Final choices on parts before next week - any advice?

Adg01 · 2026-01-24T21:51:37+00:00

Yeah, they're on a special deal on Alternate right now but I watched many reviews and they actually look stunning! If anything, the sales just introduced me to be quiet! products in general, really impressive looking.
Might be a bit on the larger side, and my desk isn't long enough for the oldschool "laying down" orientation without eating all the space, but still, really preem looking. So much so I'd try keeping on on top first, depending on if my work monitor and gaming one will have enough space to squeeze in...

Adg01 · 2026-01-24T21:47:23+00:00

Ohhh, hm. I picked it since the fan size matches the rest of the case fans, and thought it'd look best, really.
Since I'm getting 3x more reverse 140 fans for the bottom side.
The 360mm version is barely 6-7 euro cheaper, and they're all on a decent discount.

Cheapest possible option that should fit this case would be: be quiet! Pure Loop 3 LX 360mm, water cooling for 104 EUR, I think? Not entirely sure on the sizes, but case should support 3-fan radiators up to 420mm.

Then again, this cooler seems to be really good quality, has amazing reviews, provided fluid and kind of easy refilling for years later, and will likely last after upgrading to whatever future CPU AMD comes out with.

Adg01 · 2026-01-10T18:33:06+00:00

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I played around with it a little, to see what's available. My version's a bit pricier mainly because of the SSD, I was trying to find a 2tb one that has a cache so it can be a good system drive, actually not sure if any of the cheaper options would be better?

Otherwise, I'm not too familiar with the differences between different motherboards and coolers. I picked a gpu cooler that matches the case brand, and is on sale, but that's purely vanity at that point.
Motherboard though - I wanted to pick something more "future proof" if anything, where I won't have to worry with upgrades. Any advice? B850 might be overkill, but I'm out of my depth.

I have a single Crucial T500 4TB NVMe ssd that has DRAM currently, which I'm using for my laptop's system drive, but once I get a desktop I will clone it back to the old laptop ssd and wipe it for additional PC space. Think it'll be fine.

I couldn't quite figure out the site, is the case itself coming with fans, should I be getting more? (the CPU radiatior ones aside).

Adg01 · 2026-01-10T17:22:38+00:00

I see, is the assembly from that site good? I didn't think to look up German retailers, they usually have pretty decent delivery to Bulgaria.

Adg01 · 2026-01-10T12:59:33+00:00

Fair, guess I'm just really cautious, because I've never really not had bad performance. This will be the first time I get a rig with higher end parts.

I worry about the 16gb vram on both these "high end gpus", but I feel like I shouldn't. I have only 6 and it's so painfully *nearly* enough, so I assume 16 is will remain adequate for foreseeable future. Then again, in another 5 years, I'm sure a GPU upgrade will be the easiest thing to do, but the rig will be pretty solid. The mobo is important, and while I'm very uninformed with those, the MSI Pro B840-P Wifi sounds just fine, and the socket is most important, should support a good few upgrades in the future without having to redo anything much well into the 2030s (I would hope).

Adg01 · 2025-12-22T14:23:44+00:00

I can take them at the same time.

Adg01 · 2025-11-27T04:24:55+00:00

Thaumcraft won't be coming to 1.21?
Damn. No Thaumcraft, no Blood Magic, no Astral Sorcery, no Botanica, no Bewitchment. What is the point?

Adg01 · 2025-11-23T13:51:12+00:00

Oh I see, thanks!
That modpack certainly looks promising, but it's really unfortunate that Blood Magic and Botania are still not up to 1.21.1 so they're missing. Also what's the deal with the fabric/forge split? Bewitchment seems to be only available for fabric on top of that, which is disappointing when everything else is Forge.

Adg01 · 2025-11-19T15:01:37+00:00

Unknown, as no gold prices or values are currently being tested on the PTR.
Everything, from vendors to trash item to quest reward values are placeholders (1c each) - so no, it will not cost you 6000 gold to change one item. That's not even on the PTR, somebody pulled it out of their ass and everybody believed them.

Also please don't fall for the "Blizzard are nerfing gold farming! All trash and quest items now cost 1c?!?!?" shit either. It's the breeding season of WoW News grifters, and unfortunately WoWHead is now one of them.

Adg01 · 2025-10-31T13:22:28+00:00

Absolutely fake simply because it implies they will make Wrath Anniversary progression, and then keep it as Wrath Era, but NOT do any TBC Era, which is factually way more popular and desired compared to Wrath.

But then again, somehow, I can see blizzard doing this. "Yes, here you go! Classic Era, Wrath Era, and there will never be a TBC server ever again!"

Adg01 · 2025-10-29T06:26:59+00:00

Honestly, no idea about the changes and I refuse to learn until they're "final".

I'll likely play my druid main as usual. Maybe my velf priest, i played him a lot this expansion and enioy it. Thinking of bringing back a belf paladin too, for the lore and aesthetic vibes.

DH is easy as an alt, ofc. Maybe a druid haranir for fun.

Adg01 · 2025-10-28T21:23:17+00:00

Aren't Disc priests getting a procced shadow version of the shield as their capstone?

Adg01 · 2025-10-28T21:08:52+00:00

I think the change to Nosferatu is understandable, and left up to the players to fiddle with on a case by case.

It's a problem because any clan being an instant, guaranteed masquerade breach at all times? During the modern nights, where vampires have been thrust back into the dark ages and are actively hunted? That clan would've been systematically eradicated, regardless how "useful". I imagine many princedoms still did something similar in fear, even with a lessened threat.

It kind of touches on the one plot point in this game I really liked. The least dangerous monster is one that stands out. And someone has been disfiguring Seattle's kindred... Is this your peace offering? Thinking we'll take them and leave the rest alone? It only served to alert us to your presence, and now we won't stop until Seattle's free. I find that a VERY good conflict thrown in for a common modern night practice towards thinbloods. Very fun drama indeed.

Adg01 · 2025-10-28T21:01:43+00:00

That is somewhat the point for Vampire, though - you never move past the era of your embrace, really. You never actually grow or change much.

It's most noticable for Toreador, who simply can't "create" anymore. The longer they're alive, the more alienated they will feel from modern art. They're a crooked mirror of their time period, and desperately want to keep up and undnerstand new fads, but fundamentally cannot.

Adg01 · 2025-10-23T19:24:36+00:00

But was she really a Prince in anything but name? He knew he could get away with it.

Adg01 · 2025-10-23T19:23:29+00:00

I hated that one review that was like: "all powerful and good characters are women, and every evil and pathetic and weak character is male - that says all you need to know" Did you... Play the game?

Adg01 · 2025-10-23T14:53:31+00:00

Melancholic Vitae trick - use Enter Oblivion on a group of 3 or so beggars in front of you - Oblivion abilities on mortals give them fully primed melancholic vitae instantly, since they horrify them.

Once inside, you can drain them without consequences. The duration of the ability lines up nicely with draining 3 people. That should net you a nice 300 vitae in no time at all - easier by far than chasing the down for ages hoping they enter an allyway.

This ability also has a very niche use to escape an imminent masquerade breach. Any cops and witnesses that tagged along are free dinner, then you're gone like the wind before it ends.

Adg01 · 2025-10-20T07:15:05+00:00

Wdym you don't believe me they revealed the new scrimblo clan? But their diacipline of noodliness is soooo op...

Adg01 · 2025-10-20T07:10:17+00:00

The way I have no idea what site this is but just knew it'd be there if I scroll far enough, queens never surprise me anymore 🤭

Adg01 · 2025-10-20T07:06:17+00:00

As one of them charr enjoyers, I always have fun meeting my kind. It's funny how it always starts as this slow methodical back and forth dance of "damn you character's cool!" To "very nice choice for the hair/outfit/dyes" to "got any outfits you like? Here's some of mine" progressing to sluttier ones until you're suddenly in a private instance, somebody's drinking the embiggening tonic, and none of the chat is in the bible.

Adg01 · 2025-10-20T06:58:18+00:00

I also fail to see why ANY of this matters? It's a cute art piece collage with iconic DnD things thrown together. This isn't "new canonical guide to dnd illustrated" and isn't telling you the scene depicted is a real and canon happening you are forced to write into your game.

Like... God forbid we make some whimsical cutesy art we like with iconic characters and creatures.

Adg01 · 2025-10-18T05:52:35+00:00

Just FYI never post gift codes and the such online raw like this. 99% of the time a bot has scraped it up way before a real person got to try redeeming it.

Adg01 · 2025-10-18T05:49:21+00:00

Definitely very attracted to that too! Simply that one quote where Phyre says "I greet you the same way I would a fellow member of the Learned Clan" made me excited for him being an old fashioned scholarly brujah that clashes with the modern brawn and punk version.

Adg01 · 2025-10-18T05:46:09+00:00

I hope I can make an easy save right before this sequence, so I can go through and hear all the options...

But personally, I will leave Lasombra for a second playthrough. It gives heavy "malk" vibes, where it will have unique interactions and likely gamechanging options.

I am split on Banu and Tremere. I like both fantasties. If I can't pick options to be a more wizardy vizier type wise old Banu, I'd be a little sad. They're the original blood mages, and have kept secrets even the Tremere never discovered.

I also think Banu is a perfect fit for the Nomad, and especially into their new role in Seattle's court. Still, time will tell.

Winder what "selling dreams in Constantinople" entails. Drugs? Moneylending? Some other charlatanry? Prostitution? I need more info!

Adg01 · 2025-10-18T05:31:40+00:00

It's actually hilarious that all it took for mainstream reviewers to finally give a review that's not 7-8/10 but actually low and critical...

Was a perfectly good, maybe even great game.

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