The Personal Computer Thread 2024 | LCD is dead and so is Intel

By Kibner Go To Post40% power savings at slightly faster speeds than previous gen is nice for people who need that kind of thing.

But, yeah, I just assume the X3D chips will always beat the next generation in gaming. It’s happened twice now. So, until the normal parts start getting excessive amounts of cache, I think that will always be the case.

power savings seems to be overhyped


this review is savage. looking to start a new build in the next few months, was planning on waiting for 9800x3d but seems unlikely to be worth it

By HottestGrapes Go To Post£584 to get a 7800X3D, ASRock B650 ITX board and 32GB of DDR5.

yeah that's not too bad, I reckon I'll get something very similar. what itx psu do people recommend these days?

By rerixo Go To Postyeah that's not too bad, I reckon I'll get something very similar. what itx psu do people recommend these days?

I’m completely out the loop with the SFX PSU market. There’s a lot of options nowadays though, compared to years back where you went with a SF600/SF750 or settled for something just plain worse.

Asus, Coolermaster and Corsair all seem to have good options now. Depending on what wattage you want and if you want a SFX or SFX-L unit.

I’d probably go with the Corsair SF1000. I haven’t seen reviews for it, but I can’t imagine it’s a bad buy. It also has a zero RPM function up to 400w.

By HottestGrapes Go To PostI’m completely out the loop with the SFX PSU market. There’s a lot of options nowadays though, compared to years back where you went with a SF600/SF750 or settled for something just plain worse.

Asus, Coolermaster and Corsair all seem to have good options now. Depending on what wattage you want and if you want a SFX or SFX-L unit.

I’d probably go with the Corsair SF1000. I haven’t seen reviews for it, but I can’t imagine it’s a bad buy. It also has a zero RPM function up to 400w.

nice yeah when I was looking years ago corsair was the only real recommendation, so been looking at those again, but damn 1000w sounds nuts.

is there any advantage in picking an SFX-L unit over SFX? seems like more cases are compatible with both these days

By rerixo Go To Postnice yeah when I was looking years ago corsair was the only real recommendation, so been looking at those again, but damn 1000w sounds nuts.

is there any advantage in picking an SFX-L unit over SFX? seems like more cases are compatible with both these days

Depends on the model, but a SFX-L generally has a 100-120mm fan in it vs a 92mm in an SFX unit. So they can be quieter, in theory.

It’s hard to compete on fan noise when the Corsair SF units are passive up to 300-400w depending on model. I’ve never heard the fan in my SF750 personally.


The downside to SFX-L is even in cases that state they support them, they tend to be a tight fit. Generally you’re going to have a harder time managing the cables.