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Samsung's 98-inch 8K display gets a $40,000 price cut - and comes with a free RTX 3080 PC
Digital signage, outlandish television set or expensive wallpaper - you choose.
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Hateyou
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@China Bat Soup time to scrap that paltry 88” in your apartment. It’s almost like it’s free after stripping the PC down for parts and eBay.Samsung's 98-inch 8K display gets a $40,000 price cut - and comes with a free RTX 3080 PC
Digital signage, outlandish television set or expensive wallpaper - you choose.www.techradar.com
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Noodleface
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kegkilla
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Samsung doesn’t have Dolby Vision so that thing is pretty much worthless, along with the rest of their lineup.
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Quineloe
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a friend's laptop computer decided to die this weekend and now she needs a new computer to play stuff like Horizon 0 Dawn, RDR 2, Uncharted games and stuff like that.
Given this mess here, I told her it's like the worst time in the history of mankind to build a new computer right now. And outside of the times when one large stick of RAM was 600 bucks, that's pretty much true, right?
Fortunately she only runs a 24" 60hz FHD display and her budget isn't high enough to replace that thing as well, so we don't actually need a 30 series card.
I suggested just getting a cheap budget card like a 1660 Super or RTX 2060 and start putting aside money for a mind blowing upgrade when cards are actually available and then just buy a bigass 144hz display along with a big new card. Seems like the most prudent way to do it right now if you're unlucky to actually need to buy this month. Can't really justify a 3080 for the current prices when you don't need that kind of power right now, the 2080s are also still unreasonably expensive for being last gen and the only title she mentioned is Dragon Age 4, which is just so far away right now it shouldn't be factored into the decision.
I'm thinking with a Ryzen 5 3600 XT and 16GB RAM she should be set for 5-6 years at least. The video card is on the clock the moment she starts the system though. If only those 3080s were available at a reasonable price or at all.
Given this mess here, I told her it's like the worst time in the history of mankind to build a new computer right now. And outside of the times when one large stick of RAM was 600 bucks, that's pretty much true, right?
Fortunately she only runs a 24" 60hz FHD display and her budget isn't high enough to replace that thing as well, so we don't actually need a 30 series card.
I suggested just getting a cheap budget card like a 1660 Super or RTX 2060 and start putting aside money for a mind blowing upgrade when cards are actually available and then just buy a bigass 144hz display along with a big new card. Seems like the most prudent way to do it right now if you're unlucky to actually need to buy this month. Can't really justify a 3080 for the current prices when you don't need that kind of power right now, the 2080s are also still unreasonably expensive for being last gen and the only title she mentioned is Dragon Age 4, which is just so far away right now it shouldn't be factored into the decision.
I'm thinking with a Ryzen 5 3600 XT and 16GB RAM she should be set for 5-6 years at least. The video card is on the clock the moment she starts the system though. If only those 3080s were available at a reasonable price or at all.
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Aazrael
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How is the 2nd hand market? Maybe find a cheap 2080 (ti) if they are good value.
Grabbit Allworth
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It's probably odd, but the voice of that guy grates on me hard. I listen to some of his content, but I cringe the entire time.
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Quineloe
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I'm not building it. I'm advising on the parts she should get.
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Bubbles
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to install spyware, backdoors etc of course. Onlyfans is so yesterday. Now it's all about that personal 1 on 1 stalking
on a more serious note, building a rig for your friends, especially female ones, is basically offering yourself as a 24/7 on call IT help for free. I've been down that road. never again
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Noodleface
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I hate building PCs or even recommending anything pc related for anyone, even close family. They always buy shit that you didn't suggest because it was cheaper, or buy some random system and ask you for IT support. You guys are weird
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I always tell them "I am a UNIX/Linux IT guy, I don't have any Windows certifications."
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Hateyou
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I’m kind of lucky. My dad asks me what to buy at a certain budget. I’ll send him a pc part picker link and say poke around for other options and he does some decent research and usually ends up upgrading over what I suggested based on reviews and stuff. Always goes over his budget.
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Quineloe
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Yeah going from overpriced "gaming" laptop that struggled on Wonderdraft and couldn't even play DA:I properly it's now one gaming tower and a low power laptop for basic mobile needs.