Beetle_O_Rourke [none/use name]

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  • NE and West would be the only real contenders as a matter of economic power.

    My bet is NE because they would be able to bribe or coerce the midwest into sharing Great lakes water, at which point the clock on the West running out of potable water would be the driving factor behind their surrender.






  • https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nNDggB - All In-stock now Best-Buy prices

    Had to downgrade the GPU a bit due to stock issues, and a properly sized AIO was more than double the price than Amazon.

    I would really recommend waiting for a 7900GRE to come back in stock, it's usually less than $60 more, but is a pretty significant bump in performance due to the extra shader cores. 7800xt isn't bad, just is cheaper with a slightly worse perf/dollar ratio.

    Logitech had a much better priced wireless headset, but I'll reiterate my suggestion of mid-range wireless headphones from a brand such as AKG or Audio-Technica and a desktop mike such as the Blue Snowball offering much better sending and receiving fidelity.

    I made the call to swap the monitor to a curved 170hz 2K panel from MSI. It's subjective, and will be more demanding of the GPU, but going from 1080p to 1440p was like night and day for me. It's also about the same price.

    ThermalTake is a well reviewed brand, and their 750w fully modular offering was a little cheaper than the Corsair you initially had.

    After 6% sales tax this would be USD 1987.57 which is juuuuust under your $2000 budget. I personally think that using the thermal grease included with the AIO should probably be fine, as the $5.49 shipping on the $20 tube of thermal grease makes me edward-wtf



  • In my experience, the convenience of buying everything from one vendor is rarely worth it unless you are taking advantage of bundle discounts.

    The silicon is the same, and stock issues mean that you could easily end up paying $30+ premiums on every part.

    A 120mm AIO is only worth it for tiny PCs, they generally have cooling power a little worse than a high end air tower.

    For an x3d chip you would want 280mm or 360mm to have acceptable noise levels. Later in the day I can do some price hunting with the vendor set to Best Buy only.