Author Topic: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread. (Read 624350 times)

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1100 on:** Sat, 13 June 2026, 09:55:02 »

/Regret

Shoulda bought m0ar 32* Dell QDoleds 120hz, for $350, it was silly not to buy 5.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1101 on:** Sat, 13 June 2026, 11:33:33 »

Go out and BUY EVERYTHING.

Coat hangers, Oleds, Speakers, etc.

This is really may be the last chance for a very lonnnnnng time.

An imminent resource shock is locked. Which means a rationing at the production lvl is locked.

The PRICE of GPU might be $xxx, but can you buy one, NO. The shelves are empty.

What's the price on the black market, $1000 for a 7800xt.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1102 on:** Sun, 14 June 2026, 15:48:22 »

Ya want to change out GPU thermal paste at least once a year, if you're using thermal paste.

PTM is gud' for at least 5-10 years.

CPU thermal paste is good for at least 3-5 years.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1103 on:** Sun, 14 June 2026, 23:43:25 »

Earbuds, feel like there's been nothing kewl lately. sameysamey.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1104 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 07:14:07 »

TBH, don't think any earbuds further should go without ANC.

Earbuds create an unavoidable choouiiiiiiiiiiii wind noise, there's no way to attenuate this (massive distortion) without ANC.

Audiophile passive earbuds are a scam.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1105 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 07:22:09 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 16 June 2026, 07:14:07

earbuds are a scam.

Me, if I can't listen to music out of the air, good ear-enclosing headphones are the only acceptable but inferior substitute.
I really despise ear "buds" ....

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1106 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 08:45:29 »

People are stupid.

There is an inane compilation of thought devoted to Making a BOX work as if there's no box.

Just leave the side panel off. It will be more quiet, less dusty, Run Cooler, AND be cheaper.

All this money being spent on fans, the new aluminum fans, and fancy cases amount to nothing more than Dresses for Cats (Male edition).

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1107 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 11:33:59 »

Can you beat a Series X for $600 ?

Tp4 thinks probably not. Unless you go used parts.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1108 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 14:51:11 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 16 June 2026, 08:45:29

an inane compilation of thought

That is a profoundly ugly thing to have in your room.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1109 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 18:52:45 »

9060xt for $400, what is wrong with people.

Anything slower than 9070xt is a bad deal.

9070xt for $650 !!!!! <- This is the way.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1110 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 21:26:19 »

Boy are we in the gutter.

$400 for Dram-less 4tb TLC, Yikes.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1111 on:** Tue, 16 June 2026, 21:34:19 »

Noctua's entering AIO.

Ridiculous, it's just asetek rebadge.

They bolted on a SUPER UGLY "mass damper" for where the pump is, yea......

It's got a bunch of silicone struts in there, those thing wear out and go hard/soft/brittle etc, whatever the tuned attenuation is will move over time.

This is just a wash. If you're not going to design a better pump, why bother.

Might as well buy Thermalright 360 AIOs for $50 vs $250

With Arctic, at least they made their own.

If you spend $200 with Thermalright, you get a 360 AIO w/ wrap around OLED @ 2400x1800 resolution.

phinix · « **Reply #1112 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 03:07:45 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 16 June 2026, 08:45:29

People are stupid.

People ARE stupid. This is like a main pillar of my depression

After 90s case design went in wrong direction. I dont mean some of those really good cases we had, but in general, people like those glass cases, with huge space to fill in with RGB lights, RGB RAM, RGB fans, WC and screens, like LGBT just took a dump in that case...

I'm waiting for FLP03 to be released, I may get that one, or just switch to Ridge (I wish it was OG beige, not off-white).

phinix · « **Reply #1113 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 03:11:09 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 16 June 2026, 21:26:19

Boy are we in the gutter.

$400 for Dram-less 4tb TLC, Yikes.

Dont even get me started on this...
I hope this will change next year, I WANT AN AFFORDABLE 8TB SSD!
Like $350. This is the direction where new technology should go - improve, excel, wide-spread.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1114 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 09:17:51 »

For $250 ask, Tp4 is NOT IMPRESSED.

In fact, disgusted yet again by a grifter company, Noctua.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1115 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 11:07:11 »

What really grinds Tp4's gearz is this.

AMD allows 175 watt 9700x @ max OC,

Why don't they allow 350watt 9950x. capped at a measly 250watt.

This is an OUTRAGE.. !!!!!

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1116 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 12:11:51 »

wrong post, wrong place

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1117 on:** Wed, 17 June 2026, 12:29:46 »

/headscratch.

That has never happened to Tp4, ever?

In what software is this?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1118 on:** Thu, 18 June 2026, 10:18:45 »

8GB GPu in 2026?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..

STAP!!! Turn Around!!

16GB minimum.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1119 on:** Thu, 18 June 2026, 10:51:56 »

Asus is by far the dumbest out there.

If you've got the Glass there already, WHY does it need the holes in front AND behind the fans.

That's just extra impedance and there's no structural purpose because the whole front has a plastic shroud.

It should be straight injection, no holes.

The dust filter argument is bogus, those perforations won't filter any meaningful amount of dust.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1120 on:** Thu, 18 June 2026, 11:59:25 »

#1 g4m3r prebuilt on Amazon.

Supposidly,

i7 4th gen 4770
580 (2048 shader) 8gb (stripped down 580>570ish)
16gb ddr3
512gb SSD (qlc-dramless)

For $500... Hrrrrmm.....

IDK< considering the 580 is remanufactured from miners.

Cpu is fine, ram is probably fine.

The mobo is Jank vrms, but honestly, since it's 4770 LOCKED cpu, it's not like it gon' hit 150watts.

PSU may blow up at 5% rate, is probably the most likely to fail.

Overall though basically 10yr old performance for $500,

ssssss. Kinda-a-tough-sell + remanufactured parts.

Maybe you'd buy this just to minecraft?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1121 on:** Thu, 18 June 2026, 12:10:35 »

Tp4 for $500 Buxes.

Alliexpress+Ebay

GPU: RX580 (2048) $70
CPU+MOBO: AMD 7700 + Board, Ebay, $200-250ish
PSU: $50
Heatsink: Thermalright $25
Fans: Thermalright 5 pack argb, $18
RAM: 2x8GB DDR5, $100-150

$513-613 Total

Easily defeat Amazon prebuilt.

Although you should probably add $650 and get 9070XT, for a $1250 total.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1122 on:** Fri, 19 June 2026, 08:37:49 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 18 June 2026, 12:10:35

GPU: RX580 (2048) $70
CPU+MOBO: AMD 7700 + Board, Ebay, $200-250ish
PSU: $50
Heatsink: Thermalright $25
Fans: Thermalright 5 pack argb, $18
RAM: 2x8GB DDR5, $100-150

$513-613 Total

That is very similar to the build I did last winter for slightly less money, but I already had an RX570 and the power supply and case, and went with 32GB of DDR5. From MicroCenter including shipping.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1123 on:** Fri, 19 June 2026, 09:32:56 »

But did fohat use dat PTM on GPU + CPU?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1124 on:** Sat, 20 June 2026, 08:07:43 »

$290 4TB sata evo 870 drive.

LOL, these used to go for <$200

I mean, people are even snatching up those ultra jank 512gb ssds.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1125 on:** Sat, 20 June 2026, 08:10:38 »

The incoming 9080xt, faster vram, it should blow away Tp4's older 7900xtx, might even reach 5080 with some OC.

Hrrrm... Pricin' though.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1126 on:** Sun, 21 June 2026, 14:13:39 »

It's painful to watch peeps make the mistake of 5060 Ti and 9060 xt.

Such Bad value.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1127 on:** Mon, 22 June 2026, 14:51:04 »

The steam machine price, Um.....

I guess they just don't actually gon' sell it?

Unless they're doing a crazy price upfront, and then drop it "BIG SALE" by $xxx, and be like, get it before it's gone?

Honestly don't understand, you can build a 9070xt PC for $1400.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1128 on:** Mon, 22 June 2026, 15:01:34 »

This truly does not make sense, WHO would pay this for a 7600/3060 (equivalent). What is going on here?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1129 on:** Mon, 22 June 2026, 17:43:36 »

FSR 4.1.1 finally released on Tp4's grandpa 7900xtx gpu.

/Tears of joy.
/Performance very gud'
/Image quality solid

AHhhhhhhhhh...!!!!!!!!!!!

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1130 on:** Tue, 23 June 2026, 07:35:49 »

Ne1 buy neting' for Prime day?

Tp4 saw a heatsink that looks kind gud, but other than that, Hrrrm??

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1131 on:** Tue, 23 June 2026, 10:16:04 »

How is this possibooru...

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1132 on:** Tue, 23 June 2026, 14:51:37 »

Prime day, Heatsink deals.

Tp4 is thinking about either buying the Thermalright Peerless 140 for $34, or the Coolermaster 3dhp argb for $22.

Difficult decidn'

Thoughts??

The peerless is peerless in terms of PERFORMANCE, I mean it's 3watts off of the $160 G2 LBC

Buhh.... The Coolermaster is Soooooo nice looking. It's just sleeeek.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1133 on:** Wed, 24 June 2026, 10:31:06 »

The mouse Tp4 wants is on sale for prime day,

BUT NOT the Black color. WHY? why only put the white one on sale?

This makes no sense. !!!

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1134 on:** Wed, 24 June 2026, 11:05:39 »

Halo Campaign Evolved,

Sigh...... Unreal engi 5.. Ughhhhhhh....... Prepare for 1080p + upscaling to get anywhere near 120fps...

phinix · « **Reply #1135 on:** Thu, 25 June 2026, 02:51:33 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 24 June 2026, 10:31:06

The mouse Tp4 wants is on sale for prime day,

BUT NOT the Black color. WHY? why only put the white one on sale?

This makes no sense. !!!

Makes perfect sense... for sales. WHite dont go off that quickly, nobody wants them, so they trying to push it.
They dont need to promote black version, everyone will buy it anyway.
I hate those little ****ers....

I actually use white mice. I would prefer retro beige, but white is close enough to mice I used in 90s.
Recently bought white magnesium mouse, you know, with holes and all that. Nice

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1136 on:** Thu, 25 June 2026, 07:46:39 »

The more you know about "pc parts", the harder it is to actually buy them, because you KNOW exactly where they're trying to RIP YOU OFF.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1137 on:** Thu, 25 June 2026, 07:51:32 »

Starting to see competitions wither on the Heatsink front. This is good and bad, good because Thermalright is truly kicking butt, but on the other hand, there's just fewer variety, and Thermalright isn't really pushing on the "Style" front.

The most stylish brand of late Deep-Cool got sanctioned, and now they're banned, Sudoku and PCcooler and id-cooling is hanging in there, but they're not as nice looking as deepcool was.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1138 on:** Thu, 25 June 2026, 08:26:26 »

Did you know re-dragon made coolers ?

Kinda too pricey $67, vs thermalright give you a bigger one with bigger screen with $46, but that's because they're cheating some how, Tp4 just knows it.

But overall, it does look nice.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #1139 on:** Thu, 25 June 2026, 10:22:39 »

Tp4 has looked through 1000+ prime-day CPU cooling products.

The AIO market makes no sense. How can they possibly produce a $40 360 aio. That's 3 fans, 1 pump, and a heatsink LARGER than a dual tower with Pipes 3x the thickness 2x the length.

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