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Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

I just finished playing Stray with my three year old and five year old and they absolutely loved it. This was their first story based game and by the end they were both crying when it was over. I am wracking my brain for another story/narrative game in the same vein as Stray but cant come up with anything. If anybody has any suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks!

Appreciate the help! I'll see if I can update the bios.

3000 This is what I have https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820236039?Item=N82E16820236039

Yeah, double checked the stick. Timing is 16-17-17-36 Voltage is 1.36v

I cant figure out what is going on for the life of me. If I enable XMP it refuses to boot to Windows, it goes black screen and then loops back to the splash screen stating it posted in Safemode. I tried lowering the speed from the 3000 that it defaults to with XMP but lowering it doesnt help either. Am I missing something? Specs below. Specs: Asus Prime 370-A I7 8700k Corsair Vengeance LPX DDr4 3000 4x8gb

What does it matter what the item is? Most of the crap people buy on a day to day basis is not needed or essential. Yeah complaining on the internet isn't going to change anything but it boggles my mind that people are defending these companies.

Definitely ranks at the bottom of problems facing this world at the moment but why is it a crazy thought that people have a problem with this pricing practice? You're telling me that if you went to buy something at a store, even a luxury item, and their in store price was almost triple what they advertised on their website you would be ok with that? Just because it's not an essential item doesn't make it any less of a scummy practice.

I get that. But then why even have a MSRP? Doesn't that seem a little dishonest to advertise one price and then sell for a different price?

I have been trying to find a 3080 for a pretty long time at this point with no luck. Today I decided to call multiple Mom and Pop computer stores around town, six in total, and the information they provided was really interesting. There were two stores that had a few cards in stock but they were going for between $1,200 and $1,500, EVGA FTW and MSI Trio cards. Two more stores said they didnt have them in stock and did not know when they would get them in stock. However the last two stores were where I had some interesting conversations. The first store told me that he didnt have any in stock and he was not planning on selling any. He stated that he was disgusted about the pricing situation and refused to pass that along to his customers. We talked about a few more things, namely selling older used cards but I didnt push him for any additional info in regards to how much he was getting the cards for. The last store I called said pretty much the same thing as the last and that they also were refusing to sell any cards. This time I asked him if would tell me what he was getting the cards from the manufacturers for. He said that customers werent the only ones getting ripped off and that they couldnt obtain any 3080 cards for less than $1,000 from the actual card makers themselves. What in the heck is going on? These cards are MSRP for between $600-$800 and they are being sold to sellers (not consumers) for 40% HIGHER than then actual MSRP. I am in the US and expected a slight increase due to the tariffs but 40% over MSRP to sellers? This is card markers purposefully screwing over consumers because they know they will pay any price for these cards and its just straight up wrong. Sorry for the rant but I figured I would share this info since I got it straight from the shop owners themselves.

When I originally bought this case in 2016 it did not come with a PSU Shroud Cover. I always meant to buy one but the case was slightly hidden and didnt bother me all that much. Now that my case is on a shelf on the wall I am staring at a bunch of cables everyday and its driving me nuts. In the US the shroud covers are not being sold anywhere, at least that I could find. Anyone have any ideas what I could use as a cover? Or better yet know where I can buy an official one?

For the life of me I can't seem to figure out why my system is double booting. Sometimes it will boot straight into windows most of the time it goes to the bios splash screen then goes to black for roughly 30 seconds and then goes back to the bios splash screen before booting to windows. Its not a major problem but it changes boot times from five seconds to about a minute or more. Specs below. Mobo flashed to newest bios version. Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A CPU: i7-8700k RAM: 32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8gb DDR4 3000 15-17-17-35 GPU: MSI 1080ti Duke Boot Drive: Samsung Evo 250gb Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB and 500gb Samsung 970 Evo PSU: Corsair RM750X

Problem solved! It powered on with the cables that came with the PSU. Obviously one of the cables I have is bad, which sucks because its a cable mod cable. Thanks for the help.

I just switched the one cable over to the other slot on the PSU and it boots fine. So i dont think that its a dead slot.

I built a system in early 2018 with a 1080ti (Duke) and a Corsair Rmx 750w. At the time of building I attempted to use two separate 8 pin (6+2) cables to power the card but the system would not turn on. No fan spin, no lights, nothing. I switched over to a 8 pin that split into two 8 pin connectors to power the card and everything worked fine. The split cable has a loop in it that drives me crazy and I just recently attempted to use two cables again but got the same result. Am i missing something? Is there a reason why two cables wont power it but one will?

Yeah that Viewsonic is what I kept coming back to. The other more budget friendly monitors didnt have a VESA mount.

I am looking for a budget 1440p monitor. Its going to be used in a three monitor setup where my primary monitor is a Dell S2716DG and will be mounted on a triple arm monitor stand so it will need to have a VESA mount. It'll only be used for basic applications no video editing or gaming. Any ideas? I would like to keep the price around $250.

So yes it is technically a DSL modem but does not use a DSL line in. The fiber comes in from the street and is converted in a box (I included a picture) and then is transferred inside the house the the router/modem I linked by ethernet.

I think some additional information is required here. This is the current modem supplied by CentruyLink ZxyXEL C3000Z The fiber comes into a box on the outside of the house that converts it over to normal ethernet Cat5e that comes into a network box inside the house and that is what comes into the modem.

Makes sense. Any ideas for a modem/router combo?

I recently moved to a location that offers gigabit internet and I am currently using their hardware. I've always had coaxial modems and never one with a straight ethernet connection. Trying to find a good modem but resources on that topic is very scarce. I would like a modem with four ports, I would like to try and avoid a modem/router combo. I used Moto Surfboards in the past but havent been able to find one that isnt coxial.

I am moving into a brand new house coming up in about a month and need to start designing my new office. I've bounced from desk to desk in the past and have a pretty good idea of what I like. I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions because I'm not seeing much in the specs that I like. I am looking for a simple flat desk, doesnt need any shelfs or drawers, preferably around 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. I am really into cable management as well so anything with built in cable holders would be nice but not a deal breaker. Any ideas? Thanks guys!

Thanks for the tips. I like the idea of dropping the 1TB SSD and being able to fit the 1080ti under budget. I also really appreciate the attention to detail on the RAM, GPU and Mobo matching the color scheme. Thanks again!

I have to say discovering Linus' youtube page a couple of months ago has brought back the passion I had for tech that I had lost over the years, I wanted to give a big shout out to his channel, and has caused me to start all sorts of projects from major cable management in my tower and around my desk, setting up my own FTP server, to running Cat6a through my attic and using my old router as an access point across the house. I've now decided that its time to start looking into a new build as mine is aging at about 6 years old. After looking at one amazing build after another I definitely wanted to do a little different then my old build (Cooler Master HAF X). I wanted to go with a white and green theme, ideally white tower with green LEDS, possibly looking into some customs cables from cablemods. Computer would mainly be used for gaming but this also is my work computer (work from home a few days a week) but for work i only use office and a general non taxing insurance program. I put together a quick build yesterday and I wanted to see if anyone had any opinions or things they think I should change. Couple things I'm not sure about would be whether to use M.2 for boot/windows and then a 1TB SSD for storage/steam library and also just the motherboard in general. My prince range is $1,800 to roughly $2,200. Tell me what you guys think, dont worry about being harsh if something is completely wrong. Potential build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HK8Yyf I have a Dell S2716DG 144z Gysnc as my monitor My current specs: i7-2600k slightly OC'd A relatively recent purchase last year of a GTX 970 16GB (2x8) DDR GSkill Ripjaws ASUS P8768-V PRO. My boot/windows drive is on a OCZ Vertex3 120gb and a 1tb seagate HDD for storage.