RavensfanRD Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/16/2020 at 7:09 PM, FourThreeMafia said: To be honest, I think alot of people are using their stimulus checks on getting graphics cards/computer components. Alot of graphics cards have been selling out the last few days and are out of stock most places. Thats a good things from my standpoint, because it makes my decision to wait a little easier. Im really eager to build a new computer, but probably best to wait towards the end of the year. Yeah, I understand. I'm really excited for the announcement of the Ryzen 4000 series. I plan to upgrade then when its announced later on this year. I kinda feel bad doing that since I bought a Ryzen 5 2600 at launch and that isn't even a full 2 years old yet. But I'm doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I think I'm going to use my current computer case in my new build. Still in good condition and there's plenty of room inside, as it is a larger mid-size Tower. On another note, I discovered I had another 1 terabyte hard drive in my computer that I never used, because it was never hooked up. Had the damn thing for almost 8 years now and never realized it was in there until today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 1 hour ago, FourThreeMafia said: I think I'm going to use my current computer case in my new build. Still in good condition and there's plenty of room inside, as it is a larger mid-size Tower. On another note, I discovered I had another 1 terabyte hard drive in my computer that I never used, because it was never hooked up. Had the damn thing for almost 8 years now and never realized it was in there until today. ........When was the last time you opened your tower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 17 hours ago, SwoleXmad said: ........When was the last time you opened your tower? Last year. The hard drive was mounted snugly underneath by disc drive and never really noticed it, especially since it wasnt hooked up with any wired. I was going over my old invoice when I ordered it (Sept 2012) and it said it came with 2 hard drives. I looked for it and found it. I had to disconnect one of my disc drives to plug it in, but I dont use it anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Gonna finally get a PC. I was tempted to buy a pre-build, but think I'm just gonna go with building my own. I'll probably post my build from pcpartpicker here in case anyone has any advice! Leaning towards the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or 3600x for my CPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 7 hours ago, iknowcool said: Gonna finally get a PC. I was tempted to buy a pre-build, but think I'm just gonna go with building my own. I'll probably post my build from pcpartpicker here in case anyone has any advice! Leaning towards the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or 3600x for my CPU https://pcpartpicker.com/user/duckscanflytoo/saved/#view=3ptRTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 6:29 AM, RavensfanRD said: Yeah, I understand. I'm really excited for the announcement of the Ryzen 4000 series. I plan to upgrade then when its announced later on this year. I kinda feel bad doing that since I bought a Ryzen 5 2600 at launch and that isn't even a full 2 years old yet. But I'm doing it. They made such an easy upgrade path to squeeze money out of people like you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 9:30 AM, iknowcool said: Gonna finally get a PC. I was tempted to buy a pre-build, but think I'm just gonna go with building my own. I'll probably post my build from pcpartpicker here in case anyone has any advice! Leaning towards the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or 3600x for my CPU What are they going for these days? At launch, basically every reviewer agreed that the performance boost from the X version wasn't worth the additional cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavensfanRD Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 hours ago, skywindO2 said: They made such an easy upgrade path to squeeze money out of people like you! Well, if you want more power you want more power. I won't cheapen out this time, so I don't see what the problem is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 So, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered my parts. I went with a more "bargain" build than I originally planned, but after doing research, this should be plenty for me for the the foreseeable future. I figure in a 2-3 years, I will update my graphics card if need be. This should handle games fine at 1080 Ultra and some 1440p at 60FPS, My monitor is fairly new and is only 60mhz, so I dont feel like buying a new one right now. Beyond that, I dont really play online shooter types, and Ive heard thats when FPS is most crucial. For the single player games I play, this should be suffice for a few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 50 minutes ago, FourThreeMafia said: So, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered my parts. I went with a more "bargain" build than I originally planned, but after doing research, this should be plenty for me for the the foreseeable future. I figure in a 2-3 years, I will update my graphics card if need be. This should handle games fine at 1080 Ultra and some 1440p at 60FPS, My monitor is fairly new and is only 60mhz, so I dont feel like buying a new one right now. Beyond that, I dont really play online shooter types, and Ive heard thats when FPS is most crucial. For the single player games I play, this should be suffice for a few years. You didn't buy anything with a "Gamer" brand. I'm proud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Well this is just great... Bought a new 2TB m.2 drive for my laptop to replace the 256GB it came with and something went wrong when I went to switch it out and now my screen won't work. Everything else works fine and I can still use it perfectly if I hook it up to an external display via HDMI but for some reason the laptop screen seems to be dead. And just my luck the Asus phone help lines are shut down due to the virus... And when I go to see if it's still under warranty it says my laptop is under warranty until "undefined"... Ok... So I go to fill out an RMA request and it says there is already an RMA request for my laptop...WTH Asus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Can anyone recommend a good gaming controller for PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, FourThreeMafia said: Can anyone recommend a good gaming controller for PC? Both the Xbox one controller and the dual shock 4 work on pc. In my experience the xbone controller works better though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Just now, rob_shadows said: Both the Xbox one controller and the dual shock 4 work on pc. In my experience the xbone controller works better though. I heard XBox controllers were good. Thats what I'm leaning towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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