Top 5 ways you're WASTING money on with your PC!

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[gakuyax]

We have 2 sides of wasting money. One is buying overly expensive stuff, the other is buying overly cheap stuff.

[derekthomas]

"Gaming" Chairs, they certainly look nice but there are so many better chairs out there that are better for your back.

[titantim]

The biggest red flag that the PC is overpriced is if it has a little apple logo on it.

[Superfluous.]

If something is branded as "gaming" these days, just know that you can find the non-gaming version of it for around 50-70% cheaper with a little bit of effort and searching.
It's sort of like buying a car. Just because it has stripes on it's paintjob doesn't mean it's better. It might be 1% faster because it has stripes, but it most certainly doesn't mean better.

[Polemistis]

Please do a video on timings! Definitely a confusing area for me.

[Wolvey]

Doing a RAM explanation/buying guide would be SUPER helpful

Thank you for everything you guys do!

[brainrottedindividual]

almost ten years ago, i decided to build my own pc for the first time, and your videos helped me out so much. now it's time for a new system, and i'm just happy you are still at it, even more so debunking the industry bs that has become rampant in the industry in the last few years. thanks a lot jay

[emmanlazo]

The powersupply was a major oversight on my part, I was a first time builder...I didn't have people helping me buy parts. The thing is though, the 1000w psu had the same price with the 850w psu required for my rig. I still love it though. I can overclock the crap out of my components without worrying if my psu can supply it.

[Zokeh]

Yes, we would appreciate a video showing the impact of timings on games!!❤

[averagejoe]

I agree plz do a timing video with Ram. Would love to understand more!

[Matthew-ccew]

Dude sounds like me talking to my nephews. They'd buy gaming underwear if they thought it'd help in a round of Halo.

[wildBill]

I work in a PC repair shop and I can't tell you how many people try and build super high end systems and end up bringing them to me to do correctly. It wasn't a trend until YouTubers started getting free parts from vendors and pushing excessive computers. It's a trend that needs to stop, it's driving inflation on parts, causing waste and extra cost for people over their heads and making consoles look more appealing. No one needs a threadripper and 4090 for Fortnite. No one needs those in any gaming computer. Threadripper is like home server grade CPU and a 4090 is a Titan replacement for workstations doing things like game development.

[Spade_]

YES Jay, I've been debating upgrading my RAM. That detailed video on timing and Mega-transfers would help greatly.

[Vss]

gotcha: *add more RGB for more performance (since we all know light = POWER)

[SuperTheLycan]

When NVIDIA reported a 79% margin, we knew we were F...

[michaelkearney]

Here is a hot take, I don't care about the aesthetics of the PC tower. IE; any RGB, glass panels, logos for products even cable management. As long as it doesn't effect performance I could not care less. I'm gaming, watching YouTube, Hulu, whatever, not staring at my tower.

[ashmccann]

5:35 Would really like to see more about RAM and timings please! As always, great video. Thanks Jay and team!

[Twokeeshonds]

Great vid Jay. It would be awesome to see a deep dive into ram timings.

[simonr]

Regarding PSU's:

They are the heart and safety net of the entire system.

Efficiency, consistency and longevity are what you want. To achieve all of that, buy something that is from a reputable brand (where you have a trustworthy warranty and where all the specs (each rail's power, ripple, efficiency curves, etc) are available AND aren't exaggerated), and buy something that will be running at around 50-60% of it's rated potential. So if your system (dont forget fans, lights, pumps, disk drives, etc in your calculations) uses 750w when under load, a 1200+w PSU is wise.

It's also worth checking how the peak power is achieved.
Some brands and models tell you what the 3.3v + 5v + 12v rails combine as their total output - with not enough available on the 12v rail.
Some allow all the power to flow through the 12v rail(s) (if needed).

Having all the power split among multiple 12v rails is also a way some brands achieve their power stats.

Ideally you want all the supplied power available on the 12v rail (circuit), and it not to be split up into too many smaller 12v circuits too.
For example, a good 1000w PSU would have 1000w available from just 1 or 2 discrete circuits, meaning you can power a beefy GPU and a beefy CPU simultaneously, and they are getting a unified power feed - no slight discrepencies from manufacturing and assembly tolerences.

A "less good" PSU may still have 1000w available on the 12v circuits, but it's spread over 4 different 250w circuits. this means you need to combine 3 power feeds to achieve a 600w output for a 4090 and combine one of those 3 feeds with the 1 remaining 12v feed to power a water-cooled and OC'd 14900k. Doing this works fine, but what happens if there's slight difference in the output wave - either in peak/trough voltage, or frequency...

[Romek_S]

LOL, just in middle of your rant on "gaming something" YT decided to show me an ad of gaming chair :D