Desktop Computers

Oblio said:

My Current Setup is two 32" Odysseys stacked in the middle and two 27" Asus Vertical (one on each side). Odd setup, but it is very helpful for my occupation, I only game on the lower Odyssey, but when working I tend to have 7-8 different windows/apps I reference at a time. This setup saves paper which means I have less to store in my home office.

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With the Ark, I think I will keep one 27" on the right side, so when I game i can have other apps visible (Discord, YouTube, Pandora, FiresOfHeaven, PornHub etc.)

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Yea, down to $1800... But unfortunately I have a hard time justifying a VA panel without seeing it first. Every time I've been to microcenter it's off.

At this point, I still kind of need 4090+ performance for my next machine for my simrig. 3 monitors or VR is still taxing.

The biggest worry these days is getting a reliable mobo. Can usually figure out with some research which GPU brands have the coil whine, lesser coolers, etc to avoid trouble. The rest is simply plug and play, you will be hating on Windows 11 far more than caring about some measly % differences on other parts. Get the mobo and GPU right.

Oblio said:

Not about being a afraid or a "bitch," it is about the hassle factor. My life is too busy to troubleshoot a pc problem, if I have a warranty from a pre-built it is their problem and their responsibility to make me happy. Not me trying to find time in my day to deal with yet another fucking issue. Also, it seems like building a PC is easier than ever, the last PC I built was 11ish years ago and I built 4 before that one.

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*shrug* I've never had a problem when buying quality parts. Always have issues with prebuilt/OEM pcs.

There are no quality parts anymore, that's the point. The days of the old bulletproof warranties like EVGAs are gone. Customer service is non-existent.

It's far easier to deal with a single company with a warranty than trying to deal with 8 different companies.

The ONLY way to save yourself a bit of that hassle is by buying everything through Amazon so you can replace the parts fast and then issue refund orders (which take weeks or months as well).

I literally just went through this with what were supposed to be reputable companies. Intel processor, MSI mobo, Corsair memory and CPU cooling unit. The warranties and customer service suck. I couldn't even get ASUS to respond to me about the GPU (a 4070ti). All of these parts were purchased in November 2023 and I still got the run around.

The only old part of this build that is old is my 10 year old Seasonic PSU which is still under warranty because I spent the money on a platinum which has a 12 year warranty that doesn't exist anymore. And I'm not even sure that will get honored at this point.

There are very literally untold amounts of videos about the customer service and warranty problems across the industry on YouTube about this.

Lanx said:

only if you buy from amazon

don't ever buy tech from 3rd party

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Depends, sometimes. That G.Skill memory I talked about RMA'ing was RMA'd just fine from G. Skill and it was bought through some fucking weirdo 3rd party. G. Skill could have emailed me back and said that some new sticks are on their way, but .. I got them back eventually. I now have backup memory in case these new ones fail for some reason.

Malakriss said:

The biggest worry these days is getting a reliable mobo. Can usually figure out with some research which GPU brands have the coil whine, lesser coolers, etc to avoid trouble. The rest is simply plug and play, you will be hating on Windows 11 far more than caring about some measly % differences on other parts. Get the mobo and GPU right.

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This right here. I didnt spend a whole lot on the motherboard I got from MSI. I looked at its feature set, the type of lane separation it had, and the generation of some of the chip sets that it supported. The Motherboard was around 240, which is still expensive in my book - but no where near the behemoth that has 8 different nvme slots, with 15 different hookups for this that and everything else for 900 bucks. The motherboard isnt necesarrily bad, its just the fact that it sucks fucking donkey dick at telling you what the fuck is actually wrong when something is wrong. "Ok, Ive got a flashing light thats yellow. What does that mean? Oh.. Yellow means it could be this type, or that type. How many times did it flash before restarted? I dont fucking know.. gahhh damnit, its behind this fucking monster of a video card. Let me unseat this 2000 dollar fucking thing so I can see this fucking light and stare at it."

I downgraded from 4090 to 7900XTX and everything is still business as usual. My gaming has shrunk so much since my 20s that if i didnt build for kicks id never be on a desktop again. Hey fuck buying a prebuilt you can buy my rig! Im sure it will cost less(maybe not!) and be better built!

No worries bro, i used super glue on the back of 3.5 brackets to hold more drives.

Youd be surprised at what glue can do!

I've kinda mapped out my next build - and some of the cases shown have potential for intrigue, but im going to attempt to not spend 7k since i do have some of my other water cooling parts.

intel whatever its called
5090 FE
MSI boardsomething
ddr 9000 if they have it by then

Im going to have so many FPS in TFT.

Don't buy any Deepcool stuff if you are in the US, their parent Chinese company was selling to sanctioned Russian counterparts for use in datacenters and now they are shut down here.