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The Lounge / Re: Let's see your battlestations
« Last post by holyspam on Today at 00:00 »

I used to opt for AMD chips when building a machine, as AMD were traditionally better suited to gaming and Intel fared better at number crunching tasks, but either would be more than enough for my needs.

I hate to bring the bad news, but since 13th gen(2022 i think) Intel is good only for heating and electricity generation.
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The Lounge / Re: Let's see your battlestations
« Last post by Grim_Fandango on Yesterday at 20:23 »
Everything should have been here by now, but Amazon sent cables instead of case fans...TWICE!!!
They also sent the PSU with a Euro plug rather than UK, and I've had to buy the CPU from Currys Business as Amazon have let me down with delivery.  I'm not concerned though, as those nice customer service agents at Amazon are doing the needful and have told me not to worry.  Bezos can bite me!

I hated the bad old days of having a vipers nest of cables inside the case.  As well as restricting airflow, the molex and sata cables were an eyesore.  Shouldn't be an issue on this case, as it's dual compartment and the PSU is kept separate from the MoBo, GFX etc.  Only problem with that is that the case is a PSU's depth fatter than a regular case as it mounts on the side rather than at the back.

I used to opt for AMD chips when building a machine, as AMD were traditionally better suited to gaming and Intel fared better at number crunching tasks, but either would be more than enough for my needs.

The GFX card arrived today.  I haven't take it out of it's ESD wrapper yet as I don't want it covered in drool.

If this doesn't up my game, I'm going back to MS Solitaire :)
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The Lounge / Re: Let's see your battlestations
« Last post by Stealer on March 31, 2025, 21:04 »
Looks good Grim :)
Asus is the best for mobos, in my opinion, less faff and never had any problems!
M2 drives are soo much quicker. I've still yet to trasfer windows onto my faster M2 drive, just cba for the past 2 years!
I always go for modular PSUs these days - so I can lose all the cables I don't have plugged in!
Got my missus a 5900x for xmas, twice as many cores as mine - really notice the difference on multi-threaded games! Good choice, even though I'm not an intel fan :)
Curious to see how much difference the ram makes compared to 16 gig, that I have in mine.
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The Lounge / Re: Let's see your battlestations
« Last post by Grim_Fandango on March 29, 2025, 13:58 »
After a lengthy debate with myself, I've decided to push the boat out and build a gaming PC.
I already have a gaming laptop but it's only used that for browsing and bog-standard PC tasks.
My current UT machine is an ASUS PN51 in an Akasa silent case (Radeon Vega 6 Graphics).

Most of the components will be here today/tomorrow, but I have to wait until mid-week for the GFX card.
Should be up and running by the weekend :)

Case:  ASUS TUF Gaming GT502 (white)
MoBo:  ASUS TUF GAMING Z890-PRO WIFI
PSU:  850W FSP Fortron Hydro TI PRO ATX 3.0 80+TITANIUM
CPU:  Intel Coreā„¢ Ultra 7 265K 20 cores
RAM:  CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - White
GFX:  ASRock Radeon RX 7800 XT Steel Legend 16GO, 16384 MB GDDR6
Storage:  Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD, 2 TB, PCIe 4.0, 7,450 MB/s read, 6,900 MB/s write, Internal SSD
CPU Fan:  Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25
Case Fans:  4 x Noctua NF-A12x25 5V, Premium Quiet Fan

When completed, it should look like this.

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The Lounge / Re: Music you listening right now
« Last post by Stealer on March 24, 2025, 21:21 »
Some peaceful driving music.

Good choice sir. I'm always a little susceptible to ministry. I do play this track quite a bit :)

Fun fact: One of the CD's I inherited from my bro 27 years ago, was ministry NWO  ;D
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The Lounge / Re: Music you listening right now
« Last post by Right on March 19, 2025, 17:11 »
Revisited in my bimmer yesterday on my way home: I was home in a lot faster than expected  :))

Nice lady to watch and O so dangerous for in the car



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The Lounge / Re: Music you listening right now
« Last post by sup on March 18, 2025, 02:26 »
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I thought you kept missing on purpose just so I wouldn't rq  O:-)
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I love you Sup
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Lulz / Re: Birthday gift for Piglet?
« Last post by Stealer on March 13, 2025, 21:15 »
I find VR a great way to make cardiovascular and stretching exercises a lot of fun. If you got a few hundred spare it's worth a go + I think you can get refund if you don't like it within 31 days? Quest 3 is the best out of the Meta one's in my opinion, mainly due to the lenses.

Nice one man. Cycling is probably healthier due to impact shock on the knees/legs.

I used to run five miles after finishing a late shift (20 years ago), just so I could hit the off license before it shut and play T32 ONS - carrot stick synopsis  :))
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