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1. 

   @SomeCanine

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   Just don't be one of those guys who gets a smaller amount of ram now thinking that you can get more later if you need it. Mixing ram is terrible.

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   @MrAar0n

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   my pair is a ryzen 7 3700X 8-core and Nvidia geforce 3060

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3. 

   @Alias_Anybody

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   People usually buy PCs instead of consoles because they want to use it for other stuff than gaming, and that "other stuff" usually needs more CPU than GPU power. So don't cheap out too much.

   Browser and video editing are often actually bottlenecked by the RAM first and foremost.

   If you buy affordable drives which don't support the latest standards anyway and don't hook super special peripherals to your PC, you can usually save a lot of money on the motherboard.

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4. 

   @ARandomInternetUser08

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   When I do build a PC, I'm going to go a little more expensive on the case and motherboard, just to future-proof the system. CPU and RAM too. GPU is the most expensive part so I'd wait and just get something like a mid range RTX 30-series card.

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5. 

   @karlsmith7371

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   I feel like I'm watching a Linus tech training video for my first day at the job

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6. 

   @crypto_que

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   You ABSOLUTELY NEED to read your motherboard’s qualified vendor list BEFORE upgrading RAM. You can buy more RAM with faster speeds but if it’s incompatible with your motherboard, you’re going to have serious problems or problems that seem catastrophic. Not to mention that this upgrade can be very expensive!

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7. 

   @ChrisFlossmann-r2z

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   For the first time i gave a thumbs down on a ltt video. Maybe I am too sick because I am in bed with covid but if i were computer illiterate the basic information you get is:

   It depends what balanced is, do some research.

   Well thanks for nothing then. At least a hint to 'the last pc build video you ever need' would have helped a beginner more than all content of this video.

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8. 

   @darinherrick9224

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   Balancing is the stupidest advice I’ve ever heard.

   Back in the day they found a way to put a north bridge in a NuBus Card in a Mac. So you got a G3 processor in a lowest performance first generation PowerPC. HORRIBLY unbalanced. The thing screamed. Just lightning performance. Was the disc and video and ran slow? Yup. Did that mean it was a bad upgrade? Of course not!

   Likewise I’ve put powerful video cards in a PC that would barely run Windows 7 with an SSD. I could run games that were supposed to require CPU two generations newer.

   If you game throw all your money on that GPU. If you are running video editing throw all your money on that CPU.

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9. 

   @marverickbin

   October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

   My application require lots of gpu memory, it is more important than gpu and cpu speed or ram.
   But it is harder to get a 32gb+ gpu.
   I cant find any balanced for my uses.
   Why dont we have something like a 4060 with 24gb? The only way to get 24gb is spending 1800$ in a 4090? It is not what i would call balanced option.

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10. 

    @DelScully

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    my issue is I made my build a few months before the 4080 was coming out (thinking I would buy that) so I bought a 3060ti to go with a 13700k and then realized the 4080 series was garb so for over a year now I've been stuck with the 3060 ti! Im just praying the 5080 is actually half decent so I can finally upgrade and feel good about it or Intel's battlemage is dece.. I'd gladly ditch nvidia.

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11. 

    @certifiedchops4994

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Im Currently Building a PC and have a 4090 but am still unsure of what cpu to pair it with?

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12. 

    @FAHAD.....

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Its all about budget no one is rich like you

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13. 

    @GPS379

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I have 5600H AND 1660 ti
    And 7 year old had 😂

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14. 

    @cate01a

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    commenting just from thumbnail,
    expensive does not mean its similarly balanced
    i got a 3070 and never again wanted cpu bottleneck so got a expensive 5900x
    afaik the 5900x is super useful only as a productive work cpu due to its many cores/threads
    it still games in vr but not ideal performance and still bottlenecks. i wouldve probably been better off with a cheaper cpu that was designed for gaming (few but fast cores/threads)

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    @nobody8685

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    It's actually really hard to balance medium-tier components together without giving more to one side, this is simply because of the sheer number of medium-tier PC components and their pros & cons compared to how many are there for high-tier stuff.
    Overall, the more expensive the PC build is, the easier is to come up with components for it to make it well balanced. As you are limited by the technological advancement and not your budget and inteligence ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
    (on consumer grade components I mean, not enterprise stuff)

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16. 

    @donovancrawford6183

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Running a asus 4090 waterforce…and a intel 12700k

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17. 

    @RycoonGalloy

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    no one outside of heavy enthusiast/prosumer/for work/niche builds needs ATX. Just get an mATX motherboard, and case, and save money

    my mATX case fits 3 3.5 hard drives, 4 2.5 hard drives, a PSU of any length. I personally even have 2 GPUs, a 280mm radiator, and still have space for another 120mm radiator

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18. 

    @adrenaliner91

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Good that I switched to a laptop. I really don't care anymore about graphics because modern graphics and effects are ugly and hurt me physically in many cases and I prefer 30fps in modern games, otherwise it's just too exhausting. The portability and power draw on a laptop is also a huge plus. I care more about saving my money on power these days than anything else. And if that means I have to spend 700 used for a Laptop instead of 400 new for PC parts, so be it (My last PC was about 400 Euros, without GPU of course, an APU was enough for me, the laptop actually has more power while drawing less power)

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19. 

    @walterwhite415

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I´m playing shooters, single player games, racing games, sandbox games with loads of mods and also I´m using my PC for CAD, Adobe Creative Cloud and sometimes even video editing. So depending on what I do, all components will be at their limits at some point.

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20. 

    @Zer0_Smith

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Years ago I was on the NZXT Discord server a lot and often helped people with their PC builds, and there was SO MANY people that had like a $600-1000 build, but wanted an AIO. Like listen man, at this budget, you're wasting money. I always tried to explain but basically no one ever listened because they wanted the pretty AIO look

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21. 

    @mashningshen5284

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I have a mid range PC with a Ryzen 5 3500 and a 1660 super, for over 5 years now, and I play games occasionally but lately I realized my CPU was holding my GPU back even though it was not a high end GPU. Upgraded to 5 5600X last week and it has made a massive difference in the GPU-CPU performance.

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22. 

    @usbsol

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Just run things in 4k… buy huge gpu, buy smaaall cpu 👍

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23. 

    @ae86409888

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    What's the bottleneck of my system?
    USB port numbers… Yeah…

    I got too much devices, and connects half of them on hubs, and hubs are not that stable as motherboard…
    The connect/disconnect sound are driving me crazy even when I'm not doing anything…

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24. 

    @zerozeroone4424

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I recently upgraded my GPU to a 4060 from a 1660 and while it's nice to have ray tracing, DLSS and frame generation, i notice that my i5 9400f is now HEAVILY holding back my system now. I constantly have bad frame times and stutter. Sometimes even freezing for seconds at a time in certain games. I really should get a new MB and CPU

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25. 

    @phraun

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Listen, I'm still going to build my quad xeon 6980p system with 16gb RAM and crossfire'd x800s and there's nothing you can do about it.

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26. 

    @Kapono5150

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    The context of this video is to not over spend but then put in a Ad to sell you an overpriced PC. Make it make sense

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27. 

    @ElodinClassic

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Why doesn't Techtips/Tech quickie ever talk about relevant consumer techbology in 2024? PC bottlenecks were relevant 15 years ago when PC hardware didnt precision boost overclock itself automatically and DLSS didn't exist.

    I want to see Linus talk about home automation networks and new networking standards. Relevant lifestyle technology that people actually need tips for.

    Ive been a fan of Linus for a long time, but PC bottlenecks are not a relevant issue in 2024 unless you are a teenager begging your parents for a pc

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28. 

    @leprechaunbutreallyjustamidget

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Your monitor should be the bottle neck

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29. 

    @splashysiren

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Just get a ryzen 4070

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30. 

    @vladtvmorelikee9281

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    the best upgrade i ever made to my pc was the hard drive and ram… i started with 4gb of ram lmao. to be fair, this was at the peak of supply shortages so it was stupid expensive even for 4gb😢. I also got an NVME SSD. Omg, I barely have to wait for anything! It boots in seconds and loads stuff like 20x faster!

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31. 

    @prasanthp9159

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    He missed the storage isn't it ?? 😢

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32. 

    @naddelacruz6621

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Imagine an overkill computer system complete with high-end GPU, CPU, Water cooling, RGB lights etc
    But only being used by a grandma using MS word and only plays solitaire

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    @kevinconnell6541

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I would say the motherboard of choice and CPU of choice are the most crucial. If you like to Game then a good GPU would be 3rd place. in my opinion. I feel like in my current system my CPU and RAM are my bottle necks right now and behind that would be storage. I have a small 1TB M.2 SSD at 2,000MB's data transfer speeds and then a 6TB HDD 🙁

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34. 

    @rizzo6783

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    If I get a 4070 can my i7 8700 handle it?

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35. 

    @sethmeaseles3301

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    I see so many people online suggest that people buy an $800-$1k gpu and a $600 cpu but then buy a $30 cooler and maybe $30 worth of case fans if they don't get a case that comes with them. It's crazy to me to get such high end parts but then dont take care into making sure you can cool them effectively. Sure you can get top tier performance but you can't take advantage of it if it thermal throttles for 80% of its life. Never neglect your cooling folks.

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36. 

    @VaulTec

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    In general it better to have a stronger CPU since having the overhead gives you options. Like having a lot of background programs discord, browser with unlimited amounts of tabs/YouTube playing, wallpaper engine, whatever

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37. 

    @heinrichagrippa5681

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    While having a slightly unbalanced build that is biased toward the CPU might be sub-optimal in the short-term, the long-term reason for doing it anyway is that I expect to get more mileage out of the CPU than the GPU. Unlike the '90s, if you get a solid CPU now, it could easily be a decade before it starts to feel like it's not quite able to keep up. You can skip several generations of CPUs if the one you have is still capable of more performance that you need, whereas GPUs are still advancing at a pace where what's upper-mid-tier could end up seeming kind of underwhelming within a couple generations. If I splurge a bit on the CPU at the cost of the (initial) GPU, it's because I'm anticipating I'll be upgrading the GPU within a couple years anyway, and would rather have my invest in a CPU with lots of head-room to accommodate those later GPUs.

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38. 

    @LIA-52

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Even though I prefer the best fidelity, GPUs are so expensive, that I now run a 1080ti with a 7900X3D

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39. 

    @weightingramsss

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Funny how the ad isn’t balanced at all

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40. 

    @CodeCube-rv1rm

    October 23, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Just don’t be poor and get high end gear all round

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