Well this will be the last attempt at PC Gaming, I just don't have the money to buy an Alienware Aurora and I should have gone with that instead when I had the money .

It's Långfredag, everybody.

The best way to get into PC gaming, in my opinion, is to buy the various PC components as you have money for them, and then put it all together yourself, as it’s really not hard at all. This way you know exactly what is in your machine, and you control what extra software goes into it (a lot of stores add all kinds of crap software that you don’t need). You just have to do your research to make sure everything will play nice together, or you can follow a guide such as the PC Gamer Low, Medium, and High pc build guides. If all of that sounds scary though, then you could probably pay a PC specialist store to put it together for you. Do you have such a store in your area?

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Apr 2 2021, 12:11 PM

I don't recommend Alienware either. Theyre overpriced.

I *do* suggest something like this. https://www.newegg.com/tools/custom-pc-builder

Or https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ these guys also build to spec.

Building your own might not be something they want to do. I don't do it anymore. It's not cheaper if you know where you're going.

Big box stores and places like DELL are terrible for gaming machines, and Alienware went tits up when DELL bought them. You're paying for a name, not quality.

But in the end, it's up to him. I can only try to guide. If I was there Is build it for him. I hate doing it but it's possible.

One thing to take into consideration though. Rebuilt is one of the few days you can reliably get a good graphics card nowadays. Stupid mining.

Best, or at least one of the best, PC assembly / parts sites is PCPartPicker.com, imo. Building guides and suggestions. A "System Builder" that canvases numerous sales sits so that your choice for individual parts is not restricted to any one firm, and you can see who offers the best prices. I used it when deciding on my current and previous PC builds. I believe its system builder will catch most if not all 'broad' incompatibilities, but likely won't catch stuff like ordering an after-market CPU cooler that proves a bit too tall to fit the particular case you want. (Assuming you need after-market cooler. You might not. Or you might buy a CPU that comes sans cooler, thus requiring one.)

(link) PCPartPicker.com (link)

That said, I reiterate that this is an absolutely abominable time to buy a good quality GPU. Prices are inflated beyond credulity. It's entirely possible that Boutique PC Builder companies have an edge here, possibly having insider access to cheaper GPU than we do. But that's pure supposition.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Apr 2 2021, 02:52 PM

Your serious discussion bums me out because it makes my spam seem trivial

There there ‘Rocu. Lol

Go ahead and talk. I'll be over here munching on popcorn

It's less of price and more of availablilty.

Stores that build to order and prebuilt computers have access to parts. They get stock, and use much of it to fill orders for prebuilt PCs vs selling the part solo. That's why there's such long wait lists. They'll get parts and have to use them for the whole systems first.

I haven't been able to yet source a 3000 series GPU as a side result. It's crypto mining. If they'd only somehow make it impractical to use GPUs for crypto mining, the supply chain wouldn't be so dang broken.

The reason I did not suggest PC part picker is because you still have to build it yourself, or did the last time I was on it. It is no longer always cheaper to build your own. Some people just can't. I have difficulty seeing pins with my poor eyesight, so I had Komplett build mine. I picked a barebones system, and told them what I wanted them to put in it. They built it, tested it, sent it to me with all the documentation and software and parts and stuff. And the packaging. Everything was packed neatly into the motherboard box and then into a slightly larger box with the rest of it, including stuff like the antennae for my wireless card.

And then there's the problem of troubleshooting a build that isn't booting, among other things. I've built plenty of PCs in my day, and there's nothing more annoying than finally getting it together, and turning it on.... and no POST.

Fek. Then you gotta figure out why it's not starting properly, and so on and so forth.

Of course, I'd recommend Komplett in a heartbeat, but yall aren't in Scandinavia.

Oh, and hi miro.

But some of us are


Of course, I buy my computers at Tradera now


High

Lol.

How goes? I'm waiting for "bad thing three" in the law of threes. Everything terrible happens in threes it seems, and I just had two back to back.

How bout you?

How about me? I'm not waiting for that but I am digesting popcorn and watching youtube

I should watch YouTube.

I've been binging Jackson Galaxy's cat behavior videos. ><

And I've been binging Saya blinking, laughing and saying "eh".


I didn't know there were so many 1 second videos out there

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Lol

And now I'm gonna rewatch the video explaining to us why it's so easy to lose at Mortal Kombat. It's because the game is set up so that we'd lose as many quarters as possible. Something that didn't change when the game got into our homes. Basically the game has to cheat, that's it.


Proof

Well by a miracle my new Gaming Pc is in BUT I will not be opening it till tomorrow as we're taking it back to Best Buy to get some warranties done to it and maybe up the ram to 16GB. THEN we'll bring it back and get it to work and play games on it!

Reaper, I hope things work out for this time with that PC.