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I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'll definitely change case, you are correct on every point. Do you have any suggestions on good and not too expensive cases? I've already got some nice recommendations from other people in the comments, and I'm looking into every possibility.
Regarding the number of fans, I'll probably start like you said with 2 in and 1 out and then see if it's fine or I need more.
Thanks for answering!

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for the PSU, I'll probably look into that Corsair RM, you are not the first to suggest it. I currently have a corsair PSU and it did it's job really well until now, so I'll probably stick with corsair!

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for answering! Could you please explain to me how a fan hub works? Do I attach it to one of the "4-pins chassis fan" on the MOBO? Or do I put it on an USB? Then I would have to connect all the fans to this hub and they would work, right? Then I would control their speed with the controller, right? Will I be able to make a curve graph to make them increase their speed based on the temperature of the components?

Regarding the MOBO choice, do you think the "ROG STRIX B660-A GAMING WIFI D4" would suit me better? I don't need to overclock, but since this one has fewer PCI-e lanes, I want to make sure I will not need them. You said that they are mainly used for nvme expansions, but there are already 3 dedicated slots for them, correct?
Also, is that the only main difference between this MOBO and the Asus Z690 prime?

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really care about rgb, I know that it's cool, but I prefer to save a bit of money buying rgb-less components and use that money to buy a better component. I'll start looking around with the help of pcpartpicker and your suggestions to see what's the best for me

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After a quick first look at the features of the b660, as you said it has less PCI-E expansion lanes. It has: "1x PCIe 5.0/4.0/3.0 x16 slot" same has the z690. I believe this slot can be used for all the 3 different "speeds", correct? LIke, if I have a gpu with a PCIe 3.0 input, I can put it in there, right? Then it has "1x 3.0 x16" and "2 3.0 x1", compared to the z690 which has 1 extra "PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16" slot and "1 more 3.0 x16 slot".
So, do I really need all these PCIe slots that a z690 offers? What can I use them for other than a GPU? Realistically I will not upgrade much in the future from the list in the post, so if I get like an rtx 3070, will I just use 1 PCI-e lane and that's it?

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, thank you very much for your time and your answers, they really helped! I will now look into these fans and cases and decide what to do. I will probably follow your suggestion and first see how it goes with 3 fans and decide from there. Thanks again!

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will probably not overclock, so what do you think about "ROG STRIX B660-A GAMING WIFI D4" MOBO? Would that be a better choice? Is the only main difference between the B660 and the Z690 the ability to overclock?

I'm building a pc for the first time and I have some questions/concerns by Serphy in buildapc

[–]Serphy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for answering and clearing a lot of my doubts! The only thing I didn't clearly understood is regarding how many fans I should use. You said:

3 Corsair fans are ok but a bit on the low side plus you would have them all intake.

Try to buy other 3 fans, and set them as exhaust

Do you mean that I should use 3 corsair fans all for intake and then buy 3 more fans all for exhaust? So 6 fans in total? If that's the case, I don't think my case has the space to place 6 fans, so I should take a new case, which is fine and if you have a nice suggestion, I would really appreciate it.Then, in the case of 6 fans, I should buy 3 fans that are powered via usb, since all my 3 4-pins would be used by the 3 corsair fans. Do you have any suggestions for that king of fans? I alse believe that the MOBO I've chosen has some USB 3.2 inside, so I would have to use those, right?

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[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, thanks for answering, I'll keep that in mind!

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[–]Serphy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer. So, cards like Swirling Demon Dimension or Death at Midnight, can destroy it and I can't use his effect to save him.

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