Merry Christmas 2017
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@declan Well a good number of us on the forum are PC gamers, so if one day you ever decide to venture into it, then open up a thread and we'll give you a hand.
AMD are doing wonders with the Ryzen Thread Ripper CPU series, although I'd prefer Intel's enthusiasts chipsets, the price for them doesn't warrant buying.
I built a high end rig for my mate this year, although prices have soared in recent years, thanks to cryptomining, it cost around £2500. But we went all out and spent £200 on a stunning tempered glass case for his rig.
You could have got an equally high end system for around £1500 mark. And a still very good computer for around the £800 mark.
Anything below that, won't be hitting the mustard quite as good, but so long as you stick to 1080p gaming you'd be still hitting 60 FPS with only minimal changes to the graphics.
But put it this way, the cooling ALONE on my system cost a little over 1k.
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@declan Yes, but my setup is for 4K gaming at 100Hz.
With the way consoles are coming out theses days, with a new refresh every couple of years, gamings costing an arm and a leg, it's never been cheaper to sell up and get a PC.
That there is a good high end gaming rig for around £600. No it won't do 4K gaming at 60FPS, but it'll do 1080p all day, and double up as a computer.
I sold everything I could to build my PC this year. Consoles, TV's DVD's the lot. But to be fair, they also were not getting used lol.
I've had my rig for a good number of years now. Yes the initial outlay is expensive. But
- You can do it over a period of time.
- You can upgrade as you go like I did.
- It doubles up as a PC
Everything is just better.
Plus you haven't seen my keyboard lol.
I got a fully mechanical Hall Effect keyboard. with Tai-Hao double shot PBT shine through keys.
It's a fully mechanical keyboard with zero switches, the keys are actuated using magnets. Don't ask how much that costs lol.
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@declan Yes, but my setup is for 4K gaming at 100Hz.
With the way consoles are coming out theses days, with a new refresh every couple of years, gamings costing an arm and a leg, it's never been cheaper to sell up and get a PC.
That there is a good high end gaming rig for around £600. No it won't do 4K gaming at 60FPS, but it'll do 1080p all day, and double up as a computer.
I sold everything I could to build my PC this year. Consoles, TV's DVD's the lot. But to be fair, they also were not getting used lol.
I've had my rig for a good number of years now. Yes the initial outlay is expensive. But
- You can do it over a period of time.
- You can upgrade as you go like I did.
- It doubles up as a PC
Everything is just better.
Plus you haven't seen my keyboard lol.
I got a fully mechanical Hall Effect keyboard. with Tai-Hao double shot PBT shine through keys.
It's a fully mechanical keyboard with zero switches, the keys are actuated using magnets. Don't ask how much that costs lol.
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@calum I’ve seen it lol I zoomed in on it when you showed us your chair thinking wtf is that lol now that rig is do able if I sell a bike
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@calum I’ve seen it lol I zoomed in on it when you showed us your chair thinking wtf is that lol now that rig is do able if I sell a bike
@declan Yes, but I haven't explained how special it is. It was a one off production available through Mass Drop. It's absolutely stunning, but it's only a 60% keyboard. Meaning it's missing A LOT of keys lol.
But it's just gorgeous. My last mechanical keyboard, Corsair K70, was a fully mechanical keyboard that set me back around £110. Each key could be pressed 4 million times before wearing out. Since unlike you laptop, it uses a physical switch to actuate each key. Where as conventional keyboards, such as your laptop, uses a logic board and a membrane to detect key presses.
My Hall Effect uses neither. It uses magnets and solid state switches to determine key presses. The result, each key can be pressed 4 billion times before wearing out...
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@declan Yes, but I haven't explained how special it is. It was a one off production available through Mass Drop. It's absolutely stunning, but it's only a 60% keyboard. Meaning it's missing A LOT of keys lol.
But it's just gorgeous. My last mechanical keyboard, Corsair K70, was a fully mechanical keyboard that set me back around £110. Each key could be pressed 4 million times before wearing out. Since unlike you laptop, it uses a physical switch to actuate each key. Where as conventional keyboards, such as your laptop, uses a logic board and a membrane to detect key presses.
My Hall Effect uses neither. It uses magnets and solid state switches to determine key presses. The result, each key can be pressed 4 billion times before wearing out...
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@calum wow your kind of like an evil genius with this stuff aren’t you lol so you use that keyboard full time? Almost a shame if it’s a one off
@declan They are too expensive to manufacture mainstream.
Yeah, not really. A friend of mine mentioned it to me a while back, but I just palmed it off as "too geeky" for my liking.
But when you've gone all out on a custom rig, something you're really happy with, it's just a really nice finishing touch. It's a fully RGB keyboard with some really nice features.
Basically, every time you press a key, the led turns off, then slowly brightens up to full brightness. Aww it's such a cool feature.
I dunno mate, I spend a lot of time at my desk, so it's just nice to have nice things.
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@declan They are too expensive to manufacture mainstream.
Yeah, not really. A friend of mine mentioned it to me a while back, but I just palmed it off as "too geeky" for my liking.
But when you've gone all out on a custom rig, something you're really happy with, it's just a really nice finishing touch. It's a fully RGB keyboard with some really nice features.
Basically, every time you press a key, the led turns off, then slowly brightens up to full brightness. Aww it's such a cool feature.
I dunno mate, I spend a lot of time at my desk, so it's just nice to have nice things.
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Here was the ad for my keyboard
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/xmit-hall-effect-mechanical-keyboard
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I'm a sniper their is no aim assist and pc is so much easier
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I'm a sniper their is no aim assist and pc is so much easier
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@vtrn_raptor Uhmm yeah there is aim assist lol. PC is much better. It is much more precise, but that doesn't make it easier. It's more competitive.
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@calum probably gonna hurt your feeling but I prefer the look of the razor keyboards I forget the model name but they light up different colours
@declan Nah man, your opinion don't mean shit cause you're a console peasant, so don't worry about it....jokes.
I was in PC world earlier this year and had a go on one of their mechanical keyboards. They don't use "Cherry" but if you had to equate the feel of the keyboard, it was like a Cherry Blue MX switch.
Now that may not mean much to you, but both my Corsair, and my Xmit, are Cherry Red MX switches (well no the Xmit since it's not a switch but that's the weight).
So what does that mean. Well, one of them feels like you're pressing a micro switch, the other is like you're pressing the analogue switches.
The Cherry Reds are considered the ultimate gaming switches.
The Cherry Blues are considered the ultimate typing switches.The Razor was like the Cherry Blue. And you could literally type for days on it, it was so lush.
But I didn't build a gaming computer to type stories, I built it to play games (Weird that) so I've gone with the reds.
The result, they can/are a nightmare to type on LMAO.
I really loved the feel of the Razor keyboard. I like the Razor products (some say you're paying for the brand name).
Razor make decent stuff anyway. And my Xmit is a Chinese made cheap keyboard. So you can't really compare the two lol
Cherry Switches FYI
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@declan Nah man, your opinion don't mean shit cause you're a console peasant, so don't worry about it....jokes.
I was in PC world earlier this year and had a go on one of their mechanical keyboards. They don't use "Cherry" but if you had to equate the feel of the keyboard, it was like a Cherry Blue MX switch.
Now that may not mean much to you, but both my Corsair, and my Xmit, are Cherry Red MX switches (well no the Xmit since it's not a switch but that's the weight).
So what does that mean. Well, one of them feels like you're pressing a micro switch, the other is like you're pressing the analogue switches.
The Cherry Reds are considered the ultimate gaming switches.
The Cherry Blues are considered the ultimate typing switches.The Razor was like the Cherry Blue. And you could literally type for days on it, it was so lush.
But I didn't build a gaming computer to type stories, I built it to play games (Weird that) so I've gone with the reds.
The result, they can/are a nightmare to type on LMAO.
I really loved the feel of the Razor keyboard. I like the Razor products (some say you're paying for the brand name).
Razor make decent stuff anyway. And my Xmit is a Chinese made cheap keyboard. So you can't really compare the two lol
Cherry Switches FYI
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Sounds like we got a couple gamers on here, maybe someone should start a show your setup thread.
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@declan But have you liquid cooled it?
