so i've got some bad news and some good news today the bad news is that disney
wouldn't license us the rights to use ewoks in today's episode of Techquickie
but the good news you guessed it it's time for episode 6 of avoiding common pc
building traps and i'll bet you thought we were ready to give this series a
funeral pyre nope let's get right into it the empire
did not spend enough on protecting the main reactor of either death star but
that doesn't mean that you should go on a spending spree for your power supply
either don't get me wrong buying a bargain basement psu from a brand you've
never heard of is a terrible idea as it can damage your components but i'm
saying you most likely shouldn't be spending extra on a high wattage power
supply either you see because components today are a lot more power efficient
than they were even a decade ago you can easily get away with having a lower
wattage psu even if you're rocking a higher end CPU and GPU a standard build
with one of each of these components should be served well with a 500 watt
power supply with higher wattages really only necessary if you're running
multiple graphics cards or have some other kind of exotic setup if you really
want to be sure check out one of the power supply calculators we've linked in
the video description you might be surprised at how little you really need
speaking of powerful components don't feel like you need to invest in a fancy
water cooling setup just because your rig is on the higher end although water
cooling is indeed significantly more effective than traditional forced air
cooling it does not give you too much of an advantage unless you're overclocking
even high-end cpus and gpus are designed to last a very long time with whichever
cooling option they come with whether that's a reference cooler or an aib
partner solution like you see included on many graphics cards and if you go
with an enthusiast class CPU that doesn't come with a stock cooler you can
still get away with an inexpensive air cooler if you're just running the chip
at stock speed so feel free to save your money and skip the water cooler unless
you really just want the aesthetic on the subject of cooling if you're going
to be installing more than a couple fans in your case pay attention to how many
fan headers are on your motherboard modern motherboards allow you to control
fan speeds and curves from the BIOS or the operating system meaning you're
gonna miss out on this if you have more fans and headers and you end up needing
to plug some of them directly into your power supply though you can also pick up
a physical fan controller to adjust speeds from the outside of your case or
use a case with one built in let's wrap things up by talking about something
outside of your pc itself your monitor in a previous episode we mentioned
ensuring that you plug in your display to your graphics card and not your
motherboard in order to assure you're actually getting the performance you paid so much money for but on a similar
note monitors with fancy features like high refresh rates and adaptive sync are
becoming more and more common but these bells and whistles often are not enabled
by default so if you have body monitor that supports any refresh rate above 60
hertz or any other premium features check both your display settings and
your graphics card control panel to see if everything is set properly after all
your monitor isn't going to come with an astromech droid to do it for you
speaking of doing it for you pulsewave pulseway is a real-time remote
monitoring and management software that's compatible with Windows mac Linux
and more it gives you access to real-time status system resources
logged-in users network performance Windows updates and more you can fix
problems on the go by sending commands from any mobile device you can create
and deploy custom scripts to automate your it tasks and you can scan install
and update all your systems on the go it also has remote desktop functionality
and you can try it all out free today at pulseway.com or through our link in the
video description so thanks for watching guys if you like this video give us a like and a
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