Tell me about building a PC
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@89th said in Tell me about building a PC:
@mark will do! Ultimately I went for the premium (at least, premium to me... I know other monitors can go north of $2k) because I figured I'll literally be looking at this monitor for 8+ hours per day so might as well enjoy a few extra bells and whistles.
Anyway... catching up on this thread, a few questions for you:
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How many full desktop builds do you have? I see there's a "budget build" plus the big dog (Aquarium), and also the racer.
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For liquid cooled, is it just water you have or a special water/chemical? Do you ever have to replace it?
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Is the Aquarium noisy at all? All the cooling and fans.
Anyway.... l337 setups you have there, anti-n00b!
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@89th said in Tell me about building a PC:
@mark will do! Ultimately I went for the premium (at least, premium to me... I know other monitors can go north of $2k) because I figured I'll literally be looking at this monitor for 8+ hours per day so might as well enjoy a few extra bells and whistles.
Anyway... catching up on this thread, a few questions for you:
- How many full desktop builds do you have? I see there's a "budget build" plus the big dog (Aquarium), and also the racer.
I built two PCs. The "Budget Build" turned out to not be such a "Budget Build" lol I upgraded from 4 to 8 then to 16 cores on the processor. I went from an old RTX 560 to a 2060, then a 3060, 3070 and ultimately ended up with a 3090 Hybrid in it.
It ceased being a budget machine about 2 months after I built it. lol
- For liquid cooled, is it just water you have or a special water/chemical? Do you ever have to replace it?
All I have are AIO units. (All In One) They are sealed from the factory (I think they can be flushed and refilled though)
- Is the Aquarium noisy at all? All the cooling and fans.
They are both surprisingly quiet. I should bring my sound meter down here and see what the background noise level is in my office. I have a server rack in here and that certainly adds to the fan noise in the room. The "aquarium" is powered off unless I am racing or flying. It's the "sim rig". If I leave it on, it acts like a big space heater and the office temp goes up considerably. The Budget build is now a top shelf gaming monster and I play the MMORPGs on it. More comfortable to sit at the desk and run those games.
Anyway.... l337 setups you have there, anti-n00b!
lol, they won't be for long. such is the way of tech. I hear rumors of the 4000 series NVIDIA cards. Supposedly 100% faster than the current crop. I don't believe it of course.
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I'm such an elite gamer I'm currently playing Baldur's Gate remastered while I'm saving for my next system. The game is 20 years old, no 3D, but funnily enough, still quite compelling.
My current rig is 4 years old, so can't really handle VR, which is what I really want it to do.
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@doctor-phibes check out the new Final Fantasy XIV. It's very good. They have a 7 day free trial.
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Speaking of non-sequiturs, I want to be precisely as famous as that guy.
I could pay off some stuff, like the house and what-not, but I wouldn't have to worry about some jackass faking a slip on the brick walkway leading up to the mansion I don't have.
Also, I could go to the store, the movies, whatever and be completely left alone. Just every so often, once in a blue moon, someone would come up to me and it'd be like:
"Yo, you're that dude from those the silly commercials!"
"Yeah, yeah I am!"
"Hahahah awesome, do the thing you used to do! Let me get a selfie with you for the 'gram!"
"You got it!"
"Yeeeeah awesome, thanks man!"And that would be that.
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@aqua-letifer Hahaha crazy to think those commercials were 20 years ago. It's also weird to watch some of them. I got a total flashback/visceral feeling of what it was like to buy a computer back then when I saw the "get a free CD burner upgrade!" part:
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@aqua-letifer said in Tell me about building a PC:
Speaking of non-sequiturs, I want to be precisely as famous as that guy.
Er, no. No you don't.
The actor who gained fame and a cult following as the slacker "Steven" in commercials for Dell Computer Corp. computers was arrested buying a small bag of marijuana, police said. Benjamin Curtis, a 22-year-old New York University drama student, awaited arraignment Monday on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. New York City police said he was arrested Sunday night on the Lower East Side after officers on a drug detail spotted him buying a small bag of marijuana from Omar Mendez, 19. Mr. Mendez faces drug sale and possession charges. Mr. Curtis's agent, Bonnie Shumofsky, had no immediate comment on the arrest. Mr. Curtis's portrayal of a surfer type who proclaims, "Dude, yer gettin" a Dell!" spawned T-shirts, caps, and backpacks, along with Web sites and online fan clubs.
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The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Tell me about building a PC:
@aqua-letifer said in Tell me about building a PC:
Speaking of non-sequiturs, I want to be precisely as famous as that guy.
Er, no. No you don't.
The actor who gained fame and a cult following as the slacker "Steven" in commercials for Dell Computer Corp. computers was arrested buying a small bag of marijuana, police said. Benjamin Curtis, a 22-year-old New York University drama student, awaited arraignment Monday on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. New York City police said he was arrested Sunday night on the Lower East Side after officers on a drug detail spotted him buying a small bag of marijuana from Omar Mendez, 19. Mr. Mendez faces drug sale and possession charges. Mr. Curtis's agent, Bonnie Shumofsky, had no immediate comment on the arrest. Mr. Curtis's portrayal of a surfer type who proclaims, "Dude, yer gettin" a Dell!" spawned T-shirts, caps, and backpacks, along with Web sites and online fan clubs.
As famous as that guy. Not be that guy.
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@mark the new 38" monitor is SWEET. Glad I went with this size. Also the new (Dell) desktop is great so far. The OS is on a 512 GB SSD (PCIe), which is where I'll also keep my programs and probably my photos/videos. Otherwise I swapped out the default 2TB HDD (SATA) for a 2TB SSD (also SATA since the only PCIe port was already taken). The graphics cart (RTX 3060 Ti) has been the best upgrade from my previous rig.
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@mark said in Tell me about building a PC:
The Dell "dude" was one huge turnoff for me buying a Dell, aside from Michael Dell being a total asshole. I absolutely hated that ad campaign.
Wasn't aimed at you, though. At the time it was aimed toward me.
Also, agree totally about Michael Dell.
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I can't decide whether to pick one up on Saturday - it's tax-free weekend in MA. There's an i7-10700K with RTX 3070 video card and 32 gigs of RAM going in Micro-Center for about 2K, which looks like a great machine, but I'm still waiting for my desk to be delivered - it's already been 4 months, and my current desk is a bit narrow for a full-size PC. You can't get the wood, you know.....
If I keep saving, I could get an i9 plus RTX 3080.....first world problems!
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@doctor-phibes Sounds like a great deal indeed. Might as well just get it and then use it whenever the desk comes in. Doesn't hurt to not turn it on for a few weeks/months.
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My desk arrives on Wednesday, picked up my PC today. Very understated, a minimal amount of stupid blinkenlights, i7 processor, 32 gigs of memory, 1Tb NVME.M2 SSD, stuck with a 27", 1440p 165Hz monitor but I'm going to use it with VR when I can
Can't bloody switch it on as the wife has retired to bed with a migraine, no doubt caused by my spending spree.
