Recent content by cowface3

Well, I was going to do that at first until I saw you have to add optical drive for another $50, which I don't need. It's a bit misleading. So it's actually $100 more. I have no intention of adding a DGPU. Is the any other reason to get the higher wattage? I can still cancel, but as long as the...

Thanks for putting that together for me, but I decided to up my budget a bit and go with pre-built for convenience. I went with this Dell XPS at $938.82 after $100 AAA member coupon, tax, and free shipping...

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8950-desktop/xd8950adl10h?view=configurations&configurationid=ee6bda89-942d-42eb-8d78-97a6b7e12980 I went with this Dell XPS at $938.82 after $100 AAA member coupon, tax, and free shipping: 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12600K...

Decided I don't want or have the time to build a custom home office pc. Realtor who will need it for office work, many programs and browsing tabs open at once, dual screen, basic graphic design, light video editing. Budget is ideally under $1000. I don't usually buy prebuilt so I have no idea...

Background: My last custom built home office PC finally died, and the PC market seems to have changed a lot recently even. I am a realtor and will be doing basic internet browsing with lots of windows open at once, multiple monitors, Microsoft, excel, office, video conferencing, basic graphic...

I mean I already stretched my budget quite a bit (and already bought a 3600), and it's $100 difference at least. There's also always an argument to get the next best thing for future-proofing, but do I really need a 3700x to play video games at low settings a few years from now? I'm not going to...

I was considering getting a psu tester, but I wasn't sure how accurate the cheaper ones are. I guess it's better than testing on new parts. Would a cheap one like this suffice...

Thanks for the info. I will probably go with the stock cooler for now and then get a better one when I see a better deal. I was also gifted a closed loop CPU water cooler (still reading about what it is and how it works. At first I thought it needed a pump and stuff). It probably won't even fit...

Honestly most of the prices seem to suck and stock seems to be low on a lot of commonly recommended parts, which is part of the reason I increased my budget (everyone is clearly using that $1,200 check wisely - myself included). Here is the final build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jH2qXv I...

Yes, I know haha. I apologize, and thanks for putting together the lower budget build. I decided against a cheaper build after reading everyone's comments and digging more into the difference between the two builds (your original best bang for the buck choices in the first part of the thread are...

First, thanks for all the valuable input everyone. After more research, I've decided to go with the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Tomohawk MAX, and I pulled the trigger on a best buy combo deal since the motherboards seem to be selling out. The enthusiast part of me also couldn't resist upping it a bit...

Sorry, I guess I'm not sure what the budget should be since it's been a long time. Budget is low end. Just enough to play video games at smooth, functioning levels (no lag or interruption). The graphics don't have to look great. Using pcpartpicker, I found a couple recommended guides for...

Hi everyone, It's been quite a long time since I've built a gaming rig, and I was wondering if building custom is still the best bang for the buck in the budget gaming range? And what kind of price range am I looking at to be able to play games like Apex Legends (that's mostly what I play now)...

and yeah I added an SSD before I ordered it! Came out to $230 including tax and shipping

this is the one I went with...