Buying Advice
What to buy, what to skip, and why.
ok weird one honest question. i have been waiting for teh next generatoin for two years with a aging mid range GPU. i mostly play competitive shooters. i finally have a strict 300 dollars ready. Part of me wants to buy today, part of me is scared of buyers…
long time lurker first post lol im trying to figure out if it's worth putting money into a used enterprise workstation for my home lab or if i should just buy new consumer parts 🔥 i've seen some crazy deals on old pro series machines, but i'm honestly…
help!! sooo i currently just use the default gateway from my isp but it's honestly struggling to handle everything when i start spinning up containers.., i was thinking about grabbing a dedicated router but idk if its actually worth the extra hardware cuz…
guys pls help im thinking about getting a laptop for my parent, who mainly uses a browser, email and video calls. Options are a new budget laptop or a refurbished business model a few years old for similar money.…
Im a first time builder and i need a new desktop for video editing. Budget is a firm 800 dollars. Everyone online says building is easy and cheaper 🤦 Then i read horror stories about bent CPU pins and RAM not setaed properly. A prebuilt comes with a…
im literally losing my mind here my mom handed me a box of hard drives and said this is everything. its thousands of RAW files. I want to set up something that will still be readable in twenty years and that protects against a cloud account getting locked.…
I start nursing soon and my parents gave me about 700 dollars for a laptop... that is all I get for teh next four years, sooo I really cannot mess this up... everyone online seems to recommend whatever they personally own... my priorities: a light chassis,…
My entry level card from years ago has served me well, but story games at 1440p is turning into a slideshow on medium settings. I have up to 700 dollars set aside :/ Every time I am about to click buy, someone says new cards are coming and prices will drop.…
ugh. i genuinely laughed, then I wanted to cry. my new 2 in 1 convertible blue screened while copying my old files over, not even an hour into owning it. everything else seems fine: fans quiet, srceen perfect, no weird noises. is a single crash on day one…
im literally losing my mind here unpopular opinion maybe: monitors are the most underrated part of a PC. I'm finally upgrading for coding all day. Options are a 4K 60Hz or two cheaper 1080p screens 😤 My desk is not huge and my GPU is mid range. Tell me what…
ok weird one hey, say youre picking a laptop for full stack web development with Docker, a few browser windows and an editor running all day. Budget is mid range. theres a constant stream of spec sheets and its hard to…
hmmmm ok im fed up with Wi Fi dead spots... the ISP router sits in a corner on the ground floor and teh upstairs office barely gets a usable signal. i work from home, so video calls dropping is a real problem. options…
long time lurker first post lol confession: I chose teh renewed 512GB NVMe to save money for a better GPU. after two weeks I ran a SMART check cuz a friend told me to. The Wear Leveling Count line is yellow. The seller says refurbished drives are fully…
help!! i genuinely laughed, then i wanted to cry. my new 2 in 1 convertible blue screened during the first Windows setup, not even an hour into owning it. everything else seems fine: fans quiet, screen perfect, no weird noises. is a single crash on day one…
question for ppl who already went through nursing: what did your laptop actually need to do? course software, battery life in lecture halls, weight in a backpack, all of it lmao i have around 1000 dollars and i lean toward all day battery... i'd love to hear…
long time lurker first post lol my mom handed me a box of hard drives and said this is everything. its every video of my kids since birth. i want to set up smth that will still be readable in twenty years and that protects against a house fire. is an old PC…
Confession: I chose the renewed 512GB NVMe to save money for a better GPU. After a month I ran a SMART check because a friend told me to. The Percentage Used line is yellow. The seller says refurbished drives are fully tested. I am now wondering what exactly…
Went to a parking lot meetup to check out a second hand mid range GPU. Price was great lmao The seller set it up in their PC and started ten minutes of gaming. About five minutes in, this showed up. the seller said it was a driver thing and that it never…
im literally losing my mind here i genuinely laughed, then i wanted to cry. my new budget student laptop blue screened during the first Windows setup, not even an hour into owning it. Everything else seems fine: fans quiet, screen perfect, no weird noises.…
I got clever and bought a refurbished 1TB NVMe instead of a new one. Felt great for two weeks. Then I installed a health tool out of curiosity and it greeted me with this. The Available Spare value is flagged and the status says Caution instead of Good.…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my old screen started flickering and I have to replace it soon :D I do moslty competitive gaming. The two options I keep coming back to are a 4K 60Hz and a 24 inch 240Hz. Friends are split down teh middle. Help me break…
I genuinely laughed, then I wanted to cry. My new gaming laptop blue screened while copying my old files over, not even an hour into owning it. everything else seems fine: fans quiet, screen perfect, no weird noises... is a single crash on day one normal…
Question for people who already went through nursing: what did your laptop actually need to do? Course software, battery life in lecture halls, weight in a backpack, all of it. i have roughly 1200 euros and i lean toward a big sharp screen. i'd love to hear…
long time lurker first post lol confession: I chose the marketplace 1TB SATA SSD to save money for a betetr GPU. After two weeks I ran a SMART check cuz a friend told me to. the Wear Leveling Count line is yellow. the seller says refurbished drives are fully…
im literally losing my mind here i start mechanical engineering soon and my parents gave me roughly 1200 euros for a laptop. That is all i get for the next four years, so i really cannot mess this up. Everyone online seems to recommend whatever they…
