You know this is Stupid when....

[OsuMasterz]

Specs of PC:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HKrNpb
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HKrNpb/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($334.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($121.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($145.44 @ B&H) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1394.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-19 03:14 EDT-0400

 

 

 

 

your step-dad has this in the living room for web browsing SMH

[stealth80]

Maybe hes a secret gamer? I wonder what my kid thinks about me and my PC ..... hmmm

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Maybe hes a secret gamer? I wonder what my kid thinks about me and my PC ..... hmmm

lmao he works 16 hour shifts at a power plant

also, the only thing installed on it is drivers and chrome.

Edited October 19, 2016 by OsuMasterz

[The Belgian Waffle]

Why? lol

Also : We have 27" curved monitor in living room and my parents do not use as much as I would use it x) 

[Cela1]

that's something.

[OsuMasterz]

When I get a chance to get to his house,  ill post a picture of it and this huge 40 inch tv for it. 

[alexhelvetica]

So you are jealous that some one earns enough money to make a computer that is probably better than what they need, that said, the computer is of reasonable specs. 

[The Belgian Waffle]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

So you are jealous that some one earns enough money to make a computer that is probably better than what they need, that said, the computer is of reasonable specs. 

I think he's jealous because his father doesn't use it at its full potential. 

[alexhelvetica]

7 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

I think he's jealous because his father doesn't use it at its full potential. 

I really doubt the OP could use it to its "full potential" either. 

 

Nothing can be at its full potential, there is always room for improvement (especially the OP's respect to his step dad, that really needs to improve drastically) 

 

If he is gealous that someone who has a salary, so they can buy stuff that is more than they need really, he really needs to get a job and move out. A good computer is not a stupid purchase, my PC which has 2 GPUs in it is basically a web browsing computer and I will not need to upgrade in years. 

[The Belgian Waffle]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I really doubt the OP could use it to its "full potential" either. 

 

Nothing can be at its full potential, there is always room for improvement (especially the OP's respect to his step dad, that really needs to improve drastically) 

 

If he is gealous that someone who has a salary, so they can buy stuff that is more than they need really, he really needs to get a job and move out. A good computer is not a stupid purchase, my PC which has 2 GPUs in it is basically a web browsing computer and I will not need to upgrade in years. 

I feel this is a waste of money. 
I, on the other hand, use my crappy laptop at its full potential. 
But it's my opinion, obviously. 

[JHY]

28 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

also, the only thing installed on it is drivers and chrome.

He must've been playing dinosaur game on chrome with gtx 960.

[alexhelvetica]

26 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

I feel this is a waste of money. 
I, on the other hand, use my crappy laptop at its full potential. 
But it's my opinion, obviously. 

I disagree with all of those statements. 

 

If you can afford to buy a nice PC, buy a nice PC,you will one day need that extra performance. 

Tell me when your CPU, GPU, RAM and HDD are at 100%. I am not saying your laptop is not underpowered and not not good enough for your needs, just you can use it more until it is at its full potential. 

 

[OsuMasterz]

3 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I disagree with all of those statements. 

 

If you can afford to buy a nice PC, buy a nice PC,you will one day need that extra performance. 

Tell me when your CPU, GPU, RAM and HDD are at 100%. I am not saying your laptop is not underpowered and not not good enough for your needs, just you can use it more until it is at its full potential. 

 

"one day" that one day will probably come when crysis 3 is the specs for a chrome browser.

"Budgeting" is a key term in all this

Even if I did have that kind of money, I would want to spend it in other areas then just a PC.

Hell, you can go to the US and back for $1400

Just because you can afford that kind of a PC, doesnt mean you should.

He knows this, I was just sharing of what potential it has and what it's used for.

So no, that's not a valid argument.

[alexhelvetica]

1 minute ago, OsuMasterz said:

"one day" that one day will probably come when crysis 3 is the specs for a chrome browser.

"Budgeting" is a key term in all this

Even if I did have that kind of money, I would want to spend it in other areas then just a PC.

Hell, you can go to the US and back for $1400

Just because you can afford that kind of a PC, doesnt mean you should.

He knows this, I was just sharing of what potential it has and what it's used for.

So no, that's not a valid argument.

Budgeting, convenience and disposal income all come into this, it is all a balance, you cannot afford to throw shit into stuff you don't need in the short term, but adults can because they have money. 

 

Yes, he may not need the power as of the time he bought the computer, but he will one day, he might be planning to do (or is doing) something on it that you don't know about which requires the extra horsepower.

He also may not really know what he wants to do in the short term, like most 1st time builders I over did some parts on my computer and under did other because of wasn't entirely sure what I would be doing a year later and it is much cheaper than to buy a R9 280 over a R9 270 then upgrade to an equivalent now. 

Another thing you need to include in his rational is that he might want an overkill computer. 

Saying that he could do X with his money is stupid, he clearly didn't want to spend his money on that and that is why he bought it. 

 

 

[The Belgian Waffle]

13 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I disagree with all of those statements. 

 

If you can afford to buy a nice PC, buy a nice PC,you will one day need that extra performance. 

Tell me when your CPU, GPU, RAM and HDD are at 100%. I am not saying your laptop is not underpowered and not not good enough for your needs, just you can use it more until it is at its full potential. 

 

Actually, it is a bit underpowered x) 

When I play LoL I watch 1080p/4k videos, so both my cou and disk usage are quite high.

But if you can afford that and a large screen for internet browsing, you could go iMac, that wouldn't be overkill at all and way sexier imo, as long as you don't hate OSX (I use both and love both) 

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Budgeting, convenience and disposal income all come into this, it is all a balance, you cannot afford to throw shit into stuff you don't need in the short term, but adults can because they have money. 

 

Yes, he may not need the power as of the time he bought the computer, but he will one day, he might be planning to do (or is doing) something on it that you don't know about which requires the extra horsepower.

He also may not really know what he wants to do in the short term, like most 1st time builders I over did some parts on my computer and under did other because of wasn't entirely sure what I would be doing a year later and it is much cheaper than to buy a R9 280 over a R9 270 then upgrade to an equivalent now. 

Another thing you need to include in his rational is that he might want an overkill computer. 

Saying that he could do X with his money is stupid, he clearly didn't want to spend his money on that and that is why he bought it. 

 

 

Considering he is at work, he doesn't have any programs on the PC, and he has a son (step-bro chill af) I HIGHLY DOUBT he has anything which requires that extra power.

He had this job for over 30 years, so his future is planned out it's only a matter of time for retirement bruh

He isn't a first time builder, he's done this for 19 years, there is a computer in his house, his first one which is older than me.

Also if he didn't want to do something with his money, he could just store it in his bank, you're not forced to spend ALL your budget on something. If he didn't want to spend it on other things, then you should see his house and the things "he didn't want to spend on". smh

[alexhelvetica]

15 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Actually, it is a bit underpowered x) 

When I play LoL I watch 1080p/4k videos, so both my cou and disk usage are quite high.

But if you can afford that and a large screen for internet browsing, you could go iMac, that wouldn't be overkill at all and way sexier imo, as long as you don't hate OSX (I use both and love both) 

I didn't say your laptop is not underpowered, I said like literally everything, you are not using it to its 100% potential, but it could also not be good enough for your needs. 

 

If you can afford something, you buy what you want not what others want. 

 

10 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

Considering he is at work, he doesn't have any programs on the PC, and he has a son (step-bro chill af) I HIGHLY DOUBT he has anything which requires that extra power.

This does not add anything to your rant. 

10 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

He had this job for over 30 years, so his future is planned out it's only a matter of time for retirement bruh

That is just mean.

10 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

He isn't a first time builder, he's done this for 19 years, there is a computer in his house, his first one which is older than me.

K, that still doesn't change much. I know a lot of experienced builders who don't know what they should get. 

10 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

Also if he didn't want to do something with his money, he could just store it in his bank, you're not forced to spend ALL your budget on something. If he didn't want to spend it on other things, then you should see his house and the things "he didn't want to spend on". smh

Money is made for spending, chances are after working 30 years on a particular job he has paid off his loan, furnished his house and has enough superannuation for his retirement, the only thing he can do with it is spend it on non-essentials or waste it by not spending it.

 

[The Belgian Waffle]

4 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Money is made for spending

Money is made to be intelligently spent*
His PC was not a smart purchase (to me, at least). 

[OsuMasterz]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I didn't say your laptop is not underpowered, I said like literally everything, you are not using it to its 100% potential, but it could also not be good enough for your needs. 

 

If you can afford something, you buy what you want not what others want. 

 

This does not add anything to your rant. 

That is just mean.

K, that still doesn't change much. I know a lot of experienced builders who don't know what they should get. 

Money is made for spending, chances are after working 30 years on a particular job he has paid off his loan, furnished his house and has enough superannuation for his retirement, the only thing he can spend it on is non-essentials or waste it by not spending it.

 

I already told you he knows he wasted that money. You can stop trying to prove me wrong. And that statement wasn't mean, he said that himself. Ok, spending too much on non essentials can put you in a wrong position. He said he wanted to spend it on other things.

[alexhelvetica]

5 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Money is made to be intelligently spent*
His PC was not a smart purchase (to me, at least). 

No, money is a item represented in trading of goods, if you have paid back everything you owe and you have what you have money left over, spend it. Buying premium or better than required items is intelligently spent if you can afford it. 

His PC is his opinion, not yours. If you do not agree with his purchase, fine.

8 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

I already told you he knows he wasted that money. You can stop trying to prove me wrong. And that statement wasn't mean, he said that himself. Ok, spending too much on non essentials can put you in a wrong position. He said he wanted to spend it on other things.

You didn't say his disagreed with his purchase and thinks it is a waste of money.

 

I don't care if you are wrong or not, this is a passive debate on a forum, you are saying your opinion, I am saying mine. 

 

Saying that someone future is nothing and he is headed straight to retirement is not a pleasant thing to say, retirement can be a good thing, just the way I read it and you wrote it made it sound much worse than what I think you meant.

 

Spending time much on non-essentials can be bad, the fact that you stated he is going to retire shortly shows that he has disposable money and a $1,000USD PC is probably not much. 

 

[dre92]

I have a suspicion that your father is very good at CS:GO or Dota 2 or LoL or any other esports games, and he has a twitch channel with a million views that you don't know about  He might be streaming from the living room right now, who knows. 

[OsuMasterz]

19 minutes ago, dre92 said:

I have a suspicion that your father is very good at CS:GO or Dota 2 or LoL or any other esports games, and he has a twitch channel with a million views that you don't know about  He might be streaming from the living room right now, who knows. 

O shiet going to steal his steam account rn! 

O wait, there's no one in my living room 。＿。

[maulemall]

3 hours ago, OsuMasterz said:

When I get a chance to get to his house,  ill post a picture of it and this huge 40 inch tv for it. 

Dude your Dads a BOSS..

Bosses get that kind of Ride..

[PianoPlayer88Key]

Actually, I think a computer like that would be a good configuration for my dad if he'd bought it a year or two ago.  He still has his 8-year-old laptop with 2 GB RAM, integrated graphics, a Core 2 Duo, etc.  I think the config in the OP would be a LOT better after 8 years than his current laptop is now, for whatever he's doing with it.

At this point, though, I'd want him to hold off a little bit, then get an i5-7600K, a Z170 board preferably with at least 3 or 4 full-length PCI-E slots, a GTX 1050 (he doesn't game so he doesn't need much better I don't think), a Samsung 960 EVO, etc.

Main thing is I'd like my dad's next PC to be good enough so that when it's as old as his current laptop (bought August 2008) is when he gets the new PC, it'll still be as good then as an i7-920 (or Q9300), GTX 260 or 285, 8GB DDR3, 2008-vintage SSD or equivalent, etc, is now.  It's painful to watch them doing web browsing, especially my mom, and things taking so long to load (not blamable on our 25/7 Cable) that my mom can play a couple rounds of solitaire, or make dinner, while waiting.

[KuJoe]

The only "stupid" thing about that build is the case, in my opinion HTPCs should blend in with the rest of the entertainment center so unless he hides it good I personally don't like the selection in case. That being said, calling somebody else's build stupid just makes you look bad. Don't get so upset about things other people do, it's not worth your time and won't affect anybody except yourself.