I made the following parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4ksFHG
Costs 900 USD. I’ve got 100 dollars extra, what should I upgrade? Or just leave it as is and spend the last hundred on a nicer monitor? This will be a gaming pc. Must be an AMD GPU tho, and the mobo needs to have wifi. Thanks all :)
EDIT: i think imma spend it on case fans. 4 be quiet! SILENT WINGS 4 (3x140mm, 1x120mm) to keep the noise down
EDIT 2: heres the updated list: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/strawbee/saved/rzTCrH
added some case fans, nicer ram, a nicer mobo (the first one didnt have usb gen 2 header, need it for the usb c port on the case). I do plan on getting the 7600 XT rather than the 6700 whenever that releases
Noctua fans!
i went with bequiet! for them to be quiet lol. ik noctua will cool better, but im not willing to sacrifice noise (pc part picker says noctua would be 5db louder on the low end). coming from a laptop that sounds like a jet taking off, i just want peace and quiet. unless u mean case fans? replace the nzxt ones maybe? that could actually be a good idea
Yeah! Those are also great. If you want ultra quiet, definitely replace the case fans. 32GB if ram is honestly plenty if you’re just gaming, so the only other place you could spend $100 is going to be to try and snag an on-sale upgrade for the GPU or CPU.
how many case fans should i have? the case supports
Front:2 x 120mm / 2 x 140mm
Top:1 x 120mm / 1 x 140mm
Rear:1 x 120mm
according to NZXT’s website. I plan to put 140mm where i can as theyll be quieter at the same cfm
A nice mouse and keyboard. Especially for a gaming PC. There’s a few good mechanical keyboards you can get for under $100 too. HyperX isn’t bad, and has a nice price point on their mouse and keyboards imo. (Though they were bought by HP last year, so who knows about the future quality of the brand)
OR a nice headset if you don’t have one yet.
At that price point I think the very soon to come 7600 XT is the better card. Will launch with that exact SEP.
Maybe an extra SSD for more game storage?
I’ve got 2.5 tb currently, though that is running out quicker than expected.maybe
I would just add another 2 sticks of RAM
64 GB of ram? why? ill buy that when I need it, I dont think I do right now with this configuration
As someone who’s a bit daft. Can you explain what issues AMD has with more than 2 sticks? I’ve got 4 with AMD, and I haven’t noticed anything.
Calling it very flaky is somewhat strong but there are a lot of cases (or at least people repeating it) of people not getting 4 sticks stable on overclock profiles. I don’t know any numbers ofcourse but if you have the luxury to plan ahead and go for 2x16 you won’t risk it.
Some reading: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1469735-4-sticks-of-ram-zen4/ (not only talks about zen4)
