So we're all kind of in a bad spot with gpus, either we can't find them or they're just too
expensive. I've been lucky with a few smashing that F5 button to be able to nab one and with
others unfortunately I have to return them they're just review loaners but a pc is much more than
just a gpu there's so much more and in preparation for that gpu you can build up your dream pc for
when that gpu finally becomes ready you can just pop it in and you got everything up and running
i've gathered today with four of my buddies out in the pc field just like me to talk about different
aspects of the pc that we might like the best to get ready just for that special moment but anyway
let's get started welcome to this bytes4u at this bites4u we give you advice on everything from
installing a single piece of memory all the way up to building a complete pc and in between that
plenty of technical advice any questions comments or concerns go ahead leave them down below
i respond to everyone now with that one of the biggest updates aside from the gpu the video card
to me is storage we've come a long way in the pc with storage coming from ide good old ide now mind
you this is a 3.5 that was much larger but this is what i could fit in my house back in the day
of what was it up to 133 megabytes per second then we evolved we came to sata sata allowed us speeds
up to 200 megabytes per second on a mechanical drive so then from a mechanical drive we went
to an ssd which will give us speeds of up to 600 megabytes per second we're blazing at this point
coming from the mechanical drive and even the sata drive taking minutes sometimes to get into a
stable state of windows now into seconds literally seconds and then we've evolved from even there now
to m.2 ssds up to 7000 megabytes per second at least so far that is incredibly impressive
now we have not only speed speed is amazing press the power button on your computer
you sit down by the time you're comfortable you're in windows too where you could turn on
the computer go cook some dinner come back and you might be in windows but now turn on the computer
sit down you're in windows start typing doing some work playing some games editing some videos
like this everything's quick aside from quick capacity this drive a 200 gigabyte drive
back in the day this was tremendous now this little teeny tiny thing is one terabyte
five of these right in here that's impressive but anyway enough with me and the storage i hope
i have helped you on that but now let's go over to my friend mukul and see what he's got in store
for us over to you moko well thanks iggy and hey everyone this is mukul and like everyone else here
i also run a tech channel which mostly focuses on product reviews consisting of both pc components
and other consumer and tech products like laptops smartphones headphones etc so yeah
basically everything slash most of the things so the one crucial peripheral you could buy
or upgrade whilst waiting for a gpu can be one of these high refresh rate ips gaming monitors which
have gotten quite affordable now and sometimes you can even find great deals on them i mean you could
just just wait and get the gpu and maybe buy buy a monitor alongside with it but it's kind of wise
if you see a good deal on them before you buy your gpu then you should snatch that deal and
get that monitor to your home this will definitely be a huge bump or upgrade if you're still using a
60hz or even a 75hz monitor right now i mean most of the 144hz and even faster ips monitors now
are performing great in terms of lesser and lesser ghosting issues on the panels and their srgb argb
and dci p3 color gamut coverage has improved many folds too well this means that with this
new monitor not only can you have an awesome time playing a lot of competitive fps games
but if you are into graphic designing or if you really value colors on your display for
general media consumption and whatnot then this upgrade feels really crucial and if you are one
of those ultra competitive gamers who have eyes of an eagle on their face then checking out the
240 or even 360hz monitors might make more sense that is if you're okay with the 1080p panel and
extreme color accuracy for those graphic intensive works don't matter to you much in the end but if
you're someone who is not into competitive gaming at all well then also many of the recent gaming
titles can run up to 90 or even 100 fps easily at 1080p and many of these titles can even cross
80 or 90 fps at 1440p resolution too so if you're planning to get a mid-tier graphic card or even a
beefier card especially when they are available at their msrp or at least close to their msrp
well i mean it's not a bad idea to have the monitor ready for that yummy graphic
card which you might get later so here's hoping this made any sort of sense to you and now over
to you joe for those who don't know me my name is joe i'm with pinky tech and i do gaming pc
builds as well as hardware reviews over on my youtube channel so make sure you check it out
now the first thing i'm checking to make sure my gpu is not bottlenecked is my cpu this is a ryzen
5 2600 and quite frankly for the new 3080s or the 6800 xt's this guy's just not going to cut it
now i was able to overclock that 2600x to 4.1 gigahertz on all cores and it's been a great
processor for me but it's currently struggling in content creation and so i'm going to go to
this guy this is the intel 10850k now this is going to give me two more cores four more
threads and a boatload more processing power to make sure it can keep up with those new
graphics cards now that also means a platform update a new motherboard inbound as well but
you do what you got to do so make sure your cpus can keep up with your gpus everyone and if you
have questions about compatibility or which card you should pay with which processor jump on over
to the pinky tech discord server we'll be happy to give you some advice and with that it's over
to danny at pc tech hustle hey joe thanks for the intro there by the way guys my name is dan with pc
tech hustle and my channel focuses primarily on pc building at its core route but also on a very
budget sense and since i do so much pc building obviously i touch on a lot of power supplies
so one thing to definitely get ready before you even buy that video card is to make sure
that you got a power supply that is not only of proper wattage and of proper quality but also a
known reliable brand and the reason you want to go with a top-tier quality power supply as well
one you don't have to worry about anything and two it's going to offer you all the protections and
assurances that the power is going to be delivered cleanly and won't destroy your components down the
road so if you're looking to make an upgrade to get you ready for that new video card then
you might be thinking well power supplies power supplies power supply right well not quite at
all and let me tell you why so on that note let me sum things up and give you guys one solid piece of
advice if you're questioning what you should buy when it comes in terms of power supplies because
there's a lot of confusion out there in terms of what is really good and not head on over to
ltd's power supply tier list which basically has all the known power supplies and breaks them down
in terms of their quality reliability what to expect what to not expect and gives you a good
buying guide so if you guys are going for an upper tier graphics card then i'd definitely say choose
from the tier a list tier b list at minimum but basically if you choose from one of those lists
you're more than solid and you don't have anything to worry about on that note i do have a few power
supplies sitting out in front of me these are ones that i've used in the past and i can definitely
recommend but honestly personally my favorite brand hands down is going to be the evga units
they've been making power supplies for god knows i don't even know how long at this
point but they're known to have some of the best power supplies out on the market and specifically
the g3 series which i have here which i've been using in my system now for about four years solid
no problems whatsoever and it's on the tier a list so if you want to just take it from its core value
right there then go get you an evga unit so one last piece of advice i can give you guys if you've
found the brand name that you want to go with in terms of power but you don't know how much wattage
run on over to pcpartpicker.com and check out their power budget calculator it will give you a
calculator that will kind of give you an idea about how much power the system would consume
on average at about 30 to 40 i'd say you'd be just fine so guys hopefully that was some quick
useful tips in terms of power supplies what to be looking out for what to stay away from
how to calculate your power budget etc etc but my buddy john over at the netguys got some ideas
in terms of case upgrades he'd like to share with you john take it away thanks dan this is john and
on my channel the net guy i do live pc builds technology tips and review videos for everyone
regardless of your skill level my vote for something you should consider in upgrading while
you wait for your gpu is well you guessed it your case it's the first thing people see when they
look at your new system and while you're waiting to show off that new gpu let's make sure you're
putting it in a system that you can be proud of maybe you're still rocking that 2018 tower
maybe the dust bunnies are so thick they've started their own colony either way this is
a great opportunity to do some spring cleaning and upgrade the look of your pc at the same time
great rgb cases can be found like these for under a hundred dollars and many will
include addressable rgb fans and even their own controllers if you decide to upgrade your cooling
newer models have better air filtration and room for 240 millimeter and even 360 millimeter aio
radiators if rgb isn't your thing tempered glass is still the rage and will give your gpu aio or
heat pipe cooler a chance to show off a new case represents a new opportunity to update the look
of your machine from mild to wild and anywhere in between you can finally get that cable management
just right clean up your components update your cooling and it's a really easy one-day upgrade for
just about anyone that's my vote but now on to one of my friends to share his pick take it away iggy
hey thanks john so we covered a lot in this video five different components five different youtubers
now mind you there are a lot more components out there that make an entire pc did you find one of
ours the most valuable or did we miss one that you found even much more valuable aside from gpu let
me know down in the comments below thank you so much joe john danny and mikel it means a ton to me
to have you guys on here on this bike for you to share your experiences as well as your channel so
guys please go ahead visit their channels as well i have a link to every one of their channels down
below check out their channels go ahead drop them a subscription if you'd like and well just let me
know what you think of this video overall this is iggy with this bite for you up see you guys