I got a job ;)

[zz_tophat]

Oh, I see. Must get really hot. But a water cooling system could probably solve that.

With 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics horse power, 1600 stream processors and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory it comes with it's own fan ...of course I am assuming that turns your computer in to something less like an oven and more like a blast furnace.

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[Bisjac]

i don't think water cooling is great anymore. cards are developed to not need to be overclocked to kick ass. and the heat don't get dangerous anymore. the problem now is, power supplies cant handle the new cards well. you have very few high price models to pick from for power.
im running 2 dual-GPU cards at once, and i need a loving 1500watt to support it. its getting ridiculous.

[Harm94]

I thought of getting a job once, to get a new computer, but I realized I would just be wasteing money every 3-4 years on parts.

[Bisjac]

wasteing money every 3-4 years on parts.

or buy a prebuilt computer that's cheap. that is only expected to last 3-4 years anyways , and cant play games from day 1

someone recite us the hardware law :3

[Harm94]

I miss one of my prebuilts from 2003, she was a lovely machine. Then she died and I got stuck with this dinosaur :(.

[zz_tophat]

I thought of getting a job once, to get a new computer, but I realized I would just be wasteing money every 3-4 years on parts.

Or get a job that pays enough so that when you do need new parts it's not a financial drain and more of a matter of course.

Hell, you make enough and and suddenly shopping for parts becomes fun.

[Harm94]

This thing i'm currently using is just to old and not worth upgrading. I could show you my specs just to prove it (these specs are nasty by the way), but by next summer I will have a jop.

[Bisjac]

i have technically has this computer for 7 years lol.
ive replaced every part almost 3 times each.

but ive saved tons of money and had a high end gaming comp the entire time.

[Harm94]

I never understood upgrading computers. You buy some stuff for 50-200 dollars, them a few years later your throwing that stuff away and wasteing some reasources to get newer aprts.

[zz_tophat]

I never understood upgrading computers. You buy some stuff for 50-200 dollars, them a few years later your throwing that stuff away and wasteing some reasources to get newer aprts.

I buy new shoes every year, they wear out.

My sofa broke, so I bought a new one.

I go to the grocery store so I don't starve.

My car occasionally needs to be maintained.

Why should computers be ageless?

[Bisjac]

cheap prebuilt computers are useless to upgrade. but great gaming comps are money savers to buy that new 200 dollar vid card. rather then buy a whole new 2k computer again.

computer hardware doubles in power or whatever that was every 2 years. making cheap computers stuff quick.
so if you buy "high end" gaming parts for that extra money, they last twice as long to the compared outdated stuff. that's where your money is saved.

[Harm94]

cheap prebuilt computers are useless to upgrade. but great gaming comps are money savers to buy that new 200 dollar vid card. rather then buy a whole new 2k computer again.

computer hardware doubles in power or whatever that was every 2 years. making cheap computers stuff quick.
so if you buy "high end" gaming parts for that extra money, they last twice as long to the compared outdated stuff. that's where your money is saved.

So building my own is cheaper than a prebuilt.

[zz_tophat]

So building my own is cheaper than a prebuilt.

Can be but "cheap" is rarely synonymous with "good".