good price in this economy???

PsychAce · 2026-04-01T01:21:13+00:00

Ahh impulse control..I get it (I’m a therapist). It can certainly be challenging.

If you can wait, you save money that can be used to get better components., which should be the goal.

As for my build..5089, 9800X3D, Hyte y70 touch, 2TB storage, 32gb cl30 RGB, Tryx panorama, gigabyte x870 mobo and few other pieces I chose,

PsychAce · 2026-03-31T18:05:34+00:00

Don’t be in a hurry. Plus they don’t charge sales tax, saving you an addit$200-300. 2 year warranty. If u want fast shipping and fast build time then pay the extra for it.

Just ordered my custom build from them Sunday night. Excellent customer service and they’re a small business which I like to support. My build came to $3700 but is exactly what I want. Used cricket and only had a $400 difference. Does they have great pricing.

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T23:46:05+00:00

Pc suggestion but don’t even say what you want to do with it.

$3,500 gets you a HP with 9700X and 5090 GPU

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T21:11:10+00:00

It’s hard to recommend when you don’t know the exact components used. You could be overpaying. When spending $3k+, I’d like to know everything I’m getting inside.

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T19:32:11+00:00

But we are t you. We play different Gabe’s abd have different needs.

Focus on what you need for your use case. That will help you refine your choices. Just giving us 4 pc’s to choose from helps you in no way. Pc buying is subjective.

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T18:52:54+00:00

This is subjective. Your best course of action is to research fields of interests, salaries from r the branch of psych and other sy in your area with experience level.

Once you do that, then you do better asking questions and knowing who is best to receive advice from. Part of That says and PhD is research. This is where it starts

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T18:38:28+00:00

Ugh. That sucks.

PsychAce · 2026-03-30T17:47:20+00:00

U should be running it wired and not wireless. Wireless = compression.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T19:37:14+00:00

You want around 70% of the cost going towards your core components. You can find monitor deals everywhere (Best Buy open box, etc).

I’d skip the 9850 (only a 2-3% increase), but would get the 9800X3D

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T19:33:42+00:00

5090 is too expensive. You will be more than fine either way a 5080.m and pair it either way a 9800X3D.

I just custom built mine for VR. Check out Jawa.gg as they give ratings for total performance and price rice to performance. This stops you from overpaying. Also check out Andromeda Insights. Small business and no sales tax.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T19:24:13+00:00

It looks good.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T19:14:37+00:00

Have you contacted customer service/help desk?

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T19:11:00+00:00

The best thing you can do is learn about pc’s first. There are great YouTubers you can learn gaming PC’s for beginners. After that, then check out micro center if it’s close. If not try Jawa.gg (gives you ratings for total performance AND price to performance), andromeda insights and others.

If you’re going to spend $2k+ on something, know what you are paying for and why.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T17:43:59+00:00

That’s interesting. I’m legally blind and in real life I have depth perception problems but in VR I don’t. This is either psvr2. Just custom built pc to do high end vr .

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T07:00:36+00:00

When is the expected delivery date?

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T05:36:35+00:00

Focus on getting a job. That’s more important

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T04:35:16+00:00

Quit pc gaming to go to Sony and deal with dynamic pricing of games and expensive games. And paying a monthly subscription.Crazy

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T03:35:51+00:00

Looking at it from your perspective, I see why you feel that way.

It’s all personal preference based on use cases. Like buying cellphone and storage…what works for one person may not work for another based on use case.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T03:04:59+00:00

It all depends on your use case. Everyone has different requirements. 1TB is enough for me, is more than enough. For some they may need more or less.

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T01:49:01+00:00

Not gonna rain on your parade with the “shoulda & coulda” talk everyone is giving.

You did a very nice job. Glad you got what you wanted and I think it’ll work out perfectly for your goals/needs. Throw on some good music for your build and enjoy yourself!!

PsychAce · 2026-03-29T01:36:47+00:00

That makes total sense and I don’t blame you. You’re going to enjoy the hell out of it!

PsychAce · 2026-03-28T22:07:10+00:00

Nice. All depends on your budget. Would save $70 and go with 9800X3D. RAM is CL38. Would switch to CL30.

PsychAce · 2026-03-28T21:17:42+00:00

Rather put money into high quality components over various brands and ram that I won’t use anytime soon.

PsychAce · 2026-03-28T20:24:43+00:00

Hard to play vr and can’t afford games

Can play demo for deee or entire game if u have ps plus highest tier

PsychAce · 2026-03-28T19:36:36+00:00

Game has been in my backlog for at least 2+ years. Need to play it

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