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    Desktop Computers

    I read a review that said to look for a 2080Ti. I dug around for one with no luck for a bit and went back to the 3060. I'm not crazy about used pc parts. I don't ever feel comfortable with a slight discount on a part that's used when a new one is like 10% more, particularly with no warranty. I...
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    Desktop Computers

    I'm building a new machine for 2 main purposes: 1. Box at least 54 toons in EQ on an emulator server - it's all about CPU and RAM, old EQ could give a shit about video card 2. Tether my Quest 2 VR headset to my PC to play VR skyrim and other VR games. This will require a decent video card and...
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    Desktop Computers

    I saw the refernece to how easy it is to OC with MSI boards, what about Asus? I've been a big fan of Asus for years to the point where if I'm building for myself I ALWAYS go Asus.
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    Desktop Computers

    Playing games and streaming video of him playing is what he wants to do with it. Her son is 13. Kid seems like a pretty dedicated gamer but I suppose between money and how whimsical kids are she doesn't want to spend too much. Anyone else have a recommendation on an entry level...
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    Desktop Computers

    Friend of mine is looking at buying this for her son: HP 6300 Professional Desktop Computer 16GB RAM 500GB HDD Windows 10 Home Includes Mouse and Keyboard - Walmart.com It's right about $250. Is there any comparably priced machine that's a better bang for the buck? I know that's not much money...
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    Pokemans and how to catch them with your phone - friend codes in OP

    Hey I've been playing off and on since 2016. Friend code is 776905523051. Remote friends didn't seem super helpful near as much until the remote raid passes they put in recently. Friend me up and let's roll some shit!
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    Fire Stick vs PC

    I was looking at fire sticks on Amazon's Prime Day sales. When I looked at the capabilities I couldn't see anything that stick does that my computer doesn't. The fire stick looks like it gives you access to netflix and all the other streaming services plus a little googling says it can store...
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    Home buying thread

    I signed the exclusive thing with her. We went over it and it's binding only for houses she shows me and we discussed if results weren't happening we could end the deal. Navy Federal coordinates with realty companies to split the realty closing costs for the mutual benefit of the buyer...
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    Home buying thread

    That is my EXACT opinion. Why not just be honest about the whole deal and lay out services for drawing up contracts, state that your value is navigating the home purchase process between a buyer/seller and the other realtor/party involved plus the bank and all the city, state and local...
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    Home buying thread

    So I'm banking on that new normal. We're supposed to get an improved telework policy whenever we actually do go back to the office. I'm betting next year before that happens though. I'm still working through buying a house. It's new construction, nearly finished. The builder is having a hard...
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    Home buying thread

    Offer in on a house, negotiated, accepted and now it's appraisal and inspection hoops.
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    Home buying thread

    We wrote an escalation clause and still got jacked. It's possible the other bidder just agreed to outbid us with knowledge of my bid or maybe without. I'm going to check to see what the house closes for. I started hearing things like owners want to sell to families, not single guys and I was...
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    Home buying thread

    So I put an offer on a nice house about 2 weeks ago. It went on the market Wednesday. I saw it Monday after work and put an offer on it the same day but some other people won the bid. I started $14k under asking and went to $6k over asking while the owner's realtor kept telling my realtor they...
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    Home buying thread

    EVERYTHING we saw today was a bust, literally everything. The listing agents really dressed the houses up to look like more than they really are - both my RE agent and I agreed on that. It's all a learning experience though so I really don't mind. I learned a shitload about what I like, what I...
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    Home buying thread

    Went out to Woodbridge yesterday. I found one house I love on 1.22 acres. Needs a big soaking tub put in it but it's an awesome house well below $600k too... Realtor showed me a bunch of other houses in Woodbridge that frankly kinda sucked. The house would be nice but holy fucking shit...
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    Home buying thread

    where do you live though? In NY I was used to 50% of my net going to just my rent before the other bills. That's part of why I LEFT that shithole but half my net AFTER I pull over a thousand out of each check for retirement and other savings has worked easily for me. I know it doesn't fit the...
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    Home buying thread

    As I keep thinking about that how can you be scared to buy a house for twice your income? Is it the taxes and insurance? I think taxes here are around $5k/year, maybe twice that. Insurance isn't terrible - estimated at $150/month. I have about $15k in student loan debt is all, car's been paid...
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    Home buying thread

    My realtor is looking out that way. I think it's closer to 2 hours than 1 hour and I currently have to go to the office 3x/week. They may revise that to 1 or 2x/week but it's hard to say. Government does stupid shit sometimes and we aren't known for good telework policies. So I know how I've...
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    Home buying thread

    For one, I have to start looking somewhere. I'm already an hour out of DC which is a dick punch commute. I wanted to start looking local and local here a lot of older homes run $600k. It takes $750k to $900k to buy a modern nice size home in this area. So that was the starting point. I looked...
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    Home buying thread

    The short answer is yes, I was. The more I run the numbers the more ridiculous that looks. If I want a standalone house that's the price range for an hour commute. I backed up, did some thinking on what I actually want in a place and told the realtor if she can find the nice modern layout with a...
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    Home buying thread

    I didn't understand what you were planning to do with the money between the 15 and 30 year mortgage differences. With good longterm investments you're very likely right. For 30 years that's long enough to more than double the difference in the total loan delta assuming there isn't a big drop in...
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    Home buying thread

    Where was he looking? My family lives in NC so I'm tied firmly to the northern Virginia area along the 95 corridor. If I go over into Maryland or west from DC staying in NOVA it makes my trip home to NC a beast. Taxes are worse in Maryland than VA also (from what I've seen so far) plus I just...
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    Home buying thread

    How can most Americans not be savvy enough to take the monthly savings and beat the $150k difference? I ran the numbers and it's 11.67 years to take the $1100/month and save the pure cash difference. Even if someone only saves half the mortgage difference that's 23.33 years and they broke even...
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    Home buying thread

    I appreciate all the feedback. I've been stacking those types of costs in my head to help me make a better informed decision on what I can afford. I just got off the phone with a realtor a bit ago so we're gonna start shopping... My credit score is over 800, been that way for years and I only...
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    Home buying thread

    Question: Say I'm paying $2400/month for rent on an apartment near work plus monthly parking fees at my apartment $50-$100... If I can afford that much in rent why can't I go all in on an equivalent mortgage at say $2400/month even if the total cost of the home is more than 5x my annual...
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    Home buying thread

    https://www.veteransunited.com/education/library/va-funding-fee/ Service Down Payment 1st Use After 1st Use Regular Military None 2.3% 3.6% - 5% or more 1.65% 1.65% - 10% or more 1.4% 1.4% Yeah I was looking at this. I'd be a first time buyer and I can pull some cash out of my 401k...
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    Home buying thread

    HOly fuck... I was just reading up on VA loans and they don't require PMI!!! 7. They don’t have mortgage insurance. Mortgage insurance is a monthly fee you pay with other programs when you're not putting at least 20 percent down. The VA's guaranty eliminates the need for any mortgage insurance...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Agree, Jameis to my Saints seems like a great move for Jameis. I hope he cleans up his INTs and learns a lot from Payton, Carmichael and our QB coach. I hate QBs playing for division rivals but now that he isn't I hope he's better, evil eye on Teddy... All these sports analysts were hyping the...
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    Everquest Mangler Server - DOING IT ALL AGAIN, AGAIN!

    Even on EQtitan's emulator server there was code that would catch people warping and send them to a sort of jail. It was no zone, had no bars, it was just some limbo place where if the served picked up a character warped then it warped them to that limbo jail and they weren't let out until a...
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Squatted 375 back in hs, DL 385 or so back then, benched 365 back in 2010. I'm tired of going out to the gym, paying fees and we've built half a home gym here already that I use regularly. Why not finish the game? I've always been better at lifting than most anything else, body just naturally...
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    Everquest Mangler Server - DOING IT ALL AGAIN, AGAIN!

    Cool, on Eqtitan the rule was no afk macros, no warping, no ridiculous game breaking but automating every character's functionality was cool. I ran my whole crew from my warrior's box (screen) on everything but setup for bosses and executing functions the macro can't do like choose who to loot...
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    /enginerd on My cousin has a machine shop and he's been a professional machinist for about 50 years, even used to teach at the local community college. I'm an engineer so I googled up the dimensions of all the plate sizes. 45s have a std diameter of 17.5" but the thickness and other cutouts all...
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    Everquest Mangler Server - DOING IT ALL AGAIN, AGAIN!

    Why do people give a shit about MQ on live servers anymore? I don't play live and I NEVER used MQ on live. If I were to play on live again I'd DEFINITELY want at least a 6 box with MQ. I played on Eqtitan for years and had my own crew of 36 plus a few dozen of my friends toons I could play...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    The talk I've seen is every QB throws a ton of INTs their first year in Arians system (Luck, all those Arizona QBs and Winston never could get passed it). If Brady comes in with that bad first year in Arians system maybe they don't make it. Maybe... If Brady of the Pats comes in taking care of...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Teams are desperate for OL help, especially great left tackles but $20M/year with no physical... get outta here... I live here in DC now and I love how big of a shitshow the Redskins are lol. Redskins fans were some of the most loyal in existence. Yeah the Hogs are old but I was told the world...
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    History of this message board

    Write it up and include it man!!!
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    We already had Gronk and Hernandez on the same team. Most teams would be happy with a TE anywhere near as good as Kittle or Kelce.
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    History of this message board

    https://www.fandom.com/articles/fansy-everquest At level 5 (iirc) bards get selo's which is super fast run speed. No other class can run that fast in the game. Fansy was created on a pvp server but pvp doesn't start until level 6 (iirc). The majority of the server rolled evil characters (dark...
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    History of this message board

    What actually got Tyen banned? 180 pages of the swamp donkey thread had no reveal for that. Don't get me wrong, super fuck Tyen. Hate that fucker for ruining the original FoH and being an incredibly shitty human being on all levels. Why isn't Trex banned also?
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    History of this message board

    Tyen's response to Himeo's history (just for the record) Tyen: "lol wow, you are really wrong. I was never given admin. Req gave T fashion forum and mod of that area to troll you guys. Think it was a retaliation to everyone asking for science and drugs subforum constantly. I never ran bots on...