I like the Timelapse build with commentary. I’ve never been to a micro center but hear it is a store I’d probably have to take half a day to walk through.
Micro center is AWESOME!!! There's one about an hour from where I live and I always have to try my hardest to not spend my life savings in there haha. Went in once to grab a set of RAM and walked out with some new SSDs, fans, and a new CPU last time I went lol. They got some absolutely killer deals running quite often.
The last PC I built was my XP in 2015. It's made from what I could scavange from the local tip. 2 IDE and 2 SATA hardrives, DVD/RW and Floppy drive, with 8 GB RAM. It still gets a lot of use.
I need a new media computer for my network. I think I will copy this build pretty closely and use whatever I can find instead of unavailable parts. Thanks for sharing this with us 🙃 Gaming PC sounds awesome though and I hope to see you build it soon!!! 🎉🥳🥳
14400 doesn't overclock (aside from bclock but I don't know boards with that as a standard), there is no K model, it's an F with no igpu or nothing with the igpu. 13600k also overclocks aand have been around the same price but you don't really want your always on server OC'd so it's fine imho.
Damn that's a solid build, great job on that. Gives me a few ideas for a budget system I'm building for my best friend who wants to get into PC gaming. You think a 1660Ti would still be good enough? I got a spare one lying around.
@@Scrufdog thanks! I've already informed him of the ideal game performance settings for it. I'd be selling off my 3060 to him soon for a steep discount anyways cause I'm gonna be getting a 40 series card soon.
Nice build! Just wondering, do you make rough TCO calculations when buying budget components intended to run 24/7? I neglected that for a long time. Currently paying ~€3.40 ($3.70) per year per watt continuous load (365 * 0.024 kWh * €0.39/kWh). So spending €100 more on components which draw 10 watts less is a no-brainer (break-even after 3 years). I got the total load of my 24/7 home IT stuff down to just below 60 watts (~€200/year), but am still looking into improving this.
For nearly all of the US, barring California and Texas, the average electric rate is around 1/3rd to 1/4 of what you pay. In Northern Virginia, I pay 7 cents/kWh 3 seasons and 8 cents/kWh May-August. Breakeven becomes 9-12 years for most of the US, not 3. Breakeven for me becomes what? 15 years? (55 cents a month difference.)
It seems I underestimated the energy price differences between Europe and the US. I knew it was cheaper over there, but wasn't aware it's basically free. 😂 The 7-8 cents/kWh total which Tim mentioned is what I pay just for grid usage & maintenance.
I like the Timelapse build with commentary. I’ve never been to a micro center but hear it is a store I’d probably have to take half a day to walk through.
total toy store
Haha. I used to drive to toys r us at 18 for mega drive games. 😅
Micro center is AWESOME!!! There's one about an hour from where I live and I always have to try my hardest to not spend my life savings in there haha. Went in once to grab a set of RAM and walked out with some new SSDs, fans, and a new CPU last time I went lol. They got some absolutely killer deals running quite often.
I work at a microcenter, a lot of people come in just to walk around for hours lol I don't blame them
That case is so retro, its been forever since I've daisy chained Molex connecters, all its needs is a turbo button😂
Retro ? That's futuristic compared to what I have.
I saw the connectors, wow... so old school.
ATX has been around since the second half of the '90s, evolved from the earlier AT. That's almost three decades!
The last PC I built was my XP in 2015. It's made from what I could scavange from the local tip. 2 IDE and 2 SATA hardrives, DVD/RW and Floppy drive, with 8 GB RAM. It still gets a lot of use.
IDE! Still got a couple of those cables unopened new in the bag.
I need a new media computer for my network. I think I will copy this build pretty closely and use whatever I can find instead of unavailable parts. Thanks for sharing this with us 🙃 Gaming PC sounds awesome though and I hope to see you build it soon!!! 🎉🥳🥳
Pretty fun build, I like it :)
It looks great Scruf.
at the beginning why did you say i5 14400k there is no k version of the i5 (except *600 series)
Hmmm, I could have sworn it was a K sku... probably just stuck in my head with the other recent builds. My bad.
14400 doesn't overclock (aside from bclock but I don't know boards with that as a standard), there is no K model, it's an F with no igpu or nothing with the igpu. 13600k also overclocks aand have been around the same price but you don't really want your always on server OC'd so it's fine imho.
Damn that's a solid build, great job on that. Gives me a few ideas for a budget system I'm building for my best friend who wants to get into PC gaming.
You think a 1660Ti would still be good enough? I got a spare one lying around.
It would be OK as a starter, just make sure they know new big games will be tough.
@@Scrufdog thanks! I've already informed him of the ideal game performance settings for it. I'd be selling off my 3060 to him soon for a steep discount anyways cause I'm gonna be getting a 40 series card soon.
Nice build! Just wondering, do you make rough TCO calculations when buying budget components intended to run 24/7? I neglected that for a long time. Currently paying ~€3.40 ($3.70) per year per watt continuous load (365 * 0.024 kWh * €0.39/kWh). So spending €100 more on components which draw 10 watts less is a no-brainer (break-even after 3 years).
I got the total load of my 24/7 home IT stuff down to just below 60 watts (~€200/year), but am still looking into improving this.
For nearly all of the US, barring California and Texas, the average electric rate is around 1/3rd to 1/4 of what you pay.
In Northern Virginia, I pay 7 cents/kWh 3 seasons and 8 cents/kWh May-August.
Breakeven becomes 9-12 years for most of the US, not 3.
Breakeven for me becomes what? 15 years? (55 cents a month difference.)
i run my servers through a Kill-o-Watt. Costs about $5 a month for both to run 24/7
It seems I underestimated the energy price differences between Europe and the US. I knew it was cheaper over there, but wasn't aware it's basically free. 😂
The 7-8 cents/kWh total which Tim mentioned is what I pay just for grid usage & maintenance.
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