Grebgreb [he/him]

  • 48 Posts
  • 1.4K Comments
Joined 4 years ago
Cake day: July 31st, 2020
  • Grebgreb [he/him]totechnology•I'm planning on finally getting a Gaming PC but I mainly have two questions
    ·
    4 months ago

    My friend has a 5800x3d and generally it runs better in games that "favor strong single core," ie a horribly unoptimized game like Tarkov where even $5k brand new hardware will be unable to run it on certain maps and updates. I have a 5900x and have gotten better performance than him in a game like Kingdom come, even with a marginally weaker gpu. I would get whichever is cheaper unless you specifically have something in mind that you know would benefit from one or the other.

    I only have 4 fans and currently have a reference blower card atm and the temperatures are fine, however this will depend on the ambient temperature in your room to a degree as well. The Thermalright Peerless assassin 120 is also a very cheap cpu fan that rivals the ~$100 Noctua ones.

    The "general standard" for a lack of a better term for psu's is to get an 80+ gold certified. I wouldn't cut corners on it but I also wouldn't go deep on the other end and get an extremely expensive one. I have a 750w Powerspec one that most people consider mediocre I haven't had any noticeable issues with it. Cables can be a pain in the ass so if you're able to I would get a semi or fully modular one.

    To my knowledge Logitech mice frequently have a ton of problems but they all do to a degree. When I was looking for a new mouse while back, it generally seemed like Logitech had a ton of complaints and Razer's quality dropped significantly around 2014. I have 32gb of ram which has been way more than enough for every game I have played so far, I wouldn't get 64 unless you know you need it or plan on using it.

  • Grebgreb [he/him]toSelf Improvement•Weekly Improvement Megathread - Jun 9th
    ·
    4 months ago

    I missed a reply last week but I actually went running twice this week. I downloaded an app for couch to 5k but I need to get a better one. Doing the alternate run/walking thing helped a lot and I could easily do it for almost an hour. In general I've been managing to avoid cookies in shit but sometimes I just end up drinking sugary stuff. I've been keeping good pace with music but I got sidetracked instead of finishing anything. I think I might get a new toy which might refuel my motivation for a bit. I have to remember to refrain from overdoing it to the point of injury or burnout though.

Moderates