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Biggest Pet Peeve for gaming PC's

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As the title says what annoys you the most that you see people do when they build a gaming pc? Is it a part in the pc, the way the build it? etc. Mine is people using flashy blue LED's that make it so you can barely see anything inside the case.

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LED's everywhere (one color which fits the rest of your components is fine)

Also, no window.

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buying a k cpu and not overclocking

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Overspending on ram. I'm not talking about getting to much ram, I'm talking about spending a chunk on buffered ram when all they do is play minecraft

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Downgrading your gpu/other parts for an i7

Don't get me wrong, I love i7s, but you should never downgrade a gpu to use an i7 for gaming... games just are not optimized enough for that sacrifice.

 

Rainbow Pcs/flashing lights (different colors) 

I personally have red leds in my build, however when planning I made sure to have every part fit to that scheme.

Mobo is black

cpu cooler is black with red highlights

ram is a metallic red color

ect. ect.

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I second all of the colour coordination. It must match.

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When someone buys a Pentium G2020 and a GTX 660 Ti with 16 GB RAM and then they ask why they are getting low fps in Crysis 3

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1: Having a windowed case and having no color theme.

2: Any unsleeved cables, this does not include PSU cables similar to Corsairs cause those are awesome.

3: LED's that totally kill the theme of their build. For example RoG builds using red LED's. You are supposed to use white LED's to bring up the colors.

4: No cable management.

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Blue PCB GPU with a golden motherboard....

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Non colour coordinated builds.

Depending on the budget, this^

 

Also, 3820's, 3930K's, anything beyond that--even worse.

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Blue PCB GPU with a golden motherboard....

Hmm, this reminds me of Egyptian hieroglyphs that use blue and gold together.

 

I think it could be a very cool custom build if done correctly.

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Yeah, come to think of it.

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1.Cables management has to be at least decent.

2.Overspending on a CPU or RAM while buying a cheap GPU.

3.Overkill 1000watt PSU even though they only need about 500watts-600watts.

4.Colors MUST match! No excuses. Also not just the components inside the case but also the peripherals. (most of what the technology I have in my room is black, red, or silver all of which fits together rather nicely)

5.Overkill parts that don't get used. Example: 780 with a 720p display, not that I was unfortunate enough to see that but it would annoy me if I saw it.

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Anyone who bought a "gaming" pc at a big box retail store and then attempts to justify to me why it's better than the build list I very carefully put together for them.

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Anyone who bought a "gaming" pc at a big box retail store and then attempts to justify to me why it's better than the build list I very carefully put together for them.

THIS! It's the same with Alienware guys, even though I am using an X51 curently.

 

I mean, why buy a pre built when you could make it for yourself?

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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Overpaying on RAM.

Do Dom Platinums count?

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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also when people whine about the game not being available outside of the steam store.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT ALL OF YOUR GAMES ORGANIZED IN A NICE API?!??!?!

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nothing really

a computer does the job i want

thats it

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