If you are planning to buy a computer and intend to collect a case that you can shape according to your needs instead of ready-made systems, there are some elements you should pay attention to. Because the parts of a system being compatible with each other means maximum performance for your money. So what mistakes should we avoid?
What should we pay attention to when collecting computers?
Maybe you want to have your dream case as a design, maybe you are looking for a system that will run the games you want to experience at high performance. However, you should choose hardware parts according to your needs and make sure that they will work in harmony.
For example, you do not need to put 32 GB memory in a computer that you will only use for office and writing works. Because you will probably never use 24 GB of it. Similarly, you should determine your motherboard and processor choices according to your needs, so you can efficiently use your budget in other parts.
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Processor
Since the processor will form the brain of our system, we will probably use a large part of our budget here after the graphics card. But many people turn to Intel i7 or Ryzen 7 series with the thought that I will use it for many years, so I should buy the best.
Contrary to popular belief, we get the real performance from the GPU, not the CPU, in computer games. That’s why buying the i5 and R5 models will save you a lot of money without a significant drop in performance. Moreover, if you add the money that will remain in your pocket to the share of the graphics card, you can earn more than the performance loss that will arise from the processor.
For example, instead of buying a GTX 1660 GPU next to a 12th generation i7 or 5th generation Ryzen 7 processor, you can choose i5 and R5 and get RTX 2060 on the graphics card. But if you’re thinking of a business-oriented computer rather than a game, things will be the other way around. In other words, if you are going to do things that put a load on the CPU, such as rendering, then it would be much more logical to take i7 and R7, or even i9 and R9 processors and throttle them from the graphics card.
RAM
RAMs are among the indispensable parts when assembling the system. If you are going to collect a case right now, it should have at least 8, preferably 16 GB of memory, especially if it is focused on gaming and business. Moreover, the newly released games do not accept a value below 8 GB, even if you use the best processor and graphics card.
But another mistake made is that we feel compelled to fill all RAM slots. For example, our motherboard has 4 memory slots and only 1 or 2 of them are occupied. If your system is 16 GB and you do not plan to make an RTX 3090 SLI, 32 GB or 64 GB memory size will be unnecessary.
However, if you are going to get 32 GB of memory in your system, it will be useful to do it in the form of 2 16 GB or 4 8 GB, that is, multi-channel, not to fill a single slot. Another important issue is the mHz and Cl value. These are the values that tell us the operating frequency and the delay rate in milliseconds.
If you are building a system with an AMD processor, a high mHz value will be an advantage for you. The Cl value is relatively insignificant. But if you have a system with an Intel processor, the situation is reversed. It will be better if you prefer RAMs with a Cl value of 14 or 15, rather than 3400 mHz instead of 3200. However, it may be wiser not to spend too much money on memory above 3000 mHz and below 17 Cl.
SSD
Another little-known element in computer systems that directly affects your experience is the SSD. The processor and graphics card may be increasing the performance of your system. But the speed is determined by SSD and HDD. If you wish, you can buy 500 GB or 1 TB HDD and keep the memory of the device high. However, buying an affordable SSD and installing Windows on it will speed up your usage, especially the system’s startup and shutdown speed, at least 10 times on paper and 4-5 times in real use.
Of course, how much you keep the budget here is very important. As we said, at worst, you can get a 120 GB SATA SSD and install Windows here. But if you buy M2 SSDs that you can plug directly into the motherboard just like RAM and can cost almost 1.5-2 times, your speed can increase up to 50 times on paper.
For example, a high speed HDD can read up to 80 Megabytes of files per second. However, the speeds of M2 SSDs can go up to 3 thousand or even 5 thousand. For example, on a computer using a low-speed HDD, where the boot time of GTA 5 is 5 minutes, you can reduce this time to 10 seconds with a fast M2 SSD.
motherboard
Users generally do not care about the motherboard in order to allocate more budget for the processor and graphics card. In fact, while they buy a 10 thousand lira graphics card and 5 thousand lira processor, they turn to 600-700 TL motherboards. But then they can get upset when their processors do not perform as expected.
We see this often in people who buy Intel’s K-series and AMD’s X-series (overclockable) processors and then buy the H- and B-coded models when it comes to the motherboard. If you have a processor that you want to get high performance and even want to overclock for this reason, you should buy a minimum Z series motherboard. Otherwise, even if your system works at full efficiency, the individual performances of the hardware may never see the maximum value.
Power source
If you are building a gaming or business computer, you should choose a power source based on the performance and energy consumption of the components. At this point, our recommendation would be to buy a model between at least 500 and 700 W. But if it is going to be a really high performance system, 1000 W and above can be preferred.
But this is not the most important detail. Many people make a big mistake by buying the first affordable power supply they see because of its high wattage. However, you should choose an 80 Plus gold or bronze certified device. Otherwise, you may experience momentary power cuts while the system is working stably, or you may damage your case in the slightest power outage.
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