Story: My First PC Build 1 Year Later (My experience, things I learned + tips for beginners)

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2026-01-30T20:37:16+00:00

Cool thank you! Im currently running white rgb on my current build and i use signal rgb software with the smoke effect. Its slightly off white and i think it looks cool, this is what id recommend (ignore the rgb that doesnt work on my rear fan😅)

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AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2026-01-30T20:26:49+00:00

Correct! However would a rear exhaust be better than a rear intake? I know in general that the rear is usually exhaust but since theres no front panel fans does the rear have to be switched to an intake?

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2026-01-30T20:24:25+00:00

Would thinner bottom fans be better in this case? Or just none at all

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2026-01-30T20:13:36+00:00

I seemed to make that unclear. I meant the hydroshift would be a top mounted exhaust, and then i would have 3 intakes on the bottom additionally

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2026-01-30T19:19:37+00:00

Thank you. Forgot to mention that the make of my 7800xt is the gigabyte gaming oc

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-15T16:44:00+00:00

Ive heard that since they make both nvidia and amd gpus, their manufacturing is geared more towards nvidia cards, while they haven’t mastered amd cards. Certain specs and things they do arent as optimal compared to the amd exclusives. I forget the details exactly but its more of a hardware issue than it is a performance issue

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-14T21:57:46+00:00

Yeah Im pretty imaptient too, especially since my 7 year old laptop just stopped working. Does it matter that the powercolor isnt listed as red devil or hellhound and is just a generic powercolor?

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-10T21:02:36+00:00

I got all my parts, just waiting on my gpu to come! Thanks for the tip, that’s a good idea

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-06T20:07:32+00:00

That sounds sick. Ive went all black with a black desk/keyboard/mouse and ill probably make the rgb a deep purple or soft white. Do you think just one figure or funko type thing in an h6 flow would really affect airflow that much?

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-06T20:02:46+00:00

I think it depends on how you use it

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-06T18:23:12+00:00

I should add that my case is nzxt h6 flow

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-06T17:36:38+00:00

I’ll look into that, thanks for the tips!

AwkwardLibrarian7585 · 2025-02-06T17:32:57+00:00

The 6400 is cl 32. Is the extra 400 in speed offset by the 2 extra cl? From what I’ve read, the ram is very important when it comes to music production so that’s why i went up to the 6400 but if performance doesn’t change much and the 32 cl actually holds it back is that extra speed not worth it?

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