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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: [OT] It's Xmas - time for new gaming PC, advice please
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 14:48:53 -0800
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On 12/5/2024 4:00 AM, Geeknix wrote:
> On 2024-12-01, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 13:00:04 GMT, Geeknix
>> <usenet@apple.geeknix135.net> wrote:
>>> I tried to swap out the parts for brands I am aware of and tweak a few
>>> things:
>>>
>>> https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d2Ptgn
>>>
>>> I would really appreciate anyone can have a quick review, I believe most
>>> here are more experienced gamers than myself! Apologies if the request
>>> for your time is cheeky or against the group rules. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Some immediate thoughts:
>>
>> - Fully modular power supplies are neat, but unless you really tinker,
>> they're generally not worth the premium over non-modular power
>> supplies. How often are you going to be plugging and unplugging
>> peripherals? The fifty bucks you save can get put to something more
>> useful...
> 
> Thanks for hanging around, I have been away on business, tried to post
> from Thunderbird portable. I don't see my replies here so I guess it
> didn't work!
> 
> Thanks for this tip, will consider a partial PSU, I am just concerned
> about cooling, since the shops suggested liquid cooling. Were in my
> build I have swapped liquid cooling for a top range fan.

Definitely stay away from liquid cooling. There's cheap tower fans that 
outperform liquid cooling for the CPU at least now.  It's also a hazard 
to your computer and can be messy.

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-Justisaur

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