What tips do you have for building a gaming PC?
My only advice is to not go overboard and waste money on things that have absolutely no benefit, and instead use that money to get what you DO need.The thing I see people go overboard with the most is RAM. I see people with 64GB or even 128GB, and then wonder why their games are still at 20 FPS. It’s because after about 16GB of RAM, it’s pretty much useless to add more. So unless you’re building a server or a workstation for 3D CAD or Video Editing, get 16GB of RAM and stop there.Next is the GPU. If you can afford the GTX 1080, by all means go for it. But there’s no reason to if you don’t need it. A gaming rig that has overall good components with a GTX 970 will outperform a rig with crappy components and a GTX 1080. Obviously you should get the best you can afford, but if you can’t afford to get the best of the other components, there’s really no benefit.NOTE: If you’re planning on doing 4K or VR gaming, DEFINITELY spend the money on a GTX 1080. It’s worth it.Next is storage. This is your hard drive or solid state drive. For gaming, you DEFINITELY want a solid state drive. Load times for games and assets will be greatly improved. If you want to go all out, and this is one component I’d go all out on, get an M.2 SSD.While we’re talking about storage, here’s what I usually do on my own machines. I have no idea how much of a performance increase this causes, but it’s probably minimal. I only do it for organization purposes. I have an M.2 SSD for my OS and my main programs, it’s 512GB. I have a SATA SSD that I install my games on, which is 512GB. And finally I have an 8TB SATA HDD that I use for all my files, pictures, documents, other programs I don’t use all that much, and other stuff like that.Your CPU is something that you don’t actually need to spend all that much time on picking. Go for a 4, 6, or 8 core. You definitely want hyperthreading. And you want one with a clock speed of at least 2.5GHz, but try to get one more toward 3GHz. For gaming you want Intel i5 or i7. Don’t go for the Xeon, they’re way overpriced if you’re just playing games. Those are for enterprise applications.That’s about all the tips I have for now.