greens and go with a medium/high gaming build of a for i5 6400 era paired with a 1050ti. 3 if my friends have this setup and they're able to pay basically anything in decent settings and it didn't cost much at all. Also. Don't skip on your storage.

 

[Dukesilver27-]

32 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

r u sure the gpu will fit and also i was told that a 12400 is way better and where would i get the fan?

You mean in the case? It's a dual fan GPU, it will fit in any case.

If you mean PSU, 600W is enough for 6600 XT.

12400 is way better, that is true, but if I pair it with 6800 XT and barely utilize 50% of it for most of the time, pairing with anything below 6700 XT/3070 would not be a good budget allocation.

As for the fans, here, on the accessories/other. If you live in a hot environment and hot room temps, you'd want at least 1 intake and 1 exhaust, if you live in a cool environment/room then an exhaust might just suffice.

[apoKhallipsa]

4 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

Just wanna make sure, is this rgb pc setup decent? Will the light strips work and the other crap... is it ok? The monitor and stuff budget for pc parts is $700 btw if u see my other posts

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xsrgqm

That 1650 is crap 

[DietzDiet]

8 hours ago, Meowth LVL255 said:

If you're looking for a budget build, skip back a couple of greens and go with a medium/high gaming build of a for i5 6400 era paired with a 1050ti. 3 if my friends have this setup and they're able to pay basically anything in decent settings and it didn't cost much at all. Also. Don't skip on your storage.

 

An i5-6400 is really that good? Wouldnt it compare worse to the 12400 of 12100? To the left of the image is a 6400 and the right is a i5-3570 the i5-6400 looks pretty trash idk why

[DietzDiet]

8 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

You mean in the case? It's a dual fan GPU, it will fit in any case.

If you mean PSU, 600W is enough for 6600 XT.

12400 is way better, that is true, but if I pair it with 6800 XT and barely utilize 50% of it for most of the time, pairing with anything below 6700 XT/3070 would not be a good budget allocation.

As for the fans, here, on the accessories/other. If you live in a hot environment and hot room temps, you'd want at least 1 intake and 1 exhaust, if you live in a cool environment/room then an exhaust might just suffice.

You have any reccomendation for a good fan?

[apoKhallipsa]

1 hour ago, DietzDiet said:

You have any reccomendation for a good fan?

My personal cheap fans are zephyr SilentiumPC 120PWM cause low cost and good performance and mostly silent 

[DietzDiet]

1 hour ago, apoKhallipsa said:

My personal cheap fans are zephyr SilentiumPC 120PWM cause low cost and good performance and mostly silent 

there is only this and how many fans should i get? would this be fine: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FgJ33y

[apoKhallipsa]

28 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

there is only this and how many fans should i get? would this be fine: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FgJ33y

Depends on slots with case there is a limited mouthing spaces I have 4 on case and two more on cpu cooler 

[DietzDiet]

1 hour ago, apoKhallipsa said:

Depends on slots with case there is a limited mouthing spaces I have 4 on case and two more on cpu cooler 

is the link fine tho

[Dukesilver27-]

You dont need more than 2 fans for your build. An intake and exhaust would be just fine, even just an exhaust might be just fine. My 12400 and 6800 XT runs fine with 2 intake 1 exhaust, your build would run much more cooler than mine, even in a low air flow case. 

[apoKhallipsa]

2 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

is the link fine tho

Yeah must goodle specs but most modern cases have 4 or 6 slots for fans 

[SteveGrabowski0]

18 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

Just wanna make sure, is this rgb pc setup decent? Will the light strips work and the other crap... is it ok? The monitor and stuff budget for pc parts is $700 btw if u see my other posts

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xsrgqm

That gpu is absolute trash for the money. Here is an RX 6600 which is way faster for $22 more, or $2 more after rebate

 

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6600-gv-r66eagle-8gd/p/N82E16814932481

[SteveGrabowski0]

8 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

An i5-6400 is really that good? Wouldnt it compare worse to the 12400 of 12100? To the left of the image is a 6400 and the right is a i5-3570 the i5-6400 looks pretty trash idk why

i5-6400 is pretty trash in 2022. You'd be much better off spending $105 on an i3-12100F than $45 on an i5-6400.

[SteveGrabowski0]

19 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D6ZyQ6

12400 is overkill for a budget setup, go with 12100 instead.

6600 XT instead of 1650, buying a new 4 years old GPU is just non sensical. 6600 XT is almost twice as fast and cost less than twice of the 1650s.

Overspending on keyboard and mic, also unnecessary RGB, but low storage capacity, you'd want more storage.

I understand wanting to have a nice looking PC, but I'd suggest to have them be an upgrade later, like a month or several months after you build the PC.

Contrary to what people say, performance>RGB, and RGB doesn't boost performance.

Also, you did not pick case fans, most budget cases only comes with 1 or 2 case fans, which might just be enough, but not great.

12100F is a shockingly good gaming cpu for being a quadcore, even hangs very well in games like Cyberpunk and Spiderman that hit the cpu hard. But I'd be a little nervous going with something that far below the console cpus, which are basically underclocked Ryzen 7 3700X, in multicore performance. The 12400F gets you way closer to the 3700X's passmark for example. For a little less than the cost of the 12100F + 6600 XT he could instead do 12400F + 6600 non XT, and I suspect the 12400F will be enough cpu to last the entire console gen (eg through say 2028) without needing to be upgraded if he's targeting 60 fps. And while the 6600 XT hits a 18% higher framerate at 1440p in Techpowerup's testsuite in their 6600 review, it's $110 more than the 6600 non XT I linked earlier in the thread. Wish the 6600 XT would have the kind of deals the 6600 not XT is getting, since 6600 XT gets you something just a little above the PS5 gpu I think.

 

Agreed on keyboard, I'd just go buy a $5 one from Goodwill right now and then later on buy the keyboard I really wanted when I have a few extra bucks so I'm not making cutbacks I'd regret on cpu / gpu / RAM / board / ssd.

[Meowth LVL255]

13 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

An i5-6400 is really that good? Wouldnt it compare worse to the 12400 of 12100? To the left of the image is a 6400 and the right is a i5-3570 the i5-6400 looks pretty trash idk why

By experience, websites that crap all over older CPUs don't reflect real performance. My friend and I are playing Conan Exiles at ultra. He's getting 45-55 fps, he gets 60 fps in grounded on high, Ark at 60 fps on high/med, and Minecraft sometimes modpacks with texture pack/shaders at 60+ fps. It's a good CPU and GPU combo if you're looking for 1080p gaming that is right between performance and pleasure. Also, forgot to mention, he usually has like 40 tabs open in edge and several things running in the background. That kinda punches the fps a little bit. You can also pair the 1050ti with a 7th gen i7 qc to remove any sort of bottlenecks and get a few more fps in games, but for the price, eh. But yeah, compared to my i9 9900k+3080 combo, looking at benchmarks between the two systems is going to be astronomical. BUT that doesn't mean his setup is a bad one. Mines overkill for gaming, his allows him to play anything he wants, but just not at 4k 60fps.

[Dukesilver27-]

Userbenchmark is garbage, do not trust that site.

[SteveGrabowski0]

13 hours ago, Meowth LVL255 said:

By experience, websites that crap all over older CPUs don't reflect real performance. My friend and I are playing Conan Exiles at ultra. He's getting 45-55 fps, he gets 60 fps in grounded on high, Ark at 60 fps on high/med, and Minecraft sometimes modpacks with texture pack/shaders at 60+ fps. It's a good CPU and GPU combo if you're looking for 1080p gaming that is right between performance and pleasure. Also, forgot to mention, he usually has like 40 tabs open in edge and several things running in the background. That kinda punches the fps a little bit. You can also pair the 1050ti with a 7th gen i7 qc to remove any sort of bottlenecks and get a few more fps in games, but for the price, eh. But yeah, compared to my i9 9900k+3080 combo, looking at benchmarks between the two systems is going to be astronomical. BUT that doesn't mean his setup is a bad one. Mines overkill for gaming, his allows him to play anything he wants, but just not at 4k 60fps.

Meh 6400 is pretty weak for 2022. Not enough single thread performance to even hit the recommended spec for the PCSX2 PS2 emulator and it's only 4C/4T. Would be ridiculous to spend $45 used on it when you can get a far far more powerful i3-12100F new for $105. Especially when you'll also be paying $60 to $100 for a used B150 DDR4 motherboard instead of $120 for a new budget B660 DDR4 board.

 

There is no way a 6400 is enough for AAA gaming these days. My old Xeon E3-1231v3 was both faster in single core and was 4C/8T and it would cause slowdown in Elden Ring for example.

[Meowth LVL255]

8 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Meh 6400 is pretty weak for 2022. Not enough single thread performance to even hit the recommended spec for the PCSX2 PS2 emulator and it's only 4C/4T. Would be ridiculous to spend $45 used on it when you can get a far far more powerful i3-12100F new for $105. Especially when you'll also be paying $60 to $100 for a used B150 DDR4 motherboard instead of $120 for a new budget B660 DDR4 board.

 

There is no way a 6400 is enough for AAA gaming these days. My old Xeon E3-1231v3 was both faster in single core and was 4C/8T and it would cause slowdown in Elden Ring for example.

Good point with the prices, but there is way more performance in that chip than people give it credit for. It's not a beast, but it's good enough.