Cutting corners

[ElectroSquid]

THis is my first post, so please notify me if i am doing anything off-topic, against the rules or other stuff.

 

so. my little brother has been looking to get into pc gaming. he wants to play mostly e-sports titles like overwatch, fortnite, csgo. my parents tasked me (older brother) to help with the configuration of such a pc. i have been watching linus tech tips build guides and built a nas and a render server with parts from ebay. however, we went to the pc store (Webhallen, sweden) and i choose parts. the goal was a ryzen 5 and a gtx 1050. the budget was 8000 SEK (900 dollars) including peripherals. to fit this budget i cheaped out on the motherboard, which was approximately 56 dollars. i also cheaped out on the psu, which was 40 dollars. the psu is a 600w kolink 80plus power supply. all the compnents that i (think) wont drastically affect gaming performance where the cheapest compatible from a reputable reseller (webhallen). now to my question. is this a good practice for future value optimised builds, or is it worth spending some extra money on quality motherboards and higher rated psus? will this negatively affect the lifespan of the pc?

 

psu: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-core-series-600w-80-plus-certified-power-supply-ca-02p-kk.html

psu from place that it is bought: https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/281746-Kolink-Core-PSU-600W-80-Plus

 

[kelvinhall05]

The PSU might literally be a fire hazard. The motherboard will be fine, but don't expect good overclocking (if any), good VRM cooling, and lots of features.

[Semper]

Under no circumstances should you ever, under any conceivable situation, "cheap out" on a power supply.

Inexpensive does not mean "cheap out", however. You just need to know what you're buying. Jonnyguru is fantastic for PSU reviews. Think of the PSU as the heart of your system, the CPU being the brain. If your heart isn't working right, your brain isn't working right, and subsequently, nothing is working as it should be. If your PSU goes, it's likely to take other things with it, potentially being property and/or personal damage that's not limited to the constraints of your computer.

[ElectroSquid]

ok. thankyou. i was a little less causius with the psu as i assumed that you cannot sell fire hazard psus in a store. thank you for the rekomendation though. i think the psu will be fine, but if it turns out to be inconsistent i will swap it out. also i forgot to mention that the store are building it. but again, thankyou for a fast response and a good answer

 

cheers

 

[Jurrunio]

19 minutes ago, ElectroSquid said:

if it turns out to be inconsistent

how can you know that?

 

I will cheap out on the hard drive, CPU cooler and RAM first

[Underwrought]

Well its already been said PSU is one thing that should not be cheaped out on.  I really doubt it ends up being a fire hazard or anything like that, usually at worst it will just die after a day or a few years use.  May never be an issue at all.

 

Generally best things to cheap out on are memory, storage, cpu coolers and GPU.  Motherboards to some extent too if you arnt going to OC.

[ElectroSquid]

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

how can you know that?

 

i mean if it does not deliver the correct amount of power, the system makes a "ticking" noise (got a cheap psu included with a dual xeon motherboard from 2008, when i plugged the system in it ticked and the monitor flashed on and off) the ram was the second cheapest 8gb ddr4 kit, the cooler is the stock one and the hard drive (ssd) is a WD blue 128gb. which should be capable of storing csgo overwatch, fortninte, windows , audacity and discord

[Jurrunio]

24 minutes ago, ElectroSquid said:

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i mean if it does not deliver the correct amount of power, the system makes a "ticking" noise (got a cheap psu included with a dual xeon motherboard from 2008, when i plugged the system in it ticked and the monitor flashed on and off) the ram was the second cheapest 8gb ddr4 kit, the cooler is the stock one and the hard drive (ssd) is a WD blue 128gb. which should be capable of storing csgo overwatch, fortninte, windows , audacity and discord

not all PSU does that. In fact, most bad PSUs kill stuff without making a sound. You need instruments like an oscilloscope for that

 

the next step to cut cost will be not using a case, and put the mobo on the box it came with instead

[ElectroSquid]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

not all PSU does that. In fact, most bad PSUs kill stuff without making a sound. You need instruments like an oscilloscope for that

 

the next step to cut cost will be not using a case, and put the mobo on the box it came with instead

ok, thankyou. i think you have convinced me to swap out the psu before plugging the computer in to the wall and turning it on. ill go for a 550w 80plus silver evga i think. one of my parents requirements was that the pc must look esthetically pleasing, but i shall think about that tip (not buying a case) for future builds were looks arent a requirement. again, thank you