fr33kSh0w2012: Bought these today
1 MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC Motherboard $289.00
1 G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3200C16D-32GVK 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 $309.00
1 Intel Core i9 9900KF Processor $769.00
To do a transplant on my PC because well it's getting old!
It came to almost $1400 including startrack delivery
I, of course, got a functioning new PC for only $105. That's only around a third of the price you payed fr *just* the RAM!
Also, my new PC probably is smaller than yours (it's about the size of a portable hard drive, though th shape is slightly different), is quieter (no fan!), and uses less power.
(Of course, there *is* a trade-off; I wouldn't expect it to perform as well as the computer you're building (I would argue it's no longer the same computer at this point), but I'm fine with it, and once I get around to getting my current computer's cooling fixed, I'll still have that computer for what my new one can't handle.)
GameRager: But that'd just clog up the forums with more threads...and if people had interesting subtopics/offtopic that'd lead to more threads....etc...
Is this an actual suggestion or subtle hinting at tlaking about such in a dedicated thread, btw? it's hard to tell sometimes.
If it's the latter remember: It still technically applies to the thread topic. ;)
TARFU: I honestly think a PC hardware thread would be a good idea. That's from a useful point of view, helping fellow forum members out and just talking hardware (nothing controversial there), also from a friendly point of view. I tried kicking off a hardware thread a few months ago talking about the PC I put together out of used parts, but no one was interested so I let it fade away.
It would be a good place to discuss things, like the merits of my new computer versus fr33kSh0w2012's. (It is very clear that their new computer will be more powerful than mine, provided that I assume their computer boots from an SSD that is no smaller than 32GB; if that's not the case, that would be a good thing to fix.)