The problem during black friday at least past couple of years a lot of products get jacked up and then put on "sale" Not all but a lot has been happening.
I'm just now replacing my PC after about a decade. I'm currently running a 4790k and an overclocked 980ti with 16gbs ram. It was pretty high end for the time, my friends called me crazy for having that much memory, but I've been able to go the longest without upgrading, so it feels worth catching some flack. What finally did it for me was Helldiver 2 dropping below 45fps on low. I'm planning to go fairly high end again, and build an ATX system running a 7950xd3D, 64 gigs of ram, and a 4070ti super or 4080 if I'm feeling goofy.
@@sadaluminum5064 i was in pretty much the same boat as you I had a zotac 980ti with an intel 6500 from a pc i built in March of 2017 it was a fantastic build and served me well I replaced it with an amd 7800 x3d and a sapphire 7900 xtx back in November of 2023. aside from losing out on about 200$(I bought some parts on a deal prior to black Friday and they ended up being discounted further during black friday) I could not be happier with the build and it's performance ill be happy if I can get anywhere close to the performance longevity of my previous build with my new one if im being honest aside from a few niche titles(helldivers included) I probably could have gotten another year or two out of my old build
Thank you Paul. After years of waiting for technology to coalesce, prices to align, I built mine last October after watching you, GN, HWUnboxed and JTC for months to make the most educated choices.
I'm not interested in 13th or 14th Gen Intel or AM5 Ryzen. I just upgraded my Ryzen 9 5900X to a 5950X and what a huge boost I got!! I took the 5900X and built my nephew his new gaming/creating PC with an RTX 3070 Ti and 64GB RAM. He's still running a Ryzen 5 2600 with a GTX 1660 (not the super). He's gonna love his new PC!!
I always buy one generation older than the absolute newest. I do this with everything like cell phones, cars, and even computer parts. I get stuff for sometimes half the price of the latest and I'm not missing out on much performance or features.
Agreed 👍 Moores law is dead. Even 6 year old hardware can be decent. Pixle 2 is still an awesome phone. 1080ti still slays 1080p. Nothing wrong with buying older hardware at a smoking discount. Always use the performance to price metric in order to find the best value products. The last gen products generally win in this metric.
Or just buy the one that is better value, don't "always" do or assume anything; it is pretty straight forward, sometimes even when the nascnet generation has little improvement there are times when they are the same or even cheaper than older generations (not uncommon for GPUs or CPUs) when buying new. HOW you measure the value of something is very subjective, a product of your own situation (budget, performance target, time, etc.). If the previous gen is still performant enough and cheaper than get it but don't just assume the current tech is more less value, it can sometimes be straight up cheaper side by side; the other day I was at a store and every single 14th gen intel CPU was less than their 13th gen counterpart.
I’m using an I7-7700, and it’s doing what I want it to do. Would not even consider upgrading if it were not for the end of Windows 10 support next year in October. Am thinking of going with 13th or 14th gen Intel when I make the upgrade, specifically 13600k or 14600k. Do not do heavy computations, so don’t need all the extra cores of higher skews.
I appreciate your videos for giving me the confidence to build my first gaming pc. . I had a sub $2000 budget, ended up going with a ryzen 7800x3d, Radeon 7900xt, with a MSI X670e gaming plus Wi-Fi motherboard, and 32 gigs of ram. It came out well, and looks great. So once again, thanks Paul.
Just an fyi, at least for nvidia cards, you need to have v-sync enabled as well as g-sync enabled in the nvidia control panel to make sure tearing does not happen if your refresh rate exceeds your monitors refresh rate. Otherwise, g-sync is not actually fully enabled
Regarding the screen tearing question, Paul, unfortunately, when the FPS is below or above the VRR range, you still get screen tearing. I suppose that was what the viewer was asking about. And to address that, you would need to set an FPS limit in your GPU software within the range of your monitor's VRR, so your games can't exceed that FPS.
Also you can enable "Enhanced Sync" for AMD to simply "drop off" extra frames above the VRR capability of the monitor and eliminates tearing if a game doesn't allow for frame rate limiting. 👍
no, there were moments to buy new cards, not necessarily newly released models, but hey, the 4000 series sold a ton of 3000 series cards that were price dropped.
@@DevarshT435 3080 was Sept 2020, it was good only if you somehow beat the bots and paid MSRP $700. Many did not. I bought a pre built in 2021 with a 3060ti in 2021, during the time it made more sense to buy a pre built, keep the GPU and sell the rest...
If you enable frame sync, the game can still run faster than the panel. You need to enable a frame rate limiter or increase the settings quality to keep the frame rate from going so high that it leaves the sync range. Once it leaves sync range, the tech doesn't work.
(*raises hand*) I just completed a build with some heavily discounted parts from newegg. Got a 12700k and Meg Z690 Ace fairly cheap and paired it with a 4070 Super. Why go with some older parts? Cost and holding to a budget. I am happy. Shrug. Paul is right, though. It is a mind over matter sort of thing. If you are building, you have to realize there will always be newer parts and maybe better deals.
Here's a question: How's the beer game in Taipei? Do you do a lot of research each year to decide which breweries, bars, and taprooms to visit? Or do you just wander around and walk into wherever catches your eye?
When is the best time to build a new PC? Well,when you are drunk....that way when you sober up,you can blame the booze for buying expensive components for your PC.....GPU i'm looking at you :)
For me the big reason to continue using water cooling is the sound. My previous rig had a 10980XE with a 4.9ghz all-core overclock on its own 560mm loop, and a pair of Titan RTX with auto overclock on their own 560mm loop. Nothing I ever did with it caused the fans to ramp up - was great. I respect a good air cooler but hearing the CPU fan burst up and down with CPU load can be a bit distracting.
How ironic. On the day you say "Don't buy right now," all my parts arrive for my new PC :/ I have a question. A month from now, after Computex, do you think it will be worth trying to return or flip any of my current parts for new ones? I'm building a computer after 7 years of waiting, as a graduation gift to myself. I got a 7800X3D and a 4080 Super.
You didn't buy now. You bought a few days ago. You're good. But seriously you have some parts that'll have you set for years. I'm pretty happy with a 5800X3D and 3080 12GB in games I play at 1440p 120hz and 4k 60hz, graphics on high to ultra. You have a good bit more performance than that.
On Kyle's set, I think he should have a sign reading "Coming Soon" or "Missing Plaque - hand it over, Paul". Maybe a different one every time subtly accusing you of ungentlemanly behaviour. All in good fun, of course.
Hey Paul, I do have a burning question. I have an high end AM4 system (R9 5700X + X570 Mobo + 850W PSU) with a medium graphic card (3070). Should I upgrade to AM5 entirely or should I just upgrade my graphic card only? I do a little gaming but mainly for 3D works
Hey Paul, With ai becoming more and more prevalent, do you think we will eventually have dedicated NPU's in custom PCs? I can imagine that in 5 years, when building a pc you would buy your CPU, GPU, and NPU, and a motherboard designed with an extra socket and cooler mounting for the NPU. Do you think that it will be good for the industry for ai processing to be separated from graphics processing? I think, professional systems (like software developers, maybe digital artists?) could benefit from a high end CPU and NPU, but could save and get a fairly basic GPU
Thanks for answering my question, Paul. It was a thorough and helpful answer. Stoked my question influenced the video title and thanks for the shoutout on my username (had it since I was a teenager) haha.
That person almost had a point about water cooling until they misused "gatekeeping" and then I rolled my eyes so hard they almost left their sockets. A child who only plays one game and is already getting solid performance from it and wants a pink water loop for christmas is an exception, not the norm. In general, for people who play a variety of games and have budgets to keep in mind, spending the money on better hardware instead of on watercooling less powerful hardware is the correct answer. And saying that is absolutely not gatekeeping.
Paul, I've been editing on a 12900k and 3070 for a year now and the thing chugs along when exporting in Premier Pro. Would upgrading the platform, or GPU be a better first step?
In europe this "Black Friday" time is mostly just a scam. According to price histories the prices go up constantly just before that and then get "discounts" hit to just bring prices back to normal. These "discounts" are also used to get rid of unwanted and outdated inventory. Rarely you can get lucky and find something actually worth while - but that is really rare. Usually summer is the best time here to get those "big parts" like CPUs, Motherboards and GPUs. Due to the holliday time in the EU businesses like to discount these products to keep the market flowing. After summer prices gradually climb again - until the "fake discount times" come up. One thing to consider is that if you are after previous generation hardware, the winter time is good to buy since shops want to get rid of old hardware. But if you are after all the already overpriced new and shiny things where a motherboard costs more than the CPU - nearly as much as a GPU, winter is a bad time to buy. Prices will go down at March again after that period.
Yeah unfortunately, that's not a 1 time thing. Or just in Europe, U.S. too. Big business will always do whatever they think they can get away with. And we have let them get away with alot.
It's become the norm down here in Brazil (some people have taken to calling it "***ck Fraud"). Every other "sale" (at least as far as PC hardware goes) is actually a perennial % off an overpriced product, sometimes with minor variations in price. I'm surprised this practice is even legal.
@@PainX187 Not legal doesn't mean it wont happen unfortunately. The law says the same where I live and yet it happens pretty often. Then we have the stores that are about to fold and is dumping their inventory. My parents bought a carpet at a carpet store and joked about that. This store had been selling all their inventory before they would close for over ten years by that time. about five years later they got sued and eventually had to take these signs away. It's still there today, 40 years later...
If your FPS is higher than your refresh rate VRR doesn't work and can cause screen tearing. Set an FPS limit in your driver if possible around 3 fps below your refresh rate.
2 things. 1) If I'm not mistaken, the frame rate needs to be in the range of your monitors capabilities for sync to work. If you go over on fps you can get tearing. 2) I fell like he agreed with you when saying the performance was good on his daughters pc, then they upgraded the looks.
I'm not TRYING to be sexist here, but it's telling that the girls chose form over function. Just saying. There are some general differences between men and women.
As an AMD user, I've noticed that Freesync doesn't have any provision for your framerate being *higer* than your monitor's refresh rate, so you can still get tearing in that scenario without a framerate cap.
😄 edit: Sorry Paul if my comment stung a little bit it was not my intention! I don’t think your attitude was gatekeeping I added "borderline" because I think that’s the direction in which many people perceived it and gave more pushback than one would expect for what was otherwise a fairly reasonable point of view.
@paulshardware, thanks brother, looking forward to that hoodie, its exactly the one i am referring too, appreciate it, going to order a few to have around, cold at the office...thanks again for all the channel, i also have your beer glasses, tshirts, bottle opener and coasters....big fan.
😂😂😂 I just bought my parts today on Amazon while I was at work. I get home and get this video's notification. Good thing it's based on his 2024 mid-tier AMD gaming rig and the price came out very similar to what Paul built. (AMD 7600x with a Radeon RX 7800 xt) I'm sure I'll still enjoy it
Best time? A) Not during a pandemic (per personal experience). B) There are 2 functioning PCs available, and one of them seems long in the tooth. C) Lottery win!
Always a good watch on this series each month. But, I would love an answer to a question that is really quite hard to find on youtube. External usb DAC or sound card? Which is better and why? And perhaps what is the best bang for the buck? I am mainly a speaker user and not headphones, so if that helps you decide on what to answer, it would be greatly appreciated.
I think I spent about a year waiting to buy a new system. There is no best time, you need to keep an eye on everything and find a good time. That's how I got an RX 6800 for 400 euros almost two years ago. I see my system sell used right now for more than I paid for it.
Hi Paul, I'm currently in the process of trying to figure out what GPU to purchase. I have a 1650 Super and have about $250 or so to spend on an upgrade. I do some gaming, but I also need one that will work well for video editing (1080). I think either the 3060 or the 6650xt are going to be my best bet, but I'd love to hear your opinion! Thanks!
I recently built myself (after my old Dell prebuilt finally died... no more money into the 10 year old workhorse) an older model PC. Ryzen 5600g, 64gigs of ram 2tb NVME and no video card (hence the G). I can play all the games I generally play (the most "recent" game I play is Galactic Civilizations III) plus I can do 1440p video with no sweat. No RGB, even though my case has a glass door. :) I'm old. Fancy lights are for the youngsters... I didn't even get a better than stock cooler. All in all, I was in the bag for $500 or so with an 850w gold PSU. The most expensive bit was the CPU. Once I find a GPU that I can tolerate (I'm not a heavy PC gamer...nethack works on my Raspberry Pi) price-wise, I might add it. But for now, this PC will be my workhorse for another 6 to 10 years. :) Linux is awesome like that. :)
Black Friday sales haven't been a thing in my country for years, you see a particular GPU go up in price a week or so before then when the sale starts it drops to the price it was before the price hike so you aren't saving anything. Gigabyte 4090 went from $2899 to $3250 then $3500 now back to $3250 and they call it a sale.. Just buy what you need and try to get the best deal at the time, example would be the 7900XTX over here which is $1389 compared to the 4080S which is $1900 for the cheapest variant. Either will give you a great gaming experience but the XTX will deliver a great gaming experience at a significantly cheaper price, blah blah RT blah blah content creation yea I get it heard it a million times by now. As for air vs water, smart people are buying Ryzen 7600, 7700x, 7800x3D where you don't need a water cooler and older socket AM4 owners are buying 5700x3D, 5800x3D to get some more life out of their old platforms and with saying that the Thermalright Pearless is fantastic for $50. You only need a loop or AIO if you are buying Intel and tbh why would you bother at this point except for brand loyalty? 5800x3D, 7800x3D are the better processors for obvious reasons while being cheaper and not requiring expensive cooling. Its not a terrible time to build a new PC right now depending on what you choose, in fact I would urge people if they are considering a new PC to build one right now since apparently higher prices are incoming AGAIN. If you stick to a Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU you can build a mid range, lower end or high end system at prices that are at least palatable. Its a terrible time to build a system if you go with an Intel processor and Nvidia GPU. There is no difference between a Radeon 6800 and 3090 when using adaptive sync and capping FPS to your panels refresh rate, only difference is I'm the numpty that paid $3250 while my mate got his 6800 for $630 brand new.. Brand loyalty doesn't pay off, just buy whats the best value and enjoy your games.
Hey Paul! Love your videos been watching for years. I'm kinda a nerdy trucker that loves watching what you have to say tech wise. Always find your talking about custom cables for pc builds but I've noticed you've never talked about custom riser cables(PCI cables). I have a SFF PC I built but the riser cable that came with my phanteks evolv shift xt is unfortunately bout 3 to 4 inches shorter then what I need. Forcing me to run my RTX 3090 Founders edition without the active water cooling back. (You can find my SFF build on LTT form if you look up SILVER MISFIT) My question for you is. How & who do I contact to get a custom riser(PCI) cable made to fit my needs? Since when I asked Phanteks if they had a little longer one for that case I was told no & they wouldn't tell me how long the one that comes with the case was 😒😒😒
In the U.S. our government is going to bring back tariffs of up to 25% for computer parts that are produced in China. If you plan on building a new computer you will want to do it before October 1st which begins the 1st quarter of the U.S. fiscal year. I was going to wait until DEC2024/JAN2025 but that's off the table now. I've already picked up a couple of components but what I really need to get is a motherboard, processor, memory, fans, and Windows 11. KC
I liked your explanation of when to buy tech. Five or six years ago I was looking to upgrade my AMD RX 2400g CPU, I really wanted the the 2700x but couldn't afford it. And when I could finally, I saw a tech guru that people seem to think is Jesus for some reason (and that should have been my warning). He spent a good bit of time explaining that alot of fear mongering was going on and we should all resist the urge to panic-buy CPUs specifically. Well, he had been in the tech field much longer than, so I put my wallet back in my pocket. And a mere 2 weeks later there was not a 2700x CPU to be found anywhere in the free world. I think that sounds a bit bitter. I may be a bit salty still after all these years. BTW 3 weeks after watching his "information" I bought a 3600x which has been serviceable, although not what I wanted.
@paulshardware Think back to the first computer you ever built... How did you learn to build said computer? What CPU/GPU did you use? Was it ALL new, or were parts of it used? Please share any memories from the process. I don't remember how old I was, but if memory serves I hadn't completed fourth grade yet. I built my first computer which had a 16Mhz Intel 486 and I don't think it had 2MBs of ram. I don't remember what GPU I used, and the first GPU I remember buying was a ATI Radeon X700 over a decade later. This was back when you could brew a pot of coffee in the time it took to boot into Windows 3.1, this might be an exaggeration because it was still years before my first cup of coffee. I remember showing my elementary school teachers how to do things on a computer because they didn't know DOS commands, some had trouble even turning it on. Learning to build the computer is among the best memories I have with my father, and I highly recommend you build memories like this with your daughter as early and as often as you can.
Probing Paul I'm thinking about upgrading my PC to a 7800x3d. And throwing my 3080ti in there until ths 5080 is released. I am only upgrading because my son needs the upgrade and I'm planning on giving him this PC once the 5080 is released. Should I wait till the 9800x3d is released or do you think the 7800x3d will be fine with the 5080.?
This is the only time of year I can buy a nvidia graphics card, picked up a Founders Edition 4090 for MSRP from nvidia for $1599 (it has 3/13/2024 manufacture date) It was out of stock since second week of October 2023 I have accepted we now have "the privileged" market which is over priced and out of reach, newest tech and we have one generation old which is where I can buy last years model at normal prices. Kind of disgusting but whatever
Freesync/Gsync has a VRR range, lets say 80-144fps, and VRR only works while the framerate is within that VRR range. So it is entirely possible to have screen tearing while also having VRR correctly enabled. This is why both AMD and Nvidia say that you should use Vsync along side VRR. it will prevent your framerate from exceeding the VRR window and ensure it stays enabled.
I have a build question. Most RUclipsrs concentrate on gaming builds. Can you provide a build for the every day user? Surfing the web, watching various streaming services and some retro gaming- arcade, N64, PS2. Nothing flashy.
Hi Paul. My apartment is very dusty. Even though I clean my PC every couple of months with a can of compressed air, the internals of my system remain very dusty (the dust is practically baked on to my motherboard and other components). My case is a Corsair 200R and I have added magnetic dust filters to the back and sides (but nothing would fit on top). So my question is: what features should I look for in my next case? Lots of air flow? Minimal air flow? Lots of fans? Minimal fans? Could you please give me a case recommendation? Thanks.
Hi I have a question. I found a new laptop that I’m interested in buying. It comes with a 2tb SSD. I’d like to buy another 2tb SSD to put in it, I’m certain it has another slot for one. Here’s my question. Is there a way to install the additional drive and have windows 11 ‘see’ a 4tb drive rather than two 2tb drives without deleting the OS and drivers and such that are already on the original drive? If no, is there an easy way to accomplish my goal? (Cloning a drive, reinstalling windows and drivers from a “rescue USB” or something? ThNks
Hi Paul. Can you maybe suggest settings to change in game to lower cpu usage. I have a 6700k with a 1070ti and get over 160fps maybe even more. But at the beginning, my cpu is at 99% and later drops down to around 70-80%. The game is overwatch 2
4:43 Tearing happens even with G-Sync on when you exceed the monitor's refresh rate if you do not have V-sync enabled, and if you also you don't cap your max frame rate 1 less than your monitor's refresh rate. Can't believe Paul didn't mention this. He didn't answer the actual question correctly and just defaulted to "You didn't enable G-Sync correctly hurr durr". You need BOTH G-Sync and V-sync on. This is what Nvidia actually recommends, and Blurbusters has tons of writeups on this.
"Then suddenly my brand new PC is suddenly out of date..." Given that PC hardware manufacturers are ALWAYS developing the next generation of hardware, the moment you buy anything even upon release it is out of date.
I was about to do a new motherboard build (and transfer some parts from my current one) but MOSTLY new... about a month ago. And I opted to wait till cyber monday / black friday sales and do it then. If you have a recommendation for a good X670'ish board I am all ears man. Right now I'm thinking about the Aorus Elite AX but the most important thing to me is kickass VRM's ... great show man thanks for all the help over the years.
A Classical understanding sees the world primarily as underlying form itself. A Romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance. The Classical's survive fine in modern society and advance it, to everyone’s benefit. The Romantics need the Classical's to survive in modern society, then they decorate it for their own benefit. A computer is a tool, Classical in form and function. To Romantically decorate it is like putting a Spanish Saddle on a hog. Its Romantics attempt to Deny their Reliance upon the Classical. Its living in Fantasy rather than Reality. This Romantic Fantasy view is fine when children, but detrimental when becoming adults. Pointing this out is not Gate-keeping, its the Healthy Journey back to Reality. Living a Romantic life of Dependence and Denial is not healthy on you or society. As an adult you learn every choice has its benefits and problems, Give and Take. Classical's mostly give, Romantics mostly take. Are you Substantial or Superficial... The choice is yours.
Paul, your information about screen tearing and VRR is not entirely correct; it is still possible for screen tearing to occur with VRR enabled (correctly) when the GPU's framerate is substantially higher than the monitor's maximum refresh rate. To avoid this, either cap your GPU framerate to your monitor's refresh rate using something like RTSS, or enable VSync in any games where this becomes a problem. Despite common misunderstandings, enabling VSync and VRR (FreeSync or G-Sync) at the same time gives you the strengths of both without the glaring weaknesses. For example, when your framerate dips below the monitor's refresh rate with both VSync and VRR enabled, your framerate does not get cut in half, your monitor just syncs its refresh to the slightly lower framerate, and there will be zero screen tearing.
Thanks Paul for the great work you and Joe put into your videos for all the PC builder rookie such as me. I would like an hint from you on what would be a sweet spot PC built for video editing 4K drone videos? My 7th gen i5 Core with 16gig ram build struggle since I did never realy put heavy load on it before I start making videos on DaVinci Resolve. Would just investing on ram or video card could be an viable option?
Hi Paul, I hope you're well. Earlier this year I bought for the first time a case with tempered glass, a Lancool 216 and I would like to ask you for some tips for the care of the tempered glass to avoid stains or scratches when cleaning my PC. Thanks in advance.
The best time to build a new PC, is when you have the money to buy the parts. If you're worried about something new coming out, relax and don't worry about it. There is always something new coming out. Some New CPU, or GPU, or memory standard. If you keep waiting because of something new coming out, you will forever be waiting.
Still running a 2016 built x99 5960X rig and its time for a new build. Does what I want raw performance wise and I've sweated it good as an asset but I want more NVMe and other stuff to get the best from my 6700XT. Was looking for the end of the year.
Hey Paul, love the show. About this time last year you made the point that your channel was loosing subscribers. I’m glad you kept at at, but did you track the changes you made and how they affected your subscriber count? I’m satisfied with all the great videos, but how are YOU doing, Paul?
I mean... if its about building something from the ground up, there usually isnt a best or worse time, because the amount of parts you need will likely compensate for each other and you will end up in some average price territory. Here its probably worth it to keep upgradability in mind, but take some more cheaper CPUs or GPUs first, if you expect new parts coming out in the following months, so you can sell the recently bought part (due to lower price, you will "loose" less money) and then go for the "wanted" GPU or CPU. Besides those two components tho there are no parts where its is imo worth it to go with that "tactic", because things like PSUs, MoBos, SSDs or RAM dont climb in performance on a yearly basis and a good case will be fine in 5 years as well. But that said... most people dont want to upgrade on a yearly basis anyway and i think for them its fine if they just take something solid from the start and dont do unnecessary speculation. platforms like AM5 will be relevant over the coming years anyway and unless people want to play the overpriced and unpolished beta versions of games at their release, most GPUs wont make or break their experience. Something in your system will always be "outdated", unless you have fun burning money for nothing. People going crazy about these things is only a matter of playing the very newest releases or not, because they are hype-victims. Older games usually run perfectly fine even on lower cost hardware and they are usually better than most current releases anyway and often even look better - just saying Battlefield 4 or Arkham Knight. lol
Mines just started shitting out. This videos title brings a great sense of dismay to my ass. I hope it can at least survive to the drop of the 9xxx3d series. Also quick edit, there IS only one way to build a PC, the way YOU like. 🤘
Best time to build a PC is mid August. But only the first year of GPU cycle. Right now we are in the second year of GPU cycle. Which is when last 2 weeks before new GPU release are probably the best to profit from early adopters trying to get rid of old stuff. But it's like betting on what the next gen will be and also the most hyped time. And for the rest of the system mid August is still better or same than "Black Friday". So... Just buy what you want when you want. Waiting for too long isn't healthy or profitable. Time is money.
In regards to screens and performnace how important is the quaility of the cable. I have a samsung 4k screen and it was experiencing some issues, most of the adivce I received was to dicth the DP cable that came in the box and purchase a higher quality one. So how do I know what is good cable. do I go DP or HDMI.? PC is used for both work and gaming
Agree with Paul right after CES and Computex are better. Last years "hot new thing" is this years "Sale part". Being a little behind doesn't lose you much, and saves you a lot.
there are no deals just before christmas, they spike the prices up before the sales to cut the MSRP for the sales window. February is normally the best time to buy new stuff unless you FOMO new shinier things announced in June, launched in September and available in November.
I think if my PC turns on and accomplishes all the tasks you need it to, there's no need to upgrade. My reply to form over function was, it's doesn't matter how pretty a PC looks, if it doesn't function, it's not useful, once you have achieved function, then go for form. His comment proves that point and contradicts himself in his own comment. His daughter's PC already had the function, so he had the function before he improved the form, and it doesn't matter how pretty her PC looks, she's not going to be smiling at all if it doesn't function. I was agreeing with him right up to the "gate keeping" part, then he lost me. It's nothing more than trying to guilt people into taking his stance on it, accusing others of doing exactly what he himself is doing with that "gate keeping" comment, do as I say, if you don't, you are wrong. I do however agree that the smiles and happiness of your child is just as important (But you still need function to get those smiles), letting my kid pick out parts then guide him to build his own PC was priceless.
While I enjoy the fact that smiles per $ is good to aim for with the little ones, you have to see it for what it is. A child that is impressionable enjoying something, which is great, don't get me wrong, just saying accept this only applies to children that's all. Sure, I'd have upgraded the hardware a touch while I was already having to take the system apart. By only adding the water loop the system will need an upgrade sooner, and you have more work to do with the loop added. So you're going to need to make it into a learning experience as part of having the loop she wanted. Smiles AND frames per $ with less work/downtime is best.
My PC stopped working right when this video came out, and I got a random reddit notification about how it's not a good time to buy GPUs due to tariffs. I'm trying to figure out what I did karma-wise to deserve this. I've been so good, I swear v.v
Alternatively right now, tariffs for computer hardware manufactured in China are about to be reintroduced. So if you’re planning a build, might want to think about getting those parts in the next week or two!
Having painfully lost a laptop due to some stupid distraction while drinking something I cannot fathom the idea of having any kind of liquid near my electronics, much less water cooling them regardless of how 'safe' they claim it is.
Me again, here to repeat that I never said I prefer form to function. You were gatekeeping and throwing out any kind of actual nuance or context when you reduce it just to "form vs function". "Function" and "performance" are not synonyms. You can add function without adding raw performance.
If you have time and proper planning, you can plan to buy or upgrade a PC for cheaper. Like how some parts like storage or gpu might go on sale or have an influx of stock so prices can go cheaper. By buying over time you lower the total cost of the PC. Remember the newest and greatest might not be the best deal too. Older hardware go down in prices and go on sale often.
The problem during black friday at least past couple of years a lot of products get jacked up and then put on "sale" Not all but a lot has been happening.
you found a store in 2024 ????
how old are you ?
Is it better to just wait until after Christmas
@@lucasrem listen online is convenient. But i have found better deals in stores at times (yes i verified(
Computex Taipei = Paul & Joe's annual food vacation.
That's usually the best part!
Shhh don't tell em haha
Food review when
Taipei's street food is fire, they'd be dumb not to partake while visiting!
😫 I’m jelly
Regarding FreeySync, you forgot to mention to make sure that FreeySync is enabled in the monitor settings menu, not just in Windows/driver settings.
When you need a new computer is the best time to buy a new computer.
I agree with this within reason.
You should know within 6 months to a year when it is about time to upgrade which can give you a bit more flexibility
I'm just now replacing my PC after about a decade. I'm currently running a 4790k and an overclocked 980ti with 16gbs ram. It was pretty high end for the time, my friends called me crazy for having that much memory, but I've been able to go the longest without upgrading, so it feels worth catching some flack. What finally did it for me was Helldiver 2 dropping below 45fps on low. I'm planning to go fairly high end again, and build an ATX system running a 7950xd3D, 64 gigs of ram, and a 4070ti super or 4080 if I'm feeling goofy.
@@sadaluminum5064 i was in pretty much the same boat as you
I had a zotac 980ti with an intel 6500 from a pc i built in March of 2017
it was a fantastic build and served me well
I replaced it with an amd 7800 x3d and a sapphire 7900 xtx back in November of 2023.
aside from losing out on about 200$(I bought some parts on a deal prior to black Friday and they ended up being discounted further during black friday) I could not be happier with the build and it's performance
ill be happy if I can get anywhere close to the performance longevity of my previous build with my new one
if im being honest aside from a few niche titles(helldivers included) I probably could have gotten another year or two out of my old build
When it makes most sense to you. There will always be something new on the market.
All depends how long you can go without a computer.
Thank you Paul. After years of waiting for technology to coalesce, prices to align, I built mine last October after watching you, GN, HWUnboxed and JTC for months to make the most educated choices.
Meat
Can you find better hardware now ? only gen 5 drives are new now !
what did you build ?
I'm not interested in 13th or 14th Gen Intel or AM5 Ryzen. I just upgraded my Ryzen 9 5900X to a 5950X and what a huge boost I got!! I took the 5900X and built my nephew his new gaming/creating PC with an RTX 3070 Ti and 64GB RAM. He's still running a Ryzen 5 2600 with a GTX 1660 (not the super). He's gonna love his new PC!!
And the best uncle award goes to... 😄 (Seriously though, that's one lucky nephew!)
It's way more important to feel good mentally than it is to meet some quota. Good on you, Paul.
I disagree. Paul needs to meet his quota and he needs to meet his quota now.
It's ok nearly no-one will be left soon to regret buying anything
@@OzzyBoganTech Instructions unclear, became a nihilist.
@@Strykenine u me we all will just become dust very very soon
Aka being broke
I always buy one generation older than the absolute newest. I do this with everything like cell phones, cars, and even computer parts. I get stuff for sometimes half the price of the latest and I'm not missing out on much performance or features.
Agreed 👍
Moores law is dead. Even 6 year old hardware can be decent. Pixle 2 is still an awesome phone. 1080ti still slays 1080p.
Nothing wrong with buying older hardware at a smoking discount.
Always use the performance to price metric in order to find the best value products.
The last gen products generally win in this metric.
Or just buy the one that is better value, don't "always" do or assume anything; it is pretty straight forward, sometimes even when the nascnet generation has little improvement there are times when they are the same or even cheaper than older generations (not uncommon for GPUs or CPUs) when buying new. HOW you measure the value of something is very subjective, a product of your own situation (budget, performance target, time, etc.). If the previous gen is still performant enough and cheaper than get it but don't just assume the current tech is more less value, it can sometimes be straight up cheaper side by side; the other day I was at a store and every single 14th gen intel CPU was less than their 13th gen counterpart.
And sometimes the newest shiny is only better on paper. And Paul has pointed this out SEVERAL times.
I’m using an I7-7700, and it’s doing what I want it to do. Would not even consider upgrading if it were not for the end of Windows 10 support next year in October. Am thinking of going with 13th or 14th gen Intel when I make the upgrade, specifically 13600k or 14600k. Do not do heavy computations, so don’t need all the extra cores of higher skews.
This is garbage advice
I appreciate your videos for giving me the confidence to build my first gaming pc. . I had a sub $2000 budget, ended up going with a ryzen 7800x3d, Radeon 7900xt, with a MSI X670e gaming plus Wi-Fi motherboard, and 32 gigs of ram. It came out well, and looks great. So once again, thanks Paul.
Just an fyi, at least for nvidia cards, you need to have v-sync enabled as well as g-sync enabled in the nvidia control panel to make sure tearing does not happen if your refresh rate exceeds your monitors refresh rate. Otherwise, g-sync is not actually fully enabled
Regarding the screen tearing question, Paul, unfortunately, when the FPS is below or above the VRR range, you still get screen tearing. I suppose that was what the viewer was asking about. And to address that, you would need to set an FPS limit in your GPU software within the range of your monitor's VRR, so your games can't exceed that FPS.
Also you can enable "Enhanced Sync" for AMD to simply "drop off" extra frames above the VRR capability of the monitor and eliminates tearing if a game doesn't allow for frame rate limiting. 👍
Note for Joe, if he says “it depends” photo shop Steve from Hub since that’s his Alma mater.
"Itdepends" does sound like a small Austalian university town, yes. "Went ta IttyU, mate"
"Not now" has been the answer the last 2 years or so... I am starting to think it will never be a "good time" to be a pc again
no, there were moments to buy new cards, not necessarily newly released models, but hey, the 4000 series sold a ton of 3000 series cards that were price dropped.
The past year has been a more reasonable time to buy one. GPU prices are better if still up compared to 2019 but RAM and storage are pretty darn low.
I lost track but, 3080 release was a good time for a build. Right before AM5
@@DevarshT435 3080 was Sept 2020, it was good only if you somehow beat the bots and paid MSRP $700. Many did not.
I bought a pre built in 2021 with a 3060ti in 2021, during the time it made more sense to buy a pre built, keep the GPU and sell the rest...
yea there's basically no reason to upgrade unless you fell for 4k high fps or even worse, ray tracing
I think Paul's camera is slightly out of focus. Thanks for answering my question Paul! Have a great time in Taiwan
Holland,
why you care about that ?
If you enable frame sync, the game can still run faster than the panel. You need to enable a frame rate limiter or increase the settings quality to keep the frame rate from going so high that it leaves the sync range. Once it leaves sync range, the tech doesn't work.
(*raises hand*) I just completed a build with some heavily discounted parts from newegg. Got a 12700k and Meg Z690 Ace fairly cheap and paired it with a 4070 Super. Why go with some older parts? Cost and holding to a budget. I am happy. Shrug. Paul is right, though. It is a mind over matter sort of thing. If you are building, you have to realize there will always be newer parts and maybe better deals.
Here's a question: How's the beer game in Taipei? Do you do a lot of research each year to decide which breweries, bars, and taprooms to visit? Or do you just wander around and walk into wherever catches your eye?
When is the best time to build a new PC?
Well,when you are drunk....that way when you sober up,you can blame the booze for
buying expensive components for your PC.....GPU i'm looking at you :)
Hooray for good mental health! Seriously though, glad your feeling good.
For me the big reason to continue using water cooling is the sound. My previous rig had a 10980XE with a 4.9ghz all-core overclock on its own 560mm loop, and a pair of Titan RTX with auto overclock on their own 560mm loop. Nothing I ever did with it caused the fans to ramp up - was great. I respect a good air cooler but hearing the CPU fan burst up and down with CPU load can be a bit distracting.
How ironic. On the day you say "Don't buy right now," all my parts arrive for my new PC :/
I have a question. A month from now, after Computex, do you think it will be worth trying to return or flip any of my current parts for new ones? I'm building a computer after 7 years of waiting, as a graduation gift to myself. I got a 7800X3D and a 4080 Super.
You didn't buy now. You bought a few days ago. You're good. But seriously you have some parts that'll have you set for years. I'm pretty happy with a 5800X3D and 3080 12GB in games I play at 1440p 120hz and 4k 60hz, graphics on high to ultra. You have a good bit more performance than that.
On Kyle's set, I think he should have a sign reading "Coming Soon" or "Missing Plaque - hand it over, Paul". Maybe a different one every time subtly accusing you of ungentlemanly behaviour. All in good fun, of course.
best time to buy CURRENT GEN PC parts is Feb/March as sales (price reduction) are very common because sales volume is lowest
Hey Paul, I do have a burning question. I have an high end AM4 system (R9 5700X + X570 Mobo + 850W PSU) with a medium graphic card (3070). Should I upgrade to AM5 entirely or should I just upgrade my graphic card only? I do a little gaming but mainly for 3D works
The best time is either two weeks before or two weeks after I buy parts.
Hey Paul,
With ai becoming more and more prevalent, do you think we will eventually have dedicated NPU's in custom PCs?
I can imagine that in 5 years, when building a pc you would buy your CPU, GPU, and NPU, and a motherboard designed with an extra socket and cooler mounting for the NPU.
Do you think that it will be good for the industry for ai processing to be separated from graphics processing?
I think, professional systems (like software developers, maybe digital artists?) could benefit from a high end CPU and NPU, but could save and get a fairly basic GPU
I literally just built a PC lol. Fractal torrent nano, i7 14700k, deep cool ak620, Msi z790i edge & Msi 4080 Super Expert. Couldn’t be happier tbh so…
Thanks for answering my question, Paul. It was a thorough and helpful answer. Stoked my question influenced the video title and thanks for the shoutout on my username (had it since I was a teenager) haha.
That person almost had a point about water cooling until they misused "gatekeeping" and then I rolled my eyes so hard they almost left their sockets.
A child who only plays one game and is already getting solid performance from it and wants a pink water loop for christmas is an exception, not the norm. In general, for people who play a variety of games and have budgets to keep in mind, spending the money on better hardware instead of on watercooling less powerful hardware is the correct answer. And saying that is absolutely not gatekeeping.
Paul, I've been editing on a 12900k and 3070 for a year now and the thing chugs along when exporting in Premier Pro. Would upgrading the platform, or GPU be a better first step?
Thanks Paul & Joe for all of your hard work!
Now that windows runs on ARM chips in laptops and mobile devices, do you think we will ever get ARM chips and motherboards for the DIY PC market?
In europe this "Black Friday" time is mostly just a scam. According to price histories the prices go up constantly just before that and then get "discounts" hit to just bring prices back to normal. These "discounts" are also used to get rid of unwanted and outdated inventory. Rarely you can get lucky and find something actually worth while - but that is really rare. Usually summer is the best time here to get those "big parts" like CPUs, Motherboards and GPUs. Due to the holliday time in the EU businesses like to discount these products to keep the market flowing. After summer prices gradually climb again - until the "fake discount times" come up. One thing to consider is that if you are after previous generation hardware, the winter time is good to buy since shops want to get rid of old hardware. But if you are after all the already overpriced new and shiny things where a motherboard costs more than the CPU - nearly as much as a GPU, winter is a bad time to buy. Prices will go down at March again after that period.
Yeah unfortunately, that's not a 1 time thing. Or just in Europe, U.S. too. Big business will always do whatever they think they can get away with. And we have let them get away with alot.
depends on the country it is not legal here in Denmark to do that as i recall it is not sales law but marketing law it used to be a thing
It's become the norm down here in Brazil (some people have taken to calling it "***ck Fraud"). Every other "sale" (at least as far as PC hardware goes) is actually a perennial % off an overpriced product, sometimes with minor variations in price. I'm surprised this practice is even legal.
@@PainX187 Not legal doesn't mean it wont happen unfortunately. The law says the same where I live and yet it happens pretty often. Then we have the stores that are about to fold and is dumping their inventory. My parents bought a carpet at a carpet store and joked about that. This store had been selling all their inventory before they would close for over ten years by that time. about five years later they got sued and eventually had to take these signs away. It's still there today, 40 years later...
@@blahorgaslisk7763 well the fines are calculated as a percentage of total company value i would suggest that is a strong incentive
If your FPS is higher than your refresh rate VRR doesn't work and can cause screen tearing. Set an FPS limit in your driver if possible around 3 fps below your refresh rate.
2 things. 1) If I'm not mistaken, the frame rate needs to be in the range of your monitors capabilities for sync to work. If you go over on fps you can get tearing. 2) I fell like he agreed with you when saying the performance was good on his daughters pc, then they upgraded the looks.
I'm not TRYING to be sexist here, but it's telling that the girls chose form over function. Just saying. There are some general differences between men and women.
NEVER!
Always wait for the next gen! Aand when it arrives, you don't buy it and wait for the next gen. Great way to save money!
As an AMD user, I've noticed that Freesync doesn't have any provision for your framerate being *higer* than your monitor's refresh rate, so you can still get tearing in that scenario without a framerate cap.
😄 edit: Sorry Paul if my comment stung a little bit it was not my intention! I don’t think your attitude was gatekeeping I added "borderline" because I think that’s the direction in which many people perceived it and gave more pushback than one would expect for what was otherwise a fairly reasonable point of view.
Gsync tearing tends to happen at FPS cap in some games and it is solved by lowering it 1-5 FPS past that never seen tearing
When you first buy a VR headset and realise framerate is now physically important.
I say screw it. Do what makes you happy. I like building, so ill build when i like.
Best time was before thr crypto craze.
Probing Paul, the most relatable IT guy on RUclips ❤️
I like the brown shirt. I wish shipping to Europe wouldn't be so expensive.
@paulshardware, thanks brother, looking forward to that hoodie, its exactly the one i am referring too, appreciate it, going to order a few to have around, cold at the office...thanks again for all the channel, i also have your beer glasses, tshirts, bottle opener and coasters....big fan.
😂😂😂 I just bought my parts today on Amazon while I was at work. I get home and get this video's notification. Good thing it's based on his 2024 mid-tier AMD gaming rig and the price came out very similar to what Paul built. (AMD 7600x with a Radeon RX 7800 xt) I'm sure I'll still enjoy it
I'd say around 2014 was a pretty good time.
"smiles per dollar". I absolutely love that. As a mini itx enthusiast, I cannot agree more.
Best time?
A) Not during a pandemic (per personal experience).
B) There are 2 functioning PCs available, and one of them seems long in the tooth.
C) Lottery win!
Per personal experience 😂
How critical is it to use DDU when installing a new GPU?
Black Friday I guess
Always a good watch on this series each month. But, I would love an answer to a question that is really quite hard to find on youtube. External usb DAC or sound card? Which is better and why? And perhaps what is the best bang for the buck? I am mainly a speaker user and not headphones, so if that helps you decide on what to answer, it would be greatly appreciated.
You can get fairly inexpensive DACs these days, that have good audio quality. You just need to look at reviews.
Hello Paul! Thank you for the great videos, and glad you take a break now and then!
I waiting for the 9950X3D before I upgrade to AM5
I think I spent about a year waiting to buy a new system.
There is no best time, you need to keep an eye on everything and find a good time.
That's how I got an RX 6800 for 400 euros almost two years ago.
I see my system sell used right now for more than I paid for it.
Hi Paul, I'm currently in the process of trying to figure out what GPU to purchase. I have a 1650 Super and have about $250 or so to spend on an upgrade. I do some gaming, but I also need one that will work well for video editing (1080). I think either the 3060 or the 6650xt are going to be my best bet, but I'd love to hear your opinion! Thanks!
You can no longer see the white none dark mode yputube on your flash back screen
That tshirt says screw you on it😂
Paul 'Heimlich' gets all his videos done in one take, because he never chokes...
I recently built myself (after my old Dell prebuilt finally died... no more money into the 10 year old workhorse) an older model PC. Ryzen 5600g, 64gigs of ram 2tb NVME and no video card (hence the G). I can play all the games I generally play (the most "recent" game I play is Galactic Civilizations III) plus I can do 1440p video with no sweat. No RGB, even though my case has a glass door. :) I'm old. Fancy lights are for the youngsters...
I didn't even get a better than stock cooler. All in all, I was in the bag for $500 or so with an 850w gold PSU. The most expensive bit was the CPU. Once I find a GPU that I can tolerate (I'm not a heavy PC gamer...nethack works on my Raspberry Pi) price-wise, I might add it. But for now, this PC will be my workhorse for another 6 to 10 years. :)
Linux is awesome like that. :)
Black Friday sales haven't been a thing in my country for years, you see a particular GPU go up in price a week or so before then when the sale starts it drops to the price it was before the price hike so you aren't saving anything. Gigabyte 4090 went from $2899 to $3250 then $3500 now back to $3250 and they call it a sale.. Just buy what you need and try to get the best deal at the time, example would be the 7900XTX over here which is $1389 compared to the 4080S which is $1900 for the cheapest variant. Either will give you a great gaming experience but the XTX will deliver a great gaming experience at a significantly cheaper price, blah blah RT blah blah content creation yea I get it heard it a million times by now.
As for air vs water, smart people are buying Ryzen 7600, 7700x, 7800x3D where you don't need a water cooler and older socket AM4 owners are buying 5700x3D, 5800x3D to get some more life out of their old platforms and with saying that the Thermalright Pearless is fantastic for $50. You only need a loop or AIO if you are buying Intel and tbh why would you bother at this point except for brand loyalty? 5800x3D, 7800x3D are the better processors for obvious reasons while being cheaper and not requiring expensive cooling.
Its not a terrible time to build a new PC right now depending on what you choose, in fact I would urge people if they are considering a new PC to build one right now since apparently higher prices are incoming AGAIN. If you stick to a Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU you can build a mid range, lower end or high end system at prices that are at least palatable. Its a terrible time to build a system if you go with an Intel processor and Nvidia GPU.
There is no difference between a Radeon 6800 and 3090 when using adaptive sync and capping FPS to your panels refresh rate, only difference is I'm the numpty that paid $3250 while my mate got his 6800 for $630 brand new.. Brand loyalty doesn't pay off, just buy whats the best value and enjoy your games.
Hey Paul! Love your videos been watching for years. I'm kinda a nerdy trucker that loves watching what you have to say tech wise. Always find your talking about custom cables for pc builds but I've noticed you've never talked about custom riser cables(PCI cables). I have a SFF PC I built but the riser cable that came with my phanteks evolv shift xt is unfortunately bout 3 to 4 inches shorter then what I need. Forcing me to run my RTX 3090 Founders edition without the active water cooling back. (You can find my SFF build on LTT form if you look up SILVER MISFIT)
My question for you is.
How & who do I contact to get a custom riser(PCI) cable made to fit my needs? Since when I asked Phanteks if they had a little longer one for that case I was told no & they wouldn't tell me how long the one that comes with the case was 😒😒😒
In the U.S. our government is going to bring back tariffs of up to 25% for computer parts that are produced in China. If you plan on building a new computer you will want to do it before October 1st which begins the 1st quarter of the U.S. fiscal year. I was going to wait until DEC2024/JAN2025 but that's off the table now. I've already picked up a couple of components but what I really need to get is a motherboard, processor, memory, fans, and Windows 11. KC
I liked your explanation of when to buy tech. Five or six years ago I was looking to upgrade my AMD RX 2400g CPU, I really wanted the the 2700x but couldn't afford it. And when I could finally, I saw a tech guru that people seem to think is Jesus for some reason (and that should have been my warning). He spent a good bit of time explaining that alot of fear mongering was going on and we should all resist the urge to panic-buy CPUs specifically. Well, he had been in the tech field much longer than, so I put my wallet back in my pocket. And a mere 2 weeks later there was not a 2700x CPU to be found anywhere in the free world.
I think that sounds a bit bitter. I may be a bit salty still after all these years.
BTW 3 weeks after watching his "information" I bought a 3600x which has been serviceable, although not what I wanted.
@paulshardware Think back to the first computer you ever built... How did you learn to build said computer? What CPU/GPU did you use? Was it ALL new, or were parts of it used? Please share any memories from the process.
I don't remember how old I was, but if memory serves I hadn't completed fourth grade yet. I built my first computer which had a 16Mhz Intel 486 and I don't think it had 2MBs of ram. I don't remember what GPU I used, and the first GPU I remember buying was a ATI Radeon X700 over a decade later. This was back when you could brew a pot of coffee in the time it took to boot into Windows 3.1, this might be an exaggeration because it was still years before my first cup of coffee. I remember showing my elementary school teachers how to do things on a computer because they didn't know DOS commands, some had trouble even turning it on.
Learning to build the computer is among the best memories I have with my father, and I highly recommend you build memories like this with your daughter as early and as often as you can.
Probing Paul
I'm thinking about upgrading my PC to a 7800x3d. And throwing my 3080ti in there until ths 5080 is released. I am only upgrading because my son needs the upgrade and I'm planning on giving him this PC once the 5080 is released. Should I wait till the 9800x3d is released or do you think the 7800x3d will be fine with the 5080.?
This is the only time of year I can buy a nvidia graphics card, picked up a Founders Edition 4090 for MSRP from nvidia for $1599 (it has 3/13/2024 manufacture date)
It was out of stock since second week of October 2023
I have accepted we now have "the privileged" market which is over priced and out of reach, newest tech and we have one generation old which is where I can buy last years model at normal prices. Kind of disgusting but whatever
Freesync/Gsync has a VRR range, lets say 80-144fps, and VRR only works while the framerate is within that VRR range. So it is entirely possible to have screen tearing while also having VRR correctly enabled. This is why both AMD and Nvidia say that you should use Vsync along side VRR. it will prevent your framerate from exceeding the VRR window and ensure it stays enabled.
I have a build question. Most RUclipsrs concentrate on gaming builds. Can you provide a build for the every day user? Surfing the web, watching various streaming services and some retro gaming- arcade, N64, PS2. Nothing flashy.
6:23 -- gsync, freesync -gt vsync. Great summary explanation 👍
Kindest regards, friends and neighbours.
Hi Paul. My apartment is very dusty. Even though I clean my PC every couple of months with a can of compressed air, the internals of my system remain very dusty (the dust is practically baked on to my motherboard and other components). My case is a Corsair 200R and I have added magnetic dust filters to the back and sides (but nothing would fit on top). So my question is: what features should I look for in my next case? Lots of air flow? Minimal air flow? Lots of fans? Minimal fans? Could you please give me a case recommendation? Thanks.
Hi I have a question. I found a new laptop that I’m interested in buying. It comes with a 2tb SSD.
I’d like to buy another 2tb SSD to put in it, I’m certain it has another slot for one.
Here’s my question. Is there a way to install the additional drive and have windows 11 ‘see’ a 4tb drive rather than two 2tb drives without deleting the OS and drivers and such that are already on the original drive?
If no, is there an easy way to accomplish my goal? (Cloning a drive, reinstalling windows and drivers from a “rescue USB” or something?
ThNks
Hi Paul. Can you maybe suggest settings to change in game to lower cpu usage. I have a 6700k with a 1070ti and get over 160fps maybe even more. But at the beginning, my cpu is at 99% and later drops down to around 70-80%. The game is overwatch 2
4:43 Tearing happens even with G-Sync on when you exceed the monitor's refresh rate if you do not have V-sync enabled, and if you also you don't cap your max frame rate 1 less than your monitor's refresh rate.
Can't believe Paul didn't mention this. He didn't answer the actual question correctly and just defaulted to "You didn't enable G-Sync correctly hurr durr". You need BOTH G-Sync and V-sync on.
This is what Nvidia actually recommends, and Blurbusters has tons of writeups on this.
"Then suddenly my brand new PC is suddenly out of date..." Given that PC hardware manufacturers are ALWAYS developing the next generation of hardware, the moment you buy anything even upon release it is out of date.
I was about to do a new motherboard build (and transfer some parts from my current one) but MOSTLY new... about a month ago. And I opted to wait till cyber monday / black friday sales and do it then. If you have a recommendation for a good X670'ish board I am all ears man. Right now I'm thinking about the Aorus Elite AX but the most important thing to me is kickass VRM's ... great show man thanks for all the help over the years.
A Classical understanding sees the world primarily as underlying form itself.
A Romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance.
The Classical's survive fine in modern society and advance it, to everyone’s benefit.
The Romantics need the Classical's to survive in modern society, then they decorate it for their own benefit.
A computer is a tool, Classical in form and function.
To Romantically decorate it is like putting a Spanish Saddle on a hog.
Its Romantics attempt to Deny their Reliance upon the Classical.
Its living in Fantasy rather than Reality.
This Romantic Fantasy view is fine when children, but detrimental when becoming adults.
Pointing this out is not Gate-keeping, its the Healthy Journey back to Reality.
Living a Romantic life of Dependence and Denial is not healthy on you or society.
As an adult you learn every choice has its benefits and problems, Give and Take.
Classical's mostly give, Romantics mostly take.
Are you Substantial or Superficial... The choice is yours.
Paul, your information about screen tearing and VRR is not entirely correct; it is still possible for screen tearing to occur with VRR enabled (correctly) when the GPU's framerate is substantially higher than the monitor's maximum refresh rate. To avoid this, either cap your GPU framerate to your monitor's refresh rate using something like RTSS, or enable VSync in any games where this becomes a problem. Despite common misunderstandings, enabling VSync and VRR (FreeSync or G-Sync) at the same time gives you the strengths of both without the glaring weaknesses. For example, when your framerate dips below the monitor's refresh rate with both VSync and VRR enabled, your framerate does not get cut in half, your monitor just syncs its refresh to the slightly lower framerate, and there will be zero screen tearing.
Thanks Paul for the great work you and Joe put into your videos for all the PC builder rookie such as me. I would like an hint from you on what would be a sweet spot PC built for video editing 4K drone videos? My 7th gen i5 Core with 16gig ram build struggle since I did never realy put heavy load on it before I start making videos on DaVinci Resolve. Would just investing on ram or video card could be an viable option?
Hi Paul, I hope you're well.
Earlier this year I bought for the first time a case with tempered glass, a Lancool 216 and I would like to ask you for some tips for the care of the tempered glass to avoid stains or scratches when cleaning my PC.
Thanks in advance.
The best time to build a new PC, is when you have the money to buy the parts. If you're worried about something new coming out, relax and don't worry about it. There is always something new coming out. Some New CPU, or GPU, or memory standard. If you keep waiting because of something new coming out, you will forever be waiting.
Still running a 2016 built x99 5960X rig and its time for a new build. Does what I want raw performance wise and I've sweated it good as an asset but I want more NVMe and other stuff to get the best from my 6700XT. Was looking for the end of the year.
Hey Paul, love the show. About this time last year you made the point that your channel was loosing subscribers. I’m glad you kept at at, but did you track the changes you made and how they affected your subscriber count? I’m satisfied with all the great videos, but how are YOU doing, Paul?
I mean... if its about building something from the ground up, there usually isnt a best or worse time, because the amount of parts you need will likely compensate for each other and you will end up in some average price territory. Here its probably worth it to keep upgradability in mind, but take some more cheaper CPUs or GPUs first, if you expect new parts coming out in the following months, so you can sell the recently bought part (due to lower price, you will "loose" less money) and then go for the "wanted" GPU or CPU.
Besides those two components tho there are no parts where its is imo worth it to go with that "tactic", because things like PSUs, MoBos, SSDs or RAM dont climb in performance on a yearly basis and a good case will be fine in 5 years as well.
But that said... most people dont want to upgrade on a yearly basis anyway and i think for them its fine if they just take something solid from the start and dont do unnecessary speculation. platforms like AM5 will be relevant over the coming years anyway and unless people want to play the overpriced and unpolished beta versions of games at their release, most GPUs wont make or break their experience. Something in your system will always be "outdated", unless you have fun burning money for nothing. People going crazy about these things is only a matter of playing the very newest releases or not, because they are hype-victims. Older games usually run perfectly fine even on lower cost hardware and they are usually better than most current releases anyway and often even look better - just saying Battlefield 4 or Arkham Knight. lol
Mines just started shitting out. This videos title brings a great sense of dismay to my ass. I hope it can at least survive to the drop of the 9xxx3d series. Also quick edit, there IS only one way to build a PC, the way YOU like. 🤘
Best time to build a PC is mid August. But only the first year of GPU cycle. Right now we are in the second year of GPU cycle. Which is when last 2 weeks before new GPU release are probably the best to profit from early adopters trying to get rid of old stuff. But it's like betting on what the next gen will be and also the most hyped time. And for the rest of the system mid August is still better or same than "Black Friday". So...
Just buy what you want when you want. Waiting for too long isn't healthy or profitable. Time is money.
In regards to screens and performnace how important is the quaility of the cable. I have a samsung 4k screen and it was experiencing some issues, most of the adivce I received was to dicth the DP cable that came in the box and purchase a higher quality one. So how do I know what is good cable. do I go DP or HDMI.? PC is used for both work and gaming
Agree with Paul right after CES and Computex are better. Last years "hot new thing" is this years "Sale part". Being a little behind doesn't lose you much, and saves you a lot.
*My MOTTO, buy "new" stuff, that is at least 1 to 2 years old !* Just NEVER buy the NEWEST tech !!!
So, just before NEW stuff releases !
there are no deals just before christmas, they spike the prices up before the sales to cut the MSRP for the sales window. February is normally the best time to buy new stuff unless you FOMO new shinier things announced in June, launched in September and available in November.
"Eventually, your pc will become outdated!"-Paul
"Wait, what?"-1080ti
I think if my PC turns on and accomplishes all the tasks you need it to, there's no need to upgrade.
My reply to form over function was, it's doesn't matter how pretty a PC looks, if it doesn't function, it's not useful, once you have achieved function, then go for form. His comment proves that point and contradicts himself in his own comment. His daughter's PC already had the function, so he had the function before he improved the form, and it doesn't matter how pretty her PC looks, she's not going to be smiling at all if it doesn't function. I was agreeing with him right up to the "gate keeping" part, then he lost me. It's nothing more than trying to guilt people into taking his stance on it, accusing others of doing exactly what he himself is doing with that "gate keeping" comment, do as I say, if you don't, you are wrong. I do however agree that the smiles and happiness of your child is just as important (But you still need function to get those smiles), letting my kid pick out parts then guide him to build his own PC was priceless.
While I enjoy the fact that smiles per $ is good to aim for with the little ones, you have to see it for what it is. A child that is impressionable enjoying something, which is great, don't get me wrong, just saying accept this only applies to children that's all. Sure, I'd have upgraded the hardware a touch while I was already having to take the system apart. By only adding the water loop the system will need an upgrade sooner, and you have more work to do with the loop added. So you're going to need to make it into a learning experience as part of having the loop she wanted. Smiles AND frames per $ with less work/downtime is best.
My PC stopped working right when this video came out, and I got a random reddit notification about how it's not a good time to buy GPUs due to tariffs. I'm trying to figure out what I did karma-wise to deserve this. I've been so good, I swear v.v
Alternatively right now, tariffs for computer hardware manufactured in China are about to be reintroduced. So if you’re planning a build, might want to think about getting those parts in the next week or two!
Having painfully lost a laptop due to some stupid distraction while drinking something I cannot fathom the idea of having any kind of liquid near my electronics, much less water cooling them regardless of how 'safe' they claim it is.
Me again, here to repeat that I never said I prefer form to function. You were gatekeeping and throwing out any kind of actual nuance or context when you reduce it just to "form vs function". "Function" and "performance" are not synonyms. You can add function without adding raw performance.
If you have time and proper planning, you can plan to buy or upgrade a PC for cheaper. Like how some parts like storage or gpu might go on sale or have an influx of stock so prices can go cheaper.
By buying over time you lower the total cost of the PC. Remember the newest and greatest might not be the best deal too. Older hardware go down in prices and go on sale often.
About an hour after the delivery guy left. Things need to climatize (or you will get condensation)....