New PC build

[Painsponge]

Hi friends, any comments good or bad are welcome! Peace and joy!

https://newegg.io/dc6dcab

 

 

[MikeB]

 

Im a huge Gigabyte fan.  But have used MSI is the past on builds.  I would add a mechanical hard drive for storing music, photos, etc.  They are cheap.   Spend the extra money and get Windows Pro.  If your on a budget you can always get a cheaper case and or power supply.  Plenty of fantastic cases and power supplies cheaper than those selected.  As far as solid state drives I like the PCIe type (faster than sata).  Ive used Intel brands on a few builds as well as Samsung.  The PCIe drives tuck in out of sight on the MB. As far as liquid cooling is concerned, I dont use it on my personal builds.  Its more for people who love to overclock their CPU's, which anymore the stock fans are fine for that too.  So anymore its just a "cool factor" .   But if you live in an non air conditioned house or are going to overclock the piss out of it, I would do liquid cooling.  Just my opinion.  And you know what those are like   

Edited February 4, 2021 by MikeB

[TBB]

I have several of the Samsung SSD drives and are very happy with them.  I use the EVO for cloning/backup - the PRO as my main drive - a bit more expensive but has a greater reliability rating- want your main drive as bullet proof as possible.

[BUDMAN]

@TBB  love you man... !fu TBB  Sir

[TBB]

2 minutes ago, BUDMAN said:

@TBB  love you man... !fu TBB  Sir

What about the horse I rode in on???

[BUDMAN]

Sry you would have to speak someone else. I won't mention any names but his inatials are ROB.

[J3st3r]

Cool Looking case but it is a Shit case as far as cooling. The glass panel on the front looks cool but it is going to block Most of air going to the intake fans. You will want a case with a mesh front panel or you will have problems with overheating your GPU and motherboard. These newer motherboards run a bit toasty and the K skew Intel chips like to run a bit warm.

And a bunch of reviews that people are saying they had to modify the top of the case to make a AIO cooler such as the H100i RGB keep the CPU cool. it has a very restrictive fan grill built into the top of the case. Alot of people took a Dremel tool to it and cut the mesh out. The H115i will not fit because the radiator is to thick. Sounds like it is a bit cramped above the motherboard. And this case retails for $138.99 not the $215.99 that everyone has it marked up to. Cougar is a generic Chinese brand case similar to Roswell.

Here is the older revision with the 2 CD/DVD bays. The Evo was the same price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cougar-Panzer-Max-G-Black-ATX-Full-Tower-Gaming-Case/303306491799?epid=9034985320&hash=item469e79c797:g:8dIAAOSwx8BdlIZg

 

Do not get that SSD, The motherboard has 2 x m.2 PCIe slots on it. The M.2 ssds are literally 5x faster and they are only a couple bucks more for the same quality and name brand SSD.

Here is a good 1tb M.2 SSD.    

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-970-evo-1tb/p/N82E16820147691  

You can get a slightly slower 1tb PCIe M.2 for for under $100. I have this Intel 665p 1tb PCIe M.2. in my computer and It's fast as heck and has a 5 year warranty for under $100.

https://www.newegg.com/intel-665p-series-1tb/p/N82E16820167469 

 

You can get legit Windows 10 product keys for like $5-$10. Why would you spend $110 for it? Google it and you will find 100s of places to buy a product key. Then all you have to do is go Here and download the newest ISO. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

$20 on Ebay but you can get a key on other sites for as low as $1.40 lol.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WiNDOWS-10-PROFESSIONAL-Pro-64-Bit-Dvd-Product-key-FQC-Genuine-SAME-DAY-DELIVERY/274671824625?epid=1159458728&hash=item3ff3b76ef1:g:Z~wAAOSwtBZf88yN

This might be a bit shady but it's only $1.40. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002116144336.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5330710belyFle&algo_pvid=9a749108-0b64-4b73-b29e-989c3d92eae4&algo_expid=9a749108-0b64-4b73-b29e-989c3d92eae4-0&btsid=0b0a555616125055596591813ee3dd&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

These are a really really good name brand case with fantastic cooling. On sale for $89.99.   

White

https://www.newegg.com/fractal-design-meshify-c-white-tg-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352087

Black

https://www.newegg.com/black-fractal-design-meshify-c-tg-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352084

I'm getting the white Meshify C as soon as I have enough spare cash. They are 1 of the top 5 cases for cooling performance and a little Dust on a white case doesn't stick out like a sore thumb like it does on a dark colored case.

Take some of the $200 that you would be saving and buy a couple nice ARGB fan kits.

 

Edited February 5, 2021 by J3st3r

[Dessy]

i just finished an AMD ryzen + 3070 build   will post pics and sppecs soon. 2000$ 

 

Tbh  the powersupply for a 3060 is overkill even if you put 10 HD in it  you aare still good with a 650  this is where you can save serious money 

The case is nice  but like jester said you are better of getting a meshify or a corsair airflow  with 6 fully controlable by motherboard 4pwn rgb  fans

Memory i would go if you are really in to rgb getting 2 sticks of corsair https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820236551?Description=corsair ddr4 3600&cm_re=corsair_ddr4 3600-_-20-236-551-_-Product  you save money here  and the 16 gb dual channel is perfect for gaming  

SSD the same thing  for faster speeds  getting a 1tb nvme drive is a way better option

 

scraping of at least 250$ of your price   and ad that too the budget for the video card you can get a 3080 (if you can get one)

[Painsponge]

Thanks you guys for all the input! I was hoping I could walk away with some tasty tidbits and helpful hints and you did just that. Points taken and considered, now I have to go back and make a few changes. STAY TUNED!!

Thanks again!

 

[MikeB]

Like mentioned above there are cheaper places to get Windows.  But I believe that Microsoft still has the free upgrade system in place.  Meaning as long as you have a legal windows 7 key or another version, you can use that key to activate Windows 10.   I registered as an oem years ago with Microsoft (back in 1998) and still use my old keys to build my personal pc's.   If you have a 7 key save the money and use it.

[Dessy]

51 minutes ago, Painsponge said:

Thanks you guys for all the input! I was hoping I could walk away with some tasty tidbits and helpful hints and you did just that. Points taken and considered, now I have to go back and make a few changes. STAY TUNED!!

Thanks again!

 

that cpu is a good choice  it keeps up a good pace with a AMD 3900x    combining that with  a good NVME drive like a samsung 980 pro  and 16 gb ddr4 3600mghz  and maybe a 3070 or 3080 if you  look for good deals   the case  i would go for a meshify or a corsair airflow one with some nice rgb fan kit  tip for looking for those kits get the one where you can hook each fan too the motherboard itself  not the ones where you hook it all to one  device and one fan header.

oh and about the windows  key https://www.windowscentral.com/how-transfer-windows-10-license-new-computer-or-hard-drive

Gr Dessy  happy building .

Edited February 6, 2021 by Dessy

[MikeB]

39 minutes ago, Dessy said:

oh and about the windows  key https://www.windowscentral.com/how-transfer-windows-10-license-new-computer-or-hard-drive

I think Pain is still using Windows 3.0 !!!    Or Dosshell !!!

[J3st3r]

Win 3.1 was the shit lol.