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Importance Of Your Own Custom Built PC

When it comes to computer building many people believe it’s darn near impossible to do, and some of them even believe it’s more expensive building the computer part for part than buying it from the companies that make them. The issue with buying a pre-built PC is that you don’t know what they put in the machine, and you don’t know if it will be upgradeable to anything in the future. I’m speaking from real life experience here when I say “DON’T BUY ANYTHING PRE-BUILT” unless it is geared towards what you want to do I.e. (Intense Computer Gaming, Video Editing, 3D Asset Creation, ETC.

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darthv724606d ago

it has been a couple years since i made a new machine from scratch. Probably because i dont game on my pc like I used to.

I do still fire up my old P3 with dual voodoo2's and a Geforce 3. Mostly to play old school 95/98 games that just dont run on newer modern hardware.

Oh the good old days of Voodoo vs Geforce vs PowerVR. I got all 3 in one machine.

Animal Mutha 764606d ago

Agree Darth. My rig is 2 yrs old (dual core + 9600gt) and runs most things I still play pretty well. Problem is I just don't game on my pc like I used to. Maybe this will change if dlc, online passes and pay to play gets out of hand. Counterstrike forever!!!

OT I really do think a self built pc is the best way to fully learn about hardware and it gives you a sense of satisfaction especially when benchmarking and over clocking.

rfowler304606d ago

nothing quiet like building your own custom pc, truly one of the most rewarding experiences i have ever done.

thegamefanatics4606d ago

Cannot agree with this statement more. Definitely something every TRUE pc gamer should do.

Coach_McGuirk4606d ago

agreed, mine's pretty quiet too - scythe gentle typhoons.

bumnut4606d ago

My sounds like a washing machine because of the fans on my sli 570's

I use headphones when gaming though so I will leave it as is.

Bounkass4606d ago

I always have custom built PC's. Infact, haven't built one in 3 years, but it still runs GTAIV @ 1080p, graphics maxed out with the latest iCEnhancer mods @ 60+ FPS fine. :)

Scribe814606d ago

Built my first one about five months ago. I love knowing exactly what every single part in this machine is.

I had the same dilema of building my own or buying a pre-built one with the same specs, and I opted to drop the extra bit of money, especially so I could get a cool and cool air flowing case. I've got one of the Coolermaster Scout cases with all five fans blowing and my GPU doesn't get hotter than 70 degrees at 100% full load over several hours of gaming.

Definitely worth it to PC game. I hadn't PC gamed since 2000, and wow am I happy. Every PC game that has a PS3 counterpart I test out just to see the graphical difference, and wow, over and over again wow. In fact, I owned Borderlands with every single DLC for PS3, but bought it again for PC and am planning on doing this with Half Life 2 next time it's on sale, as well as Sacred 2. Phenomenal leap in graphics. And all I've got is a 5770!

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

isarai6h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken5h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye4h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken2h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno54m ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

Chocoburger21m ago

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

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Gears of War Voice Actor Hints At New Game Announcement Coming In June

A voice actor from The Coalition's third-person shooter series, Gears of War, has hinted at a new game announcement coming in June.

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Honkai Star Rail's Revival Tendencies Take Away the Seriousness of Character Deaths

While many are fans of the Honkai Star Rail story so far, The Nerd Stash believes that the deaths of Robin and Firefly no longer carry much weight.

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