Crayon
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Have you looked at the E Series from Zotac? Might be worth a look. Or maybe the larger nucs might work.
That zotac is actually pretty cool. I keep thinking apu but on-board gpus are indeed good enough at this stage. Hmmmm....
Have you looked at the E Series from Zotac? Might be worth a look. Or maybe the larger nucs might work.
I built many but now rather have a place do the building of parts I pick as it's only about $100 more and you not only get better(cleaner)wiring but you get a warranty at some places.
wow, i'm glad we have SATA and NVME these days. setting up those old ribbon cable hard drives sounds like hellI build a new gaming pc every few years and will keep doing it until i die. Building one today is a lot easier than it was in the 90s. We didnt have youtube back then when we had to figure out how to set dip switches on PCI cards and jumpers on hard drives/disk drives using an ata cable. Inb4 boomer, am a millennial lol.
holy shitHere is mine 5 liters dream PC (will be outdated soon):
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12600K, 3070, 32GB, 3SSD's. 400W HDplex external PSU. All undervolted (of course!). Was very fun to build and tune! It have additional 120x12mm Scythe fan on CPU/mobo that I never saw anyone did on this case. Case + PSU was expensive as hell.
I can do anything after that.
Honestly it's a genius case. It fits normally a Zotac 2070 Super and any ITX/DTX motherboard. (I had 8700K and 2070S before)holy shit
that's smaller than a PS5. you fit a 3070 in that? what the fuck?!?!
if you can fit components like these in a box like that...
1. your motherboard has a fucking genius design
2. you're a PC building genius and you should get paid for making stuff this well
this is why i stick with air cooled or at most AIO. custom tubed PCs look like complete hell to maintain and set up when AIOs give you similar performance at half the cost and even less maintenanceYup. Built a few. Last one was a custom hard tube water cooled one. Doubt I'd bother doing that again as it was silly money and is largely a maintenance nightmare. For example, removing the ram requires a full drain and removal of the top radiator as it blocks the retention clips.
The building of the pc itself is child's play.
What is prebuilt PC?After building one PC you can't go back buying prebuild PCs.
Yes, never again. F*ck PC, viva Mac!
I use my Mac as a working machine as a journalist and I will never use a PC as professional hardware never again. I have a PS5 for gaming. But great for those who want options.Built quite a few over the years. Taught both my sons how to build theirs. It is a satisfying experience.
I'm typing on a Mac right now. I have gaming PC that's just for gaming. Seems a bit silly to me to have all those fans blowing out air when all I'm doing is browsing the web or sending emails.
I use my Mac as a working machine as a journalist and I will never use a PC as professional hardware never again. I have a PS5 for gaming. But great for those who want options.
holy shit you're old. i didnt even know who cyrix is until you brought it upMy first gaming PC had a cyrix processor and no GPU. There was no USB and I can't even remember the names of the shitty connections on the motherboard. Nowadays everything just plugs in and you press on.
I have never spent even close to that. I'm pushing the boat out on my current build and it will end up in the $800 range as long as GPU prices keep falling. I generally aim for the 400 - 500 range.As someone who has never invested in a PC on any level, I find spending upwards of $2k on another gaming machine a difficult jump. Id rather just consume how Sony and Nintendo tell me, like a peasant
I've built more than I can count but I loathe the term "gaming PC" as if that it's only purpose. I'm sure there are plenty of people that literally only turn on their "gaming" PCs to play games but the real ones are on our PCs all day, listening to music, browsing the web, watching videos, etc. My PC is my all in one device for entertainment. Gaming is just one part of it.
Ima go against the grain here and say that it is not so unbelievably piss easy to do.
People have different degrees of mechanical inclination and experience with taking things apart and putting them back together. For some people, building a pc could be a challenge. I think nothing that most couldn't handle with some youtube guidance, but I don't like playing it off like only an imbecile could find it difficult.
I work with people every day training on some simple mechanics so that they can use our equipment. Some look at me like I'm crazy when I show them how to use a quick connect because it's so easy for them. Some need several tries at it and some tips. I've (almost) never found someone's level of handiness to reflect on their general intelligence or capability. I've met super smart people who will crossthread a nut just looking at it, and epic dumbshits who can overhaul and engine.