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ElMaligno posted:one day a Chinese mainlander will hear me and flip the gently caress out. I'm okay with that.
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Godholio posted:We still have a thriving community of 10-15 players, and it's rare that there's not 2+ playing during the afternoons/evenings. Nice! Looking forward to some antics upon my return.
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So uh...Star Trek Bridge Crew is actually exactly as fun and ridiculous as the trailers make it look. As long as you don't get hammered by the bug that prevents you from ever dropping out of warp. Edit: Or the impulse bug. The fix is to restart your game...the error(s) will follow one player, and as soon as he quits a game poo poo will get fixed. But until he restarts his game, it'll keep following him. Godholio fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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Doing 100% quest/map clear in Witcher 3 GOTY, I'll see you all sometime next Christmas.
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MGSV is a great game but some of the problems I have with it seem like they shouldn't exist in a game made in 2017. Like being able to have more than one save. Or being able to turn off the background music, or at the very least adjust volume levels (pant pant pant pant pant pant pant pant pant). (I play on PS4).
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if i spend ~$1000 can i get a good PC that will last a couple of years without needing a major upgrade?
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TBeats posted:if i spend ~$1000 can i get a good PC that will last a couple of years without needing a major upgrade? Yep. I've used this thread for several builds over time with great results.
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TBeats posted:if i spend ~$1000 can i get a good PC that will last a couple of years without needing a major upgrade? Yes. Don't skimp on power supply and video card. What kind of resolution are you looking to hit? bloops fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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Cole, a gtx 1070 would be a baller card for 1080p or 1440p.
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it's going to be a gaming rig mostly. if possible i want to save money on a monitor and just use my 1080p tv, but i want to leave myself the option of getting a better tv in the future. i am not hip to computer hardware anymore.
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GTX 1070 then. It'll offer you room if you ever move to a 1440p. If you ever intend on maybe hooking the pc up to a 4k monitor--tv or otherwise, look for a GTX 1080. You can find used ones in the 400 dollar range. If anyone tells you to get a 1080 for a 1080p monitor, ignore them. As for more recommendations: SeaSonic is a no brainer for PSUs. I have a 550w one powering my GTX 1080/i5 setup going to a 1440p monitor. As for processors, an i5 is extremely capable for gaming. The k-variants shouldn't be egregiously more than non-k meaning you can overclock easily for 20-30 bucks more. Asus and Asrock are go to motherboard brands as well. bloops fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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cowboy elvis posted:If anyone tells you to get a 1080 for a 1080p monitor, ignore them. Pushing pixels isn't all that a video card does so this seems like a weird piece of advice. It might work as a rule of thumb for good performance in the current crop of games but there will always be new ones coming out that have fancier effects and other stuff going on. I would just say that AMD stuff might be tempting for the cost savings but it will cause a lot of hassles with incompatibility issues and performance problems that may or may not get fixed in game patches. Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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What usually ages quick relative to other pieces of hardware? Can I expect to replace my video card more often than anything else? What's the life cycle on models/technology these days? Basically I'm asking if it would make sense so splurge a little in some areas rather than others (video card was mentioned already).
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Nothing matters for performance nearly as much as the GPU. CPU comes in at a distant second, though it can have a more dramatic difference depending on the game. Memory capacity is important but memory is cheap and memory speed doesn't matter a whole lot.
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TBeats posted:What usually ages quick relative to other pieces of hardware? Can I expect to replace my video card more often than anything else? What's the life cycle on models/technology these days? Video card goes faster than most components. One could reasonably expect to get 2-3 years of performance out of a video card before needing to upgrade. I'm unaware of what an idea is doing this year. The 1070/1080 are a year old to the month at this point. If there's a 1170 or whatever, I'd go with that if you have the money. Processors can go 5-7 years honestly. Every year they become a little more efficient in power and a little faster but barring a revolutionary design, they stay good value for a while. RAM is ram. Buy 8-16gb depending on use case. Storage is however much bukakke porn/video games/pirated movies you keep around. Buy an SSD for the primary drive. As big as you can afford. PSU's are good for 4-6 years I'd say. Upgrade when needed.
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I've been on the fence about taking the plunge, and getting a GTX 1060 to replace my crummy GTX950 but I'm scared that my i5-2400 will bottleneck the poo poo out that GPU 
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Don't listen to Reddit retards talking about bottlenecking. CPU usage varies dramatically from game to game and most trend towards the low side. The only game I experience bottlenecking on with my 6600k and 1080 Ti is Battlefield 1, and I don't really care because I still get 120 fps maxed out at 1440p.
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Buca di Bepis posted:Nothing matters for performance nearly as much as the GPU. CPU comes in at a distant second, though it can have a more dramatic difference depending on the game. Memory capacity is important but memory is cheap and memory speed doesn't matter a whole lot. A SSD is nice just to have better loading times - but yeah otherwise money on the GPU. I finally got a solo chicken dinner today. My 12 streak #2 in solos has finally been overcome. Also got a group chicken dinner later in the day with some WW2OL friends.
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I have an ASUS GTX 1060, 16gb (2x8gb), and an i5 6500 build. It ended up costing $611 and I bought everything but the case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor during last Black Friday. I can run Doom(with Vulcan) 2016 and Overwatch in ultra settings at above 144. I hadn't built a computer in like 2008, so those are the only "newer" games I've played through since I'm playing a lot of older games my lovely old build couldn't get playing at a reasonable frame rate.
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I think it's finally time to replace my 6 year old i5- 2500k.
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I built my system in 2014. Replaced the video card to a 1080 and added a larger ssd. The case hasn't help up too well, so I have a Corsair Carbide 500r on the way to swap everything into.
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first built my rig 6 years ago. still got the original cpu mobo and ram, but ive upgraded the psu once, added several storage drives, replaced the gfx card twice, and migrated cases once. a grand should get you more than what you need. theres also no need to get the bleeding edge gfx card, a nice midrange one will the job just fine without eating up all your budget
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Nvidia cards overclock really nicely too, so a midrange card has a lot more value than the highest end one. poo poo if I had to do it all over again, I'd go for a micro ATX build. Oh, and Cole, as for tips on doing the actual build, read the manuals. My god. I lost a lot of time trying to get the first boot because my ram was in slot 1 and the motherboard needed the stick in slot 2. bloops fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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Also: immediately tune out anyone who utters the phrase "future-proofing" because there's no such thing. It's an idiotic concept to begin with and computers already stay viable for gaming for much longer than they used to. I'm still on the one I built in 2011, just with some added RAM and a "newer" card from 2013. It's even all-AMD (crazy talk, I know). As always, check out Tech Report's system guide for parts recommendations and their build guide for a walkthrough of assembly.
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ive been using the same case now for 5 years, and its got enough room for me i replaced the mobo and put in an i5 4950 which does everything i throw at it im also running a 980ti that my buddy gave me when he bought his 1070 card I've got a samsung ssd and 4 platter drivers for plex/roms and basically my arcade cabinet dev region. i test changes there first since it's a pain to do stuff on the cabinet without pulling out the tower and plugging in a keyboard/mouse/monitor. i could remote in, but ehhhhhhhhhh
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Naked Bear posted:Also: immediately tune out anyone who utters the phrase "future-proofing" because there's no such thing. It's an idiotic concept to begin with and computers already stay viable for gaming for much longer than they used to. I'm still on the one I built in 2011, just with some added RAM and a "newer" card from 2013. It's even all-AMD (crazy talk, I know). Exactly. Buy a card to drive your monitor's resolution with overhead. That "with overhead" part is where people can read too far into and buy like a Titan X for a 1080p monitor. Like it's ok to turn down settings. poo poo like ultra quality shadows and other settings an kill performance with negligible visual improvement. That's my philosophy anyway, and I'm positive someone disagrees with me here. I'd rather buy a 300-400 dollar card and upgrade every few years while flipping the card for some cash. Freesync/gsync is also super cool and not entirely flawless. Fallout 4 gives me fits on my gsync monitor. That's one game where I have to lock it to 60.
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I'm probably going to buy all the stuff for it over the next few months and build it when I have everything.
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A grand will get you a very solid gaming PC that doesn't really need to make any major sacrifices, and is an excellent base to upgrade on when the time comes. The most expensive upgrade you will ever need to make will be buying a new mobo/ram/cpu if some groundbreaking poo poo that forces an upgrade comes out (this will never happen) or your power supply shits itself and takes everything with it (don't buy chinese firecracker power supplies)
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I think I'm reaching peak factorio sperg as im literary drawing new plans for a better ore dropoff depot for my trains as 8 cargo wagons full of ore isn't enough to feed my factory.
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Factorio is a secret recruiting evaluation tool for UPS right? Like it has to be.
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cowboy elvis posted:Factorio is a secret recruiting evaluation tool for UPS right? Like it has to be. I don't know but if I want to build a train (whereas a train is defined as two train engines and 4 cargo wagons) ore drop-off with two train stops for Iron, copper and coal it would have to be around 13 tiles tall and 78 tiles wide. That way it will accommodate 8 blue belts of ore (1 belt per wagon), two trains per line, 4 trains and 4 mine outposts. Oil and uranium lines will be a bit different. Oil can be compact as I can just pump everything elsewhere. For uranium I use a train different system of one train, a cargo wagon and fluid wagon, so it will be more compact. 
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TBeats posted:I'm probably going to buy all the stuff for it over the next few months and build it when I have everything. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.88 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($105.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.88 @ OutletPC) Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg) Case: Rosewill - THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($126.43 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.88 @ OutletPC) Optical Drive: LG - GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $1175.68 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-04 22:51 EDT-0400 This is pretty much what I came up with, and it will do just about anything. The processor/mobo choice is really a matter of personal choice because you can get equivalent intel performance for a few dollars more. I picked the rosewill full atx case because I have big clumsy hands and like to have lots of room to work, and for what it offers it is quite cheap and very well made. The CM Hyper 212 EVO is a really good cooler, like ridiculously good, it has no right to be as good as it is and be as cheap as it is, it is competitive with a lot of the starter self contained watercooling blocks that cost 4x as much. Optical drive just is there to exist. You will need one to install a lot of the drivers for a lot of your computer bits, and then you can rip it out or keep it. orange juche fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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orange juche posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0
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orange juche posted:Which one is you? the autistic one, duh
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orange juche posted:PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant AMD for the CPU is certainly an interesting choice.
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cowboy elvis posted:AMD for the CPU is certainly an interesting choice. Ryzen is pretty good especially if you are going to be doing anything beyond gaming. And while kaby lake beats it at gaming, it's not like you are doomed to 25fps with that 1060 at 1080p.
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