Bought PC, started upgrading, and...

JonRGV250 · 31 Aug 2021 at 20:48

As many did, I preordered a PS5 for launch, and was let down when it didn’t arrive when it should have.

So, as I wanted to play Cyberpunk as best I could, I bought a gaming PC from Amazon in a drunken moment of madness…

I also was interested in VR and particularly HLA, so I bought a Quest 2 and upgraded to a RTX3060ti, and then immediately after that the PS5 arrived, but by then I’d decided to keep the PC, and the console was sold.
I will add that I sold it for a ridiculous amount, but when the guy turned up to collect it, and it was obviously a Christmas present for his son, I refunded him the difference between what it actually cost me and what it sold for.

I then started upgrading (mainly after too many beers) various components and ended up with this monstrosity..

But the performance wasn’t really what I was after, so I started from scratch, and I built my first PC..

I am super happy with it, but do want to upgrade the i7 9700 to a Ryzen 7/9 of some derivative to hopefully speed things up a bit.

I’m fairly confused as there’s a bunch of stuffs to choose from, so I’ll ask in the appropriate thread.

Thanks

Tom Gidman · 1 Sep 2021 at 20:37

Sweet rig! Keep in mind you'll need a different motherboard altogether if you go from Intel CPU to AMD

JonRGV250 · 1 Sep 2021 at 21:06

Thanks, and yes, i'm just finding out how fun that is

Jenz · 2 Sep 2021 at 13:50

It'll become an obsession :cry:

dave28 · 2 Sep 2021 at 13:56

Fair play for refunding the guy the difference, most now see them as a chance to take advantage

JonRGV250 · 2 Sep 2021 at 18:12

Jenz said:
It'll become an obsession

Become?, it's way beyond that.

JonRGV250 · 2 Sep 2021 at 18:14

dave28 said:
Fair play for refunding the guy the difference, most now see them as a chance to take advantage

Thanks, but i'd rather earn my money in a way that lets me sleep at night.
I detest scalpers in all forms.

Dave85 · 4 Sep 2021 at 12:09

Really nice looking pc. Can't lie I had a crisis of conscience as well after selling a few next gen consoles that all turned up in dribs and drabs for decent money to people who I knew would then scalp for ridiculous amounts. However when an old guy came to pick one up thanking me profusely for saving the grandkids Christmas I caved and gave him it for just above retail and bundled in an extra controller. I honestly thought he was going to cry at my door I felt so bad I sold nothing since

Changesx · 17 Sep 2021 at 23:50

So you built a new PC, what happened to the old one? (Eye emojis)

GoRedwings19 · 18 Sep 2021 at 15:35

what light strips are those???

JonRGV250 · 18 Sep 2021 at 18:31

Changesx said:
So you built a new PC, what happened to the old one? (Eye emojis)

I sold it for pretty much the same as it cost to build.

GoRedwings19 said:
what light strips are those???

Phanteks Neon

ashleyz · 12 Oct 2021 at 16:04

It'll become an obsession