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

[Ithanul]

7 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Lmao. I've got a 1000W PSU rn, will see if it can handle it . I may or may not have a Radeon VII I'm possibly considering slapping 1.35v through and messing around with powerplay tables so power consumption will likely be yes. 

 

And yeeeeee if you even start thinking about anything above stock voltage, the 5960X becomes a volcano. 

I do know a madlad who ran... IIRC dual 295x2s and some CPU thingie tho, he can likely talk about power consumption. @The Blackhat. 

I do plan to later see what this new 5960X I pick up can do.  Though, will have to plan some time around re-working a loop for that.  I have a MO-RA this time, so I can probably handle the temps a tad better with that.  Still getting parts to add to my main computer (mostly more 8-10TB HDDs and another 2TB NVMe for data storage), so that 5960X build is on the back burner a bit.

[Zando_]

11 minutes ago, Ithanul said:

I do plan to later see what this new 5960X I pick up can do.  Though, will have to plan some time around re-working a loop for that.  I have a MO-RA this time, so I can probably handle the temps a tad better with that.  Still getting parts to add to my main computer (mostly more 8-10TB HDDs and another 2TB NVMe for data storage), so that 5960X build is on the back burner a bit.

I gotta do stuff with my other rigs too, my 5960X lad is on the back burner too. I keep saying I'm finished but then I need that one more piece to make it perfect. 

Also if you get a j-bin, espesh off eBay, make sure to read the description. Some of the listings were for multiple 5960Xs, so you don't get exactly what is picture (you could luck out and not get a j-bin). I verified that what I bought was the actual, specific CPU pictured, so I did get the j-bin that was in the listing pics. Would really suck to get a different bin lol, and IDK if you can return it for that since they aren't listed as j-bins, just as a 5960X among all the other ones. 

 

Also if 6950X prices come down please tell me. Honestly I need to have a piggy bank of sorts to hop on deals, Fry's had some brand new ones for $500, whereas they go for $700+ on eBay. 

[Ithanul]

9 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Also if 6950X prices come down please tell me. Honestly I need to have a piggy bank of sorts to hop on deals, Fry's had some brand new ones for $500, whereas they go for $700+ on eBay. 

:I  Yeah, I been eyeing 6950Xs, but last I check the prices where still up there.  Get a good one of those and that chip can clock really well too. 

 

Darn, I miss having a Fry's nearby at times.

 

Oh, it is a J batch.  I made sure to ask if the pic was of the actual chip.  The one on the right is the previous one that die on me.  Going to encase it into some resin later on.

[the pudding]

honestly my PC is just a cheapy little thing, I've only got like £350 sunk into it and that's about it, but in fairness i got some really good deals so that helps, my pc is in my sig, most of my focus nowadays goes into my desk setup type thing, like my PC isn't in a case, and my desk setup isn't pretty either, but functional, 4 monitors, nice keyboard, nice mouse etc 

[NineEyeRon]

Most people who have children between ages of 0 and 7 probably, Ive known a few builds a killer rig then a year later they are barely using them as in between they had a baby.
 

Either that or they want to recapture their gaming youth but those days are gone... Once you get to the point in the evening when you can game, your too tired and just go to bed and watch netflix.

 

I have a 4YO so only built the rig in my description, which took me over a year to save up for fully. I actually use mine a lot and even if I didn’t I wouldn’t feel bad as it’s cheap enough and specced properly so that I can just play it during holidays etc.

[Kilrah]

All this talk makes me want to have a go at trying to tweak my 5960X a bit higher again... I'm receiving my new SSD today and plan on a clean reinstall so I might just go for it. Since I've got another good PC now I can do it on the side.

I never spent more than a couple of hours on tweaking after building, since... well I wanted to actually use it, so I installed all my stuff, and once that's done I don't want to risk corrupting my system by making it crash 50 times while trying to overclock, so it just stays as it is.