Recent content by potatooo

I've thought of an APU, but as she does game - though at the lowest possible settings right now unfortunately due to the age of her current hardware - I'll want to put in a dedicated card into this build. The reason I was thinking the Sliger / SM550 was for the ability to pick a color. As this...

Have you taken a B550 motherboard instead of an X570 into consideration? From the looks of em, they give basically the same features at the higher end as the X570 counter-parts, but the chipset does not require active cooling.

Hey folks! I've been a DIY PC builder for over 2 decades now, but I have never attempted an SFF build. I've lurked these and other forums for a few years at this point just idly browsing. I have been considering doing a new build for my mom for about a year now, as her machine that I built about...