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want to build my first pc (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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I have a Dell XPS with a GTX 1080 in it and it's getting a bit dated. I would love to build a machine. I was thinking possibly amd, as it seems better value. I figured I'll keep my 4tb nvme drive and maybe the ram but I should probably buy everything else new.

Any recommendations or should I just mess around on pcpartpicker?

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[–] leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I checked recommended builds in gaming magazines, compared them over two months, swapped parts until I was pretty sure it fit my needs. I posted it here for a last sanity check then, and swapped out the PSU after that. Everything else was fine.

Also read tests regularly, and more than once for the same parts. There are some great testing sites out there.

For me the time I took paid off, in the end the PC was perfectly tailored to my needs.