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    • Cooler:

    Instead of Deepcool, I’d look at Thermalright. They have options that are cheaper yet perform better, including 360mm liquid coolers.

    As for the Arctic Freezer, it’s going to be an overkill, but having a nearly silent build is nice. Do be aware that it’s much easier to mess up a liquid cooler installation than air. Essentially, always put screws through fans first (otherwise you’ll damage the radiator) and never tighten them (otherwise, you’ll strip the threading, even with hands), if they hold the fans, that’s enough tightness. Except for the CPU screws, those are the same as with Air coolers.

    Overall, for your first build, I’d recommend going for an Air cooler and only then switching to liquid if you feel it’s needed. Temperature-wise you should be fine with either, 9700x isn’t that power hungry, and something like Thermalright PA 120 was doing just fine with my 5900x (although in a colder climate)

    • PSU:

    Don’t know about this MSI model, but I can recommend Xpg Core Reactor II 850W. There’s also a II VE version, but it’s a bit worse. Should be roughly the same price, but I can guarantee that this one is very reliable.

    Also, always check in with the PSU Tier list from ZTT. With this build I recommend going for tier B or higher. The XPG II one is the highest tier.

    • Bottlenecks and such

    It’s a balanced build, nothing else to say. Good job picking the parts. I personally may have gone for a CPU like 7800x3d, but that depends solely on your needs.
















  • I’d wait for Valve Frame to come out.

    It’s supposed to be around the price of Index, hopefully less expensive.

    Primarily because of Meta’s track record of breaking their headsets with software updates, it’s also going to be significantly lighter at the front, which is important. And will have eye tracking with foveated streaming.

    For the last month, every time I tried to jump into VR I had a bug that prevented me from using the headset completely, so I’d just choose to play on PC instead.

    I trust Valve to make a much more hastle-free experience than Meta at this point. And be probably switching myself as long as the price in my region allows for it.



  • Terraria at it’s core is about boss progression.

    Here are the mandatory ones in order of completion:

    1. Wall of flesh (<= after beating it is when the fun part starts, early game is kinda sluggish)
    2. 3 Mechanical bosses
    3. Plantera
    4. Golem
    5. Lunatic Cultist
    6. Moon Lord

    The rest is prep work for each one.

    • Collecting NPCs and making housing for them
    • Collecting weapons, armour, accessories
    • Building arenas for bosses
    • Building farming locations
    • Defeating optional bosses for more powerful loot
    • Grinding defeated bosses for specific drops

    What I usually do is:

    1. Build starter house
    2. Go mining
    3. Go exploring
    4. Beat corruption/crimson boss
    5. Make housing for NPCs
    6. Make a hellevator
    7. Make wall of flesh arena, beat it with dynamite
    8. Lots and lots of gear grinding
    9. More prep work for mechanical bosses

    The last 2 repeat for each boss that’s on the list and often include beating other bosses or events for their loot.