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Entertainment & Technology / Re: When did everything get so expensive and tacky?
« Last post by knighty on June 10, 2023, 15:40:38 PM »
yep... a few tech type shows come up on my youtube feed regularly... it's all RGB... who gives a f**k about that?

there's less and less talk about performance/cooling, more and more about hot it looks :-(
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: When did everything get so expensive and tacky?
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on June 10, 2023, 12:41:13 PM »
GameMax F15. Its a rock solid and affordable choice, it's what I'm using. You can turn the RGB sh*t off if you want too.

Don't just take my word for it though:
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on June 10, 2023, 12:40:16 PM »
Looks like a great spec, though if I was spending that much money I'd be tempted to drop in 64GB instead. I also wouldn't bother with the second NVMe right away and get a 4TB one further down the road, prices are constantly dropping.
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Entertainment & Technology / When did everything get so expensive and tacky?
« Last post by soopahfly on June 10, 2023, 10:00:44 AM »
I've refreshed my gaming pc with a high spec computer that was out of warranty from work, and added an RTX 2080ti to it.
I'm wanting to change the case to something a bit more interesting, but they are all so expensive now.  It seems like £180 is about your starting point for something that has air flow, but you have to have tacky RGB stuff all over it like it's a fisher price toy.
All I want is a mesh case, maybe a window, and some reasonable speakers.
Lian Li's look like one of the cheaper options these days.

Even the last of the slice your hand open case manufacturers - CiT now cost £100+ They used to be £20 with a PSU, Keyboard and Mouse.  All junk mind.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on June 08, 2023, 02:21:51 AM »
Think this is gonna be my final spec:

Corsair 5000D Airflow, Black, Mid-Tower w/ Tempered Glass Window
1000W Corsair RMx Series
Microsoft Windows 11 Home, 64Bit
DeepCool AK620 ZERO DARK CPU Cooler, 2x120mm Fan
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing Graphics Card, RDNA3, 6144 Streams
32GB (2x16GB) Corsair DDR5 Vengeance RGB, PC5-48000 (6000), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 30, 1.4V, AMD EXPO
ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI, AMD B650, AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, 2.5G/WiFi 6E, AMD EXPO™, ATX
1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4), NVMe SSD
2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4), NVMe SSD
AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D, AM5, Zen 4, 8 Core, 16 Thread, 4.2GHz, 5.0GHz Turbo, 96MB Cache, PCIe 5.0, 120W TDP, CPU

 :rock:

ETA: upgrades: Case and PSU.  Just to be safe!
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on June 05, 2023, 23:53:54 PM »
Just specced doing a self build on those items and it works out £100+ more expensive (compared on Scan). 

Above build from Chillblast was £2.5k

Not sure I'm gonna gain much by buying components. 

I'll try pc part picker next...

...works out at around £2.1k - oh but the ballache of buying from multiple sources.  ::)

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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on June 05, 2023, 23:17:38 PM »
Musing...

https://www.chillblast.com/all-gaming-systems/start-from-scratch/configure?expert=true&buildid=16123&showsummary=true

It's probably a bit OTT money-wise but it's a balance between what I think will work and what I'm confident in ordering (since I'm pretty clueless in all this these days).

I could source the items and build it m'self I suppose. Might save a bit for a better graphics card too.

GPU choiuce remains the bugbear. Bloody scandalous prices. :(
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on June 05, 2023, 20:25:05 PM »
Still crooks, huh?  ;D
The thing I'm finding the most frustrating is these folks' build systems.  I usually think "ah, this is going well"... then I find that they simply don't stock something I really want (like Corsair stuff for example or a specific motherboard).

Looks like I'm going to go Ryzen 7 7800X3D but I feel the mobos are kinda confusing.

...and don't get me started on GPUs... jury still defo out on that!  I need as much VRam as possible but most options are just 8Gb
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on June 05, 2023, 18:40:30 PM »
For proper custom builds the places I see most often recommended are AWD-IT and Palicomp, you might find overall good deals elsewhere on pre-builds though, occasionally CCL have some too. Overcockers are still crooks to be avoided.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on June 05, 2023, 15:49:02 PM »
I'm in a position to get a new build now!

Who would you recommend for a pre-built machine (just looking at options, I may yet self-build)?  PCSpecialist?  Scan?  Overclockers? 
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