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Package number 4 of shiny new PC parts arrived today. Just need to find some DDR5 before I can put it all to work. That will most likely take some time because it is new tech and quickly sold out everywhere. It's already popping up on eBay for 3 to 4 times MSRP.

 

 

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5 hours ago, Sinister said:

Today I walked into Best Buy and found this sitting in a case. Even more surprising when my wife said I could get it.

 

 

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wow Nice! here that thing costs about a million Euros!

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On 12/13/2021 at 4:30 AM, Schumi6581 said:

wow Nice! here that thing costs about a million Euros!

It wasn't cheap here. I'm happy with it though, hit a high of 149 FPS in Red Dead redemption 2. Averages around 110. 1440P because I don't have a 4k monitor, yet.

It also works because it gives me a card for another project. Picked up my sons birthday presents while we there as well. I made the same mistake with his first PC as mine and bought a terrible one from DELL. Will be taking out his i7-10700 and putting it in a proper case with much better components. Will also put the 2070S I just took out of mine in it. All he wants is more fans because the things run so hot. He should be happy when he finds out he is getting much more. Can't add any fans to the terrible DELL case anyways.

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5 hours ago, Sinister said:

It wasn't cheap here. I'm happy with it though, hit a high of 149 FPS in Red Dead redemption 2. Averages around 110. 1440P because I don't have a 4k monitor, yet.

It also works because it gives me a card for another project. Picked up my sons birthday presents while we there as well. I made the same mistake with his first PC as mine and bought a terrible one from DELL. Will be taking out his i7-10700 and putting it in a proper case with much better components. Will also put the 2070S I just took out of mine in it. All he wants is more fans because the things run so hot. He should be happy when he finds out he is getting much more. Can't add any fans to the terrible DELL case anyways.

All you need is fans
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Since it will be a long time before I can get my hands on some DDR5 RAM I grabbed a Z690 MB that works with DDR4 so I could pair my i7-12700K with my 3080Ti. Also grabbed another 1TB M2 and ditched the HDD.  This PC is an absolute beast now. Have ventured pretty far since buying that POS from DELL 2 years ago.

Speaking of POS, I also took care of the 2nd mistake which we got for our son before I knew any better. Pulled the processor from it,  i7-10700F. Grabbed the RAM sticks and HDD and tossed rest into the trash. It's all proprietary and not upgradable anyways. Never buy a gaming PC from them, never.

Paired it with a new Z490 Board from MSI along with a proper cooler, new RAM, M2 SSD (1TB) and PSU. Swapped out his RTX 2060 for my7 2070 Super. He is happy to have rig that runs cool and has RGB. I'm still on the EVGA waiting list so hopefully my time comes up soon so we can get him a better card. In typical DELL fashion their cards are super cheap blower cards with one fan.

Speaking of fans, I have 5 fans in my case and every other case in this house, all 120MM. To show how terrible a DELL Gaming PC is I took a picture of the ONE fan they come with. It's the only fan that be used because the case has no previsions for other fans.

 

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1 hour ago, Smurf said:

How much CFM does that model Noctua fan push out?

 

Specs on CPU Cooler from Noctua.

https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15s-chromax-black/specification

My Case fans are NF-P12 Redux 1700 and NF-S12B redux 1200  3 of one and two of other.

https://noctua.at/en/nf-p12-redux-1700-pwm/specification

 

https://noctua.at/en/nf-s12b-redux-1200-pwm/specification

 

Water cooling makes me nervous but it looks much cleaner than air so I've been thinking about making the change when I inevitably change out my case in the near future.

 

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In other news, gave our daughter her PC and got it up and running tonight. She got all of the stuff I had in mine before I changed it all.

Z390 MB, i7-9700K, 16GB ram, RTX 2060 1.5 TB of m2SSD. Stuffed it all inside of Corsair iCue 220T RGB case. She loves her PS5 but she is hardcore into anime stuff and a lot of those games are PC only.

 

 

 

 

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7 hours ago, Sinister said:

Specs on CPU Cooler from Noctua.

https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15s-chromax-black/specification

My Case fans are NF-P12 Redux 1700 and NF-S12B redux 1200  3 of one and two of other.

https://noctua.at/en/nf-p12-redux-1700-pwm/specification

 

https://noctua.at/en/nf-s12b-redux-1200-pwm/specification

 

Water cooling makes me nervous but it looks much cleaner than air so I've been thinking about making the change when I inevitably change out my case in the near future.

 

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In other news, gave our daughter her PC and got it up and running tonight. She got all of the stuff I had in mine before I changed it all.

Z390 MB, i7-9700K, 16GB ram, RTX 2060 1.5 TB of m2SSD. Stuffed it all inside of Corsair iCue 220T RGB case. She loves her PS5 but she is hardcore into anime stuff and a lot of those games are PC only.

 

 

 

 

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That's really awesome Sinister. Looks pretty cool, and as a bit of an anime fan... Id definitely like that on my desktop.

My kids are more into consoles, but ill always respect and appreciate the specs, even if we're limited on consoles.

1 hour ago, Skorpion said:

That's really awesome Sinister. Looks pretty cool, and as a bit of an anime fan... Id definitely like that on my desktop.

My kids are more into consoles, but ill always respect and appreciate the specs, even if we're limited on consoles.

A lot of those limits are gone with the current gen consoles. They have the hardware to run beautiful games at good FPS. It's the developers that lock frame rates and graphics settings. The ability to set all of that up myself is what I like about PC. GTA at 100+ frames shows just how nice looking the game is and it was originally made for a PS3, can only imagine one made for a PS5.

Console wins hands down when it comes to price and ease of use though. Especially today with the screwed up GPU pricing/availability. $500 and all you have to do is hook up a power and HDMI cord and you are playing. if things were normal a PC could be built for a low price and be more capable than any console but most people would rather not mess with it and I can see why. It can get expensive quickly. For someone like me, that always wants the latest and greatest thing, it is VERY expensive.

I stay out of the bickering and master race nonsense because I just like to play games. Doesn't matter if it's on a PS5 a PC or my iPad.

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Waw! No Free GTA V Upgrade as they offered for PS5, but it's currently on sale for $10 so I might as well grab it.

Went to Walmart and the Xbox Series S was the only 1 of 2 consoles there. Got it for $325 to replace the previous gen Xbox One S. Strange enough the old one will cover a decent portion of the cost, as I can sell it for $185 & up on ebay.

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Usable hard drive space 364Gb

External sata hards drive can store and play games while using multiple simultaneously

4.25lb & small size good for travel 

3 USB PORTS

Proprietary storage slot

3 ways to transfer Games from one console to the next, Ethernet is the fastest but change both console's sleep time to 6hrs or never, or it will shut off during transfer.

 

 

 

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Went to Walmart to help a friend get a TV, couldn't locate her so I went to the Entertainment section and saw a couple unicorns going for $549.00 came up to $596 with tax. God 😬 

https://imgur.com/gallery/1odltEz

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@Schumi6581 these are the Dutch beers I got. Not pictured is a Swinckels Superior Pilsner which I’ve already consumed. It was lovely. 
 

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I’m not a fan of the sour beers, but hopefully the others will be delicious 

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1 hour ago, BryannosaurusRex said:

@Schumi6581 these are the Dutch beers I got. Not pictured is a Swinckels Superior Pilsner which I’ve already consumed. It was lovely. 
 

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I’m not a fan of the sour beers, but hopefully the others will be delicious 

wow, I know a few of the brands you got there but almost all of them are specials. Jopen (regional dialect for t*tties) is well known but I have never seen the Dutch PA you got there. Nice collection!

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A harmonica! I started learning a few weeks ago, but it was on like a 2 dollar arcade-prize harmonica I found in the attic that sounded like garbage, so I needed to get a real one and it made a hell of a difference. 

First song I learned was obviously Piano Man

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On 7/23/2023 at 12:42 AM, Skorpion said:

Has to be one of the top (probably the top) things in this topic. Beautiful pup

Thank you. Rescue pup from the local humane society. 8 month old female.  My first dog in 29 years. Now that I'm finally on top of my mental health issues I have the patience to train a puppy.

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Bought this a few weeks ago and took my PSN account back. Only used it once so far. Impulse control and lack of focus is the next problem being addressed, lol.

Also bought a wrecked shop truck from work for cheap. Easy fix and I'm glad to finally have a truck again.

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