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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    Orphane wrote: »
    Hmm

    I want to get a new computer with the money i earned this summer
    But i don't really care about playing AAA games at a blistering 3000 frames per second, i just want to be able to play games i have now at higher resolutions/faster load times (the most demanding games i have are probably.... Overwatch? Stellaris?)

    Can i build a deskop without too much trouble and without havin to order parts from everywhere and having them show up at different times (i have 0 experience with putting computers together) or can i go for the instant gratification of buying a store desktop with a decent cpu and graphics card even tho it will probably be more expensive?

    it will be nearly double the cost once you get into the $800+ range for a store bought desktop computer at the same performance level.

    FPS and higher resolutions are intrinsic to each other. Higher FPS means lower resolution, lower FPS means higher resolution is possible. You will likely need the same card if you want 4k resolution video or gameplay as you would getting 7 fps in minecraft.

    What's your budget and what can you cannibalize from your current PC?

    I am probably willing to spend $1k total, my old desktop was a budget storebought desktop so i doubt there's anything terribly useful in it other than the hard drive (maybe?), obviously i can keep my monitor and other peripherals. So the $1k would go entirely towards the computer components and case.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck Registered User regular
    Orphane wrote: »
    I am probably willing to spend $1k total, my old desktop was a budget storebought desktop so i doubt there's anything terribly useful in it other than the hard drive (maybe?), obviously i can keep my monitor and other peripherals. So the $1k would go entirely towards the computer components and case.

    you should be able to build a monster for $1k

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    ME 1 > ME 3 > ME 2

    ME! ME! ME!

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    override367 wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    what do I do with my new income

    1. pay credit cards off ASAP
    2. buy an HTC vive ASAP

    what do you think

    put an HTC Vive on the credit cards, excellent idea

    Okay but don't blame me when it has like no games

  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    Is a Vive worth getting yet? Is there a game that's like "Holy shit yes VR in my pants!"

    can you feel the struggle within?
  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    Orphane wrote: »
    I am probably willing to spend $1k total, my old desktop was a budget storebought desktop so i doubt there's anything terribly useful in it other than the hard drive (maybe?), obviously i can keep my monitor and other peripherals. So the $1k would go entirely towards the computer components and case.

    you should be able to build a monster for $1k

    Seriously...you don't need to spend 1k on a great pc these days.

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    I like to ART
  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    A guy in my office is actually bringing his Vive to work tomorrow to demo it for people but I'll be in Baltimore

    can you feel the struggle within?
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    I want VR bad. I could buy one right now if I wanted.

    But it's going to be so much better in the future! I will NOT be an early adopter

    I won't

    HD DVD was the last time

    I stream sometimes and talk to myself.
  • GooeyGooey (\/)┌¶─¶┐(\/) pinch pinchRegistered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    still a better ending than mass effect 3

    i really dont get the hate for the ME3 ending

    it wrapped up the story succinctly, gave you 3 good options for an ending (or a terrible 4th), had the callback imagery to the kid from the beginning of the game, and the decisions you had made up to that point had an influence on the outcome

    gooey

    it was a good game with a good ending to the series

    texas is dumb and big oil is going to die a fiery death within 20 years

    what exactly was so bad about it?

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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Six wrote: »
    Is a Vive worth getting yet? Is there a game that's like "Holy shit yes VR in my pants!"

    All the games are like that. It's just that they're really only like that for an hour or two each.

  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark resting shark face Registered User regular
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    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    still a better ending than mass effect 3

    i really dont get the hate for the ME3 ending

    it wrapped up the story succinctly, gave you 3 good options for an ending (or a terrible 4th), had the callback imagery to the kid from the beginning of the game, and the decisions you had made up to that point had an influence on the outcome

    gooey

    it was a good game with a good ending to the series

    texas is dumb and big oil is going to die a fiery death within 20 years

    what exactly was so bad about it?

    this is a lost cause gooey

    Please consider the environment before printing this post.
  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    what do I do with my new income

    1. pay credit cards off ASAP
    2. buy an HTC vive ASAP

    what do you think

    put an HTC Vive on the credit cards, excellent idea

    Okay but don't blame me when it has like no games

    for real I'd probably buy an Oculus CV1, because I play Skyrim from time to time on my Oculus DK2 and the Vive support is garbo

    we'll see after Bethesda puts in official support for Fallout 4, but Fallout 4 isn't as good of a game as Skyrim (and they could put Vive bow shooting into Skyrim which would be great)

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    still a better ending than mass effect 3

    i really dont get the hate for the ME3 ending

    it wrapped up the story succinctly, gave you 3 good options for an ending (or a terrible 4th), had the callback imagery to the kid from the beginning of the game, and the decisions you had made up to that point had an influence on the outcome

    gooey

    it was a good game with a good ending to the series

    texas is dumb and big oil is going to die a fiery death within 20 years

    what exactly was so bad about it?

    Gooey do you not love me?

    Do you not want me to stick around? I thought we were friends. It's just that this is like splashing a bottle of hooch on an alcoholic

    I stream sometimes and talk to myself.
  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    still a better ending than mass effect 3

    i really dont get the hate for the ME3 ending

    it wrapped up the story succinctly, gave you 3 good options for an ending (or a terrible 4th), had the callback imagery to the kid from the beginning of the game, and the decisions you had made up to that point had an influence on the outcome

    gooey

    it was a good game with a good ending to the series

    texas is dumb and big oil is going to die a fiery death within 20 years

    what exactly was so bad about it?

    Ludious was unable to Mess With It

    Watch me lift!
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLcAGbXhWIVcl5IziVpG0eKFJS3xi_Sac9kYMkRFvD8/edit?usp=sharing
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I want VR bad. I could buy one right now if I wanted.

    But it's going to be so much better in the future! I will NOT be an early adopter

    I won't

    HD DVD was the last time

    I am in the same boat

    people are saying it's pretty rad, I want to toot toot on that train

    but my engagement with these things is fickle and I'mma be mad at myself if I spend a bunch of money and convert my garage into a VR sex palace and then get tired of it too quickly so I will wait

  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark resting shark face Registered User regular
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I want VR bad. I could buy one right now if I wanted.

    But it's going to be so much better in the future! I will NOT be an early adopter

    I won't

    HD DVD was the last time

    I am in the same boat

    people are saying it's pretty rad, I want to toot toot on that train

    but my engagement with these things is fickle and I'mma be mad at myself if I spend a bunch of money and convert my garage into a VR sex palace and then get tired of it too quickly so I will wait

    convert your garage to an actual sex palace

    you wont regret it

    Please consider the environment before printing this post.
  • YoshisummonsYoshisummons You have to let the dead vote, otherwise you'd just kill people you disagree with!Registered User regular
    Six wrote: »
    Walking to the train station just now I passed a kind of big lumbering derpy dude walking in midtown with his parents. He was either in his teens or early twenties and had a tshirt and jean shorts on. His t-shirt read, "COME AT ME SCRUBLORD I'M RIPPED."

    Am I so out of touch?

    No, it is the children who are wrong.
    Ross from the grump brigade got mad at a youtube comment saying that phrase which some people found funny enough to put on a shirt.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    Part of me wants new toys now. Part of me knows it's smarter to wait until I feel dumb for not having it and that if that point never comes I'll feel better for having not bought in.

    Part of me is also very hungry.

    can you feel the struggle within?
  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I want VR bad. I could buy one right now if I wanted.

    But it's going to be so much better in the future! I will NOT be an early adopter

    I won't

    HD DVD was the last time

    I am in the same boat

    people are saying it's pretty rad, I want to toot toot on that train

    but my engagement with these things is fickle and I'mma be mad at myself if I spend a bunch of money and convert my garage into a VR sex palace and then get tired of it too quickly so I will wait

    Be like me and wait for the first reports of VR being ID's as the lead contributor to Japan's declining birthrate

    Then you will know it is ready

    Watch me lift!
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLcAGbXhWIVcl5IziVpG0eKFJS3xi_Sac9kYMkRFvD8/edit?usp=sharing
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    override367 wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    what do I do with my new income

    1. pay credit cards off ASAP
    2. buy an HTC vive ASAP

    what do you think

    put an HTC Vive on the credit cards, excellent idea

    Okay but don't blame me when it has like no games

    for real I'd probably buy an Oculus CV1, because I play Skyrim from time to time on my Oculus DK2 and the Vive support is garbo

    we'll see after Bethesda puts in official support for Fallout 4, but Fallout 4 isn't as good of a game as Skyrim (and they could put Vive bow shooting into Skyrim which would be great)

    Vive is infinitely better than Oculus unless you're doing roomscale with touch or something.

    Roomscale VR is like all I even care about anymore.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck Registered User regular
    Sir Landshark wrote: »
    convert your garage to an actual sex palace

    you wont regret it

    is there a website, sex palace parts picker, where I can get the best deals on various swings, ramps, clips, clamps, &c

  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    It's kind of amazing how often one just ends up in Queens.

    can you feel the struggle within?
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  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Orphane wrote: »
    Hmm

    I want to get a new computer with the money i earned this summer
    But i don't really care about playing AAA games at a blistering 3000 frames per second, i just want to be able to play games i have now at higher resolutions/faster load times (the most demanding games i have are probably.... Overwatch? Stellaris?)

    Can i build a deskop without too much trouble and without havin to order parts from everywhere and having them show up at different times (i have 0 experience with putting computers together) or can i go for the instant gratification of buying a store desktop with a decent cpu and graphics card even tho it will probably be more expensive?

    Orphane I am also building a PC

    Build bros :bro:

    desc on
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    @Orphane

    I just went to amazon and literally clicked the first items that looked functional. That includes a barebones case with a cpu already in it.

    It took me 3 minutes.

    Don't buy this. I am not endorsing any parts. It's just that easy to make a sick pc.

    ifincPAl.png

    I stream sometimes and talk to myself.
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck Registered User regular
    desc wrote: »
    Orphaned I am also building a PC

    Build bros :bro:

    you?

    what could you possibly need with a pc

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    what do I do with my new income

    1. pay credit cards off ASAP
    2. buy an HTC vive ASAP

    what do you think

    put an HTC Vive on the credit cards, excellent idea

    Okay but don't blame me when it has like no games

    for real I'd probably buy an Oculus CV1, because I play Skyrim from time to time on my Oculus DK2 and the Vive support is garbo

    we'll see after Bethesda puts in official support for Fallout 4, but Fallout 4 isn't as good of a game as Skyrim (and they could put Vive bow shooting into Skyrim which would be great)

    Vive is infinitely better than Oculus unless you're doing roomscale with touch or something.

    Roomscale VR is like all I even care about anymore.

    I don't care toooo much about Roomscale VR because there's never going to be any real games in it, controller + headset is going to be the only way to do anything other than fancy tech demos

    override367 on
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Six wrote: »
    It's kind of amazing how often one just ends up in Queens.

    Yeah but I'm not talking about the place I'm talking about the royalty. :winky:

  • PhyphorPhyphor Building Planet Busters Tasting FruitRegistered User regular
    Orphane wrote: »
    Hmm

    I want to get a new computer with the money i earned this summer
    But i don't really care about playing AAA games at a blistering 3000 frames per second, i just want to be able to play games i have now at higher resolutions/faster load times (the most demanding games i have are probably.... Overwatch? Stellaris?)

    Can i build a deskop without too much trouble and without havin to order parts from everywhere and having them show up at different times (i have 0 experience with putting computers together) or can i go for the instant gratification of buying a store desktop with a decent cpu and graphics card even tho it will probably be more expensive?

    newegg.com is your friend here

    Magic Box
  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Bryan Fuller is giving details about Star Trek in 7 hours get hyped

    Happiness is within reach!
  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products, Transition Team regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    still a better ending than mass effect 3

    i really dont get the hate for the ME3 ending

    it wrapped up the story succinctly, gave you 3 good options for an ending (or a terrible 4th), had the callback imagery to the kid from the beginning of the game, and the decisions you had made up to that point had an influence on the outcome

    Agreed.

    Also, I do subscribe to death of the author on certain topics, and whether they intended it or not the story is a million times better when you think of Shepherd as someone going through the steps of being indoctrinated.

    It makes much of what happens in the end much more powerful.

    SW-4158-3990-6116
    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Ludious wrote: »
    @Orphane

    I just went to amazon and literally clicked the first items that looked functional. That includes a barebones case with a cpu already in it.

    It took me 3 minutes.

    Don't buy this. I am not endorsing any parts. It's just that easy to make a sick pc.

    ifincPAl.png
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    Orphane wrote: »
    I am probably willing to spend $1k total, my old desktop was a budget storebought desktop so i doubt there's anything terribly useful in it other than the hard drive (maybe?), obviously i can keep my monitor and other peripherals. So the $1k would go entirely towards the computer components and case.

    you should be able to build a monster for $1k

    Ok cool. So i should get some advice from you guys, double check in the tech forum to make sure all the parts play nice together and i'm getting the most bang for my buck, and then order + assemble?

    Orphane on
  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    Orphaned I am also building a PC

    Build bros :bro:

    you?

    what could you possibly need with a pc

    Going to make the swarm mother of all audio machines

  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    @Orphane

    Topper end (a bit more than $1k)
    http://pcpartpicker.com/list/NKnt8K

    Lower end
    http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ndJMvV

    You can save $150 if you knock out the platter hard drive and if you already have a copy of windows 7 or 10 laying about. You can also wait a few months for the 1060s to hit the market. It will be comparable to the RX480 from AMD though, and the RX offers a discount. There's no point in using the previous generation's video cards at this point, they cost nearly as much and their performance is garbage unless you're getting a 980ti (which saves you like $200 at the most on the 1080).

    Things I absolutely would not change:
    • The CPU, stay in the i5's and above 3.2 GHz. Avoid i5's that end in K because even though a lot of PC builders will tell you "overclocking is so easy now" it comes with a bunch of fucking headaches that just are not worth it for a casual gamer.
    • The Solid State, pretty much crucial for today's computers, it's the single biggest upgrade you can throw in after hard drives, you could probably drop to 256 gb, but if you value your sanity, I would avoid it. But that's another way to save $80

    I'm sure moes can improve this and find you better deals

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Guys smartphones are amazing.

    These are so much cooler than what I thought we would have.

  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    Phyphor wrote: »
    Orphane wrote: »
    Hmm

    I want to get a new computer with the money i earned this summer
    But i don't really care about playing AAA games at a blistering 3000 frames per second, i just want to be able to play games i have now at higher resolutions/faster load times (the most demanding games i have are probably.... Overwatch? Stellaris?)

    Can i build a deskop without too much trouble and without havin to order parts from everywhere and having them show up at different times (i have 0 experience with putting computers together) or can i go for the instant gratification of buying a store desktop with a decent cpu and graphics card even tho it will probably be more expensive?

    newegg.com is your friend here

    The premier website for finding a great deal on a motherboard only to buy it in the wrong socket

    Watch me lift!
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLcAGbXhWIVcl5IziVpG0eKFJS3xi_Sac9kYMkRFvD8/edit?usp=sharing
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    If you read the fortune cookie while high then it comes true right?

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    override367 wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    override367 wrote: »
    what do I do with my new income

    1. pay credit cards off ASAP
    2. buy an HTC vive ASAP

    what do you think

    put an HTC Vive on the credit cards, excellent idea

    Okay but don't blame me when it has like no games

    for real I'd probably buy an Oculus CV1, because I play Skyrim from time to time on my Oculus DK2 and the Vive support is garbo

    we'll see after Bethesda puts in official support for Fallout 4, but Fallout 4 isn't as good of a game as Skyrim (and they could put Vive bow shooting into Skyrim which would be great)

    Vive is infinitely better than Oculus unless you're doing roomscale with touch or something.

    Roomscale VR is like all I even care about anymore.

    I don't care toooo much about Roomscale VR because there's never going to be any real games in it, controller + headset is going to be the only way to do anything other than fancy tech demos

    This statement is completely false.

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Like it is demonstrably false.

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