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Help me buy/build a gaming PC

Gaming on PC in the 90s and 2000s was a such a PITA that I g...
rose stubborn voyeur
  12/18/25
oh boy here we go 😏
Sinister partner personal credit line
  12/18/25
Have I inadvertently created the gaming nerd equivalent of C...
rose stubborn voyeur
  12/18/25
if you don't know what you're doing just buy a prebuilt alie...
Sinister partner personal credit line
  12/18/25
it's impossible to build a gaming pc. gpus and ram cannot b...
Smoky gaming laptop institution
  12/18/25
I could have a CostCo app slave deliver an Asus G700 to my h...
rose stubborn voyeur
  12/18/25
The world’s supply of RAM has gone to OpenAI so be pre...
Startling Yapping Den
  12/18/25
this link has completed builds. https://pcpartpicker.com...
rambunctious dragon old irish cottage
  12/18/25
lol@ anyone buying anything today
drab swashbuckling stead goal in life
  12/18/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:44 PM
Author: rose stubborn voyeur

Gaming on PC in the 90s and 2000s was a such a PITA that I gave up and have only played on Xbox for something like 25 years. Day 1 Xbox Live subscriber. But I like being able to game with my boys and the landscape seems to have shifted considerably toward PC (as XOs console scholarship has shown me). They have Steam decks and are getting Steam Machines for Christmas (IOUs for them anyway).

For myself, I’d like something that can run 4K games on my nice monitor (https://rog.asus.com/us/monitors/above-34-inches/rog-strix-xg43uq-xbox-edition-model/). Building a PC with the kids could be fun, but I don’t need computer hardware to become a new hobby. Should I build or buy? And at what specs? Or just pre-order another Steam Machine when they come out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519553)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:46 PM
Author: Sinister partner personal credit line

oh boy here we go 😏

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519562)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: rose stubborn voyeur

Have I inadvertently created the gaming nerd equivalent of Covid-era “Which gun should I buy?” threading

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519700)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: Sinister partner personal credit line

if you don't know what you're doing just buy a prebuilt alienware or something imo

or better yet wait for Magnus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519838)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:31 PM
Author: Smoky gaming laptop institution

it's impossible to build a gaming pc. gpus and ram cannot be acquired

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519845)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:32 PM
Author: rose stubborn voyeur

I could have a CostCo app slave deliver an Asus G700 to my house in 90 minutes. Given the state of things, should I just slide and let do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49520753)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Startling Yapping Den

The world’s supply of RAM has gone to OpenAI so be prepared to seriously overpay right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519847)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: rambunctious dragon old irish cottage

this link has completed builds.

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#X=214528,416971

i filtered it by price ($2k-$4k) so you dont see poorfag setups. definitely build your own. pc builders cheap out on key components like SSD, RAM, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49519871)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: drab swashbuckling stead goal in life

lol@ anyone buying anything today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811717&forum_id=2,#49520757)