Anyone here spend a bunch of money on their PCs.....but don't actually use them?

[amdorintel]

Just now, Plutosaurus said:

LGR on YouTube?

what is LGR?

 

and watching youtube as a primary means on a $2000 pc, or a $1000pc is quite normal. when all thats needed is a $250-$400 pc.

[St. Nick]

I actually use my phone for a lot of things, but mostly as my wallet. NFC payment linked directly to your debit card is so common place here that I haven't carried a wallet in 3 years. I can pay with my phone pretty much everywhere. It stores every inane customer value card I can possibly want. Maps gets me everywhere I wanna go. If I need anything there is an app for that! but even with a galaxy s9+ i still spend about 3 times as much on my current desktop even if it sees a fraction of the use XD.

[Kilrah]

 

Just now, Plutosaurus said:

Do you ever watch LGR on YouTube?

 

Some interesting finds there.

Been a patreon supporter for 3 years

[Mister Woof]

Just now, amdorintel said:

what is LGR?

 

and watching youtube as a primary means on a $2000 pc, or a $1000pc is quite normal. when all thats needed is a $250-$400 pc.

 

It's a YouTube channel where they look back at old antiquated hardware and review it. Here's a recent video.

 

 

 

[amdorintel]

1 minute ago, St. Nick said:

I actually use my phone for a lot of things, but mostly as my wallet. NFC payment linked directly to your debit card is so common place here that I haven't carried a wallet in 3 years.

what is nfc payment

where is here

 

and i've seen ppl using cell phones to scan stuff in at the cashier but i always thought it was coupons not payments.

 

booooooooooooooooooooom

 

 

 

 

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[amdorintel]

1 minute ago, Plutosaurus said:

It's a YouTube channel where they look back at old antiquated hardware and review it. Here's a recent video.

looks video intensive, may need a 2080ti with a 3950X cpu to watch it

 

 

 

not!

[Zando_]

12 minutes ago, Gamer Schnitzel said:

It honestly sounds a lot like you just need to get a life. You seem to do it because you get bored and putting computers together excites you. Try to get a hobby and try to force a minimalist mindset on yourself not buying further parts or upgrades unless you have a good reason. For example if your PC hits the Hz cap of your monitor you should not upgrade anymore.

Same as how I threw money into mountain biking gear. Blazing down hills at up to 45mph excited me, sadly I fell out of that hobby due to reasons and moved to PCs. I have an RC car I tinker with from time to time, parts of a cosplay I need to finish, a rifle I shoot occasionally, I collect Lego Star Wars spaceships and some City/Ninjago vehicles and small sets, Destiny stuff, I have a Wii U and two Switches (normal and Lite) to mess around with and enjoy playing BOTW, sometimes I just take my truck out at 2am and drive around for no reason at all. Hell on PCs themselves, I enjoy building them, tweaking them, actually gaming on them, or even just looking at them. I have plenty of other stuff I do for fun, pretty sure Pluto does as well. 

Saying "get a hobby" when PCs are a hobby is uh... weird? 

[St. Nick]

NFC or Near Field Communication is a technology inherent to most modern smartphones and that is integrated in most GSM based simcards. A reader can read data on the chip within about 30 cms or so through the use of a modulated electromagnetic field. The Iphone wallet app thing uses it to process payments but nearly every bank here also has their own app that incorporates it. Most debit cards also have an NFC chip so that you can pay by debit by just holding your card next to the reader. It's the next generation of PIN  transaction among other things,

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, St. Nick said:

NFC or Near Field Communication is a technology inherent to most modern smartphones and that is integrated in most GSM based simcards. A reader can read data on the chip within about 30 cms or so through the use of a modulated electromagnetic field. The Iphone wallet app thing uses it to process payments but nearly every bank here also has their own app that incorporates it. Most debit cards also have an NFC chip so that you can pay by debit by just holding your card next to the reader. It's the next generation of PIN  transaction among other things,

Call me a boomsr but I have an irrational fear of using these techs, even though I use internet for banking, all sorts of other stuff, etc.

 

 

[GDRRiley]

Currently my desktops not being used but that is just because it isn't around. I'm off in college and I wasn't going to bring it my first semester.

Bigger waste of money for me is working on servers that never get finished. Although hopefully 1 will be in use soon.

[St. Nick]

 

Just now, Plutosaurus said:

Call me a boomsr but I have an irrational fear of using these techs, even though I use internet for banking, all sorts of other stuff, etc.

 

 

Ehh, there is usually a code involved that you need to input to approve a transaction, or in the case of a smartphone authorize it with the fingerprint scanner or unlock your phone to use it. It is actually safer then using a credit card for instance because of the additional layer of security, but holding your finger over your phones fingerprint scanner while you swipe it is a rather easy and fast way to pay!

[Retro_R]

I have overpowered parts for what I really use my pc for. I have a 3800x and about to get a 5700xt when I mainly just go on youtube and cs:go surf. Most of my stuff was gifted to me but I feel bad to those people who spent that money to give that stuff to me because I barely use it to it's full potential.

[Kilrah]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

or even just looking at them

Heh.

I actually recently spent probably a full week designing and 3D printing a custom case for my SFF PC. I sure do spend some time just watching my creation now

...and then spend more time redesigning improvements...

But yes, it's fun, so screw anyone who's not happy about it 

[Arika]

I think about it a lot but never actually buy anything.

I'll go look at reviews and prices of laptops, despite my current one doing everything I need a laptop to do.

 

Constantly looking at upgrading GPU even though all my games run at 60.

 

CPU is generally the last thing to get upgraded. Basically if I'm upgrading my CPU I get new everything

[St. Nick]

I am honestly contemplating switching out my 3700x for a 3950X just because it seems that the 3950X overclocks a little better. 4.4  all core on 16 cores is what I am hearing and it sounds like an utter blast to try. But hey.. I'm not really using the 3700X for what it can do yet so it's just a... BUT I WANT IT! sort of deal.

[Midnitewolf]

I don't necessarily buy and not use the PC but I do often buy features that I don't ever end up using.  For example, I usually buy components for their capability to be overclocked but then find myself not actually overclocking anything.  I bought a x570 MB for the PCI 4.0 capability but don't have anything PCI 4.0 compliant that I am adding to the system. I bought a AIO cooler for  my new build, but probably won't ever OC the CPU to take advantage of the cooler temps.   I got the MB that supported Wifi but always intend to have it wired. Basically I often buy just to have the capability "just in case" I might want to take advantage of it so theoretically, there is quite a bit of money wasted.  On the other hand, it sure is nice when I actually find a reason to want those capabilities. 

[Kilrah]

I have a 5-year old 30%-overclocked 5960X as "main PC" now, in a big tower and all. But I recently built a 9900K based SFF that beats it in 4.8l and 3.5kg. I somehow can't bring myself to use the SFF as main, so it means I'll have to upgrade the main to a TR3 in a few months  will see what comes of the 64 core one, then will choose which. Also waiting on Ampere GPUs before going anywhere on that side.

[St. Nick]

Heck, Infact I bought my entire current system just because I watched the LTT stream with them building the LAN center PC's and I was like OHH THAT WHITE CORSAIR CASE IS SICK. Then Zen 4 came out and I wanted to make a 3700X version of that build. Then I wanted x570, so I went to the 680x to fit an ATX mobo and things just kept snowballing for no real reason. Well, I suppose the reason was really because I just wanted things XD. this is kind of a recurring theme with my current build, but damn if it didn't turn into a pretty little big thing!

[Kilrah]

Oh yes, new build will need the nice case with the transparent LCD side panel that LTT recently featured. Will be a pain to get shipped here though.

[amdorintel]

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

RC car

that looks to be an interesting hobby, other then spending a bunch of money on pc shit. to each their own. balance in life is important.

saving your money is important. being practical about what you spend money on is important. those are all values that you profit from in the future and learning those skills early in life will do wonders then getting into the consumerism debt cycle of the says "keeping up with the jones'" which is all too common. i find whenever i look into a hobby like radio controller, the initial cost is huge, a decent rc is $300+ but anything that helps get off the fucking chair/couch and off the pc is very helpful.

 

 

kilrah - since you never mentioned rgb you are still good in my books. rgb is a waste of money, no benefits to the pc itself.

Just now, Kilrah said:

Oh yes, new build will need the nice case with the transparent LCD side panel that LTT recently featured. Will be a pain to get shipped here though.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Heh.

I actually recently spent probably a full week designing and 3D printing a custom case for my SFF PC. I sure do spend some time just watching my creation now

...and then spend more time redesigning improvements...

But yes, it's fun, so screw anyone who's not happy about it 

 Indeed. Oh and speaking of SFF, I am planning to stuff my current rig (specs in sig) into an old slim mATX Dell chassis for a dankass sleeper, mostly just need a PSU and GPU mount to get it going (that's waiting on ye olde mons).

 

3 minutes ago, St. Nick said:

I am honestly contemplating switching out my 3700x for a 3950X just because it seems that the 3950X overclocks a little better. 4.4  all core on 16 cores is what I am hearing and it sounds like an utter blast to try. But hey.. I'm not really using the 3700X for what it can do yet so it's just a... BUT I WANT IT! sort of deal.

Same reason I have a j-bin 5960X. My 5820K does everything I need it too fine, but the flex of a proper 5960X + some more PCIe lanes + dat bin tho (4.5Ghz on all 8 cores at 1.2v so far, my 5820K takes 1.32v to get there and it's a 6 core) was enough to justify yoinking one. Similar reason to why I got an RVII when I already had a 1080 Ti, the Radeon cards offer more control for tweaking (still need to muck around with powerplay tables and the like btw). 
 

2 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

I have a 5-year old 30%-overclocked 5960X as "main PC" now, in a big tower and all. But I recently built a 9900K based SFF that beats it in 4.8l and 3.5kg. I somehow can't bring myself to use the SFF as main, so it means I'll have to upgrade the main to a TR3 in a few months  will see what comes of the 64 core one, then will choose which. Also waiting on Ampere GPUs before going anywhere on that side.

Hoooooo baybee those TR chips tho . They're outta my price range or I'd be all about them, lol. Stupidly monstrous but that's kinda the point of HEDT lol. Though even better, thanks to TR X299 prices are lower, meaning I can possibly get a rig running that sometime in the future, and since it's Intel I can still get an EVGA board. 

[Mister Woof]

Just now, amdorintel said:

that looks to be an interesting hobby, other then spending a bunch of money on pc shit. to each their own. balance in life is important.

saving your money is important. being practical about what you spend money on is important. those are all values that you profit from in the future and learning those skills early in life will do wonders then getting into the consumerism debt cycle of the says "keeping up with the jones'" which is all too common. i find whenever i look into a hobby like radio controller, the initial cost is huge, a decent rc is $300+ but anything that helps get off the fucking chair/couch and off the pc is very helpful.

My other hobby is acquiring kitchen appliances that have stupidly specific uses.

 

I got a masticating juicer just....because I thought it would be fun to mash carrots into juice and carrot poop

[St. Nick]

My other Hobbies are Warhammer 40k, Star Wars costuming and collecting stupid amounts of Retro Gaming consoles and games. My PC may in fact be the most sensible hobby I have. 

[amdorintel]

4 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

I got a masticating juicer just....because I thought it would be fun to mash carrots into juice and carrot poop

hey anything for good health right

[St. Nick]

5 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

that looks to be an interesting hobby, other then spending a bunch of money on pc shit. to each their own. balance in life is important.

saving your money is important. being practical about what you spend money on is important. those are all values that you profit from in the future and learning those skills early in life will do wonders then getting into the consumerism debt cycle of the says "keeping up with the jones'" which is all too common. i find whenever i look into a hobby like radio controller, the initial cost is huge, a decent rc is $300+ but anything that helps get off the fucking chair/couch and off the pc is very helpful.

 

 

kilrah - since you never mentioned rgb you are still good in my books. rgb is a waste of money, no benefits to the pc itself.

RGB THOUGH. God, please do not remind me of how much money I spend on RGB >.<