How good is this budget build ?
MelonLord
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Hi, I am planning to buy this build. Is there anything I should be concerned about (except the RAM, i will upgrade it later, promise)
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The power supply seems a little low, and Bronze level may be adequate, but not great. 550W is the minimum recommended by NVIDIA for that 3060 GPU. It won't give you much expansion capability. 1 TB SSD will never be enough for both your OS and Daz content. Are you planning to add other hard drives? Will your case and PSU support that? If you plan to upgrade memory later, be sure your MB supports the amount you want.
You need, more RAM (32GB with 16GB x 2), a second HD (4TB) and more powerful PSU (750W)
Yes I am planning to buy a 1.5 TB HDD to store all the content. I am not a heavy DAZ user, so 1.5tb will be enough for me. About the PSU, it's something i will have to discuss with the dealer, and about the MB, it says max 64gb ram is supported so I dont think there will be any issue in the future. Also is there any huge difference b/w 3060 and 3060 OC ? The dealer recommended OC version to me, said it would be a cheap upgrade from 3060. Probably the biggest issue i will face is if there's enough space to fit all of that, cause the build itself is very compact and small.
That's what I thought with my first 400 MB hard drive. Oh, I'll never fill this up.
Is the builder just upselling you to raise the cost? Without brand names and specs, it is hard to know what differences there might me. If the builder gives your that info, check the specs and see what the difference are. OC means over clock, meaning that it may run a little faster at times, but can also be less stable and draw more power and generate more heat. If a case is overcrowded without enough air flow things can run too hot.
That happens to everybody, luckily "someone" has a motherboard that supports 10 internal drives and has 12 USB ports for external ones
There's no specific brand name. I've asked him about it specifically and he said that it depends on which vendor version is available (for now they have Zotac and Gigabyte). He told me it would raise the cost by $10-15 if i switch to OC version. I think what you've said is correct. As the build is itself very compact, it will run too hot and there's not enough fan installed, probably best to stick to 3060.
Just to give you an idea, it looks like this