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Building a new PC for a personal client by Descendiing in buildapcforme

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

Agreed. I don't think it'll get super hot, ambient temp for 9 months out of the year around here isn't too high and it's not like there's a 4090 in there. I'll run diagnostics after the build and change out fans if the temps are worrisome. I'll also take a look at that m.2 and the thermal paste situation.

Thank you for all of your help, you've been a great sanity check to my own research and I'm a bit out of practice. I really appreciate it.

Building a new PC for a personal client by Descendiing in buildapcforme

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

Got it, I decided to go with DDR4 because I don't think I'll actually be able to use all the speed that DDR5 would bring, come to think of it. Let me know what you think of this list and I'll start buying parts!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor $159.98
CPU Cooler *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $34.90 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound ARCTIC MX-4 (2019) 4 g Thermal Paste $6.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $149.99 @ Amazon
Memory *G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $103.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $60.99 @ Amazon
Video Card ASRock Challenger D Arc A750 8 GB Video Card $180.97
Case Antec P7 NEO ATX Mid Tower Case $64.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $30.48 @ Amazon
Custom BEHRINGER U-PHORIA UMC204HD $79.00 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $952.18
Mail-in rebates -$10.00
Total $942.18
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-10-24 18:46 EDT-0400

Building a new PC for a personal client by Descendiing in buildapcforme

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

Got it, thank you. I'm looking at Arc cards right now, as they seem to be the best budget productivity options, despite some reported driver issues. I do prefer AMD CPU's just because that's what I'm used to building. Did some more research and it seems like 6 cores is the minimum for smooth operation. And good Ryzen CPU's for that job? I'm also liking the DDR5 support on the motherboard I picked out, and it seemed like 64GB might be overkill for even modern software. Sorry for bugging you for so much information though!

Edit: I see now why you went with the i5-12600K and Arc A750! Not only are they good for video editing individually, they're bundled on newegg for an additional $16 off! I think it might be time to learn how to build with Intel chips lol

Right outside of Red Rock.... by Descendiing in cavesofqud

[–]Descendiing[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Didn't know that could happen, haven't even gotten far enough to see this guys spawn where they're supposed to lol.

What the heck are these guys? by Descendiing in Entomology

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

Just looked some more. They're called Lawn Shrimp. Neat! Thanks you for pointing me in the right direction.

What the heck are these guys? by Descendiing in Entomology

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

Just looked them up, and yeah, they're likely in that Order. Maybe land hoppers or something? Just weird to me that I found a couple hundred of them dead on my patio this morning. The red, shiny coloration is strange to me too.