4 suggestions to help you build a gaming PC during Tet, both powerful and cost-effective

Hopefully these 4 notes will help you have the best PC playing Tet with the money spent.

The Tet holiday is the time when computer stores launch countless promotions, we also have Tet bonuses, lucky money … of all kinds, so it is very suitable for building PCs. Surely many of you are also cherishing that plan, right?

And to make your shopping experience even better, I have a few tips to build a powerful and cost-effective PC, hope they help a little!

Take the card as the center

This is the “mantra” that I have recited over and over again in articles about building PC. Graphics cards should be the top priority in a gaming PC for the ultimate in performance over cost.

The first is because it is the most expensive of the PC components. The second is because it determines the number of FPS you can achieve in the game. The card has to be as strong as possible, then the rest are attached mainly to pull the card to run.

For example, if I choose an RTX 3070 graphics card, I will get a CPU just enough to weigh it, a 10th generation Core i5 or 3rd generation Ryzen 5 or higher will be fine. RAM is about 16GB standard for AAA games today. As for the power supply, 600W is fine… Generally it’s like that. With this build, you will build a PC with max GPU, the number of FPS in your game will be the highest for the money spent.

The card is the most important one, the rest is just for the card to run!

This is also the PC building philosophy of some computer shops when building the rigs. So once selected, you will be guaranteed to get the best performance over the cost.

What game is that card, buy enough, don’t buy too much

Tech people have a habit of never knowing enough, the better, stronger, and more expensive something is, the more they like it. But if you want to build a low-cost machine with high efficiency, you should restrain yourself a bit. Buying too good components can be planned for the future because it will be more durable and stronger, but it will certainly not have much benefit in the present.

Whatever game you play, just buy an rig that is enough to play the max setting of that game, remember not to consider the minimum or recommended configuration, those are very virtual. Just go to YouTube to see people test the card with the game you often play, which card can pull the max setting smoothly, reach the number of FPS you want, then just whip that card and build the machine up.

If you have a very high plan for the future, you can stop for the next 2 years. Because after that time, a new generation of hardware has been released, and it will certainly have better performance at a better price.

Buy just enough to save the most!

RGB should be the last investment

If you are satisfied with the power of your PC, you can consider investing a little more in its appearance, eye-catching, sitting on the machine to enjoy playing.

Agree that RGB is also important, firstly because the more advanced the item, the bigger the RGB LED array, the second is that it brings excitement to gamers. However, you should not accept too much of the power of the whole PC because of it. I won’t make you guys do that because I’m an “RGB player”!

In short, buy what you need, RGB should be the last thing you consider if you want low investment but high performance..

Buy second hand (not recommended)

Sometimes buying second hand is also a good choice. In the midst of technology transitions, when new generation hardware is beating the old generation, it is normal to buy a graphics card for half or even a third of the price of new. Secondhand is definitely a real goldmine for those with experience and knowledge. However, if you are a new player, I recommend not playing old toys.

Money always flows from the pockets of the majority of people to the pockets of the better few, so are good PC components. There are still PC components that are very well preserved and give very strong performance. However, such bargains will often only fall into the hands of those with enough experience and acumen. And in order to reach that level, almost everyone has had to pay the price for their “fuzzy chicken” at the beginning of their “introduction”.

In short, you should consider buying second-hand goods, but I don’t recommend it.