The Great Value

Where do you start?

Building a PC sounds pretty straightforward. You just search a dozen of parts, put them together and call it a day, right? Well, technically yes, but in you are one of the few people who wanted to build a PC with greater emphasis on not on aesthetics and RGB, but you are more about versatility, chances are you are looking for a PC with great value. How do you secure value in your PC?

Value: Worth Looking in PC Building

Value does not necessarily mean having the cheapest parts in your PC. Rather, value is more about finding the best possible performance without compromising quality. It does not mean you are also overspending on your parts that does not affect performance to even none. It simply means that building a PC that is wise.

Identify your Needs

The biggest tip in identifying value is that you identify your needs. Are you a pure gamer? Or a productivity oriented person? Pick parts around that concept. Ask yourself if your PC is geared for gaming and/or productivity.

Value Tip-CPU

Value on CPU means identifying the CPU you need. Pure gamers and mostly works needing single threaded performance and higher clock speeds, go Intel. Meanwhile, if your workloads are sometimes gaming and needs more cores and multi threaded performance, try AMD Ryzen.

Value Tip-RAM

Identify your workloads in terms of system memory. If you just need to get up on gaming, 8gb of RAM is enough with heavier multitasking and system memory-hungry tasks do usually start at 16gb of RAM. Also, it doesn’t mean that more memory translates to better performance, so try tweaking the memory frequency first before biting on a shiny new upgrade.

Value Tip-Storage Devices

In terms of storage, HDD, SSD, and HHSD drives are usually your storage devices. A good value in storage identifies balance in speed and capacity. Works that does not need large capacities but you want some speed, HHSD are better. Speed is more on SSDs and if you need large capacities, HDD are the go to.

Value Tip-Motherboard

A good value motherboard starts with critical thinking. It starts with identifying the chipset. There underlies the features of the board. So before jumping buying that shiny new X399 Zenith Extreme, do some research and identify if your CPU is supported by the socket and the chipset.

Value Tip-GPU

GPU value depends on several factors: if your workload needs CUDA acceleration, Ray Tracing, and deep learning, go for NVIDIA. If your workloads rely on OpenCl compute, AMD cards are better value.