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BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

shouldn't it be cheaper by now? it costs almost a thousand bucks to make a deece compy. but even an older one is almost the same price! it's like a conspiracy against the consumer

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Video Nasty
Jun 17, 2003

Fry's has decent cases under $50. Monoprice has cheap cables. Newegg has decent HDD prices, sometimes even Amazon has good deals. You can get an 8gb stick of RAM for ~$25;
so your budget is sunk in mobo, PSU, CPU & GPU.

cool av
Mar 2, 2013

https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-83-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B00001N2QU

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003


the vintage computer parts they have to source to build there aren't cheap!

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-06G-P4-6161-KR/product/B01IPVSGEC

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

rock solid, butt touching

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970


lol

pram
Jun 10, 2001
is gpu mining buttcoin viable again or something

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

pram posted:

is gpu mining buttcoin viable again or something

i read the last page of the shsc bitcoin mining thread to see if there was any new development as to why the price of a gpu shot up since last month and it looks like people just hop from one coin thing to the next. https://whattomine.com/ there's like a hundred of them

pram
Jun 10, 2001
https://whattomine.com/calculators

:psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

hifi posted:

shsc bitcoin mining thread

lol


im the x11 coin

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I have an amd computer

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Silver Alicorn posted:

I have an amd computer

how are your food stamps treating you

SamDabbers
May 26, 2003



Silver Alicorn posted:

I have an amd computer

NICE!

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

I am buying a Threadripper the minute it becomes available just because the name is metal as gently caress

sb hermit
Dec 13, 2016





yesterday's decent computer is dirt cheap

nice new computers will always be about a thousand bucks to account for all of the sparkly new consumer requirements like VR, 4K, HDR, USB C, OpenCL, Vulkan, etc and so on

I have an every day asus AMD laptop that's like 6 years old (and cost like $300 at the time) and it works fine for me. But once there's a nice inexpensive laptop with a good keyboard and USB C, I'm upgrading.

sb hermit
Dec 13, 2016





Video Nasty posted:

Fry's has decent cases under $50. Monoprice has cheap cables. Newegg has decent HDD prices, sometimes even Amazon has good deals. You can get an 8gb stick of RAM for ~$25;
so your budget is sunk in mobo, PSU, CPU & GPU.

it wasn't too long ago that SSDs were a luxury item. Now, they're cheap enough to be considered a necessity and you can get a 4 tb drive if you really need the storage. But a lot of prebuilt systems don't have SSDs.

You used to be able to get good Ultra-brand PSUs for free after rebate. Now, I just get Corsairs for $15 or $20 after rebate.

Building your own rig can really save you cash!

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

r u ready to WALK posted:

I am buying a Threadripper the minute it becomes available just because the name is metal as gently caress

it is a mystery how intel has dominated the industry with their boring as gently caress placenames

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

skulltrail keeping the entire company afloat?!

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

r u ready to WALK posted:

I am buying a Threadripper the minute it becomes available just because the name is metal as gently caress

it sounds like something a seamstress would use

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

anything faster than an early core 2 is enough for grandma tho

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
i want an mvidia vid card so i can do sweet renders on it

maybe thinking three hindu a good price?? i mean more memory than current r9 270 would be sweet and faster sure but that's like 3 years old now and i don't need it to be faster just nvidia so i can do cuda

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

3 Hindus is a lot

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

r u ready to WALK posted:

I am buying a Threadripper the minute it becomes available just because the name is metal as gently caress

threadripper sounds like you're stripping screws

suck my woke dick
Oct 10, 2012

:siren:I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!:siren:

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

craptocurrency mining should be punishable by summary execution, or at least 2 years hard labour per $1000 spent on miners

Doc Block
Apr 15, 2003
Fun Shoe

el dorito posted:

But once there's a nice inexpensive laptop with a good keyboard and USB C, I'm upgrading.

you're in luck

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!
Don't care, not poor, get out poors

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

the rules are important

sb hermit
Dec 13, 2016







el dorito posted:

But once there's a nice inexpensive laptop with a good keyboard and USB C, I'm upgrading.

There is no keypad. Where is pg up/down and print screen?

It's a fine laptop, for sure, but I want a real keyboard.

Doc Block
Apr 15, 2003
Fun Shoe
who the gently caress needs the Print Screen key?

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe

el dorito posted:

There is no keypad. Where is pg up/down and print screen?

It's a fine laptop, for sure, but I want a real keyboard.

not a good gimmick

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD
Jul 7, 2012

command shift 4 mother fucker

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

el dorito posted:

There is no keypad. Where is pg up/down and print screen?

It's a fine laptop, for sure, but I want a real keyboard.

cmd+up/cmd=down theyre practically next to each other

also a keypad on a laptop is a good indicator youve got a lovely laptop

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

It's me

I'm the guy that brings a 17" alienware with full size rgb keyboard to company meetings

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

r u ready to WALK posted:

It's me

I'm the guy that brings a 17" alienware with full size rgb keyboard to company meetings

heh macs are for plebs

sb hermit
Dec 13, 2016





some real keyboard nazis up in this joint

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
a keyboard has at least 101 keys

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

Silver Alicorn posted:

a keyboard has at least 101 keys

88 :colbert:

sb hermit
Dec 13, 2016





Silver Alicorn posted:

a keyboard has at least 101 keys

:yeah:

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carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

r u ready to WALK posted:

It's me

I'm the guy that brings a 17" alienware with full size rgb keyboard to company meetings

same but 15" thinkpad with keypad and also its everyone

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