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Let's back up and ask ourselves: "Why am I trying to game on Windows Server?"

If they shown to be a safe and reliable as helicopters yes, drones could be used to transport people. Only thing that could be a problem is the battery, it will get heavier the bigger the drone and propellers need to be in order to carry more people/cargo. Batteries will likely need to become much more energy dense before they can carry humans very far. The DJI Agriculture drones can carry decent weight (T40 can hold up to 222lbs) but have limited range (6mins at full capacity). The range and flight time will need to massively increase, then drones have to become and be proven safe to use for flying.

People were busy playing BG3 so they have not voted

Hey thank you so much for the list it really helped a lot and appreciate it so much!! 

Not a big fan of corsairs AIO or any AIO coolers in general, air does just as good or even better in a lot of cases if your case has proper air flow. A custom loop could do way better than air but thats out of the budget. Could also swap out the RX 7800 XT for a 4070 (MSI Ventus one is like $550 so about ~$10 more) there both fairly close in performance overall, I personally would go with the 4070 since I prefer NVIDIA GPUs. To my knowledge if raytracing is on the 4070 will perform slightly better and if its off the 7800 will perform slightly better in most games.
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 620S 71.93 CFM CPU Cooler  ($52.24 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B350M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($539.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $901.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Intel Core i5-6500 Processor watercooled 120mm EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H110M-E/M.2 2X8,192 MB G.Skill DDR4 @ 2,132 MHz lexar 512 g nvme + lexar 512g sata thermaltake 750W full size wi-fi and bluetooth front(side)panel usb, digital audio, e-sata argb controler and fans custom case I'm new on the forum from Montréal area. Just wanted to show you guys a little project I made for a young man who just got into the PC world.
He had an Xbox for a while but he wanted to play with his dad who is a pc gamer.
Since I used to build pcs 15+ years ago, They asked me if I could help them find an affordable pc for him to buy. So I did.
Behold the 20mike-mike linked ammobox-pc.
All parts have an history but I will try to keep it short and sweet. First need was for a compact low cost PC with high portability so keep that in mind. 
The case is a 32round 20mm inert linked projectile for grenade launcher with a swivel/removable cover. Found it under 20bucks at the local Princess auto.
I scavenged the motherboard tray and accessories from an old antec sonata I had lying around. I snipped off some aeration and fan grills in the scavenging process witch I riveted to the ammo-box for better ventilation. 
Front panel switches are "try-me" packages switches from Canadian tire automotive LED strips. 
I already had a good full sized power supply lying around so I managed to fit it internally with an extension to the back panel. The switch is easily accessible under the hood next to the ARGB controller switch.
The processor/mobo/ram where my latest computer I just upgraded witch I didn't had use for. It previously had a gtx760 I rocked until recently. 
I got the videocard from a motorcyclist fellow I helped numerous time with mechanical tips and repairs. He gladly gave it to me as I promised to include it for cheap to the little guy's build.
For christmas, I personally added the ARGB fans and controler + the sata drive to double his storage. Let's spare the bandwidth of his parents by having a bigger game library to play with his friends and a christmas light party to light up the kid's eyes on reveal! It did well I guaranty!
 
Pictures are from the kitchen table as it was delivered to the happy new owner (not pictured). Those peripherals are temporary used to update, download game and test the pc. He ordered his own screen/keyboard/mouse setup. With the pc comes infinite tech support until I die. I'm not up to date so much but I still have some old school tricks down my sleeve. 
 
How does it perform you ask? It scored 5th overall canadian score in firestrike for similar hardware with an average 74C on the gpu and 62C on the cpu . Not too bad for a small form factor pc. If it qualify as so? what do you guys think? 

The Acer Nitro is $150 for 1080p and $200 for 1440p, not sure what you budget is or what resolution you plan to play at but that would help.
Acer Nitro ED270 27" Full HD 240Hz Curved Gaming Monitor - Newegg.com
27" Nitro ED1 Gaming Monitor - ED271U X3BMIIPX | Acer Store – US

Depends on your marketplace, just gotta watch ebay and Facebook marketplace also sometimes has good local deals.

OK, I was about to say $550 is a lot for a "budget" CPU/mobo until you said "Australia." Just to make sure, those are AUD and not USD (I'm assuming AUD)?
 
If you're just trying to go for a CPU/motherboard, I'd probably go for a 5700X and a B550M TUF. That would put you at around $480 and let you reuse your current RAM. If you need a cooler (if you don't have AMD mounting hardware), this should work and raise the price to about $520:
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/cZHHJM

they have videos lined up for a release schedule, probably didn't wanna rush a video for sth they're gonna talk about on WANSHOW
 
Bigger companies are slower to react, LTT is big and slow.
 
There's a Yomama joke in there somewhere XD

You might have better 1% and 0.1% lows that aren't being shown by the frame rate overlay. Meaning, the differences are there, but the frame rate overlay isn't refreshing fast enough to show it. I experienced that on my previous build when I ran a game from my hard drive versus my SSD. Because the hard drive would take so long to get the required files versus the SSD, the CPU would wait just long enough for me to see the stutter, but the frame rate counter wouldn't show that because it was refreshing every one second, but the stutters would happen faster than that.

Upgrading the CPU, motherboard, and RAM are probably the best options you can go with. Some games in the next 2-3 years may start using more video RAM but I don't think that will be a problem if you continue at 1080p. (1080p is the reason I'm still running with a pascal card myself) I would suggest the 5600X but a good cooler might be a bit out of your price range, could consider going with a cheaper RAM option like a single stick at 2400mhz to match the current stick but Ryzen likes faster RAM which is why I recommend getting a kit to run at 3200Mhz.

 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€127.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€90.96 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€66.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €285.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Upgrading the CPU, motherboard, and RAM are probably the best options you can go with. Some games in the next 2-3 years may start using more video RAM but I don't think that will be a problem if you continue at 1080p. (1080p is the reason I'm still running with a pascal card myself) I would suggest the 5600X but a good cooler might be a bit out of your price range, could consider going with a cheaper RAM option like a single stick at 2400mhz to match the current stick but Ryzen likes faster RAM which is why I recommend getting a kit to run at 3200Mhz.

 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€127.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€90.96 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€66.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €285.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This the same guy that said RX6000 cards dies were cracking due to drivers? 
 
IMO this is a non-story. These cards have been out for over two years and preventing sag has well known prevention options. 
 
Fake drama is boring. 

Yeah you can just hook the ethernet cable up to a wireless access point. 

You can fit in a 6800 XT but it requires getting a cheaper board, SSD, PSU, RAM, and case. If  you wanted to stick with the same SSD you picked out you could go even cheaper on the case. As already mentioned, used GPUs can be a pretty good way to go as well.
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($155.97 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MS30 1 TB M.2-2280 SATA Solid State Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card  ($464.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WBAX210 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax PCIe x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $999.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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That effect is actually caused by them heating the stainless steel to super high temperatures. Its some pretty cool chemistry I bet was caused by someone accidently heating up the steel beyond what it was originally intended to be and once they found out they sold the idea.

first of all, this sucks, but glad to see you and your wife are ok. Computers are replaceable, people are not.
 
not legal advice, but if by insurance you are asking about like homeowners or renters insurance or anything like that, you'd have to take a look at your deductible cost vs just buying new stuff yourself, and also consider your rates could go up by making a claim. RMA wise, i'd reach out to the GPU manufacturer and PSU manufacturer and just see what they say. Worst they can say is no, at best maybe you get your stuff replaced.
 
 

The 4790 is past the “it’s still an i7” price floor now so it’s a viable cheap upgrade to a haswell system.
I would still say save up for a new platform, but if you only have $60 or something the 4790 is a viable upgrade 

Glass can be laser-engraved or printed on, yes. Ever had a glass or mug with a screenprinting on it, or an etching? You could do this at a local makerspace most likely, or get a printing company to do something.

Do you think you need better GPU or CPU performance, I think it was this comes down too.

It should be, plus AMD CPUs tend to better at multi tasking anywhere when compared to Intel CPUs which tend to have slightly better single core performance.

There only some effects that are GPU accelerated so the most important thing for your system is gonna be your CPU and RAM. Depending on your budget and workload will depend on if you want to go with AMD or Intel CPU. You will probably be happy with performance either way compared to your laptop. (in part since laptop processors tend to be more power limited compared to desktop ones due to thermals). This was a pretty good video i found talking about premier pro video editing but should be relevant to the other tasks you are looking to accomplish. 
 

There only some effects that are GPU accelerated so the most important thing for your system is gonna be your CPU and RAM. Depending on your budget and workload will depend on if you want to go with AMD or Intel CPU. You will probably be happy with performance either way compared to your laptop. (in part since laptop processors tend to be more power limited compared to desktop ones due to thermals). This was a pretty good video i found talking about premier pro video editing but should be relevant to the other tasks you are looking to accomplish. 
 

I think a desktop workstation is the way to go for you. Use that for Adobe suite, do your browsing and email on the laptop. Make sure you get a monitor with a known color calibration.
 
Don't get a Mac unless you're okay with "replace the entire thing" as your upgrade path. The current Intel Mac Pro is aging and overpriced, and all the Apple Silicon machines are tightly integrated.