PC Sherdog PC Build/Buy Thread, v6: My Power Supply Burned Down My House

[Madmick]

So with demand on GPUs etc going down allegedly would there be any hope of some good deals for gaming laptops in the near future? Or not really since gaming laptops would be largely unaffected by the crypto crash?

Yeah, laptops have been unaffected by the crypto market. Prices haven't even changed that much with the wild inflation. The Predator Helios 300 has been a stalwart bestseller. Back in 2017, it was $1099. Presently it's $1213 (of course, that's the 11800H model; the 12700H is stupidly priced).

 

[560ti]

Thinking about buying a new pc. My old gaming PC circa ~2011ish (gtx 590) has been serving as a living room PC, but it has gotten so slow. It locks up, crashes, and seems like it's on its last leg. I've already limited startup processes, cleaned up disk, scanned for malware crap, cleaned dust out, etc, but it doesn't run like it used to.

2011 for a living room PC shouldn't be that slow.

I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new mid-level PC to use mostly for media and some net surfing on the couch or if I should move my 2-year-old gaming PC to my living room and build a new monster gaming PC for my bedroom.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Chances are high you can just patch the PC to have it run like new, especially since your needs are lower-end

I had a 2012 era media computer that was running slow last year. Re-did the thermal paste (it was throttling), switched the ram to 2x8GB for $35 and then bought a more modern SSD with DRAM for like $50 and it now runs like a brand new computer.

Windows loads almost immediately and internet/video streaming is fast

 

[Madmick]

2011 for a living room PC shouldn't be that slow.
Chances are high you can just patch the PC to have it run like new, especially since your needs are lower-end

I had a 2012 era media computer that was running slow last year. Re-did the thermal paste (it was throttling), switched the ram to 2x8GB for $35 and then bought a more modern SSD with DRAM for like $50 and it now runs like a brand new computer.

Windows loads almost immediately and internet/video streaming is fast

It's a good point. Did you check the thermals of that living room PC, @Lubaolong? That's an oldass PC. Probably due for fresh thermal paste.

 

[jefferz]

Thinking about buying a new pc. My old gaming PC circa ~2011ish (gtx 590) has been serving as a living room PC, but it has gotten so slow. It locks up, crashes, and seems like it's on its last leg. I've already limited startup processes, cleaned up disk, scanned for malware crap, cleaned dust out, etc, but it doesn't run like it used to.

I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new mid-level PC to use mostly for media and some net surfing on the couch or if I should move my 2-year-old gaming PC to my living room and build a new monster gaming PC for my bedroom.

Anyone have any thoughts?

If you're just watching streaming sites like Hulu, Youtube, Netflix, etc you don't need a very powerful machine.
A 10th or 12th Gen low end i3 and 16gb of ram will be more than enough.

 

[Lubaolong]

It's a good point. Did you check the thermals of that living room PC, @Lubaolong? That's an oldass PC. Probably due for fresh thermal paste.

I haven't replaced it, but my cpu max temp since my pc has been running = 50C. Seems like if that was the problem then the temperature would be higher than this.

 

[Lubaolong]

2011 for a living room PC shouldn't be that slow.
Chances are high you can just patch the PC to have it run like new, especially since your needs are lower-end

I had a 2012 era media computer that was running slow last year. Re-did the thermal paste (it was throttling), switched the ram to 2x8GB for $35 and then bought a more modern SSD with DRAM for like $50 and it now runs like a brand new computer.

Windows loads almost immediately and internet/video streaming is fast

I have a 60gb Corsair Force Series GT SSD in the PC and 8GB of RAM. A new SSD and some more RAM are cheap enough. Could give that a try.

 

[560ti]

I have a 60gb Corsair Force Series GT SSD in the PC and 8GB of RAM. A new SSD and some more RAM are cheap enough. Could give that a try.

Yeah that SSD is 10 years old and based on a controller from 2010. If you do all 3 of those things (beef up the ram, new SSD, and thermal compound) that computer should be like new for your purposes

 

[jefferz]

Silicon Power 1TB NVME Gen3 for $68 on Amazon.

 

[Madmick]

I have a 60gb Corsair Force Series GT SSD in the PC and 8GB of RAM. A new SSD and some more RAM are cheap enough. Could give that a try.

Yeah that SSD is 10 years old and based on a controller from 2010. If you do all 3 of those things (beef up the ram, new SSD, and thermal compound) that computer should be like new for your purposes

In the meantime those SSD's from 2011 often benefit greatly from some TRIM maintenance. Corsair's Toolbox software has a TRIM optimization function.
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6075-corsair-ssd-toolbox.html

 

[My Spot]

Silicon Power 1TB NVME Gen3 for $68 on Amazon.

No DRAM. Good for storage though I guess.

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

This is pretty cool, just found out about these today: a soundproof mini-room you can self-assemble



https://studiobricks.com

 

[PEB]

This is pretty cool, just found out about these today: a soundproof mini-room you can self-assemble
View attachment 936405


https://studiobricks.com

They been around for sometime but been very expensive an looked like crap. This one looks good but I don't really need one now. Was at the time thinking about putting a CNC machine into it.

The high end GPU bloodbath continues now the RTX 3090ti is selling for 1,!50.00 by EVGA. The funny part they have not moved the price of the 3080ti so there is a 50 dollar difference lol. I may have to buy another one ha ha. That's a 1000 dollar drop in a month.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/e...force-rtx-3090-ti-gpus-starting-at-dollar1149

 

[Neph]

This is pretty cool, just found out about these today: a soundproof mini-room you can self-assemble
View attachment 936405


https://studiobricks.com

I assume sound proof also means zero air flow? It'd be fine on something low spec but then again why do you want sound proofing on that?

 

[jefferz]

No DRAM. Good for storage though I guess.

For a game storage drive, it's perfectly fine for the price.

 

[jefferz]

Holy nerdgasm

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Holy nerdgasm

I'd love to buy something like that. Looks gorgous.

BTW, any advice for a gaming rig, 5900 or INtel raptor lake i9? Which is better all thigns considered? too early to tell?

 

[Neph]

I'd love to buy something like that. Looks gorgous.

BTW, any advice for a gaming rig, 5900 or INtel raptor lake i9? Which is better all thigns considered? too early to tell?

Raptor Lake is 13th gen so it isn't out yet, it's more appropriate to compare it to Alder Lake (12th gen) which is available.

With that said I wouldn't go with either of the suggested choices; pick something a tier bellow since the extra CPU cores are wasted on a gaming rig and you're paying a good amount of money for a miniscule - and often, literally zero - improvement. Spend the spare money on your GPU whenever the next generation comes out and you'll be happy for it.

 

[PEB]

Holy nerdgasm

3D printing and artistry for the win. Very creative design an I like how they integrated the tablets and the store displays and the door to show the text within the side.

Here is my build not nearly as fancy lol. I went with 2 terabytes vs 4 because the 4 terabyte M.2 was nearly 3 times as much. I have a second M.2 slot for another 2 terabytes or more. Now on to my 5K Vive 2 Pro headset setup and lighthouse layouts.

 

[Madmick]

Raptor Lake is 13th gen so it isn't out yet, it's more appropriate to compare it to Alder Lake (12th gen) which is available.

With that said I wouldn't go with either of the suggested choices; pick something a tier bellow since the extra CPU cores are wasted on a gaming rig and you're paying a good amount of money for a miniscule - and often, literally zero - improvement. Spend the spare money on your GPU whenever the next generation comes out and you'll be happy for it.

Plenty of leaks already out. Notebookcheck published one on the 7600X performance. It equals the 12900KS in single core performance, and betters the 5800X's multicore performance despite having two fewer cores. For $299 it will be the obvious buy. If those figures turn out to be true it will be almost inexplicably good. One would have expected ~16% uplift, not 29%.

 

[My Spot]

I'd love to buy something like that. Looks gorgous.

BTW, any advice for a gaming rig, 5900 or INtel raptor lake i9? Which is better all thigns considered? too early to tell?

i9 is overkill for gaming.