Dad wants a new PC. He’s considering spending way-too-much on an Alienware, so I figured I’d build him something better+cheaper.
I’ve built a couple PCs before, but never anything this high-end or expensive so I’d very much appreciate some feedback from an experienced community.
the x870 requires pcie5.0 apparently, where the b850 doesn’t - figured it’d be more upgradeable for him in the future
pcpartpicker says the build would only be 400W, my understanding is that peak PSU efficiency is at ~50% load, so I went for something in the ~800W range. What benefits might 1000W provide?
aside from the igpu, the improvements of those CPUs seems minimal - he’s probably not going to be gaming much honestly… but he wants it to be capable