As I’ve grown older I’ve fully given up on making my pc look fancy. I like the black box with clean cables and great airflow. No RGB no water cooling, just pure simplicity

1:54 PCIe 5 4:44 GPU coolers 7:34 Motherboard power phases 11:54 CPU cores 22:10 DDR5 17:00 Fans 19:13 RGB

Big takeaway: Don't let your consumerism habits / thinking patterns get the best of you---keep them at bay. The better you do that, the happier your wallet and experience will be when upgrading your systems. (Saved me from going overboard and sinking in excitement, thank you)

I feel totally validated as someone who usually waits a couple of years to buy something "new" like the rig I bought a few months back would have cost 4 times the amount just two years ago and it does a fine job for what I need, basically some games and an entertainment centre. I really enjoy this channel and the tips are super useful for someone who used to be into PC's heavily about 10 years ago and just started to get back into it. Things have changed and you explain it so well. Thanks.

I like seeing the extravagant builds, but these realistic advice videos get a double thumbs up from me.

Jay's channel always leaves me feeling like he really cares about his viewers. Like he's really putting in the effort to make sure none of us get ripped off.

Preach! I say the same stuff to my friends and others in discussions all the time. Everyone online is such an elitist and it's so draining. Everyone is clout chasing and wants to have the best and be the coolest. The first two questions I ask when helping someone are; "What are you tying to do on it?" and "What is your budget?". Thank you for trying to humble some people online. It's much needed.

14:58 I remember when DDR2 was a new thing and now I feel even older than I did before.

This guy is my first stop when researching any gaming computer topic, and it's gutsy to critique an industry that you are part of, appreciate the honesty.

Stop wasting your money on this stuff: 2:00 1. PCIe Gen 5 - Current GPUs don’t come close to saturating Gen 4, no consumer grade products fully supported yet 4:40 2. Large Coolers on Mid-Range Graphics Cards - Your 3060 Ti with gddr6 memory doesn't need a 450w cooler, AIBs are using these to overcharge 7:37 3. Excessive Power Phases on Motherboards - Most consumers come nowhere near requiring this except in niche use cases when trying to push OCs as high as they can. Nice to have but not a necessity. 10:25 4. Expensive High Core Count CPUs - manufacturers pushing core density rather than speed, 4C8T with hyper-threading is enough to meet the demands of the average consumer/gamer 14:12 Common sense point - consider opportunity cost and spend more on what has the most impact for your use case. For gaming, it may be better to spend less on the CPU/motherboard and allocate more of your budget towards the graphics card 14:30 5. DDR5 - doubling of data rate/speed isn't worth it at current prices for the average consumer unless they're doing something that uses a lot of system memory 17:00 6. Expensive Fans - Look at performance gains to price, performance and reliability of the fan ultimately relies on the bearing type. 19:13 7. RGB - RGB should not be a deciding factor when purchasing components

My computer: that GPU won't fit. Me : say hello to angle grinder

I don’t search for RGB, I get stuck with it.

As for me, I've learned that I've most enjoyed spending excess money on the peripherals - Quiet fans that I don't hear, a nice computer chair, a mechanical keyboard with switches that I like the sound and feel of, a mouse that fits my hand, nice speakers, a good camera, a wireless doc for my cell phone, a good monitor. Basically, it's all the things I come into contact the most, but don't consider, when building a PC that I'm going to use for the next 7 years.

I genuinely got upset when the cheapest RAM within my chosen parameters had RGB. Same with my CPU cooler, the only reason it has RGB is because it was the only confirmed LGA-1700 compatible, CPU cooler under $120 available at that time. RGB can absolutely visually enhance a system, but only if it's designed with that in mind. In a mostly solid black case with some mesh it just becomes an annoying distraction.

I am buying new parts for my pc right now and was struggling to chose what i should buy.. That video was really helpful because i had the exact same thought about my motherboard and processor.

My son who works for me turned me on to your channel. We do IT work. I have a higher end music studio and you are SO RIGHT about single core. When I am maxing my CPU for VST (Virtual Intruments) they mostly tax the single core capability. They also run in RAM (which is why I have 48GB RAM). So, when building I focused on that and as you stated, the guys obsessed with multi-core specs find their CPU spiking on large VST instruments and samples and wonder why. Homework homework homework. STOP HYPE STOP HYPE Good work sir, I hope people listen.

I agree with the RGB. I wanted a system with 0 RGB but that is literally impossible to find once you pass a certain price point. So all my RGB is just white for a clean look.

I love when new tech comes out because "last" gen gets extremely cheap and gets insane value. especially if its a generation switch like DDR5 and PCIe 4 or 5.

I totally agree with you on DDR5 and changing for PCIe5, there is a small benefit of PCIe5 that you can use less lanes per device as devices come available

Omg thanks so much as I was scratching my head because Ive had crashes of memory and was about to dump money in my whole system again for DDR5. I love UKposts because of people like yourself who educate the consumers! Ive just took a day I was available and cleaned my system and including repasting the thermal in my GPU and my temps have dropped by 10 degrees. No more overheating thanks to watching a few videos, including yours on spreading it with a plastic squeege because my first time, I tried a pea size and it wasnt the proper coverage

I agree that the upsale on cooling is absolutely insane these days. At some price points, I can literally buy a dozen fans for the price of a premium RGB of the same size.

What pisses me off is that sometimes, no RGB stuff is more expensive than stuff with RGB, and its harder to find. No, I don't want my PC to look like a children's toy and I have to pay more for it apperantly

This video helped me alot. Im gathering the parts for my first build. I only have the PSU and graphics card so far. Both are highly regarded and well reviewed and took out more than half my budget. But im learning and being patient. Thank you for the solid advice and expertise you dish out. Its helps people more than you know.

Great content, thank you for sharing. The ram section was especially helpful.

4:42 Large coolers on midrange cards do help in regions with room temperature above 30°C, which is more commonplace than you think. Temps on GPUs ain't always about power consumption. Even with good airflow, low end 3060Tis tend to hit 80°C easily during summer where I'm from. Room temp can hit 36°C easily.

Just finished my pc rebuild. You were so much help. It's smoking fast and runng cool. Thanks to you I saved tons of money I don't have. Keep up the great work.

I agree with the sentiments regarding RGB. When I built a new gaming system last year looked for components without RBG. I don't need, nor want, my tower, under the desk, to be lit up like a carnival. I ended up with far more RGB embedded in my various parts than I expected. I didn't plug in any of the RBG. That left the graphics card and CPU header with built in lighting. It was actually a challenge to find the same parts without RGB.

Thank you for all your content. It's really nice to see someone tell it like it is. I haven't built a new since 2012 with an AMD A6-5400K Dual core on a AsrockFM2A78M Pro3+ board. It still runs to this day. It is a little sluggish with the newer games like Subnautica and OSIRIS but it is not to the point where i wanted to upgrade. Now with VR and the newer games i am forced to upgrade. Your video helped me decide what i wanted to upgrade to. Thanks for the help, even though this video is 11 month old.

When I started rebuilding my pc last month, you became the main guy I relied on for the most up to date and factual information. You have yet to let me down. Thank you for always giving the best info

The reason I like Jay is because his recommendations are more realistic and down to Earth. Not a fan of the "must have the best" hype other channels push their viewers to buy. Just figure out what you need from your PC and build accordingly. I've seen so many people buying the highest spec components and crazy things like 64GB RAM for a UKposts and Facebook machine. More people need to watch Jay videos to have more realistic goals building their PCs.

Thx J, still holds true a year later! absolutely somerhinf to keep in mind ^^

I didn't care about rgb when I built my PC but the Arc a770 came with them and I saw the appeal. My final upgrade was fans and after some shopping around I found the Antec f12 fans, $25 bucks for 5 12v rgb on Amazon. Nothing super crazy or fancy and plugged straight into my mobo. Couldn't be happier! As a first time builder I was at a loss looking up rgb install videos (cuz I'm overly cautious and didn't want to fry anything on my brand new board) cuz everything was about controllers this and controllers that. They are making it complicated when it doesn't have to be. Eventually it came down to "well, that's the 4 pin plug and these are 4 pin rgbs". Yeah, no fire and lots of airflow 👍

One key take away from my end is "NEED TO HAVE" Vs "NICE TO HAVE" comparison is must when we buy some new hardware. Thank you Jayz for another great video.

Part of my addiction in building PCs was being able to build a gaming powerhouse that could do virtually all of what you can get from the highest end parts for a fraction of the cost. One of the difficulties at the moment is that currently budget and mid range stuff = last gen. We're only getting very high end/ high cost parts on next gen. It's far less exciting to build.

Very good information about the genral pricing of computer parts and spotting on inflated prices especially on fans.Extraordinary video and also reminding on our budget. Thanks. 10/10.

Thanks for this advice. I'm shopping for components and this has been very useful.

Jay on realistic advice videos: "You don't need these!" Jay on his extreme build videos: "You gotta have these!"

One thing about the RGB component of it. Kids really do care about it and it is important to them. I know when I built my daughters gaming PC I was excited because it got a 3060 GPU a 5600X CPU and 32 gigs of RAM. She was excited because it played video games and it was pretty to look at.

My 2600k and 2500k work as well as ever, but I guess it's getting close to upgrading time. I haven't followed the world of components closely in along time so these types of videos are very valuable to me. Plextor m5 Pro from 2013 is getting sketchy too... :P The GTX 580 unfortunately gave up after almost 10 years, but fortunately I managed to find a 3070. After several months...

I just watched this video a year after release and find two take away gems. First, I agree with pretty much everything you said, which is unusual in itself, and gives me confidence I have caught up with the key aspects of modern computer tech after a decade or so away from keeping up to date. Second gem is nothing has really changed in a year. The advice in this video is just as relevant now as it was a year ago. Maybe high speed USB etc connectors could be added to the list of unnecessary features? Only one aspect I have a mildly differing opinion, and that's the oversize coolers on graphics cards. I like my computers silent and for years I have put up with low power but 100% passive cooled graphics cards. When I saw cards costing 100's of dollars with three fans I laughed and rejoiced in my 100% silent card that runs the occasional game at 1080p and no more for my old eyes wont be tell the difference! It took being donated a graphics card to find that these extra fans are actually used to spin slower and quieten things down. Not to make as much noise as possible as the old graphics cards fans used to do! When was this change made? So anyway, if an oversize cooler helps quieten things down, then that is a cost paid once, and the benefits enjoyed every time the computer is used for non-gaming purposes in particular. I suggest that your comparison with a Ferrari with Honda engine is a little harsh, since there is an actual real world benefit with that oversize cooler. It's quite possible for anyone who uses their computer for mainly productive reasons may find that the extra quiet operation benefits far exceed a tiny frame rate increase they could barely perceive with old eyes not remotely interested in the burden of unnecessarily high resolution displays! That's another thing to add to the list of unnecessary tech! Ultra high rez displays. Astonishing power requirements to move so much memory around so quickly whose greatest effect can be seen on the electricity bill and the planet. Imagine Greta's face! Maybe an updated video Jay, to show how little actually needed updating. That is a powerful insight in itself in my opinion.

This video proves why Jay is a powerful and reliable voice and mind in the tech-space. He hits us with the realness we all need; tells us peons if we really need that shiny stuff that we always see them play with. The crucial questions. Is that feature a need? or a nice to have? Do you need it to be stable? or are you okay with adapting to the quirks of new-gen tech?

It's hard to know who to trust anywhere & especially in the PC business but JayzTwoCents is that guy. He puts out videos that could be detrimental to his business & profitability but has the moral character to do it anyway. I always take what he says as near gospel. You're the real OG Jay.

I`ve got 6 Corsair`s LL120 in my build. 3 of them have already been installed in the case, and more reasonable was to buy 3 more of the same, even if they op , then buy 6 new.

Much love and respect to you and your channel JayzTwoCents

Best advise NEVER jump on the first round of a new platform. As someone who does Blender animations on a Ryzen 9 3800X the new AM5 stuff looks sweet but I will wait till in matures a bit.

I wanted 16gb DDR5 with a 12700K but after looking it up I ended up getting 32gb DDR4 with a 12600K and I have no regrets. The money I saved helped me get a 3070ti faster.

Your vids are really helping me stay in my budget. Thanks!

Great advice Jay. Holding on to your money with potential financial storms brewing in the world is a super sound ideology. On the other hand, one decent reason to get a rig refresh going is with all the crazy stuff still raging in the Ukraine, there is a definite chance supply chains can be broken and thus availability could be scarce and drive prices up even higher than the current way over MSRP BS. It's difficult once you have the upgrade bug to shake it off and avoid charging the hill to the latest and greatest. Keep preaching the message though...it will save so many from pile driving their bank account.

This has been the case since the 90's. Pushing new tech upgrades, but waiting for a year and a half for the adoptions to start showing up supporting the new tech. It's an endless cycle that never changes. JayzTwoCents, don't ever change, I love your videos! If only you were a politician, we would vote for you, because of your honesty to the public.

One trap I feel I might be falling into myself is trying to buy silenced everything. Silent fans, silent coolers, silenced case etc., all the while planning on using mid-to-low range components that won't draw that much power, and so are probably not even going to generate enough heat to need noisy cooling in the first place.

Man this is some solid advice. I’m doing my build now and it’s making me think what I really need vs what the products will provide.

Some have placed HEPA filters fixtures over the fans and intakes to reduce the dust that collects inside the rig. They change them out monthly.

Love videos like this. The tech market is full of "Buy this! It's so fast! So neat! So shiny!" and this helps keeps people grounded.

One question I'm always asking is "What do you want to do with it?" I can remember so many cases of fantastically over-powered machines used by people who are basically browsing. But beyond that basic level, the question is important to me because I'm not a gamer, but I am a video editor. So, I'm paying attention to processor, RAM, and a fast SSD as well as the parallel-processing aspects of the video card, not so much on FPS or other gaming metrics (looking more at workstation cards as opposed to gaming cards).

I bought all the parts for my system almost two years ago. For around $1k. Assembled it myself. RX580 graphics card Rizen 5 2600 and a B450 board. Just this month I needed to add a bigger storage drive. Went from a regular ssd to a M.2 ssd only because I needed more storage. And I didn't want to dig too far into the basement of the system. Some day I may upgrade but only when it is needed.

Really appreciate this. I don't know if you've done one of these for someone looking to set up an amature video production system (first I've seen of your videos) but I will search your channel and see what you've done. It's a bit frustrating becuase PC building seems like it's completely dominated by gamers, which I am not so, it makes it hard to figure out what combination of components I would need for audio/video production. This is further complicated by the fact that I am going to be on Fedora Linux. Anyways, thanks again.

I've been saying exactly this about CPU's/core counts for years now, especially in the realm of laptops! The laptop market is the worst for it... They keep throwing in i7s and even i9s and the ryzen equivalents into MIDTIER gaming laptops where 80% of those cores/threads will never be needed not to mention they'll end up thermally throtteling due to the higher wattage of those chips. Instead it would be much better if the extra money spent on those fancier cpus were spent on things that might make a real difference like better GPU, higher quality screen, higher frequency ram in the case of ryzen models, etc

This advice is such a breath of fresh air amidst the torrent of rah-rah techno hyper-consumerism that many tech channels and web sites promote. Suggestion for the list of things to not waste your money on: Gaming mice that claim 25000 DPI and 8 KHz polling rates, among other absurd specs.

these words are so wise, the fan and rgb really resonates with me

Last summer I noticed a good cooling system is very important if you actually want to play your tripple A graphics games when in your appartment are more than 40°C (with a 3080Ti) instead of having blue screens. But right now it's great. Saving heating costs.

Assuming AMD supports AM5 the same way they supported AM4, I could see buying a slightly more pricey board with pcie gen 5 so as to not need a mobo upgrade a few years from now when gen 5 might be a nice thing to have. Once again assuming they don't go the Intel route of effective only 1 cpu generation supported by mobos.

My wife and I live in state without Microcenter, so finding graphics cards was tough. We were in a state with one, and she wanted a mid range card. The best deal we could get was a Strix 3060, which definitely is overkill, but the next step up of available cards were 1,000+ dollar cards😭 Sometimes you gotta get what you can get

In my 40’s and still building PCs and gaming and still better than my kids! 😂 I enjoy all the cool designs and flashy lights open concept cases etc. I admit I bought into the hype but I enjoy it. Best advice I would give is just have a parts list and budget in mind before going down the path of building a new rig. It’s a hobby and hobbies are expensive (I have several) have fun doing it, share with the community!

Yeah...i agree comepletely. I upgraded just a few weeks ago to R5 5600, ROG Strix B550-F, 1 GB Samsung 980 M.2, and moved a 1080, a couple of SATA SSDs and 16 GB of 3200 DDR4 over from the old system. It might not be flashy, but performance pr $ is great and it is actually plenty powerful enough to do some real work too. That system would be enough for 99% of non-enthusiast users. Certainly enough for me.

I love that Jay always says, I tell you something, but it's only my opinion, my point of view, my experience. But go on and check other UKpostsrs, forums, inform yourself and build your own experience. This is what our world needs, adults that actually educate themselve and not just believe everything someone says. Not only in fancy computer stuff or things like that.

Regarding RGB I find it harder and harder to get (quality) components without it, and that bugs me as I want my system to be streamlined and with no unneeded lights at all. My main system right now has 1 green led for power on and 1 red for hd/m.2 activity, anything more... waste of energy.

Putting together a pc for the first time and honestly, I'm mostly doing it so I can have myself a solid production/gaming rig that doesn't have *any* RGB in it lol. I personally don't like all the fancy schlock marketed towards gamers, and it's saved me quite a bit of money avoiding it.

I am building a new high end PC and have made it a point to get everything without RGB. I don't need a night club. I will be looking at the nice framerate not at my case.

In a couple of years, I think these upgrades will be welcomed. Right now, there aren't even any games on PC that will highlight the benefits of this technology.

I pay extra to not have any RGB in my stuff. I'd probably have the Fractal case with no window and the Filco keyboard anyway, but being solid black with no LEDs is a must-have.

My last build was in 2018 and is still running strong, I left behind childish concepts of funky lights, it's a black box, clean cables, no manufacturer stickers, it feels like a matte black stealth bomber where you can't tell how powerful or weak it is, and that's part of the mind-game, inconspicuous. The only "rgb" in it is the GPU and I've set it to glow white, that's it.

@JayzTwoCents Great videos! I would love for you to do an updated video of all all these topics. Stuff has come so far in the last year, I'm curious to see what you think now.

My 980ti with a 4770k and 32 gb of ddr3 is still going strong as my VR machine. I'm waiting a year before doing a high end build.

THIS! I love these videos, Jay. Bless you for cutting through the "SHINY!!" and helping people get what they NEED. I'm still rolling a 2700X on a TUF B450, 32GB, and until just recently I had a 1070Ti. I'm not a bleeding edge performance guy, and I NEVER do a complete rebuild, opting for crawling through upgrades a few parts at a time. I was holding on RTX through 20-series because it wasn't matured yet, and then GPU-pocalypse hit. I only NOW just picked up a 3070Ti FTW3 for retail cost because I waited. I'll probably either go final-gen AM4 when it gets cheap after AM5, or I might bite the bullet and leap to AM5 once I find out more about longevity. Carefully considered and planned upgrades have always been my favorite way to grow.

I remember building a tower system for a guy who wanted a high-end PC with all the latest fastest components. A year later, he phoned the workshop demanding an engineer to come out because the system failed to boot up; when I went to his home, I found out the problem, the DVD drive was covered with coffee; I thought he was joking when he said the coffee cup holder was not opening.

Thanks for explaining these aspects of the current pc tech traps !!

Thank you for making this video. You have made me appreciate my 5 year old i7-7700k again.

I agree with a lot of these points, especially RGB, but generally when I build a pc I'm trying to make it as quiet as possible, so those bigger coolers and expensive fans do make a difference to me - not because they're big and shiny (the fans are normally noctua, not something covered in RGB) but because some of them are a lot quieter than others

I stripped a failing GPU fan, luckily it had sideways air flow on the heatsink. So I just sped up my case fan for PCIe cards and it cooled perfectly with a stable RPM.

for someone in the pc assembly for 25 years this was nothing new, but damn i couldn't stop watching due to your enthusiasm or honesty, i mean its not scripted you 101% believed every word you said. Great video

I did NZXT's build a pc online setup about 2 years ago and my pc is still running fantastic. Nothing but good things from them so far!

Little sidenote to the PCIe 5.0 preamble: While I agree that PCIe 4.0 is not needed for GPUs for the most part, it must be noted that there are some edgecases where PCIe 4.0 vs. 3.0 does result in a significant performance difference. GPUs with both limited VRAM and PCIe lanes have been shown to significantly drop in performance on gen 3 when they need to frequently swap data in and out of VRAM. The most prominent example for such a card would be the RX 6500 XT. I know this was not the focus of the point made in the video, since it's more about PCIe 5.0, but PCIe 4.0 vs. 3.0 was mentioned as well and I think this is a necessary disclaimer to the sentiment of not trusting anyone who tells you that PCIe generation does matter.

A year plus later and this is still so valid. I oogled the high priced, $6000+ premier top shelf PC at my Microcenter, but instead went with a more budget friendly Intel i7 14700KF with a GeForce RTX 4070ti, which was only $2100 total. It's more than enough for my uses these days and was actually less than the computer I built from the same store 8 years ago with top shelf parts(at that time). I wasn't looking for 3 slots for m.2 and 4 sata port headers, but they're on the MB. The case has a RGB controller on it and the PC was set up with RGB fans and a CPU water block, but I didn't even have that on a wish list, it's just part of the prebuilt PC. It does have a 850watt PSU because that was a minimum requirement of mine, with easy access to it to swap out if I need to replace/upgrade it. Also, it has a dedicated usb for firmware upgrade, which I've seen this channel use, but wasn't anything I was expecting to see on a PC I purchased - also wireless and blue tooth on the MB, which I don't need at all and have software disabled right now. Maybe I'll use it later, or not, but didn't need it.

For budget GPUs, Worst part is PCIe Gen 4/5 is important to the far budget end, which previously did not have access to Gen4/5 as those cards have cut down PCIe lanes causing actual performance differences. New budget builders should have this problem.

With YEARS of experience, I have never seen where extreme cooling pays off for overclocking purposes. The cost of the cooling will allow you to get the better CPU you are trying to over clock to.

"I've never once experienced a CPU that seem like it was being held back by putting it on a lower end motherboard" You should try to put even a 12600k on a "officially supported" B660 lower-end board, like some of the ASRock ones. But do it Jay, try it. And you'll be surprised by the results... very unpleasantly surprised. HWB did test this, and even a 12600K was choked off of 20% of it's performance by insufficient power delivery.

My PC & CPU Cooling: A+ computer building at Dell Inc, 4 years. Last build 2019 I got a used $50 sun Microsystems server rack. It's just over 6 ft tall almost 2 ft wide and 3 ft deep. There's two working movable lights to see inside and 5, 200mm muffin fans @ 425cfm each. Three gaming PC boards inside and when I want to add a new computer I just install it in the case with a new power supply. It stays out in the garage and I run the monitor and USBS through the wall to my " Heritage Hill executive U-desk with Hutch classic cherry desk" in the house. I wired the micro switch start button box for each computer 1,2 and 3. Soon to be a 4th. Never have a problem with Cooling and since it's out in the garage I don't hear it, and it's supposed to be 20° tonight and Missoula Montana 3/17/23. To me my PC server project is like a generator. You're not going to be putting a bunch of lights on it. And I never will have the cost again of buying another PC case and making sure that the video card will fit. I LOVE THIS THING.

I’m watching this on December 2023, and I believe it’s even more relevant than before.thank you for this amazing video

I've said it before and I'll say it again: case and power supply matter more than anything else. Get a quality case with plenty of airflow and a quality power supply with plenty of wattage FIRST. Then worry about everything else.

Always love your takes and no nonsense approach. Looking out for consumers/subs. It is the reason I watch your content & use it as a reference point before looking for new equipment before I do any upgrades. I'm my own worst fiscal enemy and having you temper my purchases with common sense is greatly appreciated. Keep up the great content!

The only one of these that I would break would be high court count or PCIE 5 for storage when that does come out. I'm a software engineer, and having access to many threads is always a good thing.

15:41 I agree I got a R9 3900x with an RTX 3070, and 32gb DDR4 and I want to upgrade to a 7 series ryzen but TBH I don't need to upgrade for minimum of three years. I built this system in 2020 so I'm already three years into this PC.

This was a great video Jay , your advice is very considerate of the consumers. Love to you and your staff

The PC market needs more of this. Thank you, Jay!

Recently bought the last pieces for a pc case, mobo and power supply ive bought around 3 years ago. And honestly, i could not make a better decision since i've spent a lot for me (2k) but with that i've not only completed the rig but alsogot myself an L shaped desk, all the peripherals (streamer mic, headset, keyboard, mouse and a nice monitor with a higher refresh rate that had nice reviews) For a 20 year old, i am proud, hopefully i wont break something while putting it together lol

In keeping with the theme of this video I would like to give a shoutout to Microcenter, I was choosing components and had not built or kept up with motherboard tech over the last 5 years or so and needed some pointers. The build your own pc tech at MC pointed out that all the boards they carried had the same bus overheard and the only major difference was over clocking functionality which I had no interest in, making my choice and their recommendation super easy, cheapest board they had on the shelf and I’ve been super happy with it. 😊

I like this video because it's educating people on how to not unknowingly over spend. There are so many videos where people are showing so many sick builds but not educating people on what is needed based on what your doing. I am an IT professional who usually builds something every 2 years or so. I just replaced my cougar conqueror case build with one using the Thermaltake P90 case. On my latest build I bought the corsair i150 GPU cooler with LCD ($289 plus tax) is over priced especially since I did not need a liquid cooler just wanted it for the screen and the look. I know I over paid to get the look I wanted. Knowing over paying is different from buying something you think you need and paying way to much for it and unknowing overpaying for something sucks. Glad your educating people who need to know the difference on what the difference is. Keep up the good work

I found this video very helpful thanks.

Thanks for this. To many people get lost in the shuffle, especially when you start this fun hobby of building computers and gaming.

I've been using corsair fans for years, finally did a build with less rgb and used some diyfab fans, 17$ for like 5. And honestly the fans are much better built, and perform at the same speeds with less noise. I love them and will probably step away from rgb fans in the future. Save me like 300 bones on my builds lol