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  1. #961
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    Best Buy with this on sale:

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easys...?skuId=5792401

    Apparently it has a WD 8TB Red 5400 inside, and you can crack open the case and use the drive normally. I missed a sale on the same thing in 4TB but this is a fantastic price on the drive.

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    What software is good for benchmarking, stress testing, and diagnostics? Getting ready to do start overclocking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamison View Post
    What software is good for benchmarking, stress testing, and diagnostics? Getting ready to do start overclocking.
    Heaven or Valley benchmark for gpu. Intel burn in test for cpu. Some say Prime95, but there are opinions that it can cause serious damage. Cinebench is good as well.

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    No deals that I know of right now but.....FUCK GPU prices right now! Latest coin craze has drove RX 470+ series and GTX 1060/1070 prices through the frigging roof! Horrible time to buy a gpu right now!

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    1080 costs like less than $100 more than a 1070 right now. Hilarious

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    Thinking of selling my rx480, hopefully for more than I brought it for.

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    I'm happy I got my 1060 before this latest ridiculous price spike.

    Once the kids realizes that mining is completely inefficient, things will calm back down.

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    Man and I thought the mining craze for the 200 series was bad

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    The problem right now with mining (excluding the general issue with the cryptocurrency uncertainties) is that everyone are chasing the next "bitcoin"-type with mining bitcoins themselves having become a herculean task, and the specialized hardware required to do so efficiently putting it out of reach of most people. A theoretical outcome here is that it makes itself +/- irrelevant in its current form because it becomes so exclusive.
    But I digress! We need a 79xx vs. Threadripper showdown soon. My next rig won't build itself and I need to know!

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    Confused how coin prices are to blame for this price hike, and how hard is it really to mine for even part of a coin? If I bought in 6 months ago I'd be able to buy a wedding ring already, even with this recent crash.

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    I've never understood the mining crazes and glad I missed the previous ones. The prices now are dumb but it also adds A Lot of context to the pic 6Souls posted in RIT a few days ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Salodin View Post
    Confused how coin prices are to blame for this price hike, and how hard is it really to mine for even part of a coin? If I bought in 6 months ago I'd be able to buy a wedding ring already, even with this recent crash.
    Price spikes -> News -> idiots read news -> Idiots buy cards to mine

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    But...those cards are largely inefficient to mine coins with. Doubly so when the competition gets stiffer.

    Then again, it only takes 1 coin to get some investments going. /shrug

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    The idiot part in Zets post is the key here.

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    I thought all the cool kids were sticking S7 kits into the bathroom ceilings of places like Starbucks to snag free electricity. Free juice in turn bumps the profit to around $4/day per unit.

    Quote Originally Posted by Krandor View Post
    The idiot part in Zets post is the key here.
    Oh. Right.

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    So I may have a Gigabyte RX 580 8GB + Ryzen R7 1700X on the way for $604 total. Newegg has charged my card and it's in packaging stage. Obviously will sell the 580 and will keep the 1700X which should be around $100-$150 final price. Keeping my fingers crossed this goes through!

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    So I'm looking to get a gaming PC. I have no idea about whats good or not anymore with regards to basically everything.

    Where should I look to get one? What insides are good (ram/card/etc)?

    I'm not looking to get the best gaming PC ever, but I'm not looking to get a piece of shit either. Any suggestions?

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    Price range?
    Needs? (Gaming wise)
    What monitors do you currently have or what res do you want to run?
    Are you comfortable building it yourself?

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    If you're building it, you may want to wait until GPU prices go down. Someone that follows it more closely than me can tell you, but recently bitcoin mining has exploded again and GPU prices are way up. Not sure if that extends to mid-range or just higher end cards, though.

    Also, what are you looking to spend? Or are you just looking for a standard budget gaming thing? You can take a look at PC Part Picker guides to get an idea of where to start.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zetanio View Post
    Price range?
    Needs? (Gaming wise)
    What monitors do you currently have or what res do you want to run?
    Are you comfortable building it yourself?
    -not sure, as I have no idea what PC price ranges are. I really dont wanna go over 1500 if I can, but again, no idea what that would get me.
    -at the moment, nothing crazy, as I play most games on console, but may change that as it seems like PC games are better
    -no monitors at all
    -probably not...i dont know shit about building at all


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