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Help me buy/build a gaming PC
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:44 PM Author: mentally impaired theater stage national security agency Gaming on PC in the 90s and 2000s was a such a PITA that I gave up and have only played on Xbox for something like 25 years. Day 1 Xbox Live subscriber. But I like being able to game with my boys and the landscape seems to have shifted considerably toward PC (as XOs console scholarship has shown me). They have Steam decks and are getting Steam Machines for Christmas (IOUs for them anyway).
For myself, I’d like something that can run 4K games on my nice monitor (https://rog.asus.com/us/monitors/above-34-inches/rog-strix-xg43uq-xbox-edition-model/). Building a PC with the kids could be fun, but I don’t need computer hardware to become a new hobby. Should I build or buy? And at what specs? Or just pre-order another Steam Machine when they come out? |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:46 PM Author: pale vivacious stage idea he suggested oh boy here we go 😏 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49519562) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM Author: mentally impaired theater stage national security agency Have I inadvertently created the gaming nerd equivalent of Covid-era “Which gun should I buy?” threading (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49519700) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:30 PM Author: pale vivacious stage idea he suggested if you don't know what you're doing just buy a prebuilt alienware or something imo
or better yet wait for Magnus |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:31 PM Author: exciting round eye it's impossible to build a gaming pc. gpus and ram cannot be acquired (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49519845) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:32 PM Author: mentally impaired theater stage national security agency I could have a CostCo app slave deliver an Asus G700 to my house in 90 minutes. Given the state of things, should I just slide and let do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49520753) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:32 PM Author: blue big doctorate temple The world’s supply of RAM has gone to OpenAI so be prepared to seriously overpay right now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49519847) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: bateful rigpig tank this link has completed builds.
https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#X=214528,416971
i filtered it by price ($2k-$4k) so you dont see poorfag setups. definitely build your own. pc builders cheap out on key components like SSD, RAM, etc. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM Author: appetizing dun senate lol@ anyone buying anything today (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2/#49520757) |
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Date: January 21st, 2026 5:32 PM Author: mentally impaired theater stage national security agency Update. I just finished building a Fractal North with a 9800x3d, 5070 Ti, 32 gb of Gskill, and a 4tb WD Black M.2
Runs Cyberpunk at 4K at high FPS with DLSS 4.5. Worlds more impressive than the Xbox Series X. And all of the new software is so much easier to use than shit was in the 90s and early aughts! Literal push button overclocking and game-by-game settings optimization. Fuckin’ a, I should have done this ages ago. |