Desktop Computers

I'm shopping around for a grandmother who wants ("needs") a PC webcam to use for Skype/Zoom cause they can't do monthly retirement luncheons any more. Any recommendations on a reasonable one that's durable?

Noodleface said:

Ducky Shine 7 Gunmetal RGB LED Double Shot PBT Mechanical Keyboard

Zinc alloy top case 3x stronger than aluminum PBT Double Shot seamless keycaps Supports RAZER Chroma Broadcast, Ducky Macro 2.0, and Ducky’s newest RGB software German made Cherry MX key switches 3 level adjustable feet Brand new RGB backlight modes Ducky adds extra spacebars at random. You may...

mechanicalkeyboards.com

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Only Blues in stock.

As God intended

TecKnoe said:

none of these images are showing up for me

for anyone who posted a pic of their keyboard repost please they all broke

also found this other switch omnipoint from steel series i guess so maybe this one is the real deal lmao
but i think they are only found in the
SteelSeries Apex Pro
right now

still curious about the Razer Opto Mechanical switch, because that huntsman keyboard interest me i almost wanna drop 200$ and see if steel series omnipoint is really that legit

this probably what ima settle on CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 SE Mechanical RAPIDFIRE Gaming Keyboard , but for 50$ extra that steelseries apex pro is tempting me, looks like most keyboards using these newer switches are no less than like 150-200

what i comes down to for me is the 50$ difference in price over the corsair worth it?

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It's because your ad block thinks Amazon links are spam and is blocking them. White list the Amazon links and you'll be fine. Or white list this entire site because there are not ads anyway.

So what's the longest anyone has had a pc last? I'm finally looking at retiring my i5 2400 after 10+ years of stalwart service, with the only thing I've replaced on it being the video card (I will never buy another radeon in my life). It's only within the last year or two that I've stopped being able to always run the newest games smoothly, and with the failure of a case fan (and another wearing out) I figure it's better to stay ahead of the inevitable failure.

Of course the drawback to my computer having lasted so long is that it's been over a decade since I've had to deal with computer parts.

Current system is 8yrs or old; i5 3570k. Only replaced my gtx970 and one cpu fan. Still on my original win7 to win10 upgrade install (for free) as well. I'll upgrade someday. =)

This is the PC I came up with after reviewing Noodleface 's and doing my own research. Can you guys help me pick and choose what I can scale down and up - It's a bit more than what I wanted to spend. I dont like the big heat sink on the processor you guys are using, and since I wont be overclocking the PC personally - I figured the NZXT would be fine for this setup.

Seagate FireCuda 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
The Hybrid SSD is a guinea pig for me - If the follow up load times are too long, I'll just replace it with a fast SSD. They arent expensive.
Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
The Processor - I went with something a little closer to what I have in my PC and what (I think) will take advantage of the Ram and the Mobo.
NZXT Kraken M22 Liquid CPU Cooler
The CPU Cooler seems sufficient, economically priced and appears to be more than enough for a CPU thats not OC'd.
Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
The Mobo is highly rated, and I'm thinking longevity here - but I believe it may be overkill. I just liked the chipset and the series. Looks nice too, but dont really care about cosmetics.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card
The Video Card I was really leaning with the 2060 originally (Maybe even a regular 2070), but I'm only looking at the 2070 Super because of whats being said here. I just dont want her PC to be .. well.. shit, after a couple years.
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
The Ram is just highly rated Ram.
NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case
Case is a cheap case.
EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Power Supply - the power supply has good ratings, but I know very little about them.

5400RPM is way too slow and I don't believe in those hybrid drives

Might want a better power supply. I prefer gold 80+. I don't think 500W will give you much room to OC and not sure what the power draw of that total system is

Hybrid drives were something that console devs could take advantage of if they wanted to. Then full SSD became the standard and install sizes jumped over time.

Hell, even for a PS4 right now I'd recommend a USB external enclosure for a NVMe drive over a hybrid. Despite the console bottleneck it'd still be way faster, a PC more so.

Thats fine. The way it's looking, I've gotta cut back one of the big three if I want to get it under 1500. The power supply is a bit harder fix though. I need to find one that has a 4 pin connector for that Mobo. Total system draw as is is 435. The four pin isnt essential, but if overclocking is present - it's needed. Then the higher wattage for the overclocking as well.

If you're not overclocking, an Intel cpu with a liquid cooler doesn't make much sense. Liquid cooling doesn't really help for longevity due to having extra long term failure modes (pump, seals, two fans, gunk buildup.)

What monitor are you using? If it's 1080p consider a 1660 super for now. Wouldn't get too spendy on a gpu right now since next gen could be a large upgrade.

Here's a basic start that needs no oc beyond enabling xmp, comes with a decent enough cpu cooler.

Daidraco said:

Thats fine. The way it's looking, I've gotta cut back one of the big three if I want to get it under 1500. The power supply is a bit harder fix though. I need to find one that has a 4 pin connector for that Mobo. Total system draw as is is 435. The four pin isnt essential, but if overclocking is present - it's needed. Then the higher wattage for the overclocking as well.

Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

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Yeah it's all whatever fits your budget. Just offering thoughts

I still really like the standard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard. Ever since these came out, I stopped liking "normal" keyboards. These are the fat/lazy way to type, and even if I'm not fat/lazy, I enjoy the relaxed feel of it.

Xarpolis said:

I still really like the standard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard. Ever since these came out, I stopped liking "normal" keyboards. These are the fat/lazy way to type, and even if I'm not fat/lazy, I enjoy the relaxed feel of it.

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Once you go mechanical, you never go back. The ease of the key press on a mechanical keyboard is just so nice once you get used to it.

Gavinmad said:

So what's the longest anyone has had a pc last? I'm finally looking at retiring my i5 2400 after 10+ years of stalwart service, with the only thing I've replaced on it being the video card (I will never buy another radeon in my life). It's only within the last year or two that I've stopped being able to always run the newest games smoothly, and with the failure of a case fan (and another wearing out) I figure it's better to stay ahead of the inevitable failure.

Of course the drawback to my computer having lasted so long is that it's been over a decade since I've had to deal with computer parts.

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Am I just a nerd? I've always kept up on computer parts regardless of a pending upgrade or not.