PC Pc Gaming/building thread

[atlas1]

building my mum a new PC next week, finally upgrading her from her shitbox dual core 3 gig ram (1 gig died I guess) 5400rpm hdd home office PC from 2008...

getting her the i3 10100, nvme SSD and another SSD, 16gig ram. she's not gonna know what's going on lel

Is that overkill?

 

[dwwaino]

building my mum a new PC next week, finally upgrading her from her shitbox dual core 3 gig ram (1 gig died I guess) 5400rpm hdd home office PC from 2008...

getting her the i3 10100, nvme SSD and another SSD, 16gig ram. she's not gonna know what's going on lel

Make sure to put RGB in.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Make sure to put RGB in.

funny thing is she has an RGB mechanical keyboard now but her processor can't install 64-bit windows and the keyboard app is only 64-bit so the keyboard is permanently stuck on rainbow wave mode (or no lights and you can't read the keys)

 

[Suspense]

It's certainly needed. I remember seeing something like that done on Pascal cards. I know there isn't really a competitor to run to seeing as AMD are having their own availability issues (due to allocating the majority of wafers to console SoCs), but long term this can't be earning any good will from consumers. I was lucky to get my 3080 last year and I probaby dropped off the weekly news about them since. But just recently starting to get back into the loop the prices and availability seems even worse than last year. It wouldn't really be hyperbole to suggest that RTX 4000 series rumours will pickup before 3000 become readily available off the shelf and at respectable prices.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Is that overkill?

ye but I doubt she upgrades it for 13 years again so gonna make it good for the long haul lol plus she's had enough PC stress over the years it'll be one less thing to worry about

 

[drd23]

 

[dwwaino]

We did it guys. Through the power of Bigfooty we willed a mining line into existence and saved the world.

 

[sataris]

We did it guys. Through the power of Bigfooty we willed a mining line into existence and saved the world.

Anyone who has already purchased them just won't upgrade their drivers, at least moving forward we should be good.

 

[sataris]

Trying to work out why Newegg is selling a 3080FTW3 for less than an ASUS TUF 3080.

 

[drd23]

Anyone who has already purchased them just won't upgrade their drivers, at least moving forward we should be good.

3060 isn't out yet, is it? The announced driver changes are only for 3060's right now as I read it

 

[dwwaino]

Trying to work out why Newegg is selling a 3080FTW3 for less than an ASUS TUF 3080.

Did you get the EVGA then?

 

[sataris]

Did you get the EVGA then?

Still around $1400SGD, and it's out of stock.

 

[dwwaino]

Still around $1400SGD, and it's out of stock.

Didn't realise SGD and AUD were about the same (1 AUD = 0.97 SGD), and that would have even been a great price for the FTW at launch here. Not sure what they are now. At launch the "budget" models like TUF and Ventus were around $1300-1400 from memory, with the premium stuff like FTW, Strix etc anywhere from $1600-$1800. My iGame Vulcan OC which is premium was $1699 (around $1750 SGD) I think.

 

[sataris]

Didn't realise SGD and AUD were about the same (1 AUD = 0.97 SGD), and that would have even been a great price for the FTW at launch here. Not sure what they are now. At launch the "budget" models like TUF and Ventus were around $1300-1400 from memory, with the premium stuff like FTW, Strix etc anywhere from $1600-$1800. My iGame Vulcan OC which is premium was $1699 (around $1750 SGD) I think.

For all intents and purposes it's basically 1:1

 

[sataris]

MSRP would be $1165.10SGD

Not about to pay $300 premium

 

[sataris]

Also the 3x8 pin is genuinely stupid.

 

[dwwaino]

MSRP would be $1165.10SGD

Not about to pay $300 premium

Fair enough if you don't want to pay over MSRP, but it sounds like they were cheaper over there to begin with than here. That would be a decent price here! Cheaper than both Strix models at launch.

 

[dwwaino]

 

[Gold Member]

Oh the shame...

 

[Gold Member]

Much better now

 

[dwwaino]

Could have at least drawn a doodle in the dust first.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Calling all good Master Race Oracles

What do you see as the value of a system with these specs?

MSI 980ti 6GB
Ryzen 5 2600
LTB RGB fans
Corsair 750 PSU
Samsung 860 SSD
16GB Hyper X DDR4 2666mhz ram
B550 Ryzen motherboard
Dual WiFi
RGB keyboard
RGB headset
RGB Ryzen CPU cooler
Steel series mouse

Many thanks

 

[sataris]

I'm still checking local retailers every couple of weeks for 3080 availability, but it's all trickles and pre-orders.

One place was 2-12 weeks for delivery..

 

[dwwaino]

I'm still checking local retailers every couple of weeks for 3080 availability, but it's all trickles and pre-orders.

One place was 2-12 weeks for delivery..

How many stores are there in SNG? Can you look outside in Malaysia? Same story here still but if you really want one you have to be prepared to hustle and play the F5 game. I only got mine because I was proactively looking to snipe.

 

[sataris]

How many stores are there in SNG? Can you look outside in Malaysia? Same story here still but if you really want one you have to be prepared to hustle and play the F5 game. I only got mine because I was proactively looking to snipe.

Sim Lim Square is the big IT thing here, they have heaps of retailers, plus online stuff like lazada.sg, but malaysia is just as bad for availability + import taxes..