What a difference a decent HDMI cable makes.

[The Question]

Eventually I suppose I'll also have to bite the bullet and put a dedicated GPU in this thing, which will also require upgrading the PSU. HP, for some reason, has gone and started putting proprietary power supplies in their desktops. This machine being a Customize-To-Order unit, I could have got it with its stock 180-watt PSU or a 400-watt unit. I went with the 180-watt when I bought it, both to keep the total cost under the $600 that came via stimcheck but also in hopes of getting them to just ship the "stock" unit faster. (Spoiler: they didn't ship it any faster lol)

Luckily, the more powerful PSU is just a few dollars shy of $80, so that part's easily affordable. A dedicated GPU, on the other hand, is anything but.

 

[The Question]

As far as what I'll be able to do with it. Other than Scrivener for long-form writing, pretty much every other Windows productivity application is hot, wet garbage. So the majority of that horsepower will be going toward games -- and all the games I like are older than Betty White's first tent-like bullet bra. Postal 2, Borderlands 2, Fallout New Vegas. Still, a dedicated GPU might let me explore a few newer old games like GTA V and Fallout 4.

 

[jack]

My desktop handles games easily. it has a dedicated AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT with 16G ram. It also does the dishes and gives me a bj occasionally.

 

[jack]

Speaking of Betty White, you know this is the last year she can play with LEGO's?

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Once you lose your LEGO privileges, what point is there going on?

 

[The Question]

My desktop handles games easily. it has a dedicated AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT with 16G ram. It also does the dishes and gives me a bj occasionally.

Eh. No kill like overkill, right? I'll probably settle for an Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti. Seems like more than plenty for the kind of games I go for. I think probably the most resource-intensive game I have any interest in is Borderlands 3 -- maybe Elite Dangerous will want the same kind of horsepower, but I doubt it.

 

[The Question]

Speaking of Betty White, you know this is the last year she can play with LEGO's?

Pretty sure she'll disregard that guideline just like she's been disregarding the Grim Reaper.

 

[Oerdin]

Meanwhile it seems the power supply to my two year old pc has gone bad. You press the on button and you just get an orange flashing light. I am going to see if this can be fixed then give it to my stepson (as he uses it far more than I do) and then buy a new computer for me.

It is a shame parts start to break so quickly on modern Dell computers.

 

[Oerdin]

Speaking of Betty White, you know this is the last year she can play with LEGO's?

I saw a YouTube of a guy who was 109. Amazingly if you watched it you'd think maybe he was in his mid 80's. Some people just have good genes and clean living.

 

[The Question]

Meanwhile it seems the power supply to my two year old pc has gone bad. You press the on button and you just get an orange flashing light. I am going to see if this can be fixed then give it to my stepson (as he uses it far more than I do) and then buy a new computer for me.

It is a shame parts start to break so quickly on modern Dell computers.

Probably cheaper to just get a new PSU -- unless the PSU having gone bad has fried other parts, which I believe I've read is a possibility.

 

[jack]

I like Borderlands 2...I play it on my PS3 when I get REALLY bored.

 

[jack]

Meanwhile it seems the power supply to my two year old pc has gone bad. You press the on button and you just get an orange flashing light. I am going to see if this can be fixed then give it to my stepson (as he uses it far more than I do) and then buy a new computer for me.

It is a shame parts start to break so quickly on modern Dell computers.

Planned obsolescence

 

[The Question]

That, and cheap Chinese parts. Don't misunderstand, I'm well aware that Apple also uses Chinese parts. Just not the cheap ones, apparently. lol

 

[The Question]

Aaaaand now I've fallen down the Fallout modding rabbit hole. The Mohave Wasteland is about to be full of busty bitches. Meanwhile, it's me dressed up as Deadpool and wielding a Star Trek V "assault phaser" pistol versus the Wasteland. lmfao

 

[jack]

I just got Tyrion to gold level commander status in Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming

Kind of a big deal gamewise.

 

[The Question]

Never got into Game of Thrones.

I do see, though, where a 2Tb SSD is gonna come in REAL handy if I keep on with the games, particularly adding mods to 'em. My Fallout: New Vegas folder alone weighs in at about 16.7Gb now. lol