These two websites are your friends:
Logical Increments
PCPartPicker
Logical Increments’s $1157 Superb Tier build config is pretty good and should do the trick but if you have a couple hundred more to spend, I’ll give you a slightly better alternative below for $1317.
Processor (CPU):
Intel Core i5-13600KF (Socket LGA 1700) $200.00 USD
Motherboard:
ASRock Z790 PRO RS DDR5 $129.00 USD
Memory (RAM): Get the 32gb kit listed as an alternative in the build guide. 32gb will future proof and allow you to expand into bigger games.
TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32GB (2 x 16GB) 5600MHz $93.00 USD
Graphics Card:
Guide says get the RX 7700 XT. I like this card but the 7800 XT is better overall.
RX 7800 XT $550-$675
Cooler (HSF): Good suggested cooler, or you could get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 $80.00 USD
Storage: The guide gives bad suggestions for storage tbh. Hard Drives suck and are obsolete these days; you can get a 1TB NVMe SSD for the same price as an old 1TB HDD. Here’s a fast 1TB NVMe with DRAM cache that is cheaper than the ancient Intel ones the guide suggests.
Acer Predator GM7000 M.2 1TB $72.99 USD
Power Supply (PSU): Don’t cheap out on a power supply. The most critical part. The guide suggested ones are good but they are not modular which is a pain to deal with. Modular ones have gone down in price and will save you time and money.
be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 650W ATX 3.0 Power Supply $97-104 USD
Case: The creators of the guides really like Phanteks products but you don’t need an Enthoo Pro. Just get a solid Corsair case instead.
Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Black Steel / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower $94-109 USD
Superb Build Guide Total: ~$1157 USD
Wakeuplmd Build Guide Total: ~$1317 USD
6d ago
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On the advice of my favorite most trusted giga-nerd (who has never steered me in the wrong direction and collects/loves/borderline anthropomorphizes old electronics like he’s the guy from The Brave Little Toaster), I’m seeking to replace my janky cheap computer with a cheap but very much not janky Lenovo Thinkpad. I’ve been doing a lot of research and there are whole communities of nerds who are obsessed with them for their pragmatic allure, thoughtful design, durable hardware, higher-level specs in used models for a low cost (we’re talking like $200), easy customizability and repairability, and the weird keyboard clit.
I already BOUGHT a T480s with 24 GB of RAM and an i7 processor but my package randomly got delivered to the wrong address :( I just got my refund so it’s time to begin again… in a way it’s good because I think the i5 will better suit my needs. The really hardcore nerds would recommend reaching slightly above this price range for a T14 1st gen with Ryzen 5 or 7 but I’m not looking to do anything crazy here I just want to type and watch stuff and have a lot of browser tabs open + I like the T480s display better + the T480s only weighs 3 pounds 🫦
Jan 31, 2025
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To be honest, you can play that game and so much more if you are willing to get a used desktop pc (that someone built) on fb makretplace. Super super good deals on there. In the long term a desktop PC will last you much longer than a laptop. Additionally if you ever want to upgrade parts or fix something broken, you can for cheap/easily. I understand the convenience of a laptop tho, and if that is what you are set on, I would def get a PC not a macbook - since very few games can be played on mac. Happy to rec good laptops depending on your budget 👍
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Everything in your life does not have to be subscription based, and subscription does not equate a service being good. If I’m paying $24.99 a month to watch Netflix in 4K UHD, I should expect to see what I pay for, not subpar playback latency, low bitrate streams, many app crashes, and overall looking terrible on anything that isn’t a 4K display.
Remember when you could buy things and own them, like, forever?
There is a better world out there past Netflix, Hulu, Spotify and Amazon Prime.
Mar 15, 2025
You don’t have to tell everyone everything in/about your life, especially online, in today’s online yet frequently data-breached world. Like the great Christopher Wallace once said: Keep your family and business completely separated
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I have a near-Biblical dislike of Allbirds shoes and every other Tim Cook Jeff Bezos Middle-aged Balding Pickleball coach ass shoe out there for convincing the public that these were in any way cool. No dude, you look like a loser with these. They look bland and lifeless, like they were concocted in the same boardroom that made the flat graphic design trend that Meta and Google love so much. Hell, even notorious ip-infringer Skechers makes better looking shoes than these. They don’t even feel good to wear. They have no soul or personality and yet some people swear by them. Who are these shoes for?
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