Do you like buying games or PC parts better?

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

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[crunchyfrog]

You mean software versus hardware?

I don't buy PC parts generally as I've always games on laptops. I like things easy as I play on a lot of platforms. By having a laptop sat by the side of my bed, ready to go without faffing around, it keeps things simple.

So games all the way.

Plus I never buy games anywhere near release. In part because I ALWAYS wait for reviews because duh. And partly because I always buy games when they're cheap either new or second hand.

I tend to read reviews and give them a loose value of what I THINK they're worth. When they reach that price, I buy them.

Doesn't matter if I have to wait years. And that's how I've amassed many thousands of games.

[Affronter]

What do you like better, OP?

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Affronter:

What do you like better, OP?

Probably games right now. I'm curious to see what Nvidia does with the 50 Series though.

[dallas]

games

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

Both.

[[N]ebsun]

hardware... I have enough games for multiple lifetimes, but always interesting to build a new setup - even if it's from scrapped or cheap parts, or brand new top of the line.

[gza]

Hardware is consistently more exciting. If its a big multiplayer game thats come out then that's just as good.

[Psycho]

games. I've never bought PC parts

although i am planning on buying my dream PC soon... I'm still torn between wether to buy the parts and put it together myself, or buy a pre -built one.

I've never put a computer together so I'm afraid id mess something up. but idk

[St✩rlight]

I'm kinda addicted to buying games even when I tell myself I'm not going to buy some I still end up buying some. Like in the sale last week I thought the sale was crap and nothing was discounted as much as I wanted so I wasn't gonna buy anything but I still ended up getting about 5 games or more.

I got

Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
Age of Decadence
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Banner of the Maid
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
The Front

And that's all I got. 5 games.

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They both go hand in hand.

[St✩rlight]

I love hardware too though but I get out of touch with hardware when I'm not building a PC. It's like I build a new PC and then I don't look at hardware again for 4-5 years. And then I feel like building a new PC so I start looking up what I can build and what kind of deals I can get. I don't spend a lot building PCs though, I usually just build high-end for 1080p, which these days is very affordable so you don't even need to spend a lot.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Psycho:

games. I've never bought PC parts

although i am planning on buying my dream PC soon... I'm still torn between wether to buy the parts and put it together myself, or buy a pre -built one.

I've never put a computer together so I'm afraid id mess something up. but idk

It's up to you. I know a lot of people will probably say to build it, but you can get a lot New Years deals on pre-builts. I'm personally too lazy to build myself, but upgrading the GPU or storage shouldn't be too difficult.

[Psycho]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BlackDragon875:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Psycho:

games. I've never bought PC parts

although i am planning on buying my dream PC soon... I'm still torn between wether to buy the parts and put it together myself, or buy a pre -built one.

I've never put a computer together so I'm afraid id mess something up. but idk

It's up to you. I know a lot of people will probably say to build it, but you can get a lot New Years deals on pre-builts. I'm personally too lazy to build myself, but upgrading the GPU or storage shouldn't be too difficult.

Thank you. Yeah I think I'm just gonna go with pre-built. I saw a lot of people online saying you should always put it together urself, but I don't think anything's wrong with a pre-built one

[St✩rlight]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BlackDragon875:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Psycho:

games. I've never bought PC parts

although i am planning on buying my dream PC soon... I'm still torn between wether to buy the parts and put it together myself, or buy a pre -built one.

I've never put a computer together so I'm afraid id mess something up. but idk

It's up to you. I know a lot of people will probably say to build it, but you can get a lot New Years deals on pre-builts. I'm personally too lazy to build myself, but upgrading the GPU or storage shouldn't be too difficult.

Yeah, building your first PC can be quite intimidating, it helps if you have a friend who knows what they are doing. My friend was busy when I built my first PC so I ended up doing it myself and it was a breeze. But I still had to look things up to make sure I was doing it right. I think I remember watching some videos about how to apply the thermal paste properly and there were a few different methods. I do the thin even spread method.

[Psycho]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Munithe EXT:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BlackDragon875:

It's up to you. I know a lot of people will probably say to build it, but you can get a lot New Years deals on pre-builts. I'm personally too lazy to build myself, but upgrading the GPU or storage shouldn't be too difficult.

Yeah, building your first PC can be quite intimidating, it helps if you have a friend who knows what they are doing. My friend was busy when I built my first PC so I ended up doing it myself and it was a breeze. But I still had to look things up to make sure I was doing it right. I think I remember watching some videos about how to apply the thermal paste properly and there were a few different methods. I do the thin even spread method.

The thermal paste part is what I immediately thought of that I would mess up lol. I can't even spread butter on toast properly, i know I'd put too much on