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Ok so I'm getting a budget from work to build my own PC, probably around 3k. I like to assemble my own PC so I was browsing newegg.

Do anyone has any suggestions for a ~3k build?

It needs to have 32-64 GB ram, at last 1TB ssd M2, 12th generation intel. I always loves asus motherboard, so i was thinking a Roue HEro Maximus as teh base and take it from there.

Any suggestions?
 
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Lendarios said:
Ok so I'm getting a budget from work to build my own PC, probably around 3k. I like to assemble my own PC so I was browsing newegg.

Do anyone has any suggestions for a ~3k build?

It needs to have 32-64 GB ram, at last 1TB ssd M2, 12th generation intel. I always loves asus motherboard, so i was thinking a Roue HEro Maximus as teh base and take it from there.

Any suggestions?
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12900k
3090 local used non-miner
64gb ddr5 5200
Whatever mobo floats your boat
WD SN770 1TB game drive
XPG Blade 1TB Boot

Everything else is whatever - can go diff gpu route also but you can find non miners throwing 3090s at people to chase the next great thing 3 months away.
 
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Well ive had my AIO for a year and change now and no issue. Cooler Master. My kid has had his for like 2.5 yrs pretty much 24/7 and no issue. So IDK where people getting this shit that AIO is bad, lol. They are also cleaner looking, dont impede the flow in your case like a big honkin air cooled monstrosity sitting right on your proc. And by all accounts they cool better, especially the bigger the radiator is. I was all fan of air cooling before, but now? Fuck that gay shit, ill go AIO. And if this one breaks, Ill go AIO again, lol.
 
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mkopec said:
Well ive had my AIO for a year and change now and no issue. Cooler Master. My kid has had his for like 2.5 yrs pretty much 24/7 and no issue. So IDK where people getting this shit that AIO is bad, lol. They are also cleaner looking, dont impede the flow in your case like a big honkin air cooled monstrosity sitting right on your proc. And by all accounts they cool better, especially the bigger the radiator is. I was all fan of air cooling before, but now? Fuck that gay shit, ill go AIO. And if this one breaks, Ill go AIO again, lol.
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Yeah, my Lian-Li Galahad took a shit after a little under a year, but I still went with another AIO. I'd love to go with air, but goddamn are they fucking ugly now that CPUs are such beasts.
 
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going with this line up.

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mkopec said:
Well ive had my AIO for a year and change now and no issue. Cooler Master. My kid has had his for like 2.5 yrs pretty much 24/7 and no issue. So IDK where people getting this shit that AIO is bad, lol. They are also cleaner looking, dont impede the flow in your case like a big honkin air cooled monstrosity sitting right on your proc. And by all accounts they cool better, especially the bigger the radiator is. I was all fan of air cooling before, but now? Fuck that gay shit, ill go AIO. And if this one breaks, Ill go AIO again, lol.
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I've never had an issue with an AIO in my years of using them also. Not sure where the AIO is going to break down on you started.
 
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No video card? I'd probably get a 1000 watt power supply assuming you are putting a video card in it as well
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l'm going to wait until around November as the new 4000 series is rumored to be out by then. Ill probably take my current 1660 TI until I make a final choice by end of this year.
Since the only games I play are EQ, anno 1800 and Magic Arena, ill be ok.

The video cards prices are very volatile right now.

You were right as soon as i added a video card, it went to 904 wats. ill use a 1200 w power source instead.
 
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l'm going to wait until around November as the new 4000 series is rumored to be out by then. Ill probably take my current 1660 TI until I make a final choice by end of this year.
Since the only games I play are EQ, anno 1800 and Magic Arena, ill be ok.

The video cards prices are very volatile right now.

You were right as soon as i added a video card, it went to 904 wats. ill use a 1200 w power source instead.
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Yeah, if you are planning on 4000 series I'd get 1200 at least, because rumors on power draw are insane.
 
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slippery said:
Yeah, if you are planning on 4000 series I'd get 1200 at least, because rumors on power draw are insane.
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1200 is nuts. Even if the power draw on these GPUs is 450w then 1000w is fine, considering 750w runs a 320w TDP card just fine...

Unless you're doing something absurd, a good 1000W should be all you need. Exception would be a 450W TDP card, plus a 250W+ CPU, and overclocking both.
 
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It's mainly the transient spikes that are requiring the headroom.
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Handling the transient spikes has way more to do with the quality of the PSU than the capacity.

A good 850W PSU is going to handle transient spikes better than a generic 1000W PSU.
 
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Handling the transient spikes has way more to do with the quality of the PSU than the capacity.

A good 850W PSU is going to handle transient spikes better than a generic 1000W PSU.
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It has to do with the OCP limit for the specific PSU. It's often not consistent within brands and even models. Doesn't help transient spikes are extremely inconsistent, either.
 
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It has to do with the OCP limit for the specific PSU. It's often not consistent within brands and even models. Doesn't help transient spikes are extremely inconsistent, either.
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looks like hardocp dot com died hardforum is still up
 
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Hey pals, been a few years (nearly 10 lol) since I've built a completely new PC. I don't follow hardware much at all anymore. As a result I'm not really sure what sources for benchmarks/charts is good these days. Anyone use a site like pcpartpicket to make a base build or anything similar?

I'll likely take a week or two to try to read up and get a general idea of where things are right now price/performance wise, but is something like the below a reasonable starting point? Less than an hour into seriously considering this so haven't put much effort in.

Guidance/suggestions are appreciated. Will read back through last few pages as well.

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