For anyone else looking as part of a NEW build, my advice is the same as before. Don't bother getting anything older than GTX3xxx/RX6xxx and try to stick to the 7-level cards (3070/6700) with 12GB or higher VRAM. A possible exception could be 6-level "Ti" cards but only if you have to.
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4 kilowatts isn't a CAPITAL LETTERS level of ridiculousness, that's basically how much my car's induction cabin heater pulls.A little advice for anyone using a 13th gen Intel processor who might be experiencing unexpected shutdowns/restarts: You might want to manually adjust your processor's power states in the BIOS to give it a hard upper limit, because otherwise your motherboard might be telling it that it's okay to go ahead and pull over four THOUSAND watts.
--PatrickIs your Intel Core i9-13900K crashing in games? Your motherboard BIOS settings may be to blame — other high-end Intel CPUs also affected (Updated)
Apparently a 4096W power limit might be a bad idea.
Question as I'm contemplating a new build. why do you recommend against the 9 level builds? specifically, I'm looking Nvidia 4090.
To be fair, before the 30-series, NVIDIA xx90-level cards didn't really exist.
IMO get a steam deck. I've built my last windows PC.
...yeahhhh now is probably not the time to be going 13/14 gen, possibly 12gen, too.
This is what I recently built, and it's been a powerhouse of pure gaming pleasure at 1440p 240fps
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It really depends on what you want the PC for. I built it for gaming, and for that it's a beast, as games lean much more on the power of the GPU rather than the CPU. By going with an older gen CPU I was able to save a lot of money on the cpu and motherboard and put that money into the GPU. If I were building a render machine obviously I'd configure it differently. And while Pat is correct that nvidia's cards currently outclass AMDs, at the time I built this AMD was significantly cheaper. So yes, Nvidia's top card might be 20% faster than AMD's, but it was also 50% more expensive, making the AMD (at least at the time I bought it) a no brainier. I'm able to run everything maxed out with full ray tracing already so I have no complaints.I'm not sure I'm willing to try and install water cooling myself
And... Well, I dunno, I'll have to look at the 12600s a bit. Even if the last two generations are out, it still feels weird installing a three-generations-ago cpu in a system I want to be somewhat future proof
How much are you paying for that windows license?
€139.99 I think. The standard Win11 Home price
Oh god no. You shouldn't pay more than $20, $30 most, or whatever the equivalent is in your currency. Buy from a key seller.
Also I forgot to ask, and this is important, what do you use your computer for? If it's mostly gaming, I'm going to have different recommendations than if you're using it to render large video files or compile large programs
Big number is difficult to turn away from, I know its allure. I mean, I'm running a 7900 XTX which is way more than I probably need.
Depending upon your exact motherboard topology, the latter would probably have to be underclocked to match the former.
7900XT has 2x the theoretical performance of the 7800XT but is usually only about 33% faster in real-world workloads. But it also has 4GB more memory (20GB v. 16GB) if you're looking to get a larger monitor later.
What normally happens when you do that is that the 1600 stick automatically gets downclocked to match the 1333 speed of the other one. Just make sure they're both the same type (buffered/unbuffered, same number of ranks, ECC or not, etc).
More context would help.
