Hi, good people
I haven't bought a new PC since 2007, just some updates here and there after that.
My PC was great at the time, today is a gigantic piece of...
CPU: Core2Duo E6600
Motherboard: Asrock G41C-GS (at the time of buy was an Asus something)
RAM: G.Skill 4gb DDR3
GPU: IPGU from the Asrock (i bought a Geforce 8500 GT, it was great...until 2011 or something. I used to be a gamer
)
HDD: Hitashi 300Gb
OS: Windows Xp
Case: Deepcool Tesseract (it was used to be Thermaltake Soprano)
And....15 years later...it still works. Both the CPU and HDD still going strong.
Now, on the verge of getting a new PC and return from the dark ages.
I already have some components, my question is about the rest of them.
I have:
Case: Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh RGB
PSU: Corsair RM750x
SSD: Gigabyte Aorus 500gb NVMe Gen 4 (for OS and stuff)
HDD: Toshiba P300 3Tb (for storage and stuff)
Monitor: Samsung LS22F 1080p (yes, i know it's not a good gaming monitor, but i also didn't bought it. The monitor i had before was a Samsung 940bw, which was great but only 900p. I'll think on getting a new monitor at a later date)
As for the rest, my idea is:
CPU: I5-12400 (i have no interest in OC)
RAM: 16gb DD4 (on the fence between Crucial and Corsair, but the cheaper then better and still keeping quality. RGB is irrelevant, unless it's cheap)
Motherboard: Asus Tuf Gaming B660-Plus D4
SSD: another one, this time for games (i'm thinking either a NVMe P5 Plus 1TB (120€) or SATA MX500 1TB (100€). The NVMe is always better and the price difference is minimal, but it's the last M.2 connection i have on the motherboard and i was thinking about 2TB, but the prices say no. So, i thought maybe a SATA and buy a NVMe at a later date)
GPU: I'm not going to buy one at this time, i'll wait a few more months, but the idea is a RTX 3060 Ti)
Fans: I'm thinking of getting 1 or 2 additional. The reason being that the Lian Li has 3 fans at the front, and i'll need 1 for exhaust. The question is, either i get only one and put at the rear or top, over the CPU. Or i get two, one for the rear and one at the top and be done with it).
OS: Windows 10 pro (i find no reason for Windows 11 at the time, even more when the update for it is free)
CPU Cooler:................that's the big question. My first idea was a dual fan cooler, but i everywhere i look they all talk about PCIe/RAM clearance, and they all end on being too big. So, i'm going for a single fan, but still haven't really found which due to, once again, clearance. All i know it's that it needs to be a tower and not downdraft. I know that the I5-12400 comes with a cooler, but everywhere i read they all say it's garbage.
BTW, i'm from Portugal and my budget is 1200€ give or take (the less the better).
Use for the PC....games (heavy gamer, all maxed out, but on the single player side, i don't care much for online), online and watching movies/tv shows/youtube...
So, what do you think and what can you advice me about the stuff i'm on the fence about?
I haven't bought a new PC since 2007, just some updates here and there after that.
My PC was great at the time, today is a gigantic piece of...
CPU: Core2Duo E6600
Motherboard: Asrock G41C-GS (at the time of buy was an Asus something)
RAM: G.Skill 4gb DDR3
GPU: IPGU from the Asrock (i bought a Geforce 8500 GT, it was great...until 2011 or something. I used to be a gamer
)HDD: Hitashi 300Gb
OS: Windows Xp
Case: Deepcool Tesseract (it was used to be Thermaltake Soprano)
And....15 years later...it still works. Both the CPU and HDD still going strong.
Now, on the verge of getting a new PC and return from the dark ages.
I already have some components, my question is about the rest of them.
I have:
Case: Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh RGB
PSU: Corsair RM750x
SSD: Gigabyte Aorus 500gb NVMe Gen 4 (for OS and stuff)
HDD: Toshiba P300 3Tb (for storage and stuff)
Monitor: Samsung LS22F 1080p (yes, i know it's not a good gaming monitor, but i also didn't bought it. The monitor i had before was a Samsung 940bw, which was great but only 900p. I'll think on getting a new monitor at a later date)
As for the rest, my idea is:
CPU: I5-12400 (i have no interest in OC)
RAM: 16gb DD4 (on the fence between Crucial and Corsair, but the cheaper then better and still keeping quality. RGB is irrelevant, unless it's cheap)
Motherboard: Asus Tuf Gaming B660-Plus D4
SSD: another one, this time for games (i'm thinking either a NVMe P5 Plus 1TB (120€) or SATA MX500 1TB (100€). The NVMe is always better and the price difference is minimal, but it's the last M.2 connection i have on the motherboard and i was thinking about 2TB, but the prices say no. So, i thought maybe a SATA and buy a NVMe at a later date)
GPU: I'm not going to buy one at this time, i'll wait a few more months, but the idea is a RTX 3060 Ti)
Fans: I'm thinking of getting 1 or 2 additional. The reason being that the Lian Li has 3 fans at the front, and i'll need 1 for exhaust. The question is, either i get only one and put at the rear or top, over the CPU. Or i get two, one for the rear and one at the top and be done with it).
OS: Windows 10 pro (i find no reason for Windows 11 at the time, even more when the update for it is free)
CPU Cooler:................that's the big question. My first idea was a dual fan cooler, but i everywhere i look they all talk about PCIe/RAM clearance, and they all end on being too big. So, i'm going for a single fan, but still haven't really found which due to, once again, clearance. All i know it's that it needs to be a tower and not downdraft. I know that the I5-12400 comes with a cooler, but everywhere i read they all say it's garbage.
BTW, i'm from Portugal and my budget is 1200€ give or take (the less the better).
Use for the PC....games (heavy gamer, all maxed out, but on the single player side, i don't care much for online), online and watching movies/tv shows/youtube...
So, what do you think and what can you advice me about the stuff i'm on the fence about?
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