I over clocked the RGB on my Trident Z Royal Ram and now I get a tan. Had to go water cooled since it wasn't enough with the fan. I cook my my breakfast on the radiator in my pan. Now I'm nomming on my ham.
Yeah my chair helps my back immeasurably, but too high a keyboard/mouse stand gave me some RSI issues. That said just got an Oculus and basic HOTAS - Actually built a small table for that, measured everything up so it was comfy and it's great.
agree! id rather have a table that is higher than half the height of the chair. (one that is adjustable) so that everything fits so my KNEES aren't on the ground to make me feel comfortable sitting at my short desk.
@@cupcakebunnyprod Im now down to 333Mhz and some dude just showed up asking me to teach him how to dougie. What kind of Ice Cream Unicorn Universe am I living in?!?
@@BosSupes Not really when the RGB software has inbuilt temp lighting settings, Problem is not all RGB temp settings use the same color! Example Asus ROG strix cards have green to red lighting based on temp, then say you have a thermeltake AIO CPU cooler that uses blue to red and has the pump and 2 to 3 fans lighting up compared to a tiny part on the GPU so unless your looking at your case or have RGB in your peripheral vision while gaming which is annoying ASF it's really not that great and its certainly not creative :D
The noise of my fans does exactly the same for free. As does any freeware for temperature display. Funny, I have a RGB system too, and glass panels, and the PC is stuck in a PC compartment in a desk, I can't see anything anyway. But muh RGB! Well, I only bought it because that was the cheaper option at the time during sale hunts (Yeah, the parts I was after didn't come in non-RGB variants, how sad is that :/ )
Pro tip, find a commercial office supplier, and look for their outlet store, you won't be disappointed, just bought a $400 "manager's" chair for $100 with a minor scratch on the back.
If I can find my chair’s rating I’m sure it’s under 2hr. $150 racing chair that I got because my good chair of 13 years finally gave up (spring stretched underneath and kept ripping it back on it’s own). It was free too, I was taking tree limbs to the dump and the guy next to me was gonna toss it over into the pit just because it had scratches
@@ryanespinoza7297I love going to my local recycle drop off, and seeing the crazy things people throw out, I got a nearly new wheel barrow out of the dump last year with only a flat tire I fixed with a $5 plug kit. good sliders over simistiff domes IBM keyboards, computers for retro PC builds, music Keyboards, even a couple good 5:4 1280X1024 resolution Sony flat panel monitors(I use one at work for office docs as it's tall shape allows more on screen then a 16:9 monitor). I've yet to find any office chairs worth salvaging though lol!
I have a wheel-chair, it is designed by the medical profession to hold you up to 18 hours a day without any discomfort. AND the wheels lock for using pedals when gaming.
I'd be especially interested in ones that DO NOT HAVE ARMRESTS. Or, at the very least, whose armrests are super easy to remove without affecting the structural integrity or ergonomic design of the chair. Armrests are demonic for actually getting anything done or getting into a solid gaming session.
Yes, you can remove the arms, but you will see the places for the screws. Watch David Zhang review, he explained the good and bad points of this chair. You still have the "Ikea JÄRVFJÄLLET", more expensive but a lot more cleaner imo, some people say that's more comfortable than Markus, other will say Markus it's better. If you can go to a store, and try each chair before you decide. But everyone will say that both chairs are better than any racing car type of chair on a 200>$/€ budget.
I remember when these started becoming popular. Fry's had tons of them, so I tried them out and I couldn't believe how flimsy and uncomfortable they are. That's when I decided they were a gimmick and laugh any time someone brings up wanting one.
I got one to match the color scheme. It made me miss the super comfy office chair with heat pads and a massage function that I used for 5 7-8 years until I moved. It's still at my mom's house but when we moved there, I lost the cord somehow and now it's just a comfy chair...
True lmao Actually high end office chairs are more expensive than "high end" gaming chairs. The difference is that those expensive office chairs pay themselves and your back will thank you haha
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@@WitchYuki22 I only have a mid tier (~300-400usd) chair, but it's so comfortable and my bad back loves it is much.
I'd like something that had the ergonimics and the general comfort of an office chair with some of the flair of a gaming chair. I actually kinda like how some of them look, but I know full well they're cheaply made, overpriced garbage. But just getting a really good, but bland looking chair doesn't feel right either =/
@@DragonNexus I know this is an old comment, but you might wanna check out noblechairs or secret lab. Both companies offer gaming "branded" office chairs at reasonable price points. I've been using a secret lab titan for over a year now and I'm very happy with it.
Yep, I remember those days very well, as I was in high school at that time taking computer network technologies classes at county vocational, and I had brought my computer in to do some work on it in the shop which was a AMD K6-II 400Mhz machine, and I had a classmate who had his rig in as well for service with a Cyrix CPU in it, and after dropping in the 550Mhz K6-II and setting up the FIC board to get it OC to 560Mhz stable on Win 98se, and asked him if want my old CPU, and it dropped right in no issues, and took his little 250Mhz machine to 400Mhz So yeah those days where awesome, but then Intel had to be Intel, and stop playing nicely, and move to the Slot design with a CPU on a card.
Wasn't that time was VERY short lived though? I thought most people only remembers that you could use a wide range of Intel processors but hardly ever this or they say "for a belief amount of time" between Intel/AMD.
dude depending on what you intend to play, you may even just want to buy a old refurbished gaming pc. if you want to buy newer games look at the requirements on the back, overshoot a bit and you should be good.
Couldn't agree more about the chair. I was about to drop $400 on a DX Racer chair, but then I realized I could get a refurbished Herman Miller for $100 more. At the time I figured, "Well I'm gonna be spending a lot of time sitting at my computer, so the extra money will be worth saving my back" I would make the same decision again if need be. My Aeron is sooo comfortable
I got a Vertagear gaming chair 2 or 3 years ago and I thought it was so cool when I first got it. 2 years later and the seat material was cracked and my back would hurt after sitting in it for long periods, even with a break to stand up every hour. I upgrade to a Steelcase Gesture on the same logic "I spend a lot of time in this thing, I shouldn't cheap out on it." It's well worth the price and honestly even cheaper ergonomic solutions would be better than any racing style gaming chair with their utter disregard for comfortable sitting.
I looked at DX racer, didn't really care for how they looked, and i wasn't sure how durable they'd be. Ended up with a noble chair, there really weren't any really good office chairs I could get my hands on (that met my requirement of removable arms.) I live in a pretty small town, online is the only way to get such things. So far it's been great
Water tastes good, but if I had 50 liters at once that would kill me. The point I'm trying to make is that too much is too much, but in the right amounts it can be good.
@@techtime2922 Where My problem comes from is that I work from home, I spend at least 8 hours in the chair per day. And over the last year its been closer to 14 hours per day. Something that is comfortable, isn't always ergonomic. usually with "gaming chairs" the seat is soft, the chair is wide, and the arms are padded, but it doesn't have the features that protect my posture. A soft chair might be nice to sit in for an hour or two, but after 8 or more hours, my entire body is sore from having to support my weight in an non-optimal position. When I bought a chair with ergonomic features, My butt is a little more sore, because the seat is harder, but my back, and my knees, and my shoulders, and my neck don't hurt anymore because it keeps my body aligned ergonomically.
@@Redwizard26 exactly! Gaming chairs (except the cheap ones) are often pretty comfortable, depending on how one sits, but not so good for sitting up straight and correct for using the actual pc
My daughter has a gaming chair and it’s probably one of the most comfortable chairs I’ve ever sat in, and I’m getting the same kind for myself soon... so idk what gamer chairs ya’ll are getting
@@techtime2922 You haven’t sit in a good economic chair then. Racer chairs are literally made to hold you back and straight, you know, like when you are in a race car? It’s not comfortable, especially if you’re an adult that is taller than child size, because we have shoulders that get crammed. Sit in that chair for 2-3 hours and then sit in a real economic chair for the same amount, you will feel the difference.
I laughed at this, but I am basically that guy.... I have a Ryzen 1700x/R9 390/16gb build, and while I do play some games on it... most of what I play are MUDs..... I ended up just using the server as an internet machine because it doesn't heat the room up so much, lol
@@DFX2KX lol sounds just like my situation except i dont have a home server. i have always been a console gamer so once i built this rig, i downloaded BFV to try out ray tracing. Well after i few matches of absolute horrendous KD ratio i gave up and now I just use the PC for school work and programming.
i mean, gold is a better conductor than the standard metal normally used, it will also have a longer life span and doesn't tarnish, and is generally a much better metal for electricals than the standard metals normally used.
@@kuston1986 Copper is a better conductor than gold , gold's only feature in this field is it lasts longer without degrading , so unless your contacts degrade past that of the value of golds conductivity then the gold is a useless feature
@@kuston1986 The only value of gold in PC applications id to plate contact surfaces that are exposed to air, Ex. CPU/RAM/PCIe/M.2 slots and rear I/O. With the exception of rear I/O, which isn't typically gold plated anyway, none of these see any amount of wear that needs more than the thinest coating of gold. When is the last time you saw ram sticks with corroded pins? I've got some in a 386 that still look brand new.
I can speak for my fellow Filipino's, that's what every new internet cafe advertises when they just recently open "high spec gaming PC's, high specs, PUBG, CSGO, Dota 2 ready, 60fps, 144hz monitors, low ping, lag free" then when you go to the shop the moment you press Alt+Tab while in-game BAM the fcking game you're currently playing crashes, half the games they installed are 2012 or 2011 with a shit ton of other games around the 2000-2010 era and only a few shops have recent triple A titles and 1/4 of those shops machines have the required specs to run them smoothly.
I mean, sure... at first glance this seems pretty stupid, but there are plenty of people who have literally no clue when it comes to computers. Those are the people that go into a store and ask the sales person: "My son wants to play game X or Y, what can you recommend me?". Those people don't care about specs, clock speeds, transfer rates or anything else and they don't want to deal with all that... All they want is a computer that can properly run Fortnite or whatever and if a label like this helps them in making a (better) purchasing decision, there's nothing wrong with that, don't you think?
Usually it is another piece of anatomy one puts where he wants, and the butt is a common destination, especially for guys like you, not that I am judging.
If you want a comfortable chair, forget the V70, get a chair from a Rolls-Royce. After all, a Rolls-Royce is considered the most luxurious motor car in the world, surely it would have really comfortable seats.
@@jfwfreo I read somewhere on the world wide web on the most comfortable driver seats and surprisingly Volvo and Saab had the best ones "shrug" and it was a cheap all leather chair I got with butt heating as a + 😂
Right depending on your climate, look for something mesh backed. The reason you probably won't see a video on chairs is that everyone has a different back, hip, butt, arm length, desk hight, leg length and preference. Would be neat butt 😉
@@Fanatic102nd A friend of mine got a gaming chair. I knew he was going to get it, I adivsed him on alternatives. Better ones at around the same price range. However, there's one problem. One MAJOR factor that gaming chairs have over office chairs and it absolutely blew my mind. "But bruh, they're cool." Said mind blowing were a couple of blood vessels from the reasoning. Why care about how a chair looks if you're literally never going to see it when it is doing the important thing, your butt being on it?
@@Hiniberus I can understand his reasoning. Why not buy something you like if you have the money? There is no dispute that you can find a cheaper office chair that fits your body but there are people in this world who care about how their furniture looks and if they like "racing" chairs and it fits in their gaming room then so be it. If you are on a budget then I get it. However if you can afford it buy whatever the hell you want if you like it. And the reason may be as simple as "it looks cool".
Dude thank you so much for covering the gaming chair bs. When I first bought my Herman Miller Embody, everyone thought I was a moron for not getting a DXRacer. Meanwhile, my friends DXRacers are falling apart and they can't get a replacement, and Herman Miller has me covered on a 13 year warranty for any and all issues. There is no "gaming" chair; there is only office chairs, ergonomic office chairs, and office chairs shaped like racing seats for children; the same children who used to have beds shaped like race cars.
Thanks for the heads up! I've totally managed to overclock my cheep non-RGB Walmart plastic chair and it's now kicking 8-hour sittings instead of 6!! Thanks Buddy! :P
@@5at5una A bluray drive, with a clear bezel and RGB lights built in, so it illuminates the spinning disk with RGBs while it's reading the disk. It has been said, it will now be made by someone. Don't buy it. It will suck.
Bravo for your description of "gaming" chairs. I have been telling friends to go for good ergonomic chairs forever. I can point friends to this explanation by an actual 'expert'. Thats what I will call you when I tell them.😁
No no no LOL. It is not the FPS. It is what one does with the FPS. I mean, everybody knows that the best aimbot users have the best gaming chairs. Common knowledge LMAO
I just got my new pc (ordered from a place that builds it with the main components you select)- I ordered a closed case-NO fucking windows (besides the OS..)...the cpu fan has some rgb...the motherboard has some useless lights...all inside a completely closed case....
Thanks for the comparison of different items, really like the style of the video!! Totally feel you about those chairs, people don't think much how important proper posture is while sitting
Certain 'gaming' chairs are more comfortable than others and tend to fit to my body shape better than ergonomic office chairs. So i kind of have to fall in the gimmick zone.
To be fair, some gaming chairs look pretty cool. If you're going for a certain theme in your room it can totally make sense. Depends on the person and their situation. Sure, it's not necessarily a 'feature' too look nice but I wouldn't necessarily see it as negative either
@@boondogglet132 I agree ...My daughter has a gaming chair and it’s probably one of the most comfortable chairs I’ve ever sat in, and I’m getting the same kind for myself soon
@@Abs3ntPete goes into more than just where your ass goes... If you don't have a chair promoting good posture you WILL have back and nerve issues later in life.
@@spaghetti9845 Unless you have absolutely zero care about any form of exercise and a piss poor diet, no, your body can handle it just fine (unless you have some kind of accidental or genetical defect in which case you should adapt your living space to fit your comfort).
Gimmick glass PC cases with poor cooling/ temperature profiles; alternatively gimmick cases with 'a thousand fans' that sounds like a jet plane and still with a poor cooling/ temperature profile.
Depends which country you are staying, like I stay in India and during summer it's 42°C so I would need liquid cooler, few extra fans for sure, people staying in Canada will never need to put a liquid cooler or so many fans inside, all depends on your geographical location.
@@chikon1000 More advanced cooling like water can be warranted for overclocking too not just high temp environments dead of winter -20f there's chip's that just wont stay cool enough on air..stock the first that comes to mind is the fx9590 when you jump into ocing it can really be any chip depending on how far you are pushing and what sort of life expectancy you want out of it..cooler tend's to last longer to a point and require less voltage for the higher clock..My goal post is to never let a chip get over 60c which can easily push you into a water cooling setup or an insanely large 20lb aircooler
@Warm Soft Kitty YOU only need 2 fans in your case. Many people have different hardware than you and different use cases that may warrant more fans for cooler temperatures. Just because no problems have arose doesn't mean that cooler temperatures couldn't make the components last longer, overclock higher, etc...
The irony is never more perfect when the ad spot for a video about PC Gimmicks vs Features includes a line about "150% more gold content" alongside "17-phase power delivery". That right there is 150% more internet gold, no question. Jay, you're the king!
One could argue that they may come in handy if you need to [watch a video, play games etc] with multiple people, but if you have a high refresh rate / high resolution display, you'll be using displayport which doesn't support audio anyway.... So yeah, it's stupid
@@morphball Displayport supports audio. I too have a 27" Acer Predator connected via displayport and the monitor shows up in the list of available audio devices in Windows. Can confirm the speakers do sound like cap.
I don't mind RGB as long it's functional. Also, if you walk into a store without doing any prior research your asking to have your money taken. If your going into a physical store to get anything you should know ahead of time exactly what your going to get. "But I don't know anything about PC hardware" you say.. hence you need to do research.. you wouldn't buy anything else at that price point without doing research, right? Hopefully..
this applies to every thing. like cars. pets etc i see ppl buying cheap cars because they think they got a good deal but in the end they have to sink tons of money just to fix it on a car mechanic. or gets a dog but knows nothing about training them or how to take care of them, then the dog ends up in the shelter and no one wants to adopt them since dog is too old, sick or behaves bad and pain to train and they end up getting put down. always do a research before hand so you know what you are getting or getting into. i have seen it happen way too many times. also on RGB. i hate the marketing and the rainbow BS they show but i like the option to match colours with your build. and on my keyboard and mice i have set the default to match my build and different colours for different profiles to indicate what profile i have on that moment when playing games
Just did this while looking for a new monitor, after my last one from 2014 croaked, by researching the available options online both off the shelf and by post. Finally decided on a Samsung VA panel based monitor from a local store, specifically the Samsung C24F39, instead of another IPS one like I had before. Part of the reason was when I plugged in my VA panel based Samsung TV from 2012 to act as a temporary monitor, the colour and contrast was just so much better. Also, it has the right size, look, and general feature set I'm looking for, such as backwards compatibility with old retro builds with a VGA analogue input to go with the HDMI input, while also coming with newer features, such as flicker free technology and a curved display, at a really good price. EDIT: Just before pulling the trigger on the Samsung, I just found another replacement monitor that I really like the look of, specifically the BENQ GW2470HL, that's currently available from online retailers. However, it does has two HDMI ports to go with the required VGA port instead of just one HDMI port, positive reviews on Amazon UK, and looks to be a generally higher quality monitor than the low cost Samsung, while still being available at around the same price. True, it doesn't have a curved display, or AMD FreeSync. However, the lack of FreeSync doesn't bother me as I'm an nVidia graphics card user, while the curved display is just an optional extra for me that I can easily do without.
I love binge watching your content even if it's not new because of the entertainment value and the knowledge that still holds up today plus these parts are still very relevant in builds. Even though I brought a prebuilt, I added/swapped things. Thank you Jay!
I bought a Herman Miller Embody several years ago. It cost about 1500 €. But in comparison it has a rather special frame, the backrest is simply amazing and it also comes with a full 10 year warranty. I've had to replace both arm rests once (the weakest link of the chair is the plastic locking mechanism for the height adjustment of these, although I propably adjust them more than most). Otherwise it's construction quality is close to perfect, it's very comfortable and it breathes thanks to the floating design. It's a pain to clean though. A very high quality chair, a display of engineering at a price and warranty that a high end product should have. I've also sold and repaired gaming chairs (various brands) and they are, indeed, really, really cheply made. Four typical problems were: bad threads and/or wrong sized screws (both were quite common), a twisted stand (the part with wheels was very often twisted like a propeller), bad welding of the base (the welds were often very shallow and sometimes broke off) and finally bad materials (the base would sometimes just simply crack at random places because of a porous result of bad casting). I've also worked in a foundry as a mechanic so I've seen (and made) some bad welds and casts in my days but nothing got out of the door there in a shape that some of the parts in these chairs seem to be in. Then again, quality control is the first thing to go with cheap stuff. But I viewed it as an investment, maybe for life (if it lasts that long).
I am so glad you made this video! Of course everyone of us that actually watch your channel know this stuff. However for those stragglers that have maybe heard about pc gaming in school or from a friend and want to look at this would be a perfect video to watch for them. Keep making great vids!
There are soooo many 'PC Guide' vids on youtube, and they all cover the same repeat topics, almost identical copies of each other. Jay, you dig deep and find awesome, relevant topics for the watcher that ACTUALLY owns a PC and could use your tips, advice, knowledge. You are the man. Keep it going strong.
I just love this person ❤️ 😬😂 so smooth, so knowledgeable. I'm glad i found this channel. I'm person who'll not care to write such comment on any video out there on RU-vid. But seriously this person. Hats off to you. Thank you for all your knowledge sharing and learning. I'll be building a PC build by October 2020. This would be my first time, hence I'm trying to gather as much info I can and this person explains it all. Love the way they enjoy making videos. Keep up the good work. You earned a like as well as a subscriber. Thank you once again 😊
Never mentioned, back lighting on the keyboards. Feature or Gimmick? I light the back lighting, since I mostly use the PC at night, and don't want to have the light on, causing and weird screen glaring.
Basic backlighting (wether white or solid colour, RGB acceptable if it is just to give colour option) is a feature, RGB or strobing and he like is gimmick.
@@Kathdath if you use said lighting to show off custom loop, it would be a feature, if you are doing it to test for epilepsy (by keeping it on and annoying your neighbors) then yes, a gimmick. Especially if it is marketed as gaming rgb.
An often overlooked item on chairs is the armrest padding. I cannot stand sitting in a chair for an extended period of time where the armrests are just plastic, or are under-padded. I've gone so far as to take apart armrests and stuff them with memory foam in order to improve their cushion.
The biggest gimmick i've seen is USB, what you really need are serial ports both 9 and 25 pin, parallel, ps/2, and firewire, floppy is also nice but most modern motherboards don't have that so get a usb floppy drive.
There is nothing wrong with RGB if you want it. Some like flashy, some don't. I just wish there were more options for some stuff without it. I personally don't want my computer to light up like a christmas tree. Mine doubles as a HTPC so I want it quiet and dark for when I am watching movies in a dark room. One of the things I like about RGB is the products that change color when something is being taxed. One of my video cards the lighting would turn red when it ramped up. I thought that was kind of cool. The down side was that thing threw off so much light it was like a lamp on my floor and would light up the left side of my room lol. I really like the low key lighting of my 2070 FE card. I would be happy if it had no lights at all honestly. And as far as video cards in general go, choosing one is just mass confusion to me. So many options and you really don't know which one is better unless you can find someone that actually compares the models you are looking at. And then you pray you got a good one. Mother boards, really I am only concerned with if it will support the components I want to use. Does the chipset support everything, does it have all the headers I need, how good is the bios and does it have enough space for what I want to put on it. My current mobo won't let me use a 3 slot video card. Case has plenty of room, but the mother board doesn't. All the plugs for the front panel stuff are in the way. And if you are overclocking with a knob, maybe you shouldn't be overclocking? The older I get the less interest I have in that anyway. Looks great on benchmarks but I have never noticed a real world difference when using it. Other than it becomes less reliable lol. Fancy looking ram I don't get at all. I would rather they spent the money and effort into making better ram, not making it pretty. I am the wrong person to ask about mice, I use a wireless trackball. I will admit it would suck for serious gaming. It isn't real fast, precise or responsive. For what I do though it works well. I don't have a computer desk. My computer runs through my large screen tv and I sit in an easy chair with the trackball on a table next to me.
I’m currently saving up for a gaming pc as I’m sick of consoles at this point. I have never been more confused with researching parts. I’ve never built a pc before and this video has helped clear up some of the confusion
Where they lying though? Some people literally have no clue what they are looking at when buying a router... Seeing that it's compatible with Windows instills confidence in the buyer. Good marketing imo.
i work in an electronics store and i get the "is this windows compatible?" question on everything from routers to monitors to keyboards and printers. Never underestimate the ignorance of the masses.
How about when pendrives where new and you had to check if they where plug and play or if you had to install drivers??? Had one with the Windows logo on the box...
Hey Jay! Loving the video but I would like to throw in my own two cents about gaming mice, I used to buy the cheapest mice I could get when I was younger and as I got more proficient and faster in playing games I found that the sensor became too slow to keep up. So while 150ips is kind of rediculous, there is value in the ips of premium mice.
I hate it when there's not option to turn it off though. I'm not really into having much lighting in my PC case or my peripherals, my keyboard can be backlit when it's dark and that's it. My new GPU though, has a giant "GIGABYTE" logo on it in RGB, which can't be turned off without physically taking out the lights. That annoys me.
I just hate being forced to pay extra for the RGB because they do not include the features needed in a vanilla style motherboard. There used to be more vanilla styled performance oriented motherboards that were relatively low on extra features, but provided excellent value. Now, these boards are extremely crippled with much lower VRM quality and you need to go up 3 tiers of additional RGB and features that wont really be used to get anything decent. I dont hate RGB, but there are plenty of users that arent interested in RGB, and want good performance for a good price.
Great Video 👍 I’m new to the computer biulding world and GIMMICKS are a huge barrier for buyers to overcome. What makes it harder is many of the GIMMICK heavy items show up on other content creators videos because of sponsoring. Again Great Job you have my subscription
hey, you leave my vegan, organic, 0 sweetener, 0 calorie, low sodium, all natural, gluten free, free range, shade grown, no hormones, no antibiotics, direct from the source, no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, bottled water product alone!
@Gareth Tucker tbh having something seen thru is not a gimmick, why is the ford GT and audi r8 engine bay see thru then? if its suck a gimmick it wouldn't be on super cars, its just nicer when you can see the beauty on the inside, like their engines.
I have an Aeron chair at home and I can tell you it is amazingly comfortable even with all day use. Be warned, it will ruin you for other chairs. It's also the first non-leather office chair I bought and I don't think I would ever go back to leather (too hot and sticky in the summer)
Remember monitors that had "Windows Vista Compatible" stickers on them... I sure do... The best part is they should have included a "HDCP Ready" sticker instead, because that is what it effectively meant on a monitor at that point. Ah, the early days of HDMI gaming... :(
I remember monitors that bragged about being 30+ grayscale shades. They cost more than most computers today, and they weighed more than most Asian women
i find the names for computer parts (especially mobo's) really cringey, "MSI X299 GAMING PRO *CARBON* " like the naming schemes actually makes a dfiference
Yep... Asus Maximus XI Hero.... Built my last PC back in 2011 when Asus just called the board "P8Z68V-Pro" and before that I had the "P5N32-E SLI Plus" and further back the "P4X266-A" Last year, finding out that Maximus XI Hero was the actual name they used for the board I ended up getting for the new build was slightly infuriating. Give me a logical code name, not some marketing wank name. I can not only identify the generation of the processor, but the chipset manufacturer/version and feature level from all the previous names. You CANNOT do so with the new marketing wank names at first glance. The code names are short and MEMORABLE. They achieve so much more than bullshit names do.
My last to last board was Intel H61 and after that it was Gigabyte GA 780 now the name is Gigabyte AORUS X470 thank god I didn't take the Gaming one....
I really wish they would name them like "MSI x299 Motherboard 2019 Edition - "All featueres"/ "just overlockable" or "the minimum shit you need" something like that to find the latest with the stuff i want, i dont wanna dig through 600 motherboards per manufacturer....
I built my system a few months ago and this topic is the first thing that stood out to me as a new buyer. Many tech companies take advantage of ignorance and could overcharge for some unnecessary gimmick, all while making one think it is indispensable.
@@alucard1116 Well the last time I strolled down the graphics card aisle all the shelves were empty except for a few very low end cards...that might be a hangover from the earlier 'days of mining' down here. But here's the deal, if you need cables, components, home security systems, enclosures, hard drives etc, on that side of the store, they still have plenty of that in stock. On the other hand, I needed to replace an Enermax AIO that I had to install in an emergency that I bought from Fry's(in January) with a Corsair model that I preferred and they(Fry's) didn't have any, but my Best Buy had the exact model I wanted right on the shelf...I still go to Fry's to window shop and then buy on Newegg(doesn't everybody?)...Ciao'
Love that you called out that bs with gaming chairs. I won one from one of my gaming competitions and I cbf about it. I used it sure but only cause it free. I would take a proper office chair any day.
I bought a 1300w platinum fully modular psu for my first £300 build and So that I never had to purchase another psu for like another 4 builds and I’m now on a £1400 pc and that psu still
Don't buy "gaming" audio gear (headphones etc). You're probably getting ripped off. For not much more one can buy entry-level audiophile-grade headphones.
Depends on how you treat noise/music and the headphones you buy. If you are a casual music listener and treat music like background noise, a pair of audiophile headphones will hardly sound different to a pair of 20 dollar ear buds or 300 dollar Beats. It takes a dedicated listener to appreciate the clarity audiophile headphones deliver. The pair of headphones matter too. Each headphone from reputable brands like Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, or Fostex will sound different and be spec'ed different. If you don't do your research, you'll be dissatisfied that your PC isn't strong enough to run your headphones or the headphones have too much bass or treble for your liking. So before you buy audiophile headphones, actually do some research on the matter so you don't get disappointed by your purchase. Check reputable brands, go to an audio store to try them on, and make a decision.
Couldn't agree more about the chair thing. I have a $150 chair from Staples that I call my poor man's Herman Miller, mesh back and pretty good lumbar support, and it's FAR more comfortable and ergonomic than $500 gaming chairs I've sat in.
