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Not gonna lie, I've thought about getting a 4k monitor for that reason (content consumption) and still using my 1440p for gaming.
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I'd prefer tempered glass and hinged - I'm over "sliding" panels. I'd also prefer white, I think.
Motherboard features aren't super important, except lots of USB slots - at least 8, preferably more. NVME isn't a massive deal either. 1-2 is fine as I only have 1 NVME SSD and it's connected to a PCI card. My other SSDs are Samsung 870 Evos. WiFi is whatever. Might be cool to have, but I've lived without it since building this in 2012. I always run wired, but I guess the option might be nice?
Do AIOs require reservoirs? If so, I'm not sure how much I want to fuck with all that. Might just go with air-cooled. How necessary is water cooling these days?
EDIT: Yeah, I'm really digging the 5000 series cases from Corsair. Any idea if the Airflow version offers a lot of extra cooling? I really don't like that mesh front-panel, but if it means a couple degree drop C, I'll probably bite the aesthetic bullet. Holy fuck did I get lost down a fucking rabbit hole of RGB though. I'm going to end up blowing hundreds on this fag lightshow.
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4790K old PC is wetting itself on a regular basis, kind of tired dealing with it. Ordered an i5 10400 I think and a board with wifi and a mini case to go with it. Nothing to see here other than being the most "meh" computer build ever.
Well, the i5 has built in GPU which is wildly "meh".
The motherboard is a ... it has wifi and that's what I got.
The case takes a blu ray player and a standard PSU which is why I got it.
The Rx 570 is getting sold. People are paying decent cash for this trash. I got it a while ago and only then because the games bundle was worth more then the card.
Like I said, a "meh' PC. I just want it to work and have 0% fiddle time with it.
Well, the i5 has built in GPU which is wildly "meh".
The motherboard is a ... it has wifi and that's what I got.
The case takes a blu ray player and a standard PSU which is why I got it.
The Rx 570 is getting sold. People are paying decent cash for this trash. I got it a while ago and only then because the games bundle was worth more then the card.
Like I said, a "meh' PC. I just want it to work and have 0% fiddle time with it.
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Don’t overlook all the rgb cables! If you haven’t seen those yet, you can make this gayer than you think!
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Ive got a couple sets of Strimer Plus cables awaiting my all white build for when i decide to build it
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I thought about trying this case, the Lian Li Lancool 2
I personally went with the Gigabyte x570 Aorus line of motherboard, and have been really happy with it. But really, you could even go with the b550 to save money. It's basically looking at the feature comparisons between boards in the line and deciding what features are important and worth money to you.
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I actually REALLY like that Lian Li in white - ordered.
I think the 3 biggest things with MB for me are 8+ USB slots, preferably 10+, bluetooth, and none of that auto-boosting the CPU shit.
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Some other things to look out for on the mobo - front panel USB 3 type C header and dual front panel USB 3 type A headers. I was surprised that my Asus Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi only had one USB 3 Type A internal header (didn't even think to check on a $350+ mobo). All that auto-boosting stuff can be disabled in the BIOS, but every board will likely do it out of the box these days.
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Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to, pal!
I forgot that cases nowadays usually have a couple slots attached and USB hubs exist. Boomer PC builder here, ok?!
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most 100$+ boards already come with like 6 usb slots on the back as standard and this is without factoring in the front headers
my gigabyte board came with 10 in the back
