Mesh Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I'm planning on building a PC my high school kids and wondered where's the best place to get all the parts....my last build I got everything from NewEgg (13 years ago). Is there a better place get all the parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Amazon can source nearly everything, especially when NewEgg is out of stock or subbing out sources. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 If you're lucking enough to be by a Microcenter that would be a good place to go IMHO 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, InstrEd said: If you're lucking enough to be by a Microcenter that would be a good place to go IMHO 😃 There's one, but it's 236 miles from here :(... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyjx Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 20 minutes ago, Mesh said: There's one, but it's 236 miles from here :(... Sound like a good road trip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Start early in the morning and make it an adventure. Find a restaurant to have lunch/dinner on the way back. Always time for some great pie 😋 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Looks like the Misses is totally ready for this road trip!😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyjx Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Mesh said: Looks like the Misses is totally ready for this road trip!😁 You have a good woman! All about the adventure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM I'm in the process of building a new PC. Everything has gone up in price in the span of the last 2 weeks. To buy everything for one PC I'm going to have to get the various parts from Newegg, Amazon, and Best Buy. eBay is a cheaper option, but the return process is horrible if you get a defective item. The system I was going to build went up from $1130 to $1380 in just over two weeks. I had everything in my cart on Amazon for a while, all in stock. When I went to order everything this week the mobo, M.2 drive, and ram were out of stock from Amazon. My options were "Used like new" or to buy from independent sellers who are price gouging and have terrible return policies if something is received bad. I'll wait to see what happens. My current CPU doesn't support Windows 11, so I have till October when they stop support for Windows 10. I'm building the system I always wanted and don't want to settle for something less, but I can wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted Monday at 03:01 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:01 PM i9 14900k CPU just went on sale on Amazon. Just an fyi ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted Tuesday at 04:51 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 04:51 PM Is this a good case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted Tuesday at 10:23 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:23 PM 5 hours ago, Mesh said: Is this a good case? Thermaltake makes good cases. One thing you have to research is, some of the cooling fans for cpu's are so large now, they won't fit in every case. The fan for the build I'm doing now is so large that I was only able to find one case it would fit in. The other requirement was I had to have a 5.25" bay to put a Blueray/CD player/burner in and they are very rare now. There was only 1 case that was wide enough that had a 5.25" bay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted Wednesday at 02:28 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:28 PM 21 hours ago, Mesh said: Is this a good case? Which CPU are you going with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted Wednesday at 07:46 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:46 PM 5 hours ago, Shane_B. said: Which CPU are you going with? I'm not sure yet....Possibly when I go to Microcenter, I'll see if there are some good deals there. So far, I only got the Thermaltake Case (the one above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 23 hours ago, Mesh said: I'm not sure yet....Possibly when I go to Microcenter, I'll see if there are some good deals there. So far, I only got the Thermaltake Case (the one above). I looked up the specs on it. It can take an enormous CPU fan. Very nice case. Don't look at the granddaddy of all CPU coolers. The Noctua NH-D15 G2. Resist the urge to click the link. I'm warnin' ya ... I'm going with an i9 14900K. It has a reputation, but the problems have been resolved with a bit of BIOS tweaking and BIOS updates. Everyone says it requires liquid cooling, but I don't overclock. I run at standard speeds and I may underclock this. From what I read it somehow increases performance? I don't know. People run it without liquid, but you need a really really good CPU fan. I'm going with a mobo that supports full direct lanes to the CPU without splitting them and reducing the GPU and first M.2 SSD drive speed, as well as stock DDR 5 RAM that is not overclocked. It took a lot of research to find all this compatible stuff but I did it. There are brand new intel CPU's that run at the same speed as the i9, but they use a lot less power and don't heat up nearly as much. Only about $600 more for the CPU and compatible Mobo. Not worth the extra cost, especially if you aren't planning to overclock. In my opinion. My old i7 6700K runs just fine for me, but it was old when I built it. This time I want to get the fastest I can that's still current gen. The only reason I'm even thinking about upgrading is because the 6700K won't support Windows 11, and I have to have it for work. If you need any input on anything feel free to ask away. I've been diving deep into this the last couple of months because I have to build a new PC before Windows 10 dies in October. If you are planning on using an M.2 SSD, make sure you pick a motherboard that does not split the lanes with the GPU. Don't get a cheap M.2 SSD because the cheap ones don't have cache and run a lot slower. Inexpensive non-lane splitting mobo's are out there, but you have to download the manuals and read through them to find out which one. Lane splitting is when you buy a PCIe 5 motherboard and it cuts the lanes in half when you put in a GPU and M.2 SSD in the Gen 5 slot. The GPU and M.2 Slot 1 SSD bypass the hard drive controller and go directly to the CPU making them work theoretically faster/smoother. The GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite X WIFI7 does not split lanes. It's the one I'm going with. No GPU supports PCIe 5 right now, but will be in the future. It's ok to put a current PCIe 4 GPU in the 5 slot. Edited 9 hours ago by Shane_B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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