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How much do you care about hardware aesthetics?  

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  1. 1. Time to build a new rig, what's your priority?

    • I don't care about hardware aesthetics at all, I just want the best performance for my money.
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    • I somewhat care about the aesthetics and I'll try achieving it but not at the cost of performance
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    • Who cares about performance, lets rgb watercool an i3 7350k on Asus Maximus, aesthetics all that matter.
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Where do you see yourself at? I just want a general idea.

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First I thought I was all about performance, but now I somewhat look at design too. Not too much.. I just don't want a brown and blue motherboard in a windowed case. that sorta stuff.

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Seriously u can make a good looking pc with a good performance for a decent price even good looking case are cheap nowdays like P400s Tg or S340. Need something to lights things up just slam those RGB fans from chinese manufacturer if u cant afford Corsair RGB fans, need a good looking cpu heatsink Cryorig h7 will do.

But if u are on a tight budget i mean really really tight then u should focus on performance first.

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I got node 202 for Dem looks but I'm probably going to convert it to an HTPC because I can't get a good OC with my H60.

 

To be fair I'll probably be putting the components in an inwin 301 so still Aesthetics

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To me, it's like the engine in a car. High end "requires" more maintenance for those that really care, might as well have it look nice if one is going to be working on it more often.

 

Low end, just run it til it dies, with the standard oil change. Who gives a shit if the internals of a beater system isn't that nice.

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I'm in the middle. I have a pretty decent water cooling set up mainly for aesthetics and quitter operating temps. I usually only do marginal overclocks. But back on topic, you can build a great looking PC for not much more than a standard PC with the same performance - you just have to reject £200 RBG ram which I want really badly lol!

 

On a side note, I think I'm gonna do that Ryzen build  

 

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CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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Athletics? Please, My wallet is too empty that I can barely buy enough Ramen Noodles to feed me through the week. My PC is too much of a potato anyways :P 

Primary Laptop (Gearsy MK4): Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6800M, Radeon Vega 8 Mobile, 24 GB DDR4 2400 Mhz, 512 GB SSD+1TB SSD, 15.6 in 300 Hz IPS display

2021 Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition

 

Secondary Laptop (Uni MK2): Ryzen 7 5800HS, Nvidia GTX 1650, Radeon Vega 8 Mobile, 16 GB DDR4 3200 Mhz, 512 GB SSD 

2021 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 

 

Meme Machine (Uni MK1): Shintel Core i5 7200U, Nvidia GT 940MX, 24 GB DDR4 2133 Mhz, 256 GB SSD+500GB HDD, 15.6 in TN Display 

2016 Acer Aspire E5 575 

 

Retired Laptop (Gearsy MK2): Ryzen 5 2500U, Radeon Vega 8 Mobile, 12 GB 2400 Mhz DDR4, 256 GB NVME SSD, 15.6" 1080p IPS Touchscreen 

2017 HP Envy X360 15z (Ryzen)

 

PC (Gearsy): A6 3650, HD 6530D , 8 GB 1600 Mhz Kingston DDR3, Some Random Mobo Lol, EVGA 450W BT PSU, Stock Cooler, 128 GB Kingston SSD, 1 TB WD Blue 7200 RPM

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Aesthetics play a pretty big role when it comes to my PC, but I don't go out of my way to make it look dank as fuck if it will bend over my performance and fuck it with a stick.

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Kind of a tricky thing to answer, and the choices aren't exactly representative of what I think, which is this:

  • Next build will be in a very SFF case with no windows, so I don't care about aesthetics at all for the components. However, I will be picking the case based on a very tight list of aesthetic requirements.
  • If I was building a larger computer, I'd get a tempered glass side panel and everything would be scrutinized. Not at the cost of performance, but I would gladly pay (possibly considerably) more to get the look I wanted.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

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Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

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What are aesthetics ? Is that some new fancy type of over clocking ?

Main PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  | GPU: RTX 2060 | PSU:  | Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200Mhz 16GB | OS Drive: Western Digital Black NVMe 250GB | Game Drive(s): Samsung 970 Evo 500GB | Motherboard:  | Case: Fractal Design Define R6 | Monitor(s):  | Keyboard:  | Mouse: Steelseries Sensei 310

 

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For my main system, I definitely want to get the best performance per dollar that I can, however would still like for it to look nice.  For something like a server or storage device, where I'll have it stashed away, I could care less about appearance so long as it works good.

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Performance first 100%. Aesthetics come afterwards. If i'm doing a themed build and the GPU comes in white or whatever as an alternative, cool. If it doesn't, tough shit. I just won't get a side panel. Although there's no better feeling than making a pc look dank as fuck and have great performance.

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Desktop:

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CPU: Ryzen 5 2600X w/stock cooler, Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PLUS, RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 24gb DDR4-2600, GPU: EVGA RTX 2070 SUPER XC, Case: NZXT S340, PSU: Corsair RMx 750w, Keyboard: Corsair K50, Mouse: Corsair Ironclaw

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Lenovo IdeaPad S540

 

 

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