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[TripleAgent]

What’s the best controller with back paddles/buttons that’s not an Elite Series 2? My second replacement finally got a little drift, and RB is always finicky. I know the quality on those is a lottery and looking for a more dependable alternative. I just wanna be able to program the analog stick buttons to actual buttons on the back.

Elite is my favorite controller ever if it wasn’t an inconsistent POS

Anything as good or better will cost more. I keep a Core I got dirt cheap on FBM and my Elite 1 as backups. If you bought the BB warranty, you should have just had them replace it broke or not
I also can do minor repairs myself. Youtube can help you on most issues.

 

[GoPro]

Brehs, this whole time I could've been using Steam Link to stream my games to my phone using just my data, AND use my dual sense controller? I was about to cop a Steam deck before finding this out YT.

In-office days bout to be a lot less productive , especially since my office has a guest wifi account.

 

[Hostile]

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Brehs, this whole time I could've been using Steam Link to stream my games to my phone using just my data, AND use my dual sense controller? I was about to cop a Steam deck before finding this out YT.

In-office days bout to be a lot less productive , especially since my office has a guest wifi account.

bout to try this right now

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

GOAT game, I beat it.

 

[987654321]

Was going to slowly upgrade my little shyt box, but ended up getting carried away and ordered everything I need to build a new one. Nothing new, or crazy, just a slight upgrade to intel 14th gen and and trying an rx6800

 

[Ruck]

Building me a new keyboard strictly for gaming. Basically a Wooting 60he+ in a custom case and hall effect switches.

 

[dc007]

What are some recommendation for head phones? I need 2 types

1. Gaming headphones that will replicate having surround sound
2. Work head phones that can block out noise in your background so that people in the meetings can't hear.

 

[Anti-Anime]

What are some recommendation for head phones? I need 2 types

1. Gaming headphones that will replicate having surround sound
2. Work head phones that can block out noise in your background so that people in the meetings can't hear.

2. i just use Quiet Comforts for noise cancelling for work + gaming but they dont have surround sound. They do a pretty good job with ANC.

 

[Adonai]

Just copped a 4070 Ti Super BNIB for $320


Been thinking of swapping out the R9 5900x with a newer gen AM5 but it's hard to justify the added cost of mobo, cpu, and ram for ~30 fps.

 

[Ruck]

Just copped a 4070 Ti Super BNIB for $320


Been thinking of swapping out the R9 5900x with a newer gen AM5 but it's hard to justify the added cost of mobo, cpu, and ram for ~30 fps.

Yeah. I'm still gonna rock with my 5900x too until either fall of next year or early 2026.

 

[GoPro]

bout to try this right now

Now that I'm familiar with Steam Link, I'm Steamin everything. Steam'd my phone (and copped a G8+ phone controller to go with it) , my laptop, my bedroom shytbox computer. Can't believe I been in the dark so long

 

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Now that I'm familiar with Steam Link, I'm Steamin everything. Steam'd my phone (and copped a G8+ phone controller to go with it) , my laptop, my bedroom shytbox computer. Can't believe I been in the dark so long

I actually didn't try it until earlier today but that shyt is way smoother than I expected. I played mk1 and it felt like I was playing it directly from my phone. Just need to try it away from home now

 

[Ciggavelli]

I've been out of gaming since last year after Baldur's Gate 3. Is EKWB dead yet? I still haven't built my computer yet, and I've had the parts since January. I have an unopened CPU and an unopened 4090 I'm starting to want to build it this week though, but I might just wait until the 5090. I need a waterblock for the 5090 though. EKWB has always been my go to, but that shyt will cost $500 no doubt, and they may be out of business soon last time I checked. Is there a better water cooled vendor? Who should I go to?

Also, whatever happened to that guy that won my old 4090? Nothing I'm sure he sold that shyt on ebay. I'm done giving things away to the community. But I shoulda known better. Whatever, I'll take the loss

 

[ChatGPT-5]

people were telling me earlier that 16 gb of DDR RAM is not enough