Recent content by ragingpillowx

Then I think we are good to go. Same as before, two SSD's (I decided to have one for my workflow), and a locked cpu. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YWmNC6. On the off chance you are also a savant with monitors I am leaning torward the below monitor for a quality color display at a moderate...

If I went with a locked CPU it comes with a cooler. Should i drop the cpu cooler I added for the 13700K unlocked version?

I am actually under budget after cutting the graphics card. Below is what I think I will go with (possibly add another 2TB of storage, but i want to try keeping my projects on external SSD first). I changed to 13th gen, upped to DDR5, and selected a motherboard that accomodates those changes...

Thank you for the response! Would you skip a video card because the i7 12700 / 12700F has an integrated graphics card? If at some point you have a need for a graphics card could you still use this CPU and add a GPU? Just want to make sure I understand what I am doing before I buy everything.

For some silly reason I thought you would be able to see a category I didn't select.

Thank you for the response. My apologies if my original request was misleading. Regardless, I ultimately got the answer I was looking for. Thanks again.

My understanding is that it would be another fan housed within the cabinet, or a liquid cooling system. Cabinet cooler is the wording used by the system builder I used to ensure parts were compatible. Any thoughts on the build or whether or not you would add additional cooling?

Looking for any advice/criticism for the below build. The build is intended to run photoshop and Lightroom classic for photo editing. I intentionally tried to have the build be a little overkill in the hopes it lasts with some small updates over time. One question i have is should i include a...