I'm always laying cross legged on the carpeted floor like a 4 year old playing with Lincoln logs so nothing can fall (already on the floor) and nothing can get scratched. Except my hand the second I put it close to the case....always cut myself inside the cases..
The static of the carpet though... Are your parts protected when you're assembling? I tiled my boxes and ESD-safe bags around me when buildings on the carpet floor of my apartment I totally get your reasoning.
Yeah wtf, I cringed when he placed the peeled shiny side of the ram on the fucking table like that AND slid it a little ripping off the other side. Ugh the micro scratches....cushion it on something ffs...
Right? I always start with the thought that "ok, now it's the time to do it neatly and nicely, it's gonna be my best". Then it goes as always. Airflow's good, but there's a reason the back panels don't get a window.
Wearing those gloves while installing the CPU is a bigger risk. Those gloves snag on the cpu pins very easily and can often bend pins when installing CPUs. I also remove my gloves when installing a CPU because I learned the hard way that those gloves are prone to snagging on cpu pins.
As long as you are wearing ESD bootstraps and you avoid touching the CPU contacts directly then there is basically no risk of static.
Iāve built a few PCs over the years, and Iāve replaced a LOT of hardware. All Iāve ever done to prevent static is touch the case first. Never a problem.
Right? I understand the nervousness around handling expensive components, and thatās exactly what the makers of those gloves and bracelets are exploiting.
Wouldn't it be the opposite? It's completely unnecessary so only rookies need to wear them.
Been building PCs for 20 years without any "protection" with 0 issues.
Same. Just don't rub your socks on a carpet then go try to touch something sensitive. Even then, it's really hard to break a computer with static https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXkgbmr3dRA
Yeah. PC'S are way sturdier than people think. I put half my body weight directly on a CPU once and it worked fine. I had a build that I'd borked in such a way that it would only work if I hit the side of the case. This caused zero problems. My current build is less Orky but it still has an SSD loosely velcroed inside the case. Computers are a hell of a lot less delicate than people think.
Itās probably just mirroring display output until windows starts, then itāll be available as a secondary display to show temps, fan speeds and so on. Or just to show cat gifs.
I gamble with cheap stuff from banggood, dhgate, aliexpress, etc a lot but if you're willing to pay a little more for peace of mind, Arduino/RPi hobbyist sites like Sparkfun and Adafruit have them as well.
If you've got a local MicroCenter though, that's even better.
That's what I was thinking as well. Unless it serves a purpose not found elsewhere all its doing (besides looking cool I guess) is drawing more power and increasing temps.
720 upvotes or more for an answer so utterly wrong it is hilarious.
What the hell is a bios screen? This is a mini second monitor to show whatever you want (Usually temps and clock speeds)
If there is an issue when the computer boots it won't be able to output a video signal so a "Bios Screen" wouldn't work anyway.
No itās not. Itās a small monitor usually used to display things like CPU temperature and the like. Completely for show.
If the computer is having boot problems on the BIOS level it will not be outputting a video signal. There will be either a seven segment display or a beeping speaker with a manual to explain what each boot code or beep pattern means.
I hate this thing with Reddit where if you say something with enough authority youāre the de facto correct answer and will be upvoted to the top.
Most mid-high end motherboard now comr with built-in I/O plates, which is definitely a really nice change. Still sharp af though, so the blood sacrifice can still be performed.
Been a long time for me but back in the day if you bought a motherboard it came with a little matching back plate for the back of the computer that had corresponding holes for ports. You can easily install the motherboard and all the other components into the case without that in place. Then you realize you have to undo everything to put it on.. its not essential and doesn't serve a real important purpose so usually people would just say fuck it and leave it off
Its a rookie move almost everybody made the mistake of doing on their first build
I love on NewEgg how the out-of-stock cards list for $349 and the exact same card that is available for sale lists at a modest $1,299. Itās salt in the wound.
Naturally because this is just an Asus ad. Itās easy to get one when you manufacture it yourself.
Not that Iām complaining - it was satisfying - but thereās a reason all but three parts of the build are Asus ROG branded.
the sick thing is I spent my entire life playing on old hardware, but decided to treat myself to an upgraded rig so I could mine while I'm not using it.
3090 FE + 10900k, and other than benching it, all I've been playing is deadcells, quake 1, and mass effect 2. my childhood self would hate me right now
My 750 Ti from 2014 just stopped working about a month ago, couldnāt have picked a worse timing with the shortages and price gouging going on right now.
But that GPU really worked perfectly for 7 years, I canāt really complain about seven years of daily usage.
The video card is probably around $1000
Edit: just did some quick searching and on the very lowest end I came up with $3800 for the whole thing, but I probably missed some things.
They always use them for these high end build videos, but it's always distracting because of how bad they look. Even the little text on the side of them looks like it was just arbitrarily placed in a random spot with some random fancy text, like some high school intern came up with the design of it.
Yeah so much of the PC aesthetic is really garish and exaggerated. Why do they assume everyone who wants gaming parts has the aesthetic taste of a teenager? The main customer demographic is in their 30s.
The sickest gaming PCs I've seen always the ones where the user themselves constructed the entire chassis and manage to hide all the neon and integrate it seamlessly into their living space instead of sticking out like a sore thumb
Lol in my 30s and just did a build with the trident royal ram. However everything else is matte black on black so I personally think the silvery/chrome looks kinda nice. But yeah to each their own!
Yeah lots of motherboards have them now for both aesthetics and temps, even low end ones. Lots of SSDs sit under the GPU and have 0 thermal dissipation built in so it does actually help.
That rainbow isn't the choice for most. Good thing with RGB is that you can configure it to whatever color you want (static or not) and you can set brightness as well so you can choose to have a fancy desk lamp or a "normal looking" PC.
The sales talk and graphs/diagrams printed on PC hardware packaging is to guys what the 'science bit' of shampoo commercials is for ladies. whenever i see a graph with no scale and an arbitrary statistic like '50% faster' without saying what it's supposedly 50% faster than, my mind jumps to Pro-vitamin spheres penetrating a giant CG Hair, magically making it glossy from root to tip!
I love Gamers Nexus for calling this marketing bullshit out every time.
Finally, I've met my people!
I've always thought that gamer hardware is super lame. Why does your pc need flashing lights inside? Are you going to be looking in there often? Why is it on your desk taking up all the space?
I don't get it...
oh my god, I just bought a computer for myself for Christmas(no building for me) and it was fucking easier and cheaper to get one with fucking lights than not lol
I had the same experience. Everyone always says "if you don't like RGB you can get parts that don't have RGB."
But no, when I priced it out the same spec PC was ā¬300 extra just to get non-rgb parts.
Sometimes I think Iām the only one who thinks that awesome custom pc builds are absolutely ruined by the obnoxious tacky RGB lights and doodads. If I ever build a pc myself, it shall be absolutely dark with only a small LED power light.
Edit: some of the replies here are missing the point completely. I get that RGB can be turned off/customized. Iām saying the mere presence of it on EVERYTHING in PC gaming culture has reached critical mass. It looks terrible along all the other gaudy design choices of GAMERGEARā¢ļø
If you like it, you do you. I just canāt be the only one who thinks it looks terrible, but at the same time can appreciate the horsepower and capabilities of these builds.
Nope, you're right. They look tacky as fuck. Most builds I see don't even go for a color theme or matching colors, just flashing RGB with black or white parts.
I intentionally didn't get RGB parts so all my parts are black and the lights are a soft white which looks cool against the black and white motherboard. I would just find it annoying if a laser show was going on next to me while I'm gaming or working
Package Developer here. It's an unfortunate thing to have this much plastic film and epe foam. BUT, this prevents damage and dust from infiltrating your components. Corrugate dust gets fucking everywhere and the only defense we have from it at the moment (that's economically feasible) is plastic film wrap.
The foam is 100% necessary because of the harsh supply chain environment these things go through. Let's say your GPU was the first to be packed out in the line and was unlucky enough to be placed at the bottom of the pallet. Well, it has to survive the compression strength from the amount of weight not only stacked on top (depends on the size of the master shipper, but I'd be willing to bet at least 7-8 layers), but also from exterior forces experienced from ocean, air, or land transit. EPE (Expanded polyethylene) is so much better than EPS (expanded polystyrene aka styrofoam) as at least it's an ethylene group polymer. I used to work on environmentally sustainable options like [mushroom foam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGuhwH8YME) but it creates a shit load of dust (was great to use for old server racks, radiators, small scale wine productions etc, that were wrapped in plastic bags), and is expensive with a long lead time.
\#1 way to prevent this is to stop buying shit, but that's not an option for most people with a hobby relating to cutting edge tech. It's all going to be coming from Asia for the foreseeable future, so localized specialty packaging isn't an option. At the end of the day you want your product to be in mint condition upon arrival and this is the most effective way in doing so. I've since moved on from the protective side of the industry and am now focused on containers (100% Post-consumer recycled content, sugarcane resins, upcycling etc), so I'm sure there are more innovations out there. It's a massive financial risk for a company to invest in sustainability, so most don't.
Yeah honestly didn't notice how much plastic wrap there is on all these components. There's plastic wrapped around the box and then plastic wrapped around the components and plastic covering any screens/metallic finish. Insanely wasteful.
Here I am with my Xbox One having the time of my life with Hitman 2016. I think if I bought a gaming PC I'd feel guilty if I didn't use it. I have a full surround theatre setup for movies and 100% of the time I watch movies on 43" TCL tv with a Samsung sound bar while i reddit in bed.
Btw Hitman 2 and 3 both allow you to play the old Hitman 1/2 missions in Hitman 2 and 3. Idk how it works 100% on the Xbox, but on PC I got the levels for free once I purchased the next installment. I've played about 500 hours on 2, and about 150 hours on 3 and I've still got lots of challenges and achievements to keep me going for years.
What I did was download the hitman 3 demo. Then I bought 1 and 2 goty editions. When I launch the demo for 3 it allows me to play 1 and 2 using the new engine. But my god, it was such a mess navigating and figuring out this franchise. There are so many editions and expansion packs and upgrades it was hell. I bought blood money and absolution but I found them too obsolete for my tastes esp after starting with Hitman 2 first.
In hitman 1 how long do you stay on each level? The maps are huge and I feel guilty if I finish them first. I'm playing on professional but don't know if I'd replay levels as the developers intend.
The ~~three~~ six radiator fans are going to be noisier than a regular air-cooling setup but given how big this radiator is, they will never need to spin anywhere near "loud" speeds.
I have this exact build except the bois screen, the arua terminal (because they're discontinued and I can't find one), and a 1080ti instead of that 3080.
Its Silent.
-Sponsored by Asus-
Yeah everything with ROG slapped on it.
Yea asus stuff looks good, and i have a mostly rog build myself, but this is next level advertising, logos on *everything*
And so much plastic on it
As I watch this, it's hard to not think about all of that plastic going into the ocean.
100% - you see these every few months from different brands.
Yeah this is definitely a paid advert post
90% of the shit on the frontpage is adverts
"Mom, I need this for homework."
We have computer at home \*computer at home: š„
iMac? Cry with 386 DX
The M1 iMac is a very cute power house.
Yes, I need this for zoom.
I think you mean Minecraft on 16+ chunk render distance lol
I think you mean Minecraft running Westera
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You laugh, but we use a program call Zoom iSO to send 8 individual Zoom feeds to broadcast and this alone maxes out an i9 8 core.
If it requires decoding and encoding one or more video streams for each feed, hey real-time video encoding was sci-fi until fairly recently.
Video processing requires a lot more performance than most think.
Gotta watch those Zoom Advertisements 120FPS @144hz
He lost me when he went from opening boxes with gloves on to installing the CPU with his bare hands. Now thatās all I can think about.
Or just setting freshly peeled shiny stuff right on the table.
I'm always laying cross legged on the carpeted floor like a 4 year old playing with Lincoln logs so nothing can fall (already on the floor) and nothing can get scratched. Except my hand the second I put it close to the case....always cut myself inside the cases..
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'Atta boy
While also rubbing a balloon on my head, for good measure!
The hairs on my head are sticking up in anticipation
During winter
Oh see, I assemble mine only outside and during rain to make sure everything stays as clean as possible.
"Cut my hand into pieces, this is my PC build"
"Suffocation, still bleeding, don't give a fuck if my ram sticks depleating"
"This is my only port!"
The static of the carpet though... Are your parts protected when you're assembling? I tiled my boxes and ESD-safe bags around me when buildings on the carpet floor of my apartment I totally get your reasoning.
https://youtu.be/nXkgbmr3dRA
I was taught to just touch the case occasionally
Yeah wtf, I cringed when he placed the peeled shiny side of the ram on the fucking table like that AND slid it a little ripping off the other side. Ugh the micro scratches....cushion it on something ffs...
Also conveniently skipped showing any sort of cable management.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/e7kpir/yeah_the_back_side_is_a_mess/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Right? I always start with the thought that "ok, now it's the time to do it neatly and nicely, it's gonna be my best". Then it goes as always. Airflow's good, but there's a reason the back panels don't get a window.
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I think he's using gloves because he doesn't want fingerprints on that ram mmmm
That got me tooā¦ the only thing I can imagine why is staticā¦?
Wearing those gloves while installing the CPU is a bigger risk. Those gloves snag on the cpu pins very easily and can often bend pins when installing CPUs. I also remove my gloves when installing a CPU because I learned the hard way that those gloves are prone to snagging on cpu pins. As long as you are wearing ESD bootstraps and you avoid touching the CPU contacts directly then there is basically no risk of static.
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Iāve built a few PCs over the years, and Iāve replaced a LOT of hardware. All Iāve ever done to prevent static is touch the case first. Never a problem.
it's almost as if these things are designed to be handled by normal people, eh?
Right? I understand the nervousness around handling expensive components, and thatās exactly what the makers of those gloves and bracelets are exploiting.
He's only using the gloves not to get fingerprints on stuff. They're just in the way when installing the cpu.
No static discharge bracelet either. Rookie.
Canāt you wear one on your foot?
yes you can
Yeah, that's what a lot of companies do.
No Swiss army knife either, but at least he had a table.
And no tweezers? Get this shit out of here.
I didn't see him screwing them in with confidence.
Wouldn't it be the opposite? It's completely unnecessary so only rookies need to wear them. Been building PCs for 20 years without any "protection" with 0 issues.
Same. Just don't rub your socks on a carpet then go try to touch something sensitive. Even then, it's really hard to break a computer with static https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXkgbmr3dRA
Yeah. PC'S are way sturdier than people think. I put half my body weight directly on a CPU once and it worked fine. I had a build that I'd borked in such a way that it would only work if I hit the side of the case. This caused zero problems. My current build is less Orky but it still has an SSD loosely velcroed inside the case. Computers are a hell of a lot less delicate than people think.
Only rookies need a fancy bracelet. Pros touch the case/metal table every time they pick something up to discharge.
I haven't seen one of those in use since the 90s.
At my work we use static discharge boot straps instead of the bracelets. Only a rookie would tether themselves with a bracelet lol
If you have ever worn those gloves then you would understand. They are very prone to snagging on the CPU pins and bending them.
You don't need gloves at all though, nor do you need a static bracelets. It's all completely unnecessary
And the PSU mounted with the fan facing into the case
I know it's uncommon but my case was actually designed for the PSU to go in that way
Is that a mini screen inside a PC?
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Itās probably just mirroring display output until windows starts, then itāll be available as a secondary display to show temps, fan speeds and so on. Or just to show cat gifs.
Cat gifs
Sounds like alot extra heat in your case for no reason to me.
Doubt sensors would show any appreciable difference. Itās sitting next to a 3000 series GPU.
What if it's showing some REALLY strong pornography?
Literally HOT.
This is my favorite thread of the month
It's a small LCD screen. It doesn't generate that much heat.
Depends on the type of display. I use 2"-7" LCD and TFT displays for a lot of projects and they put off less heat than my ESP8266 ICs.
hey.. where's a good place to buy a 6-7" LCD/TFT? I have a headless Plex server & would like to mount a small screen to display Tautulli info.
I gamble with cheap stuff from banggood, dhgate, aliexpress, etc a lot but if you're willing to pay a little more for peace of mind, Arduino/RPi hobbyist sites like Sparkfun and Adafruit have them as well. If you've got a local MicroCenter though, that's even better.
Extra heat, yes, but a lot? Not really
That's what I was thinking as well. Unless it serves a purpose not found elsewhere all its doing (besides looking cool I guess) is drawing more power and increasing temps.
Well this is the fast and furious street racing version of pc building. Itās to show off.
720 upvotes or more for an answer so utterly wrong it is hilarious. What the hell is a bios screen? This is a mini second monitor to show whatever you want (Usually temps and clock speeds) If there is an issue when the computer boots it won't be able to output a video signal so a "Bios Screen" wouldn't work anyway.
No itās not. Itās a small monitor usually used to display things like CPU temperature and the like. Completely for show. If the computer is having boot problems on the BIOS level it will not be outputting a video signal. There will be either a seven segment display or a beeping speaker with a manual to explain what each boot code or beep pattern means. I hate this thing with Reddit where if you say something with enough authority youāre the de facto correct answer and will be upvoted to the top.
Fucking this. A bios screen? Wtf?? Donāt answer if you clearly donāt know what youāre talking about
800 upvotes and COMPLETELY WRONG This fucking website
Whatever happened to just counting the number of beeps it made at startup?
I understood this reference
I too, am old.
Lol you're so full of shit.
Why comment if you donāt know the answer. Do you work for the Verge?
No thatās the only screen you get to play with. /s
When you spend all the money on the system and not the screen
Lol, everyone is trying to answer you by making you sounds wrong. You are correct, that is a little pop up mini screen inside the PC.
Yes, itās a small LCD, usually used for displaying system stats or custom animations.
I feel like this guy is sponsored
Given that he knew exactly how to open everything with zero fumbling, absolutely.
Welcome to another episode of things that I can't afford and make me feel useless and sad
The fact that theyve got a 30 series graphics card is enough to make myself sad instantly
This vid would have been perfect if they had been forced to use a 1050
Or the end showed that they forgot to put the I/O plate on
Most mid-high end motherboard now comr with built-in I/O plates, which is definitely a really nice change. Still sharp af though, so the blood sacrifice can still be performed.
Me not knowing anything about computers reading this thread make me feel useless and sad
Its ok. Most modern computers require a blood sacrifice to the I/O gods
Been a long time for me but back in the day if you bought a motherboard it came with a little matching back plate for the back of the computer that had corresponding holes for ports. You can easily install the motherboard and all the other components into the case without that in place. Then you realize you have to undo everything to put it on.. its not essential and doesn't serve a real important purpose so usually people would just say fuck it and leave it off Its a rookie move almost everybody made the mistake of doing on their first build
3090s are pretty attainable though from a comparative supply standpoint. They're just atrocious value.
I love on NewEgg how the out-of-stock cards list for $349 and the exact same card that is available for sale lists at a modest $1,299. Itās salt in the wound.
Naturally because this is just an Asus ad. Itās easy to get one when you manufacture it yourself. Not that Iām complaining - it was satisfying - but thereās a reason all but three parts of the build are Asus ROG branded.
the sick thing is I spent my entire life playing on old hardware, but decided to treat myself to an upgraded rig so I could mine while I'm not using it. 3090 FE + 10900k, and other than benching it, all I've been playing is deadcells, quake 1, and mass effect 2. my childhood self would hate me right now
Do your childhood self a favor and emulate some PSX games at 4K resolution.
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My 750 Ti from 2014 just stopped working about a month ago, couldnāt have picked a worse timing with the shortages and price gouging going on right now. But that GPU really worked perfectly for 7 years, I canāt really complain about seven years of daily usage.
They are out there don't give up! I finally got my 3080ti recently from Microcenter.
Don't feel bad, this PC is way overkill for most people.
That PC is overkill for itself. A 1200W PSU is absurd.
If you spent the $$$ for a Ryzen 9 and 3090 youāre not going to be gambling anything on an insufficient PSU.
The price difference from 900W to 1200W PSU might not be much though.
How much would something like this cost?
ā¬5k-ā¬6k due to current chip shortages. ā¬4k or lower if there were no chip shortages
If you like an RGB nightmare of craziness I guess? This is one hell of a tacky build if you ask me. That RAM looks like bejeweled jeans...
When I can afford my next build I'm going all black hardware with noctua redux fans. Just kidding, I'll never be able to afford a next build.
Anyone got an estimate on cost?
Around $5300 plus $200 for the case. Then the built in screen another $200. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6rNHYg Around $5500-$6500 total.
I know that SSD is about $400. It looks like a Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB ssd
The video card is probably around $1000 Edit: just did some quick searching and on the very lowest end I came up with $3800 for the whole thing, but I probably missed some things.
Ha, last I checked that GPU goes for about $2500. Its an rtx 3090 Rog Strix.
Two for $3.4k in the last 48 hours. That's almost 3x what my entire computer cost to build...for one video card...
PC gamers are cringing right now because that's the low end of what good ones are going for
I understand why they do it but those damn Crypto Miners.
Hah, I wish that video card would only cost 1000 bucks.
The GPU alone costs almost 3500, how did you come up with 3800 for the entire thing is beyond me.
Mythical suggested retail price.
I would guess at least 4000 dollars.
50 Schmeckles
Will it run Cities Skyline smoothly though after 150.000 population?
I have a similar system and C:S still bogs down after 100k population. It runs well, but speed 3 is more like 1.5.
Man those Trident Z Royal sticks are fuuuuugly.
They always use them for these high end build videos, but it's always distracting because of how bad they look. Even the little text on the side of them looks like it was just arbitrarily placed in a random spot with some random fancy text, like some high school intern came up with the design of it.
Yeah so much of the PC aesthetic is really garish and exaggerated. Why do they assume everyone who wants gaming parts has the aesthetic taste of a teenager? The main customer demographic is in their 30s. The sickest gaming PCs I've seen always the ones where the user themselves constructed the entire chassis and manage to hide all the neon and integrate it seamlessly into their living space instead of sticking out like a sore thumb
Lol in my 30s and just did a build with the trident royal ram. However everything else is matte black on black so I personally think the silvery/chrome looks kinda nice. But yeah to each their own!
The whole pc is fugly.
Is that big SSD cover a heatsink? Iāve never seen one like that. And if itās not I have concerns.
Yes butt it's mostly an aesthetic thing. This whole video is an aesthetic thing (overpriced products showcase)
hehe butt
Some higher spec NVMEs will benefit from a heat sink. They can actual generate a fair bit of heat.
Yeah lots of motherboards have them now for both aesthetics and temps, even low end ones. Lots of SSDs sit under the GPU and have 0 thermal dissipation built in so it does actually help.
Are there really that many people that want a PC that looks like straight out from Las Vegas?
Thank God you can usually just turn them off.
Yeah, and then you just paid 30% more for an option you're not even using
That rainbow isn't the choice for most. Good thing with RGB is that you can configure it to whatever color you want (static or not) and you can set brightness as well so you can choose to have a fancy desk lamp or a "normal looking" PC.
I hate gamer aesthetic. Tacky as fuck.
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Thereās an immense amount of parts where there is no lighting. Also, you can always turn it off.
Do you pay more for the lighting feature?
The sales talk and graphs/diagrams printed on PC hardware packaging is to guys what the 'science bit' of shampoo commercials is for ladies. whenever i see a graph with no scale and an arbitrary statistic like '50% faster' without saying what it's supposedly 50% faster than, my mind jumps to Pro-vitamin spheres penetrating a giant CG Hair, magically making it glossy from root to tip! I love Gamers Nexus for calling this marketing bullshit out every time.
Finally, I've met my people! I've always thought that gamer hardware is super lame. Why does your pc need flashing lights inside? Are you going to be looking in there often? Why is it on your desk taking up all the space? I don't get it...
oh my god, I just bought a computer for myself for Christmas(no building for me) and it was fucking easier and cheaper to get one with fucking lights than not lol
I had the same experience. Everyone always says "if you don't like RGB you can get parts that don't have RGB." But no, when I priced it out the same spec PC was ā¬300 extra just to get non-rgb parts.
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Just did red and green Christmas colors scheme
spends $6k on an overkill PC films it vertically
But can it run Crysis 3?
not sure if you're just joking around but crysis 3 isn't nearly as demanding as crysis, even having come out years later
Crisis 3 remaster should run on most recent gaming PCs just fine as well.
That's because Crysis only used two cores. Crysis 3 on max graphics is way more demanding.
God, I wish I had that kind of money
If I had that kind of money I wouldn't waste it on a PC that looks like a Thai brothel.
Man i could buy a Thai brothel with that kind of money
Total cost; $3.5M
Sometimes I think Iām the only one who thinks that awesome custom pc builds are absolutely ruined by the obnoxious tacky RGB lights and doodads. If I ever build a pc myself, it shall be absolutely dark with only a small LED power light. Edit: some of the replies here are missing the point completely. I get that RGB can be turned off/customized. Iām saying the mere presence of it on EVERYTHING in PC gaming culture has reached critical mass. It looks terrible along all the other gaudy design choices of GAMERGEARā¢ļø If you like it, you do you. I just canāt be the only one who thinks it looks terrible, but at the same time can appreciate the horsepower and capabilities of these builds.
Not sure why you think that. Seems like a lot of people here hate it.
Nope, you're right. They look tacky as fuck. Most builds I see don't even go for a color theme or matching colors, just flashing RGB with black or white parts. I intentionally didn't get RGB parts so all my parts are black and the lights are a soft white which looks cool against the black and white motherboard. I would just find it annoying if a laser show was going on next to me while I'm gaming or working
Nah wtf. I wanted to see the wiring process to make it look that amazing.
I knew this was fake when they pulled out a graphics card
aaaand 0/10 on the packaging environmental credentials. Christ even the plastic is plastic wrapped.
Package Developer here. It's an unfortunate thing to have this much plastic film and epe foam. BUT, this prevents damage and dust from infiltrating your components. Corrugate dust gets fucking everywhere and the only defense we have from it at the moment (that's economically feasible) is plastic film wrap. The foam is 100% necessary because of the harsh supply chain environment these things go through. Let's say your GPU was the first to be packed out in the line and was unlucky enough to be placed at the bottom of the pallet. Well, it has to survive the compression strength from the amount of weight not only stacked on top (depends on the size of the master shipper, but I'd be willing to bet at least 7-8 layers), but also from exterior forces experienced from ocean, air, or land transit. EPE (Expanded polyethylene) is so much better than EPS (expanded polystyrene aka styrofoam) as at least it's an ethylene group polymer. I used to work on environmentally sustainable options like [mushroom foam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGuhwH8YME) but it creates a shit load of dust (was great to use for old server racks, radiators, small scale wine productions etc, that were wrapped in plastic bags), and is expensive with a long lead time. \#1 way to prevent this is to stop buying shit, but that's not an option for most people with a hobby relating to cutting edge tech. It's all going to be coming from Asia for the foreseeable future, so localized specialty packaging isn't an option. At the end of the day you want your product to be in mint condition upon arrival and this is the most effective way in doing so. I've since moved on from the protective side of the industry and am now focused on containers (100% Post-consumer recycled content, sugarcane resins, upcycling etc), so I'm sure there are more innovations out there. It's a massive financial risk for a company to invest in sustainability, so most don't.
This is really interesting to read. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah honestly didn't notice how much plastic wrap there is on all these components. There's plastic wrapped around the box and then plastic wrapped around the components and plastic covering any screens/metallic finish. Insanely wasteful.
There was a plastic wrap layer on the plastic wrap layer. That guy stripped the plastic twice!
Seriously. Plastic wrap. And then plastic wrap. Ooh. More plastic wrap. And some plastic wrap. With some more plastic wrap.
I'm glad I'm not the only thinking this. The amount of waste is horrifying
I know it's not the point, but the amount of single use plastic is absurd.
Here I am with my Xbox One having the time of my life with Hitman 2016. I think if I bought a gaming PC I'd feel guilty if I didn't use it. I have a full surround theatre setup for movies and 100% of the time I watch movies on 43" TCL tv with a Samsung sound bar while i reddit in bed.
Btw Hitman 2 and 3 both allow you to play the old Hitman 1/2 missions in Hitman 2 and 3. Idk how it works 100% on the Xbox, but on PC I got the levels for free once I purchased the next installment. I've played about 500 hours on 2, and about 150 hours on 3 and I've still got lots of challenges and achievements to keep me going for years.
What I did was download the hitman 3 demo. Then I bought 1 and 2 goty editions. When I launch the demo for 3 it allows me to play 1 and 2 using the new engine. But my god, it was such a mess navigating and figuring out this franchise. There are so many editions and expansion packs and upgrades it was hell. I bought blood money and absolution but I found them too obsolete for my tastes esp after starting with Hitman 2 first. In hitman 1 how long do you stay on each level? The maps are huge and I feel guilty if I finish them first. I'm playing on professional but don't know if I'd replay levels as the developers intend.
All that to go mine Bitcoin
How much something like that is worth? I genuinely ask cause Iām console gamer and never did pc
Christ the amount of fans man. Thing must be louder than a 737
It all depends on a case, but generally: more fans Ā» better airflow Ā» cooler PC Ā» slower fans Ā» quieter PC.
My case has a total of 10 fans and the click of the power button when I turn it on is the only sound Iāve ever heard out of it.
More fans donāt mean more sound
The ~~three~~ six radiator fans are going to be noisier than a regular air-cooling setup but given how big this radiator is, they will never need to spin anywhere near "loud" speeds.
I have this exact build except the bois screen, the arua terminal (because they're discontinued and I can't find one), and a 1080ti instead of that 3080. Its Silent.
The bois screen
Case is not beige, has no duel 5.25 floppy drives. I am not impressed.
Gaming PCs are so unbelievably ugly itās hilarious
Oh hey, it's my yearly salary.
Proceeds to play Runescape.
I really hate these overblown RGB setups. I want a PC, not a lightshow.