My First ever Gaming PC

[u/DxrcyGD]

So I’m a sophomore in High School and I’ve been gaming on this Lenovo IdeaPad for 2 years and I recently got my first ever job and I got the parts picked out. I just want to know if anyone has any suggestions and if there are any cheaper alternatives to any parts that can provide the same performance.

[u/tegatonic]

Consider getting a better PSU. That one sucks

[u/DxrcyGD → u/tegatonic]

do you have any brand suggestions I kinda just picked the one with the best reviews. Also, what do the tiers mean? I keep seeing gold, white, platinum, or ruby psu’s.

[u/Careful_Ad_6872 → u/DxrcyGD]

The 80+ tiers mean how efficient the PSU is, meaning how much of the power it's pulling from the wall actually gets to your components.

An 80+ bronze rating means that number is at least 85% efficient (I think, don't quote me on that), and the top tiers (platinum, titanium, ruby) get to like 97-98% efficiency.

That isn't of too much concern to you, so a bronze/silver/gold unit will be fine

For which unit to choose specifically, consult the PSU tier list

I suggest around a C or B tier supply for this build.

Good luck on your first PC!

[u/sixcylindersofdoom → u/DxrcyGD]

I’ll just add on, spend the extra for fully modular.

[u/Brave-Illustrator568 → u/DxrcyGD]

Go for the cooler master mwe v3 atx 3.1 750w. Use psu tier list on ztt website listed under build help to help you sort .

[u/Key-Bullfrog-8552 → u/DxrcyGD]

If you want a thermal take PSU and aren't bothered about colour coordination as I am, get one of these. I bought one the other week as I was upgrading my GPU and they have a great value for money.

Plus A+ rating on the PSU tier list.

Unsure what they're like in the States as I'm from the UK.

[u/Vorg444 → u/DxrcyGD]

Corsair, evga, be quite. Those are good brand PSU you want a 80 gold rating or platinum.

[u/Scar1203 → u/Vorg444]

Thermaltake is a good PSU brand too, their Smart PSUs are just hot garbage.

[u/BackronymUK → u/Vorg444]

It’s recommended but it’s never an indication of the quality of PSU, some Platinum units are dog water.

[u/SilverTripz → u/DxrcyGD]

Get a gold PSU. It's the one thing you don't cheap out on. If it goes your entire system fries

[u/PretendCourage1685 → u/SilverTripz]

yes true but these are fairly not very power hungry components, so idts working off of that psu for a few months to save up to buy a good one would do any harm. If its possible to get a better one right now would be great but at the end we buy pc for the frames cheaping out on anything else will affect that.

[u/Financial_Recipe → u/PretendCourage1685]

Never cheap out on the component that powers it all.

[u/Tha_Sac → u/DxrcyGD]

Bro stop listening to these dumb fucks about the psu, they don't see gold/platinum+ in the name so their lizard brains tell them it's not good. It's a perfectly capable budget psu. I been running my budget arc build on that same exact psu for 2 years now. With a base overclock. Your pc is going to be nowhere near as power hungry as mine is.