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Planning on building a PC, anything I should know? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm planning on building a PC soon and, while I have done plenty of research, I'd like to hear advice from people who have experience in the area personally. It's also just nice talking to other people in general, lol

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

On the other hand, I bought a beefy power supply in my last rig based on advice that I'll want room for upgrades, but I never did. It's not really of interest to me to fuff around with upgrades.

As a patient gamer, by the time my rig isn't able to handle modern games, it's time for a completely new build.

Also, I care a lot about noise (and thus heat), so I'd rather keep my entire build's thermal profile low, using lower-power components.

My new build, I only included enough extra power for some extra HDDs (including extra overhead for power spikes).