I put together a 4K gaming PC for $1,200 (or 2K for $1,000) using Black Friday hardware deals

[Admin]

You can buy the parts to put together a very powerful gaming PC for cheap. Here's the parts listing.

I put together a 4K gaming PC for $1,200 (or 2K for $1,000) using Black Friday hardware deals : Read more

 

[Lucky_SLS]

You know, you can get a cheaper cooler like this ID cooling A620 for 30 bucks and invest more into a quality PSU like this MSI A850GL for a budget build.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MF...20-pro-se-58-cfm-cpu-cooler-frozn-a620-pro-se

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zF...lly-modular-atx-power-supply-mag-a850gl-pcie5

savings from cooler -> 46-30 = 16
PSU price increase -> 85-59 = 26
Total price increase -> 10 USD
You are using a 350W card and suggesting a tier B bronze PSU 😕

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

I'd suggest splurging more on a quality brand name PSU like SeaSonic, a PSU is something you want to spend money on to not have to worry about it for a decade or longer, and the phrase "buy this PSU because it's cheap" should -never- come from the mouth (or keyboard) of anyone, especially not chief editor of a supposedly reputable tech site. The SeaSonic Focus Gold 850w is $99 at Newegg, and I'd spend $40 more any day of the week over that questionably made MSI. Granted it's been almost 15 years since TH did an article on PSU OEMs, but the last time it was updated MSI just rebadged a Solytech unit without any design input at all.

https://www.newegg.com/seasonic-focus-gm-series-focus-gm-850-750w/p/N82E16817151231

Especially in this age when you're talking about a GPU costing in excess of $600.

Also for cooler, I'd pick the Corsair H100i for $80.

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-liqu...md-am5-am4-strx4-str4-black/p/N82E16835181317

Again it may be $34 more expensive, but the Corsair H100i is superior to the ID Cooling X240.

 

[Colif]

I'd suggest splurging more on a quality brand name PSU like SeaSonic, a PSU is something you want to spend money on to not have to worry about it for a decade or longer, and the phrase "buy this PSU because it's cheap" should -never- come from the mouth (or keyboard) of anyone, especially not chief editor of a supposedly reputable tech site. The SeaSonic Focus Gold 850w is $99 at Newegg, and I'd spend $40 more any day of the week over that questionably made MSI.

I agree with this message.

Unless you have 1200 to throw around on spare parts you might need to replace since PSU killed them.
The PSU is in top 3 of things I look at for a new PC. Not last to save money...

 

[logainofhades]

I cannot take this article seriously when it has a Raidmax PSU in it.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Anyone else remember his famous "Just buy it!"?

 

[logainofhades]

Anyone else remember his famous "Just buy it!"?

Yes, I do.

 

[Syntaximus]

As others have stated that PSU is bad, and pairing it with a 7900XT is even worse...
Could have done better with cooling as well, PA-120s go on Amazon for about ~$35 on the lower end.