Just a quick poll about builds

[Princess Luna]

Where do you see yourself at? I just want a general idea.

[BloodyWaters]

Considering my PC is inside a cardboard box, I think the answer is obvious. 

[minibois]

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.

[Ya_Mi]

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.

[Damascus]

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

[Drak3]

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.

[stealth80]

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  

[EminentSun]

Aesthetics, ha...

[Silentprototipe]

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  

[flibberdipper]

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.

[dizmo]

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.

[XenosTech]

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

[WMGroomAK]

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.

[AntonChigurh]

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.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Where do you see yourself at? I just want a general idea.

Get a PC w/o a side panel and tuck it away under your table

[asiansation]

If you are going to be among the PC gods, might as well focus on everything.  Aesthetics. Performance. Your wallet wouldn't care cause it would be consumed by your PC.  

[yathis]

Again, I always lie on polls. So I will do this 1 4 U.

 

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