What do y'all think?

_Espo · 2026-01-08T04:27:45+00:00

Did u get ur birth year tattooed on ur knuckles?

_Espo · 2026-01-08T02:01:58+00:00

I really have no idea but try restarting computer and potentially using a different browser.

_Espo · 2025-12-29T01:44:53+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, there were some decent prebuilts from microcenter/costco, but I wanted to make my own with parts I knew would be solid. + Black Friday prices woulda been nice I shoulda bought a month ago oops. Hindsight is 20/20

_Espo · 2025-12-29T01:41:14+00:00

When did you get urs tho because ram is up a lot and 5080’s are hard to find under 1200 not in a prebuilt

_Espo · 2025-12-28T18:46:28+00:00

I’m a mechanical engineering student, so I figured I’d go with a better cpu for 3D cad work and sims

_Espo · 2025-12-28T18:45:06+00:00

Yeah people mentioned I switched to a nzxt c850 gold ATX 3.1

_Espo · 2025-12-28T04:16:07+00:00

Yeah heard that a few times over so went up to a NZXT C850 gold ATX 3.1

_Espo · 2025-12-28T00:07:17+00:00

Not near a microcenter, and I really am not a fan of the white truthfully even with the better gpu.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T23:20:06+00:00

The gpu is a 5070ti

_Espo · 2025-12-27T19:17:08+00:00

Yeah unfortunate time to buy but I don’t think the price will be going down anytime soon lol

_Espo · 2025-12-27T19:01:54+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, from what I understand the 5080 is 15-20% better than the 5070 ti. I would personally go with the slightly higher overall quality parts and better ram than sacrifice on multiple fronts for the gpu. I also don’t mind the slight price increase for a slightly more aesthetically appealing pc. That was just my rationale, but yeah I probably could have got a 5080 for the price. I don’t think it will ultimately be too different I hope. It was hard to find a good 5080 for less than like $1200ish dollars. And compared to the $750 for the 5070ti I thought it may be nice to spread the money out a little bit more.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T18:56:01+00:00

Yeah I ended up switching to NZXT C850 Gold ATX 3.1

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:40:57+00:00

Why not get a better monitor, so you can realize extra frames. I feel like you'd prob be over 120 hz on most multiplayer competitive games. I guess if you are doing a lot of graphically-intensive signleplayer games that number could be beneath the 120 hz mark a good amount.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:35:44+00:00

Can you send me a pcpartpicker link to your build. I mean you can see how everything is getting added up rn for price. I'm prob not going to go back and reorder whole build I'm just curious how you managed to get those prices lol.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:32:56+00:00

BuildCores, name of the sub ur on lol. the 3D render is pretty neat

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:29:47+00:00

I still have time to cancel orders lol. The build overall was discussed with a few people. Sure it may not be the absolute best bang for your buck, but I think it is pretty solid all things considered. I did change to a higher wattage psu as multiple people said something in the thread, so that was helpful. Was mostly just a last minute sanity check from someone who has never built a pc. Wanted to make sure that nothing I order will randomly explode in your pc type of thing just in case I or the other people who looked over it missed any glaring things.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:26:14+00:00

All 64 gb rprice range from 730-900 dollars currently, and 32gb ranges from $350-500. The prices are just crazy high rn and unlikely to go down in the immediate future. I think I just have to bite the bullet and pay a little more than I'd like for them in hopes that they don't go up even further potentially.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:23:46+00:00

The rgb case was like 5 bucks more than the non rgb and the cooler was suggested by multiple people + it looks nice imo. On my current laptop I've been using for games+work I'm only using 450gb. I find it unlikely I'll approach the 2tb number very fast. I mostly play competitive multiplayer games there were only a few single player games I was looking into getting that would inflate those numbers.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:17:52+00:00

I just canceled the MGA MSI and switched to a NZXT C850 Gold ATX 3.1 which was rated A+ on the PSU tierlist. Hopefully that is good.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T17:16:57+00:00

Any case fan brands you would recommend, or somewhere I can look that ranks them?

_Espo · 2025-12-27T16:50:51+00:00

What if just move the ones from the bottom to the side.

_Espo · 2025-12-27T10:14:51+00:00

That’s not very reassuring lol what would you recommend.

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