What are y'all upgrading this holiday season?

[themaniac]

I hope to upgrade a few things. My self confidence and my body. I'm thinking of getting a nice(ish) electric trimmer to replace the very old and terrible one I have and I'm considering getting a Fitbit versa 2(or lite) which would hopefully encourage me to exercise more. Maybe even get my license and a job before the year ends.

[RejZoR]

10 hours ago, MysticLTT said:

This. 

 

9900k machine, 7T phone, 34" 21:9 ultrawide, 12.9 iPad Pro, gf, what else a man could want

A gf

[steelo]

2 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

A gf

For the win! LOL

[dizmo]

35 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

ryzen 5 2600x

asrock micro atx b450m pro4

ryen 5 2600x

16 gb crucial ballistix sport 3200mhz

powercolor redragon radeon rx570 8gb

Cooler Master MasterLiquid LC240E RGB Close-Loop AIO

Thermaltake Smart 500W 80+ White Certified PSU

seagate barracuda 1tb (im buying 1 but i have another so i can use raid 0)

corsair carbide 275r

redragon s101 mouse+keyboard

acer sb220q

 

all for the neat price of $793 usd 

if prices drop just a lil i am gonna buy a cooler master HAF XB EVO (i participate in many lan partys)

Nice, that case is pretty big to transport to and from LAN parties though Might want to take a look at the TU150, though that'd increase the cost of the motherboard some.

I also wouldn't get that PSU, have you checked out the PSU tier list?

30 minutes ago, themaniac said:

I hope to upgrade a few things. My self confidence and my body. I'm thinking of getting a nice(ish) electric trimmer to replace the very old and terrible one I have and I'm considering getting a Fitbit versa 2(or lite) which would hopefully encourage me to exercise more. Maybe even get my license and a job before the year ends.

Haha you and me both. I really need to get back in shape. A Fitbit won't help you, weights will

[Letgomyleghoe]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Nice, that case is pretty big to transport to and from LAN parties though Might want to take a look at the TU150, though that'd increase the cost of the motherboard some.

I also wouldn't get that PSU, have you checked out the PSU tier list?

Haha you and me both. I really need to get back in shape. A Fitbit won't help you, weights will

yeah i have checked the list, its dangerous sometimes without proper insulation but all the cases ive looked at have extremely good ventilation for the psu

[themaniac]

7 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Haha you and me both. I really need to get back in shape. A Fitbit won't help you, weights will

not gonna lie, I sort of forgot about every type of exercise except for running so thanks for reminding me theres more

[dizmo]

10 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

yeah i have checked the list, its dangerous sometimes without proper insulation but all the cases ive looked at have extremely good ventilation for the psu

...then why would you buy it?

[Letgomyleghoe]

Just now, dizmo said:

...then why would you buy it?

its cheap lol

[dizmo]

2 hours ago, scuff gang said:

its cheap lol

That's a horrible decision. A bad PSU can take out the rest of your system.

[Letgomyleghoe]

14 minutes ago, dizmo said:

That's a horrible decision. A bad PSU can take out the rest of your system.

yeah ik but its under possibly dangerous in some situations, i have good airlfow so im not worried

[dizmo]

25 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

yeah ik but its under possibly dangerous in some situations, i have good airlfow so im not worried

Why wouldn't you just spend a little more to get one that isn't?

[Letgomyleghoe]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Why wouldn't you just spend a little more to get one that isn't?

ive already stretched my budget lmao i might get a different one, those cable make me wanna puke. go mow the neighbor lawn lol.

[amdorintel]

39 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

ive already stretched my budget lmao

pssssst

get a credit card

 

 

also cables are hidden away, and if you have a glass side panel then pc's are hidden under desks

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

pssssst

get a credit card

 

 

also cables are hidden away, and if you have a glass side panel then pc's are hidden under desks

Judging the general age of the forum he's probably not old enough to have one. 

[Letgomyleghoe]

1 minute ago, amdorintel said:

pssssst

get a credit card

 

 

also cables are hidden away, and if you have a glass side panel then pc's are hidden under desks

i have a credit card, i dont want to spend to much money on it. i am a "cheap" person, i have other needs than building a pc (also paying dues for going over my limit are steeeep!)

[amdorintel]

5 minutes ago, scuff gang said:

i have a credit card, i dont want to spend to much money on it. i am a "cheap" person, i have other needs than building a pc (also paying dues for going over my limit are steeeep!)

is it just a psu you are buying?

[Letgomyleghoe]

2 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

is it just a psu you are buying?

no a whole system

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/bing-bing-bong/saved/#view=zcX4nQ

dont mind the name made that account a while ago

[amdorintel]

Just now, scuff gang said:

no a whole system

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/bing-bing-bong/saved/#view=zcX4nQ

dont mind the name made that account a while ago

so your pc is $820

whats the limit on your credit card and whats the balance ?

 

them dues for over limit is outrageous!

 

 

 

[Letgomyleghoe]

7 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

so your pc is $820

whats the limit on your credit card and whats the balance ?

 

them dues for over limit is outrageous!

 

 

 

its not my credit card limit really, i dont make enough to drop 1000-2000 dollars on a pc, ive toyed around for a while and this looks good for how much money i have

if it was just a psu i was buying, i would not go as cheap as i am 

[amdorintel]

well for one, cases can be free, if not very cheap like $20 new

but I wouldnt skimp and cheap out on the psu

why do you require 1TB of m.2 storage?

cant $50 of 7200rpm hdd work for 1tb?

3600 memory would be better, and look at the Viper Steel, very good value there, $5 more!

i like your 2600 choice, its a value buy!

I'd honestly look into your mobo choice a little more.

Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

gigabyte is a good brand, with a good bio, but that name ds3h doesnt ring a bell nor come with confidence but it is cheap

 

the way to go with cheaping out is this

buy a decent mobo, get the 2600 and cheap out on everything else

go with 8gb of ram if you have to, $20 case, 500gb hdd

 

there are so many ways to go about it

 

 

 

 

[Dropit]

On 10/22/2019 at 10:00 AM, BigRom said:

I want to get rid of my Asrock motherboard, as I found out recently the top PCIex16 slot is broken. Still on the fence on whether to get the Tomahawk MAX or a X570 like the Asus Prime.

 

Or I might just buy the RX5700 instead.

 

Don't get tomahawk max and rx 5700, had the same combi and there were compatibility issues.

[Lemmex]

Having just upgraded, I'm both delighted and dissapointed in different areas.

 

Loading times are still a bugbear tm, even throwing samsungs finest at it wont get you around some things use a huge amount of ram.

 

Took a bunch of advice on saving money on the motherboard. Protip. Do not save money on the motherboard. I've spent as much as a proper upgrade on expansion cards for USB-C and various adapters to make it not worth it.

 

Runs Quake good though.

[dizmo]

43 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

well for one, cases can be free, if not very cheap like $20 new

but I wouldnt skimp and cheap out on the psu

why do you require 1TB of m.2 storage?

cant $50 of 7200rpm hdd work for 1tb?

3600 memory would be better, and look at the Viper Steel, very good value there, $5 more!

i like your 2600 choice, its a value buy!

I'd honestly look into your mobo choice a little more.

Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

gigabyte is a good brand, with a good bio, but that name ds3h doesnt ring a bell nor come with confidence but it is cheap

 

the way to go with cheaping out is this

buy a decent mobo, get the 2600 and cheap out on everything else

go with 8gb of ram if you have to, $20 case, 500gb hdd

 

there are so many ways to go about it

Eh, cheap cases feel significantly worse, you can bend or even break them by simply twisting the wrong way, they come with poor fans and have bad airflow.

People overlook cases but they play a much bigger part than most think.

I, personally, would never use an HDD in my system and fully endorse the 1TB SSD

AsRock and MSI are the only really good B450 motherboards. The rest have pretty bad VRMs.

500GB hard drives never make sense, they're usually only a couple dollars less than a 1TB...

[mamamia88]

I am pretty much completely content. I would like a high refresh rate monitor but, not sure I want pay $200+ to go from 60hz to 144 though especially when I do most of my gaming on a 75hz 1080 display on my other system. 

[Letgomyleghoe]

7 hours ago, Dropit said:

Don't get tomahawk max and rx 5700, had the same combi and there were compatibility issues.

your doing something wrong i saw your amd wtf post

theres no compatibility issues, you probably didnt plug something in all the way causing it to crash under load.