PCs

Gammerz

Jogort Maybe shop for the hardest to obtain items first?

Jogort

Gammerz Yeah but she starts her masters in January so would like to get it up and running before I go to work next. So looks like it’ll be a pre-built unless I get lucky with a gfx card.

DrDamn

@Jogort what is your budget?

This https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming/pc-gaming/gaming-pcs/pcspecialist-vortex-st-s-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-rtx-3070-2-tb-hdd-512-gb-ssd-10222262-pdt.html
Or this https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming/pc-gaming/gaming-pcs/pcspecialist-vortex-st-r-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-rtx-3060-ti-2-tb-hdd-512-gb-ssd-10230639-pdt.html
Are decent pre-built available options. You may be able to combine with other cashback/discounts at Currys too.

Jogort

DrDamn Thanks Dan, the budget is floating at the minute 🤣 Those look decent though. Similar spec to what I’ve been customising on a few sites.

Jogort

Well that took hours…..changing my mind several times even after going pre-built….I think I’ve gone a little over the top…..but what the hell 🤣🤣
Overclockers UK Gaming RAPIER GAMING PC
Specs:
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
Build Stock Lian Li LANCOOL II ARGB MIDI-TOWER CASE - BLACK
Build Stock AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - AMD B550 Motherboard
WD Blue 1TB 3D NAND SSD 2.5″ SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive SI STOCK (WDS100T2B0A)
Crucial Ballistix 32GB (2×16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 3070TI

This fucker better last me years n years 🤣

Brave

Jogort I heard modern PCs can’t run without rgb. It’s the quantum physics of something or other.

Alex

Yup that’ll definitely run Microsoft Office and Zoom!

Jogort

Brave You’re not wrong, just about everything has RGB this that or the other, even fecking ram with rgb…wtf

Alex

I just discovered this very interesting laptop, called the Framework Laptop.

https://frame.work/gb/en

A thin, lightweight, high-performance 13.5” notebook that can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that no other notebook can. Proof that designing products to last doesn’t require sacrificing performance, quality, or style.

There is also a DIY edition

The only high-end notebook available as a kit of modules that you can customize and assemble yourself. Bring your own memory, storage, WiFi, and OS if you’d like, or choose from the wide range of options we have available.

As someone who loves fiddling with computers this seems right up my street. Now I just have to justify a new laptop I don’t need! 🤣

Gammerz

I was wondering if you even need laptops - just a pocket computer: plug in screen, keyboard, mouse (or wireless dongle), memory stick (or use cloud). Bit like a powerful Pi?

Jogort

First part of the build has arrived, the boss lady wanted a dual monitor setup

2 X Lenovo G27-20 27 Inch FHD Gaming Monitor (IPS, 1ms, up to 144 Hz, HDMI + DisplayPort, AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync compatible) - Raven Black
I think these should to the trick.

BritishBean

Jogort I’m pretty sure she said she needed triple monitors….

DrDamn

Jogort when are you going to be running two screens at 144Hz? 😁 Though obviously they need to match.

Jogort

DrDamn haha who knows but you’ve answered it… Has to match 🤣

DrDamn

The Windows 10 21H2 update borked my USB-C monitor output from work laptop over the holiday period. Spent most of yesterday trying to resolve. Laptop is only HDMI 1.4 so didn’t support the ultra wide resolution I wanted to use - hence I was using USB-C to USB-C which did. Got work around now as I’d bought a USB-C hub before Christmas and that converts the USB-C port to 3 x USB regular and a HDMI 2.0 port. From there the resolution is supported - what a pavlova!

Gammerz

DrDamn pavlova

The cake is a lie.

DrDamn

DrDamn Spent most of yesterday trying to resolve.

This did also involve installing a firmware update that installed fine but gave me a small panic on reboot when asking me for the BitLocker key I had “safely” stashed away 4 years ago! 😓

Jogort

So I needed a forklift to get this in 🤣

Wouldn’t have been my first choice motherboard but it was a prebuilt system that I could configure a little

That card is monstrous though 🤣

Will take a while getting used to hearing water noises from a pc though 🤣🤣

Alex

Did they put a wee bag of sweeties in the box?

I remember there was one in mine when I bought it from overclockers.

Jogort

Alex damnit no, I’m gonna complain, there was a nice welcome pack but no sweeties in there 😭🤣

DrDamn

Jogort so when you get the smell of burnt sugar … 😁

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