Avoiding Common PC Building Traps - Episode 6

More things to look out for when building your PC - minus the Ewoks.

Power Supply Calculators

[xDBx]

When you buy a 144 hz screen and play with 60 hz because you didn't change the settings. Yup there's people that did it

[cicciobombo]

"watercooling is better"

*Laughs in Noctua*

[mojolotz]

The monitor thing you mentioned... also applies to RAM. Make sure you have set your ram to whatever it is certified for, or it will just run at whatever standard it follows (usually 2.3k)

[PatGencarelli]

This actually helped me! My monitor was at default 60htz even though it's advertised as 144, thank you!

[cbygelightbulb]

James: You don't need more than 500W
My Vega 64: I have crushed your 700W PSU puny mortal

[justinyan]

Lmao I have a friend who bought a new fancy 160 hrz monitor without realizing he had 60 hrz on default he didn't change it until 4 months after

[suborgtfo.]

AAH! THE GOOD OL JAMES IS BACK WITH SOME NEW TECH NEWS..

[FizzleFX]

Step one...
Don't hire the VERGE

[fetalmistake]

Also dont buy a 500w Power supply If your calculation goes Like to 480w. Powersupplies Work Most efficient when between 40% to 60% load.

[Lyle-xcpg]

Holy hell! i just watched all of these and another one came out

[joshb]

I love how my monitors are always found as generic PnP monitors, even finding the drivers online sometimes. and these are name brand monitors too a Samsung and Acer

[WalnutSpice]

Tip #1, finish it asap. Don't be like me, "Oh I'll touch that up later". That was three years ago and things been my main rig since. Never had the side panel screwed back on, cable management or even adjusted fan speeds in the bios. Its had the same too short SATA cables since 2015. Don't be like me, don't procrastinate.

And yes, One screw is enough for an optical or hard drive. Does it work? Yes, it does. Do I recommend it? Well do you like DSKCHK?

[bruceg]

Wow, I didn't realize there were deadly traps inside my pc. I'm glad I didn't lose a finger, or get poisoned/electrocuted during my last build.

[MsUltrafox]

I never hear about the M.2 speed trap.
Not all motherboard support PCI X4 for your M.2 resulting in a very slow M.2 running it at SATA speed.

[todor]

No we have to wait 32 years for episode 7.

[datAero]

Water-cooling isn't better than air if you got a big boi from noctua

[rayquantum]

Is an rtx 2080 ti enough to run most triple A games at 160+ FPS 1440p

[carlwolf]

LTT: You don't need a high wattage power suppl.
Me: *laughs in modded Vega 56*

[roflTiMeX]

Also important: Make sure the heatsink of your CPU cooler you choose doesn't cover up the RAM slots if you want to use more than 2 RAM Sticks. I've had this problem before and only realized it when I actually build the PC.

[NekoJanz]

"you see, because components today are a lot more power efficient than they were even a decade ago. . ."

_Radeon VIIs wailing in the distance_