PC Setups

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

@JustaDumbThriver

Nevermind, apparently 1TB is good for my purposes.

You can close the poll then probably

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

Looks great! I’d love a smaller case and motherboard than I have tbh, yours looks real cute. Mint is one of the OSes of all time, I recommend it.

Also I have an 850 watt PSU, I think it’s an appropriate amount of PSU, it’s future proof if you want a beefy GPU one day

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

What is the highest generally used wattage?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Here’s the updated list:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yqFcjn
And I think the 1650 will do for a bit.

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

Oh yeah a 1650 is a perfectly good GPU for KSP, complete overkill if you don’t like mods. If you do want, say, every mod, I’d recommend a 1660 or 1070 as a drop in upgrade (they do require PSU cables)

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

At which point does one enter watercooling necessity?

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

Necessity? Probably never (wafer scale tech? Quad GPU setups?). It’d be a really good idea if you dislike thermal throttle/fan noise and dust everywhere? Me if I upgrade my CPU and get a cute little case like I want.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

I wanna install RSS/RO/RP1 on it, and those mods can eat up some RAM apparently.
And KSP does not really use much GPU apparently…

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

From which point should water cooling be used from though?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

I decided I might as well use a 1660.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g2vg4p

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

Is this the final change to the plan you think?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

It very well could be, since I don’t want to go past $900.

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

And you are nearing this limit, correct?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

$60 dollars from the limit…

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

I suppose there’s still room for one or two improvements…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

I’m pretty happy with the PC, so I geuss I just study the building.

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

You mean the casing of the PC?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

As in how to build it.

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

Oh. How long do you think this theory of the building will take to learn?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Apparently it’s easy to build a PC, but watching a single video isn’t as good as watching multiple. More watches = better.