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Posted July 29, 2019
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Tauto: haha! Oh, how easy it is to say that after the event and then all will be forgiven,another attempt at a copout by another troll. Do you think it's that easy,to copout? Troll someone else.
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lukaszthegreat: Apologies if i ever was mean to you. was not my intention.

i truly believe based on my own experiences and what i know that you made a mistake. but I truly hope you are happy with your purchase though and will enjoy many many great hours gaming on it.

Cheers mate.
I apologise, for the troll jab. I don't think I made a mistake and if I did it's on my head and no one else's, and didn't need to be made fun of at the expense of my final decision.
Posted July 29, 2019
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lukaszthegreat: Building your pc is scary for me so always curious on how other people manage it
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StingingVelvet: It surprisingly plug and play, as easy as putting together an Ikea coffee table honestly.
Easy bar installing the cooler on the CPU, that always frightened me, to the point of literally being unable to push, my hands just going soft, and even curling up in a ball on the floor and crying. Everything else, sure, assemble, take it apart, put it back together, no worries, but the cooler on the CPU, either have someone else do it or struggle for hours and be basically out of order for days after.
Posted July 29, 2019
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GameRager: With densities being higher on newer HDDs, it takes less movement of the armature/arm to get to the desired data....meaning a "slower" 5400 RPM disc with a higher density than a comparable 7200 RPM drive with lower data density will perform better/faster at reading and finding that data.|
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sanscript: I'd like to see some data on that, both synthetic and real world. Perhaps I've forgotten something...

But, after thinking about it, as we move more and more away from spinn disks, it does become irrelevant altogether.
1. It would only be common sense, even without data(imo).

2. Bah, they can try prying em from my cold ded hands......heck, in time there might even be a nostalgia market for them like with 8 tracks/vinyl/cassette tapes/etc.

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GameRager: I can see that being the case...I sometimes ask questions I have my mind made up on irl/online as well.
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lukaszthegreat: And then getting angry as people are mostly of different view than you?

It's one thing to stuck with your opinion, it's another thing to go all I don't give a f.

He asked, got the answers, and if he still wants to go with his original choice then that's his life. No need to get upset about it.

Shows how uncertain he is about the choices.
I don't usually and welcome all sides/takes...even those that oppose my own.

Also btw it didn't seem tauto was too upset...just my two cents.

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Tauto: Yes,I did but don't remember asking for advice from (Google searchers looking for a bit of fame) or smart arse knockers. I thank the genuine helpers and appreciate their advise.

Requested the thread be closed.
If someone gives good or helpful info or advice why does it matter if they got it from google or not? Or if they were a bit silly in how they replied? Just curious.



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lukaszthegreat: Building your pc is scary for me so always curious on how other people manage it
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StingingVelvet: It surprisingly plug and play, as easy as putting together an Ikea coffee table honestly.
As long as you make sure to ground yourself to prevent static discharge frying some delicate parts, and know how to wire everything right(some people even have trouble with labelled connectors), and you make sure to put that stuff on the cpu/etc correctly....etc.
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lukaszthegreat: Apologies if i ever was mean to you. was not my intention.

i truly believe based on my own experiences and what i know that you made a mistake. but I truly hope you are happy with your purchase though and will enjoy many many great hours gaming on it.

Cheers mate.
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Tauto: I apologise, for the troll jab. I don't think I made a mistake and if I did it's on my head and no one else's, and didn't need to be made fun of at the expense of my final decision.
If people criticize one for a decision this isn't always done to make fun of that person....just saying.
Post edited July 29, 2019 by GameRager
Posted July 29, 2019
At the very least, get a smallish ssd for W10.. 120 gigs is plenty for the os with about 60 gigs to spare for your favorite apps and a few small games. Windows and games perform better (less hitching, etc.).) when W10 is on it's own drive.
Post edited July 29, 2019 by spitfire1966
Posted July 29, 2019
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Cavalary: Easy bar installing the cooler on the CPU, that always frightened me, to the point of literally being unable to push, my hands just going soft, and even curling up in a ball on the floor and crying. Everything else, sure, assemble, take it apart, put it back together, no worries, but the cooler on the CPU, either have someone else do it or struggle for hours and be basically out of order for days after.
Dealing with the thermal paste and precisely dropping the cooler down can be a hassle, yeah. My last two CPUs were Ryzens that came with a cooler with pre-applied sticky paste though, so it was a lot easier. I also remember GPUs being a pain to get into the slots back in the day, but not so much anymore.
Posted July 30, 2019
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Cavalary: Easy bar installing the cooler on the CPU, that always frightened me, to the point of literally being unable to push, my hands just going soft, and even curling up in a ball on the floor and crying. Everything else, sure, assemble, take it apart, put it back together, no worries, but the cooler on the CPU, either have someone else do it or struggle for hours and be basically out of order for days after.
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StingingVelvet: Dealing with the thermal paste and precisely dropping the cooler down can be a hassle, yeah. My last two CPUs were Ryzens that came with a cooler with pre-applied sticky paste though, so it was a lot easier. I also remember GPUs being a pain to get into the slots back in the day, but not so much anymore.
when i unpacked my cpu i was certain im going to drop the cooler on my dirty dusty floor. Didn't do it but panic was real!
Posted July 30, 2019
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Cavalary: Easy bar installing the cooler on the CPU, that always frightened me, to the point of literally being unable to push, my hands just going soft, and even curling up in a ball on the floor and crying. Everything else, sure, assemble, take it apart, put it back together, no worries, but the cooler on the CPU, either have someone else do it or struggle for hours and be basically out of order for days after.
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StingingVelvet: Dealing with the thermal paste and precisely dropping the cooler down can be a hassle, yeah. My last two CPUs were Ryzens that came with a cooler with pre-applied sticky paste though, so it was a lot easier. I also remember GPUs being a pain to get into the slots back in the day, but not so much anymore.
I find putting the CPU in to be just as hard(with all them pins to not bend while doing so).

Also yeah some stuff needed to be slotted at an angle which was hard.
Posted February 14, 2021
i just bought one to speed up load times and mitigate slower RAM speed issues.
Posted February 14, 2021
Buying a HDD for internal storage in a gaming PC in 2021 is stupid IMO. A good bang-for-the-buck way to go would be to get a 250GB NVME SSD (whatever the fastest you can afford is) as an OS/boot/apps drive and then a 1TB (or even 2TB if you can afford it and need the space) SATA SSD such as a Crucial MX500 or a WD Blue.

And if you have an older PC that's still using a HDD as the primary storage, go buy an SSD if you can afford it. Buying an SSD will be a decent boost on any PC at al that doesn't have one. Even a good 250GB SATA SSD (such as a Crucial MX500 or a WD Blue) as an OS/boot/apps drive (with games and data remaining on HDD) can be a great bang-for-the-buck way to improve your PC if you can't afford (or can't get due to shortages) a totally new PC or major upgrades (CPU/GPU/etc)
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