it's time for episode two a viewers Choice Award computer
where we tell you about the most common
PC purchases from lonus Tech tips audience members and check out market
trends and changes since last time now
all of this is according to the
what
26,000 Amazon transactions since the
start of the year on our affiliate code holy crap it is a good thing that I
hired someone to dig through it all for me this time anyway last year you guys
made some decisions that I found
disappointing but did you do any better this time place your
bets Zotac vrgo backpack features a GT X
1070 and Intel Core i7 processor
allowing you to enjoy VR without obstacles learn more at the link
below now in the first episode I lectured you guys for spending an extra
$100 on an i76700k CPU after telling you that the
i56600k was the best pick for gamers in
a previous video well either more of you
are content creators than I thought or
maybe no one cares what I think and I'm living a giant lie because once again
Intel's cor i7 won the day with the new
generation 7700 K handily beating
everything else thanks to its higher clock speeds and
hyperthreading but will that
last most of you spent between $250 to
$450 on your CPU a price point that's
about to be thoroughly shaken up by AMD's new ryzen 7 lineup so by the next
episode I expect the $329 8 core 3 GHz ryzen 7 1700 to have
chipped away at the 93% market share that Intel currently
enjoys among our viewers neither the
viewer's choice CPU Cooler nor the RAM
changed the hyper 212 Evo is still a
great performer with solid compatibility at the same price around 30 bucks but
the same can't be said for the 3200 MHz Corsair Vengeance dual Channel DDR4 Kit
they actually went up in price about 30%
due to fluctuations in commodity memory pricing but they also seem to have
gotten a strong boost since being
spotlighted last time around this
positive feedack back Loop might make it
difficult for incumbents to be dethroned in future viewers Choice videos we will
have to keep an eye on that totally different story in the motherboard
Department the reigning champ the z170a
from ASUS fell to fourth place with the
significantly cheaper and lesser featured
b150m doubling up on it this is really
bizarre to me given the excellent sales
of kseries overclockable i5s and
i7s don't you guys want to use this
feature that you spent extra for I mean
let me know in the comments why do you think this is happening this is another
category by the way that I expect to be turned inside out as the flood of ryzen
compatible boards hits retailer shelves so stay tuned for that on to Graphics
town and and more upset victories the
cheaper Trend continues with evga's GTX
1070 gaming smashing the sales of the
two cards that were tied for first in our last episode AMD did make a bit of a
comeback though scoring 25% market share
by unit volume mostly on the strength of
rx480 sales and as for whether or not
putting gaming in the card's name makes a difference let me put it this way the
first video card to not do so came in
ninth place I don't think even special
snowflake kids get a ninth place ribbon on sports day speaking of podiums
Samsung's 850 Evo ssds killed it again
this time with the lower capacity 250 gig variant leading the charge but a
challenger approaches in third place
miserly viewers sacrificed 10 gigs of storage for $30 of savings on sandisk's
SSD plus 240 gig for folks who broke the
bank with their CPUs and ssds but need a cheap spinning desk to store their steam
Library the 1 TB WD blue is Far and Away
the most popular skew with this surprises me hardly anyone in our
audience buying more than 6 tbte drives
from either WD or Seagate even PGA is still in
power when it comes to psus but this
time you guys for went the 650 wat fully
modular Supernova G1 which fell to third
place and went for the cheaper 500 watt
non-modular 80 plus bronze B1 series
honestly that's probably a good move for most people you get to save a couple
bucks while still having the option to remove some unnecessary cable clutter an
important consideration in the tempered glass era and in case you were wondering
the tables have also turned when it comes to chassis selection the enthu
Evolve tempered glass Edition gets an honorable mention here for being the
most popular tempered glass case but fant's 400 series cases were almost
completely absent this time around leaving the thermal take Versa H25 as
the most popular single skew and the NZXT s340 in its various colors to Tower
Above the Rest am I the only one who's surprised by this I mean the most
popular color was white go
figure anyway if you're not a fan of
these silly Segways we've been doing too bad it's your punishment for once again
buying Corsair Aeries af-1 120s instead
of the more versatile SP 1220s
apparently 64% of you decided that the
$4 of savings was more important than listening to me so at least we know how
much my advice is worth and
finally combo breaker you moved up
Market in the monitor department since last time when commodity 60 Herz
monitors Ruled The Roost this time both
the one and two slots were occupied by high refresh rate 1080p gaming monitors
made by AOC and ASUS respectively 144 HZ
gaming is definitely becoming a thing
with our viewers deeming it as important
as ultrawide resolution with both of
those coming in significantly ahead of
4K as for mice Logitech still sits on
top but their g502 Proteus Spectrum lost
narrowly but lost to the more expensive
g403 Prodigy a wireless gaming mouse
that we covered back here the first that's considered even by the pros to be
suitable for high-end competitive play who would have thought a wireless mouse
did a chance against good oldfashioned copper and your g403 will go perfectly
with your wait a minute this thing isn't
made by Logitech the Gan W andq USB
wired gaming keyboard this puppy has
been selling like knockoff airpods since
it rocked the competition in our cheap $25 backlit keyboard Roundup even though
it has gaming in the name I didn't really recommend it as the best
experience in that category so let us know in the comments how that thing is
working out for you there leading us finally to the eternal struggle between
good and evil Co and Pepsi Crocs and
sandals and audio we had the exact same
headset Showdown as before senheiser HD
598s versus the Kingston hyperx Cloud 2s
this time the battle has been won by a mere three points by the sisers with as
always the ant lion mod mic the more
versatile but significantly more expensive option of the two so how does
our PC compare to our last one well I gu
then surprisingly we ended up with a compatible computer right out of the box
which is pretty neat and it's about $140
cheaper but that's only if you remove headset spending from the equation
otherwise we saved around 35 bucks since episode 1 did this penny pinching then
result in pooper performance not really
since most of the savings came from the downgraded motherboard and power supply
and lower capacity SSD
as far as overall trends go it was interesting to see Intel and NVIDIA's
continued dominance among our viewers
especially given the kind of year that we are heading into and I'd love to hear
from you guys in the comments what do you think those charts might look like
closer to the end of 2017 so thanks for watching guys dislike
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