Discussion most unbalanced PC build you have ever seen

[Order 66]

What is the most unbalanced PC build you have ever seen? @Avro Arrow mentioned a youtube who built a PC with an (IIRC) i9-13900k, and an RX 580.

 

[hedwar2011]

Any standard desktop build using a server motherboard with multiple CPUs EVER!

 

[hotaru.hino]

A LGA 775 Pentium 4 with an RTX 4090 would be something.

 

[Order 66]

A LGA 775 Pentium 4 with an RTX 4090 would be something.

even worse a Celeron D and a 4090. And I thought my Celeron N3350 was bad for gaming.

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[Order 66]

Any standard desktop build using a server motherboard with multiple CPUs EVER!

That may not be all bad as long as you are using server CPUs with decently high clocks or you are able to overclock them.

 

[USAFRet]

That may not be all bad as long as you are using server CPUs with decently high clocks or you are able to overclock them.

The problem with that is, the vast majority of consumer software cannot utilize 2x CPU.

 

[Why_Me]

What is the most unbalanced PC build you have ever seen? @Avro Arrow mentioned a youtube who built a PC with an (IIRC) i9-13900k, and an RX 580.

Too many to remember. With that said the worst builds usually are peeps that want all white everything + RGB and SFF builds. I've seen peeps with a $2000+ budget end up with $150+ in fans and something like a RTX 3060 for 1440 or even 4K while telling everyone it's a gaming build. Same goes for those SFF builds that are an oxymoron to gaming builds. Those are the ones who complain later on it's a hotbox while telling peeps they don't have room for a mid tower case. Unless they live in a refrigerator box ... I'm pretty sure they can find the room.

 

[Why_Me]

While I'm at it over priced motherboards for middling cpus and a mid level budget. Throw in over priced cases while your at it. Those peeps usually end up with a crappy build.

 

[hedwar2011]

Intel Core Atom, liquid cooled, with 32Gbs of memory (I know it's a stretch) and a 4090.

 

[hedwar2011]

While I'm at it over priced motherboards for middling cpus and a mid level budget. Throw in over priced cases while your at it. Those peeps usually end up with a crappy build.

Definitely. They spend all the cash on the case with the bling but nothing on the inside but parts they stole from an on Optiplex.

 

[Why_Me]

Definitely. They spend all the cash on the case with the bling but nothing on the inside but parts they stole from an on Optiplex.

Makes me wonder if those peeps actually own a monitor or if they just stare at their PC all day.

 

[hedwar2011]

Makes me wonder if those peeps actually own a monitor or if they just stare at their PC all day.

It's the RGB they spent $1000 on with the case....

 

[USAFRet]

It's the RGB they spent $1000 on with the case....

$450 in fans, and then the question here: "Do I need more fans?"

 

[hedwar2011]

$450 in fans, and then the question here: "Do I need more fans?"

But of course....They clearly forgot the cowbell. Nice to see ya again USAFRet.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

the most unbalanced PC build

seems i've seen quite a few here with 5+ year old HP office systems asking how they should go about adding an RTX 3090/4090 for gaming.

 

[Eperbab]

I sold my gpu, and temporarily used an S3 trio 64v+ (Rev. E) card with 512 KB VRAM, combined with a Sempron 2800+ o.c.'d to 1.95 GHz.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

IS3 trio 64v+ (Rev. E) card with 512 KB VRAM, combined with a Sempron 2800+ o.c.'d to 1.95 GHz.

maybe my memory is off, but aren't those similarly aged and compared? wouldn't seem that "unbalanced" as this thread suggests.

 

[hotaru.hino]

maybe my memory is off, but aren't those similarly aged and compared? wouldn't seem that "unbalanced" as this thread suggests.

S3 Trio isn't even a 3D card. And give or take nearly a decade older than the Sempron

 

[ARICH5]

the "can you game with a xeon" videos on yt are pretty funny.

 

[CountMike]

Overclocked Intel 13900K using IGPU only

 

[Misgar]

Somebody with a SFF Dell or HP office PC replacing the original 180W internal PSU with a full size ATX unit mounted outside the case, so they can add a more powerful GPU and turn their pride and joy into a gaming "monster".

 

[Order 66]

S3 Trio isn't even a 3D card. And give or take nearly a decade older than the Sempron

correct

 

[Order 66]

$450 in fans, and then the question here: "Do I need more fans?"

even worse, spending $450 on one fan and then have 4 of them. There was a video by LTT a while ago that showcased them using some kind of industrial fan that costs $450 each. not that you would be able to use more than one of them without blowing the pc off the desk. I can't find the video but I think I remember what fan it was. it was this: Vasy Fan VF-390. (I could be wrong)

 

[Order 66]

Not necessarily unbalanced, but I have awful memories of trying to game on my old school laptop with an intel celeron N3350 and intel HD 500 graphics. The crazy thing was that the CPU was so bad that the IGPU wasn't even the bottleneck in games. it only had 64GB (not to mention 4GB of DDR3) of storage so the only games it could run were Roblox and Minecraft (not very well). I remember that at times (in fast paced Roblox games) it would drop to 3 fps and never go above 30. I also remember my upgrade to an i5-6500 and RX 550 4GB. it still wasn't very good at least for Fortnite, because it would constantly stutter (fortunately not during intense action most of the time) but it was still playable. My 7700x and rx 6800 PC is my first proper gaming pc.

 

[Zerk2012]

Unbalanced depends on the specific use of the PC.

Not everybody games.