PC Setups

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How much below the limit are you now?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I’m currently $80 below-limit.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Hm. How much time do you think is left before you make the actual purchase?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

With that money freed up, I got some better storage!
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/H7t3MC
So yeah, the part shuffling will last.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

It can only last so long…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I decided to go bakc to the Q300L but put on some case fans.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kJv4mC
This should have good airflow.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

If this continues for much longer, perhaps you could make a thread for your PC plan?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Eh, this thread serves this purpose well too.

[blackjacksike (Weird FNAF cat)]

@JustaDumbThriver

I decided to use the A580 GPU, because it has more GHz of speed and more VRAM at a lower price than a 1660. Apparently it consumes more power though… What power amount would you recommend for the build?

You should check how well Intel GPUs perform on Linux.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Hasn’t Intel been flaming for a while now?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I looked it up and it looks good.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Is an another plan change to follow soon regarding that then?

[hhyyrylainen]

@JustaDumbThriver

GHz of speed

This doesn’t actually matter in modern computing. You need to look up benchmarks to compare things. The only situation where you can compare GHz in modern hardware is if you have basically variants of the same product, in no other case is the comparison very useful. For example you can compare the GHz of the same GPU model from multiple board partners or CPUs part of the same lineup for example AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series non-X3D variants (because the 3D cache improves the CPU performance while even sometimes lowering the max GHz).

@aah31415

Hm. How much time do you think is left before you make the actual purchase?

This is a very good point that putting a discounted part in the list is not going to stay discounted for long.

@blackjacksike

You should check how well Intel GPUs perform on Linux.

They are actually good. And have been better on Linux than on Windows (though I guess their older DirectX driver translation layer is now good also on Windows).

Linux GPU drivers go AMD > Intel >>> Nvidia (nvidia being the worst by a long mile)

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I recall JaDT said somewhen earlier they plan the PC to be built at most in some 1-2 months, which probably is much longer than these discounts last.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3Jx2fd
I added thermal paste, just in case my cooler doesn’t have it’s own.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Btw JaDT, how dire is your current computer in need of being replaced?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

It takes a while sometimes to load threads and post… posts. So yeah, an upgrade is probably a good idea.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Has this been a problem ever since you joined this forum?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

It started after… A month, I think?