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It's a trap to get you to play Outlaws, you should get PAID $200 to play it!INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS you should just buy this bundle and then sell the rest to recoup the cost - at least you'd get 32GB of DDR5 for $200:
ASUS TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI Motherboard + 32GB Corsair RAM + Star Wars: Outlaw GE - 2025-11-05
Newegg has ASUS TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI LGA 1851 ATX Motherboard + 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000 Desktop Memory + Intel Motherboard Bundle: Star Wars Outlaws Gold Edition (PCDD Game) onslickdeals.net
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Sorry about that - the deal must have expired by then.
Best I can find right now is: DOMINATOR® TITANIUM RGB 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 DRAM 6400MT/s CL36 Intel XMP Memory Kit — Black
2x 24GB kit for $199 - it's CL36 instead of CL30, but the real world gaming performance is only about 1% difference, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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I appreciate it. I think once it hits black friday I'll buy everything and just hopefully there will be a 2x16 slash, but if there's not, I can buy 2x16 on Ebay. There's a handful on there tht are 6000 mhz CL30 for about $150. That price isn't great, but it's a smaller price to pay for the current market demand.
There are some 2x16 6000mhz CL30 nearby that are like $80 on craigslist, but wife wants me to buy somewhere that has warranty.
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Wth tell her to stay in her lane
I mean I wouldn't buy rando memory off eBay or some Facebook guy either,but this isn't a makeup purchase
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Meant to do this upgrade 3 or so years ago but things got in the way, mostly vacations.
What I have;
2 4k monitors
4080 gpu
What I need;
cpu + okay cooling
motherboard - don't need 10gbs LAN as I cannot get even close to that, 2.5gbs LAN is fine, and wifi entirely optional. Don't need a lot of bells whistles at all, I am pretty basic.
ram - 32g is fine but if we can squeeze in an upgrade to 64g that could be cool because 64 is a much cooler number that 32. Like, 4 times cooler.
what I will replace if needed;
power supply (current is 850w)
I don't need best of the best, or even best of the middle, I just need to replace what I have with the best I can afford.
Budget, we'll say under 1500us.
Limited, yes, because we just spent a shit tonne going to Italy but it's what I got and I am having computer issues now (pc restarting due to cpu issues, can't play a game and watch twitch/youtube at the same time).
Going AMD over Intel because I don't know why the fuck not? Will listen to advice on this issue.
I'm grossly out of touch with computer hardware, have been for a decade, and need some advice, please. I don't understand what makes one motherboard better than another, or do I really need 16cores on my cpu, or even 12? However, I do like bigger numbers. Ram is ram, you buy what you can get. No overclocking or fancy shit going on and I am not a power gamer, I just over spent on monitors and gpu and want to get the most out of them which I am currently not.
What I have;
2 4k monitors
4080 gpu
What I need;
cpu + okay cooling
motherboard - don't need 10gbs LAN as I cannot get even close to that, 2.5gbs LAN is fine, and wifi entirely optional. Don't need a lot of bells whistles at all, I am pretty basic.
ram - 32g is fine but if we can squeeze in an upgrade to 64g that could be cool because 64 is a much cooler number that 32. Like, 4 times cooler.
what I will replace if needed;
power supply (current is 850w)
I don't need best of the best, or even best of the middle, I just need to replace what I have with the best I can afford.
Budget, we'll say under 1500us.
Limited, yes, because we just spent a shit tonne going to Italy but it's what I got and I am having computer issues now (pc restarting due to cpu issues, can't play a game and watch twitch/youtube at the same time).
Going AMD over Intel because I don't know why the fuck not? Will listen to advice on this issue.
I'm grossly out of touch with computer hardware, have been for a decade, and need some advice, please. I don't understand what makes one motherboard better than another, or do I really need 16cores on my cpu, or even 12? However, I do like bigger numbers. Ram is ram, you buy what you can get. No overclocking or fancy shit going on and I am not a power gamer, I just over spent on monitors and gpu and want to get the most out of them which I am currently not.
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Here's my build from 2023. I haven't really been impressed by the 4090 and not sure my CPU is up to snuff either. Any suggestions?
CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus ROG STRIX GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200 Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus ROG STRIX GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200 Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
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This was my build from April (removing the graphics card since you don't need one) - this was ~ $1500 from Microcenter.
The AIO was from Amazon, only because it was OoS at MC when I went to order it, but I did count the price in my total. Not sure if you needed a case or PSU, so I left them in.
The AIO was from Amazon, only because it was OoS at MC when I went to order it, but I did count the price in my total. Not sure if you needed a case or PSU, so I left them in.
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Granite Ridge AM5 4.70GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor
- Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
- Corsair VENGEANCE RGB 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL30 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit
- Samsung 990 PRO 2TB Samsung V NAND 3-bit MLC PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD
- Lian Li O11D EVO RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black
- Corsair RM1000e 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply - ATX 3.0 Compatible
- Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer III RGB 420mm All in One Liquid CPU Cooling Kit
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Thinking of going with;
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core - Though I am thinking of splurging and getting the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core/32Thread one because heheehehehMWEEEHAHAHAHAAHEEHEEee but that would be stupid and nothing really says it would help me out at all but at the same time... **giggle**
GIGABYTE B850 GAMING X WIFI6E AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard - I have no idea what I am doing here, seriously need to retire my two 1tb hdds at some point and this gives me some extra m2 slots
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) - I am paying a little more for the lighty up ones and nothing I have read says getting 64 is worth it
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 CPU air Cooler - I had a water cooler and it was a fucking bitch to clean the air filter part, can always buy a liquid one down the road if this proves unreliable or wattever
CORSAIR RM1000x Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply - Always used corsair psu's and never had a problem (**knocks on wood). Decades ago I had a generic no-name brand one actually spark out and emit smoke once, did no damage to rest of the computer and I replaced it within a couple of hours but I bought a name brand one and never looked back.
Comes a little over my wife's budget and a little under mine, perfect. I could save a hundred or so buying most of the shit on Amazon but I don't trust it. I am Canadian and use Canada Computers because at least I can go into a store and yell at someone if something is wrong or broken.
Any knowledgeable criticisms and advice would be appreciated.
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for the assistance.
I saw Barry Horrowitz win on a Saturday afternoon show on tv, fucking blew me away and my mom yelled at me because I cheered so loud.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core - Though I am thinking of splurging and getting the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core/32Thread one because heheehehehMWEEEHAHAHAHAAHEEHEEee but that would be stupid and nothing really says it would help me out at all but at the same time... **giggle**
GIGABYTE B850 GAMING X WIFI6E AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard - I have no idea what I am doing here, seriously need to retire my two 1tb hdds at some point and this gives me some extra m2 slots
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) - I am paying a little more for the lighty up ones and nothing I have read says getting 64 is worth it
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 CPU air Cooler - I had a water cooler and it was a fucking bitch to clean the air filter part, can always buy a liquid one down the road if this proves unreliable or wattever
CORSAIR RM1000x Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply - Always used corsair psu's and never had a problem (**knocks on wood). Decades ago I had a generic no-name brand one actually spark out and emit smoke once, did no damage to rest of the computer and I replaced it within a couple of hours but I bought a name brand one and never looked back.
Comes a little over my wife's budget and a little under mine, perfect. I could save a hundred or so buying most of the shit on Amazon but I don't trust it. I am Canadian and use Canada Computers because at least I can go into a store and yell at someone if something is wrong or broken.
Any knowledgeable criticisms and advice would be appreciated.
Will give away
I saw Barry Horrowitz win on a Saturday afternoon show on tv, fucking blew me away and my mom yelled at me because I cheered so loud.
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I was just coming back to tell you to swap to a B850 motherboard. That’s the only change I would make to my build.
the AIO is very nice, and for an X3D CPU I would really recommend a 240 or 360. They are hot.
Looks like a solid build though. GL.
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I’m buying all the parts for my new pc this month and am wondering about OS.
I think I’d like to do Bazzite or Chimera OS (both based on Linux) rather than windows.
I only use Steam as a launcher. My question is:
- does battlefield 6 run ok on non windows programs? Just wondering about anti cheat software bc I’ve heard it sometimes won’t work on non windows programs
- is there a way to launch discord directly FROM steam? Right now I have to exit big picture mode then launch the discord app. I can’t find any videos on this. Only videos on “launch discord from steam deck” not launch discord from steam app on windows.
I think I’d like to do Bazzite or Chimera OS (both based on Linux) rather than windows.
I only use Steam as a launcher. My question is:
- does battlefield 6 run ok on non windows programs? Just wondering about anti cheat software bc I’ve heard it sometimes won’t work on non windows programs
- is there a way to launch discord directly FROM steam? Right now I have to exit big picture mode then launch the discord app. I can’t find any videos on this. Only videos on “launch discord from steam deck” not launch discord from steam app on windows.
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go goole steam input and see how to link discord app to controller button, i'm assuming youre using a controller, if not you can also do hotkey
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I’m using a keyboard and mouse.
Keychron low profile keyboard and a Logitech g305 mouse
I’ll check it out. Thanks!
I’m leaning towards the bazzite
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With Windows 10 being EoL and Win11 being shady, and Win12 is pretty much guaranteed to be using AI and Recall, moving to Linux is going to happen for more people concerned about their privacy.
One of the biggest issues when I was using it was you couldn't do online gaming because of the Kernel level anti-cheats the online games we played used.
CachyOS actually built in support for Secure Boot and Easy Ant i Cheat and BattlEye, so you can play things like Rivals, Fortnight, etc online: Gaming with CachyOS Guide
I think more versions of Linux will end up doing something like this, but I believe game companies will also need to make Anti-Cheat measures that are Linux compatible and not require Root/Kernel level access going forward.
Hopefully more Linux OSes take note and provide more options - at least if you don't do the online shooters, pretty much everything works with any version of Linux.
Anyway, if you wanted to check it out, more info is here: Welcome to the CachyOS Wiki
yeah, there are quite a few good Linux OSes these days and anything based on Arch (SteamOS swapped over to them) is really great.
Honestly Proton does all the heavy lifting, so you really can't go wrong.
Now if you wanted to play BF6/CoD, you're stuck with Windows, but for almost everything else, you're good to go
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I appreciate it!With Windows 10 being EoL and Win11 being shady, and Win12 is pretty much guaranteed to be using AI and Recall, moving to Linux is going to happen for more people concerned about their privacy.
One of the biggest issues when I was using it was you couldn't do online gaming because of the Kernel level anti-cheats the online games we played used.
CachyOS actually built in support for Secure Boot and Easy Ant i Cheat and BattlEye, so you can play things like Rivals, Fortnight, etc online: Gaming with CachyOS Guide
I think more versions of Linux will end up doing something like this, but I believe game companies will also need to make Anti-Cheat measures that are Linux compatible and not require Root/Kernel level access going forward.
Hopefully more Linux OSes take note and provide more options - at least if you don't do the online shooters, pretty much everything works with any version of Linux.
Anyway, if you wanted to check it out, more info is here: Welcome to the CachyOS Wiki
yeah, there are quite a few good Linux OSes these days and anything based on Arch (SteamOS swapped over to them) is really great.
Honestly Proton does all the heavy lifting, so you really can't go wrong.
Now if you wanted to play BF6/CoD, you're stuck with Windows, but for almost everything else, you're good to go
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Yeah I’m building this pc specifically bc my legion go can’t handle battelfield six. So looks like I’m stuck with windows for the time being.
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