Recent content by Citrus_9

5800X creates a lot of heat. Main reason is that X570 motherboard can support that better than B550. There are few other advantages too.

Very good. These type of reactions show that a vaccine did its job.

Welcome! For streaming I recommend 5800X over 5600X. But this would require a better cooler and a better motherboard. PSU 650W seems too low, better at least 850W. Don't know why you picked 3060 Ti - it's overkill for a 1080p monitor. Pick 2060 or 3060.

If you don't have a particular reason for Intel, I'd be going with AMD as they're much better these days. Regarding prices - nothing can be done at the moment - it's a global issue. We should be happy that we still have supply. https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/amd-vs-intel.72675/

Ah sorry, I don't read long comments, too hot for my brain to cope 😅 You don't loose anything with arctic. The build overall is a quality build. You should be happy with it. I would just not use Chrome every day - it's not good for your data. It sucks all of your browsing history and uses for...

I would drop arctic thermal paste. Elite Capellix comes with already good quality applied paste. Getting an arctic means literally wasting a good Corsair paste and reapplying the arctic one with a slight risk it to be applied improperly.

As Martin pointed out, we need to know more details so we could advise properly. Please read the links.

Is this a PCS machine? We can't advise about self-builts or competitors' PC on this forum.

Oh No no nO. Windows test version isn't designed to use like that. It would be stealing from already rich (hah). But seriously, get a Windows license ;) Notice that 4TB is 5400RPM while 2TB is 7200RPM. That's a speed of how fast a disk spin (write and read data). Higher RPM number = faster...

I'd increase a budget. 1500 with nowadays prices is average. If you want to invest, do it properly. Start with 1440p monitor. Then follow the above from Bigfoot.

You don't need the Internet in Greece - enjoy the sun and wonderful views 😎

Irish broadband providers are crap and expensive :( Irish is a modern country, but in many services still behind and looking more like a rural country. And that's ironic, as there are big IT companies here, such as, Facebook, ebay, Microsoft, Google, TikTok etc. My area has just a few options...

Most likely, Zotac, sometimes Palit. Gigabyte is too expensive to randomly give away.

How many working days your item is on hold with customs from the moment it got into status Waiting for Clearance or something along these lines? Up to 7 working days is normal and don't even need to escalate. Sometimes escalation slow down the item's movements and delivery gets delayed further...

What monitor and how many of then would you be pairing this PC with? And when would you be upgrading a monitor? Extra thermal paste is not necessary. Preapplied paste with H115i is very good.