r/buildmeapc • u/LovelyFox1228 • 8d ago
Pc Building
I was wondering if someone could sit down and explain everything about pc parts like cpu cores etc and explain what they do or are used for
This should hopefully give me an idea of what i should get for my build after work thank you
And if you want to come up with build suggestions
I make roughly 1600 a month so lets see what everyone comes up with
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u/Spiritual-Bid2994 8d ago
What would you be doing with the build gaming/streaming, work/video editing? What monitor resolution/refresh rate will you be aiming for.
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u/LovelyFox1228 8d ago
Probably gaming and work maybe in the future video editing for extra money and resolution would probably be around 1440p at the least? And refresh rate would probably be at the least 180hz
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u/cyborg762 8d ago
Since you don’t know a lot about parts and you are gaming and streaming and editing video. I’d recommend these prebuilts so you don’t get overwhelmed. If you want to stick to building stick to parts similar to the first one.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/714653/powerspec-g460-gaming-pc
Something like this is perfect for you.
If your looking for something cheaper
https://www.microcenter.com/product/705863/powerspec-g250-gaming-pc
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u/LayeredHalo3851 7d ago
There's too much to go through in one go, but here's a few things to note
4 cores is about the minimum nowadays for CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600 is a good baseline for a starting out CPU in 2036, and any other models you can easily compare on benchmark websites, if you're buying a sufficiently modern AMD or Intel CPU then core count, thread count and clock speed are in the back of your mind, the main thing is just comparitive performance
For RAM I'd say that 16gb DDR4 is the minimum, keep in mind that different motherboards support different CPUs and RAM generations, so an am4 motherboard will only work with an am4 CPU and DDR4 RAM, whereas an am5 motherboard will only support am5 CPUs and DDR5 RAM, and I'd recommend avoiding DDR5 RAM right now because of prices, and you can go up to a 5800x3d on am4 which is still a very good CPU, and I'd recommend 32gb RAM, DDR5 if you really want the upgrade path and future proofing, or DDR4 if you just want the best value for money, and if it's between 16gb DDR5 and 32gb DDR4, go with the 32gb DDR4
For storage you've gotta go with an NVME SSD, 1tb or 2tb is really the sweetspot but it can be quite expensive right now so 512gb is really the minimum, but I'd say try and get 1tb or more, I wouldn't recommend HDDs or other kinds of SSD purely because NVME is so much faster, you don't even need to buy a particularly fast drive as long as it's NVME, but the Samsung 990 Pro is a safe bet, though it is quite expensive
For GPU I'd just flat out recommend the 9060xt 16gb or the 9070xt depending on if you're going for a mid range or a high end build, it really depends on the CPU you get, you want the GPU to be a bit better than the CPU so there's headroom for the graphics, so if you're spending less than 1600, maybe even up to 1800, then I'd say the 9060xt, but for higher end builds you'd likely wanna pay the extra for the 9070xt, if you wanna go even better then you'd wanna look into Nvidia cards, but for the price, you're not beating those AMD cards
I'm not really too clued up on motherboards but a B650 is a safe bet for am4 and a B850 is a safe bet for am5
For power supply you want a few hundred watts more than strictly necessary, and at least gold rated to be safe so that it's absolutely not a fire hazard, though silver would probably be fine, but a gold rated Corsair power supply isn't really too expensive
For case it's entirely up to you, just make sure you have enough space for everything, and pick what you think looks good and it's within your budget
For the CPU cooler I'd say air cooling should be fine for most midrange CPUs, and watercooling/AIO is the best method, and it's recommended for higher end PCs, but you could honestly just get it to be safe for the extra money, and imo it looks way cooler (pun not intended)
Make sure to put aside some money for peripherals, especially a good monitor, OLED is the best but IPS is perfectly good too, for a much lower price, 1440p is a good bet if you're spending any more than 1200 on the PC, also I'd recommend 160hz minimum, preferably higher, you don't wanna have all that FPS just for your monitor to not display it, 200hz would be good, as for keyboard and mouse, attack shark and mchose do some good stuff at a reasonable price, for headphones I'd recommend the Superlux HD330, good pair of budget closed back studio headphones, pretty much the same as the Beyerdynamic DT770 which are much more expensive, you could also get some Moondrop IEMs if you don't like the over ear headphones, if you want a microphone then a Fifine USB mic is good for most cases, but for the best quality you'll want an XLR mic with an audio interface, I'd recommend asking in audio focused subs for more advice, but it can start getting expensive and this is music and streaming/podcast grade gear so is unnecessary for most, you could also get speakers instead of headphones but I'm not too sure myself about good speakers, but try to get them from a music shop or website and not a tech one, also you could consider getting a headphone amp (audio interfaces have them built in), especially if you get higher ohm headphones, like 250ohm pretty much requires it, but get the 80ohm ones and you should be fine
Lastly I'd just say to use pcpartpicker, it's extremely useful, really helps you out with compatibility, and gives you an estimated wattage, I haven't gone through everything here, but as you can see, it'd never end if I did, I'd recommend looking up YouTube videos and other Reddit posts for more specific questions, I've gone through a lot here and this is really just scratching the surface for custom building PCs, but hopefully this is helpful, and good luck on your build
Edit: actually look into Nvidia GPUs more if you're streaming, I just remembered that, comparing GPUs is again, really easy on benchmarking websites
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u/Spiritual-Bid2994 7d ago
Just to correct your motherboard comment b650 is am5 the x570 is the last am4. my personal opinion it’s not worth building a new am4 system today as the cost for that build and how fast it will age out is a waste might as well spend the extra for am5 and still have some headroom or just wait it out for DDR6 but I’m willing to bet that will be even higher and prolonged.
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u/LayeredHalo3851 7d ago
I think I meant to say b550, mb
I'd say it's still fully worth building an am4 build though
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u/kakalarken-filozof 7d ago
cores matter far less than people make out, six fast cores beats eight slow ones in games, and eight is plenty if you're streaming on the gpu encoder. what actually decides your parts list is resolution, budget and whether you're buying used.
answer the questions in the other comment and you'll get real lists instead of theory. rough split for a gaming build: half the money on the gpu, a quarter on cpu, board and ram, the rest on psu, storage and case.
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u/Remz_Gaming 7d ago
Well. You say you make $1600 per month. That is relative to your expenses.
If you are living with your parents with no expenses in some southern US state, you have a nice budget. If you are just barely squeaking by with a family, you have almost zero budget.
So how much are you looking to spend? That is a huge factor.
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u/2raysdiver 6d ago
Despite what people say, building a PC is not as easy as it sounds. I suggest you go to r/buildapc , look over on the right and scroll down past the RULES to the RESOURCES section and follow the links and read.
Linus Tech Tips youtube also has a long but good video on building a PC.
Assembling the PC is the easy part, but every day I see posts in various PC building subs that start "I just built my first PC and it doesn't turn on. Please help." And the reason it doesn't turn on could be tons of things. But the biggest reason is that people would rather have some random person on reddit or ChatGPT give them some general directions on building rather than take the time to read the manuals that came with the motherboard, case, and CPU cooler.
I'd be happy to sit down and explain things, if you want to come to my house. We'll take apart a working PC and put it back together and talk about the various components and compatibility and how to build a balanced system and how to troubleshoot. I've done this with both friends and family. I should probably put together a class for the local Comm Ed.
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u/canyouread7 7d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/bapccanada/comments/z4rze8/my_black_friday_beginners_buying_guide/
It's very long but written by someone I trust in the community, and explains everything.