{"video_id":"bztt89scgH0","title":"Why Your PC Build Needs To Be “Balanced”","channel":"Techquickie","show":"Techquickie","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:58:16Z","duration_s":399,"segments":[{"start_s":0.359,"end_s":7.359,"text":"if you're building a new gaming PC there's a good chance that you've heard","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.879,"end_s":10.4,"text":"this piece of advice balance your build","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":7.359,"end_s":12.96,"text":"which is an important rule to follow but","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.4,"end_s":18.0,"text":"balancing is kind of a vague term so we're going to explain what balancing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.92,"end_s":20.24,"text":"means and what it doesn't mean the basic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.0,"end_s":25.48,"text":"idea behind it is to minimize the impact of bottlenecks a bottleneck occurs 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computer and buy the components that fit your use case","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":377.84,"end_s":384.759,"text":"without overspending and just because you spent a whole paycheck on an RTX 490","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":383.08,"end_s":389.599,"text":"that doesn't mean you have to spend two more paychecks on a 64 core CPU you're","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":388.039,"end_s":393.88,"text":"not going to hurt your graphics cards feelings I promise thanks for watching","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":392.12,"end_s":400.4,"text":"guys if you liked this video check out our other video on PC components that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":396.0,"end_s":400.4,"text":"are surprisingly overrated","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"if you're building a new gaming PC there's a good chance that you've heard this piece of advice balance your build which is an important rule to follow but balancing is kind of a vague term so we're going to explain what balancing means and what it doesn't mean the basic idea behind it is to minimize the impact of bottlenecks a bottleneck occurs when a weaker component prevents a stronger one from performing its best lowering your overall system performance in the applications that you care about a common bottleneck is overspending on a top tier gaming CPU and then under spending on your GPU however it's worth noting that this blade can cut both ways and a weak CPU can also result in lower than expected frame rates making matters even trickier the ideal CPU GPU balance is going to differ depending on what kinds of games you play say for example you're the competitive type and you play Esports titles where you're chasing the highest possible frame rates instead of Maximum visual Fidelity well for you balancing your build would mean making sure that your CPU can pump out hundreds of frame rates per second reducing latency and giving you a Competitive Edge and a good CPU might matter more than you think if you play simulation type games like City skylines large cities can drag the game simulation speed to a crawl literally slowing the in-game clock but on the flip side if you like to enjoy beautiful AAA single player experiences at the highest Fidelity you are almost certainly better off allocating all of your character sheet points to your GPU before you even begin to allocate anything elsewhere because modern techniques for rendering lighting and shadows are almost entirely dependent on having a strong GPU so your best bet in any case is to figure out your budget then read independent reviews for the games and the Hardware that you're interested in to see how different CPU and GPU combinations play with each other remember the GPU is often the bottleneck when trying to run at high resolutions and high quality settings but the CPU is often the bottleneck when trying to reach the highest possible frame rates as you go through this exercise though remember that balancing your build does not mean buying the highest end component just because you splurged on a different component elsewhere in your system don't be pressured Ed into spending fistfuls of money on let's say a fancy liquid cooler if an inexpensive heat sink is good enough for your needs another example is extra CPU cores well those can be worth spending money on if you're performing tasks that use them like video encoding or 3D rendering but I pretty much guarantee you that most of the games you play only use a handful of cores and a mid-range Chip is going to do just fine but that's only CPU and GPU what about the systems other components we're going to talk about those right after we thank MSI for sponsoring this video are you looking for a powerful PC but don't know where to start the MSI desktop Vision Elite RS might be just what you need it's equipped with the ultimate power combo an Intel Core I9 14900 KF processor and an MSI GeForce RTX 490 graphics card but if you ever want to swap out components it's going to be a breeze with its upgrade friendly design standardized components and the durable MSI Z 790 motherboard enjoy blazing fast Wireless speeds with Wi-Fi 7 and support for ddr5 and PCIe Gen 5 but MSI hasn't forgotten about style it features liquid RGB Cooling and a panoramic tempered glass panel to show off your top tier components check out msi's Vision Elite RS at the link in the description another core component to balance is your RAM avoiding critical bottlenecks typically means having enough RAM to run all of the programs you need at once without running out and in modern games that can be a lot these days with 32 GB quickly becoming the recommended amount to reduce stutter and even shorten loading times as you move to New areas of the map but that doesn't mean that you should go overboard and over by in the old days it could be worthwhile to load your system up with as much RAM as you could afford because newer programs might need more in the future and if you filled it up by accident it could result in a full system crash but modern systems will use their drive as an overflow which will slow down performance but it won't lock up your system so you can just head to the store at your leisure for an upgrade and besides if you have extra budget for your RAM today I'd consider putting it towards faster RAM rather than more of it though there is a point of diminishing returns so again read reviews to figure out what speed of RAM to buy for your needs so you aren't buying something that's so fast you're wasting your money balance outside of these core components CPU GPU and RAM there are some other considerations for balancing that may not affect your frame rates in your games as directly but can still save you money for example there isn't much point to getting some kind of gargantuan power supply That's rated far in excess of what your system actually draws under load a good guiding star is to look for a quality unit with 100 to 200 watts of Headroom for future upgrades cybernetic certifications on the box never a bad sign and and I could actually say something similar about components like your motherboard in your case for example getting the motherboard with the right chipset is important so that your CPU will fit in it and so you'll have enough PCI Express Lanes and other key features you might want like Fast networking or USB ports but is there really a point in getting a super high-end motherboard with a ton of extra headers and overclocking Tom Foolery you're never going to use in a different vein do you really need a gigantic space hogging case if you're just rocking a mid-range graphics card and a single m.2 storage drive we can't talk through every scenario like that there's a lot to consider to have a well-balanced system but the underlying concept is simple figure out how you're going to be using your computer and buy the components that fit your use case without overspending and just because you spent a whole paycheck on an RTX 490 that doesn't mean you have to spend two more paychecks on a 64 core CPU you're not going to hurt your graphics cards feelings I promise thanks for watching guys if you liked this video check out our other video on PC components that are surprisingly overrated"}