Ideas for the most stable PC. (lemmy.world)

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For a while now I've wondered how to build the most stable gaming/workstation possible. I'm sick of crashes, stutters, and general un-reliability. However, it's a balancing act between price, performance, and reliability. (for example ECC memory is stable, but more expensive and slower)

Ideas I've had:

ECC memory
CSM sku motherboard
Hugely overkill power supply, or even dual redundant PSUs
RAID M.2 boot drives
All air cooled

What do you all think? If you were to spec out a (realistic) ultra-reliable PC what parts would you use and why?

P.S. I'm looking less for specific recommendations as I am for general ideas, which is why I didn't specify the use case or budget. I'm more interested in the concept and if it's feasible.

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[-] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A quality power supply plus a good UPS will take care of any power-related instability. Other than that, buy reputable brands from reputable sellers, and you should be fine.

IMHO, "ultra-reliability" is kind of a trap. You can spend a lot more money on enterprise-class hardware to get another 0.01% uptime.

Your situation may be different than most consumers, so I hesitate to speak in absolutes, but for the vast majority of people, software configuration issues are going to be the cause of instability by orders of magnitude over hardware.

[-] nopersonalspace@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Any tips for a "good power supply"? I suspect a lot of the crashing I've had on my system lately is because my PSU is flaking out, but It's a high-ish end Corsair one which I though would be solid. It's an SFX unit since my build is SFF, but maybe that's the problem? (Next build definitely won't be SFF, too expensive and niche)

[-] mudeth@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I used the PSU tier list while shopping for one.

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