The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.

[Maxine Shaw]

Do HTPC builds really exist anymore? I'm probably one of the few people alive w/o cable and whatnot b/c everything comes from my PC. But it seems like the smart TV replaced the HTPC. Still doesn't cover gaming, though, so I'm looking for a nice slim case, but they all look like the same boxy towers. Anybody keeping their PCs in the living room - and if so, how are you displaying them?

 

[Ciggavelli]

Looks like u use a mid tower?

The picture is deceiving. It's a full sized tower: Lian Li O11DXL-X O11 Dynamic XL

 

[Bboystyle]

The picture is deceiving. It's a full sized tower: Lian Li O11DXL-X O11 Dynamic XL

I was about to say i could never make a build unless its a full tower. Good looks

 

[Ruck]

Seeing ciggavel inspired me to back to custom watercooling...

Spoiler

 

[Ruck]

6900xt water block installed.

Spoiler

 

[BaggerofTea]

These coli pc builds are fantastic.

 

[Ciggavelli]

The new PSU worked and no fried CPU or GPU

 

[Mister_DoItNice]

Good shyt.

 

[Ciggavelli]

The 4090 is crazy good. I had the 2080ti last and it’s like the 4090 is 200% better. It’s just eating up every game.

 

[Ruck]

Im holding on to my psu as long as i can. 9 years straight with no issues. Just sucks due to atx 3.0 being the new standard for higher wattage. Eventually amd will adopt it too.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Im holding on to my psu as long as i can. 9 years straight with no issues. Just sucks due to atx 3.0 being the new standard for higher wattage. Eventually amd will adopt it too.

I've had my 700W Cooler Master PSU for 11 years. Still doing it's fukking thing.

 

[Him]

Why the fukk does Shadowplay suck ass? On my old rig I was able to record gameplay with no issues. Now any gameplay I record audio is completely out of sync. I had to switch to OBS which isn’t bad but I miss being able to just save gameplay with the click of a button verses having to record all the time hoping I got a decent game.

 

[Schadenfreude]

AMD needs to fix their cooler design on the reference 7900 XTX ASAP -- the card is hitting 100C on a regular basis (even at idle/little load on the card).

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

AMD needs to fix their cooler design on the reference 7900 XTX ASAP -- the card is hitting 100C on a regular basis (even at idle/little load on the card).

Damn, even with poor airflow in the case, that's no bueno.

 

[Brandsdale]

anyone here own a xbox series s?

im thinking of getting a 4k monitor but is it that big of a jump, in image quality, from 1080p?