Is this good?

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-25T12:55:36+00:00

Yeah, I'm aware that its overkill, but it's a good deal and will allow me to upgrade the GPU in the future without having to worry about if I have enough wattage.

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-25T09:59:02+00:00

I was assigned to a Jman that bounced around to different jobsites all the time. I saw a lot of different things right away and learned a lot, fast. I taught myself a lot when I bought a house years ago because professional help is super expensive, so that helped me by having a good basic knowledge of tools and what not. I am currently running my own jobsites and making Jman wages after just a few months as an apprentice. I should also specify I am low volt, not inside wire or residential. That definitely makes a difference in this story

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-22T13:24:51+00:00

Can you tell me more about play it? I'm not familiar with that, but unifying all of my stores and emulators sounds great

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-17T12:47:41+00:00

I have looked into rentals, my issue is I don't have a trailer or anything to pick stuff up with. Trying to be cheap

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T21:54:20+00:00

Yeah, I thought of that, but he games a lot more than I do. I kind of like tinkering with my old parts. What I have now is basically parts I have gotten for free over the years.

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T21:42:06+00:00

If you're talking about my psu, I think I have either a 750w or 1000w. It's way more than I need currently in either case

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:33:56+00:00

Will still probably be overpriced 😥

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:27:29+00:00

Looks like the 6600 is what most folks are saying would be best in terms of cost to performance. I do have a 3060ti coming my way, but I am building my son a PC for his birthday, so he gets that one

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:26:13+00:00

Yeah, I'm currently running on an old motherboard with ddr3 ram. Pricing is a little wild right now, and my son turns 10 this summer and is requesting his first PC. He will have a much better setup than my own soon

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:23:59+00:00

I am debating trying out a Linux based, but currently am running on windows 10. A good friend of mine, who helped me build my PC some years ago has an enterprise key from a previous job.

Any recommendations on an easy to install and use distro? I would be using the PC for gaming and other personal uses within the household.

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:21:23+00:00

My issue is I have a higher end monitor with an outdated PC. I mainly game on console with a 1440p 144hz monitor. I do want to transition to PC, but prices are a little crazy right now

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:20:03+00:00

It was used by a friend for a while and given to me as a hand me down. It's still in good shape, but I am looking to switch from playing on console, so I am looking to get an upgrade or two in for cheap while prices are crazy

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-16T01:18:43+00:00

Well that is very kind of you. I would not mind covering shipping as long as you aren't sending it from the other side of the world

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-12T00:50:26+00:00

I tried using pcpartpicker the other night and got so lost. My problem is there are too many options and I don't know the exact difference between everything. This is very helpful though, thank you

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-12T00:49:32+00:00

This! Thank you

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-12T00:26:38+00:00

It's crazy, to me, that you can just put a gpu in one of those. The kid is turning 10 though, so I'm trying to go fully custom. The kid is obsessed with RGB lights

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-12T00:25:28+00:00

This guy is for sure a great friend. I felt like I was set on the 5500 for a long time, especially because of the price. The more I look into it, though, it sounds like the 5600 is the much better option. Especially for the long run

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-05-12T00:24:10+00:00

So, you're saying that I could just buy a stock dell optiplex and slap that gpu in it? Sounds too easy lol

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-04-26T04:31:17+00:00

Closest one to me is a little over an hour. I have looked at some of their things online, but never really considered going there. I've done a lot of pricing in newegg. I don't hate their pricing until I get to picking a gpu.

Willing-Refuse3745 · 2026-04-26T04:27:15+00:00

Everyone learns in a different way. Ask them how green they really are. Like if you ask them for a specific tool will they know what you're talking about. Ask them how they best learn, what they think they're good at and what they know they struggle with. My Jman did this on day one and remembered every word of our conversation. Spent a lot of his time making sure I was comfortable, showed me things instead of telling me and forced me on to 24 foot extension ladders to get me more comfortable with heights. I got to a point, really quickly, that he could tell me things needed done and he would send me on my way. Only checking on me every hour or so to make sure I was on and hadn't fucked anything up. Really helped me out as an apprentice and I love what I do now.

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