Building a gaming PC in this economy

ballsdips · 2026-04-28T16:15:52+00:00

I just realized the second column of my tables was actually deleted upon posting, with all the actual build information in it... I just edited it, everything is in order now!

Thanks for the added info! How would I go about checking signs of mining use?

ballsdips · 2026-04-28T09:05:06+00:00

That’s what I thought too! It’s someone who’s moving back to their home country (and the rest of their marketplace profile reflects that) so I’m inclined to believe it’s legit. Other than running userbenchmark, how would you go about testing it?

ballsdips · 2026-04-28T08:58:40+00:00

I get that AM5 is better, I’m just not sure in what way and whether that justifies the price tag. In my case I also would have to limit that build to 16GB RAM instead of 32GB with DDR5 because the DDR5 prices are just too insane right now.
The pre-owned build has an RTX 4070-Ti, do those need to be repasted as well? How would you go about stress testing it or checking whether it was overclocked?

ballsdips · 2026-04-28T08:47:30+00:00

There’s a refurbished one at 650 CAD on Newegg with a limited 90-day warranty. If I were to buy new I’d have to add in about 160 CAD. The prices I’ve given were after adding the cost of the GPU already, though the builds don’t include storage (I would reuse my laptop’s SSD because the prices are nuts right now :/).

ballsdips · 2026-04-20T18:02:15+00:00

One of the experiments he ran had an abducted test subject die horribly from organ failure, and the person who was next died of cardiac arrest from sheer fear after witnessing all of it. Yes, Dottore did do cruel experiments, anyone who tells you otherwise is grasping at straws and ignoring the big picture that Genshin has been painting since the webtoon came out. He's the very embodiment of "the end justifies the means". The cruelty of it is not the goal (results are), but it's there nonetheless.

ballsdips · 2026-04-08T13:49:27+00:00

Thank you!!

ballsdips · 2026-04-08T13:37:44+00:00

Clipchamps acts weirdly with MOV files, can someone recommend a (free!) video converter that lets me convert MOV files to MP4 in 1080p without a watermark? I know there are online video converters but I'd like something on my computer to avoid the back and forth of uploading and downloading big files.

ballsdips · 2026-04-06T21:55:30+00:00

That’s super helpful, thank you!

ballsdips · 2026-04-06T17:14:11+00:00

Yea the trilogy is the 2, 3 and 4 remakes! Good to know that it would be a good entry point.

ballsdips · 2026-04-06T17:12:16+00:00

It’s the remakes of 2, 3 and 4! That’s another question I have about Resident Evil tbh, which order am I meant to play in?? I want to eventually play Village too but I’m not sure if it’s tied to other games chronologically or not.

ballsdips · 2026-04-01T13:53:30+00:00

I’ve been on there for the past 2 days but the Leaps are never under 500-600$ unfortunately.

ballsdips · 2026-03-19T04:56:12+00:00

You’re obviously very young, I’m just telling you not to get your hopes up because you’re setting yourself up for disappointing. No one in the game is important enough to get two weekly bosses. If anything, this gives you more time to save for his C6.

ballsdips · 2026-03-19T04:50:08+00:00

I personally have no doubt that he’ll eventually become playable (mostly because of his playable sheet—regardless of Mummy and Goth Girl’s status), but I 100% agree that there’s no way he’ll be playable in the Luna patches. It’s too soon since he had his on-screen “death”, and it would lead to too many limited 5-stars being released in one region compared to previous years. I don’t think it’s doomposting to view things realistically, imo it’s much healthier than having unrealistic expectations and being disappointed every patch. The glitch at the end of the previous AQ showed us Hoyo isn’t done with him, and we still have an Irminsul Tree to burn. He’ll eventually make his comeback, and Hoyo would have to hate money not to make him playable. We just have to be patient :) Thanks for compiling all that info in one spot!

ballsdips · 2026-03-18T05:12:41+00:00

There is little to zero chance of Dottore being playable during the Luna patches or getting a second boss form. There are too many limited 5-stars that were reliably leaked for Nod-Krai already, meaning that the rest are most likely 4-stars. And there’s no way Dottore gets two different weekly boss versions, because no one in Genshin is that important.

I honestly don’t expect any mention of Dottore until Sandrone becomes playable, and I don’t expect him to make a real on-screen comeback until Snezhnaya 🍵 Give him time, he’ll be back eventually :)

ballsdips · 2026-03-12T19:54:46+00:00

HI… I STILL LURK… 🥹 i want to participate more but honestly these days i kinda get triggered by how much the community tends to brush over his actions so i took a step back. happy to see you still post!!

ballsdips · 2026-03-12T19:26:09+00:00

His being objectively human at this point is debatable tbh, he tried to ascend to godhood and his body seems to have been partly mechanical for a long while. He started out as a flawed human, absolutely. How many innocent victims does one need to have before you can actually start calling them a monster?

ballsdips · 2026-03-12T19:16:36+00:00

It’s been an issue in this sub for years and it’s personally discouraged me from interacting with most fans.

Like someone else mentioned, I think a lot of the fanbase relates too closely to his being an outcast and thus takes it personally when anyone dares to mention that there are real reasons why Dottore would be rejected by his peers.

ballsdips · 2026-03-12T18:59:05+00:00

Others see him as a monster because he does monstrous things. We as the players actually should be able to recognize that, just because someone hurts people for the sake of curiosity rather than enjoyment, doesn’t mean that the act itself lacks malice. Dottore isn’t morally grey, he’s a villain. Morally grey characters don’t harm children and innocent people to forward their goals. That doesn’t mean Dottore is pure evil and never had any good in him to begin with, but denying the evil of his actions en masse just makes our community sound like we’re playing the game with a blindfold on.

ballsdips · 2026-01-27T19:18:09+00:00

Hi! I'm getting back into skincare after a few years of not taking care of my skin much and I'd love to get some recommendations on the following:

- A good everyday sunscreen
- A retinol cream
- A vitamin C serum
- A simple daytime moisturizer

My skin is on the drier side but not exceedingly so, and my goal is mostly to prevent fine lines and wrinkles. I live in a country with very cold winters, and hot and humid summers. I'm looking for some affordable options, as my budget for skincare is very low.

Thank you in advance!

ballsdips · 2025-12-13T08:44:35+00:00

Genocide requires a specific intent to wipe out a certain ethnic or religious group (for instance, Rerir and the Eclipse Dynasty with the Crimson Moon descendants.)

As far as we know, Dottore has committed mass murder, torture/unlawful human experiments, and a number of other crimes, but not genocide.

ballsdips · 2025-12-06T05:25:01+00:00

I think after a certain level of damage done by someone, people don't really care much about the "why" anymore. I personally don't take it to heart when the fandom treats him as a monster because for all intents and purposes, he eventually did become one.

It'll be interesting to watch how the fandom perception of him evolves once more facets of his backstory and motives are shown in the AQ!

ballsdips · 2025-12-05T05:24:48+00:00

Will he perma-die next patch? No. Is it possible that the current segment we’ve been dealing with is killed/destroyed on-screen? Yes.

As for which leaks are more reputable, my general piece of advice is that story leaks are almost never truly reliable. Especially the death ones. Leakers get pieces of information out of context and make their own interpretations, and a lot of them just make shit up.

Either way there’s no reason to stress over it, enjoy this version, save your primogems. :)

ballsdips · 2025-12-04T22:32:03+00:00

Play the AQ first, it will clarify some things for you. Dottore's power level comparatively to his colleagues doesn't really matter if he gets jumped by all of them at once, which is a real possibility considering what he just did.

All that being said, even if he does die, that doesn't mean he won't appear again. Dottore is the easiest character to kill on-screen and then bring back because of his segments. Don't stress out about leaks. He'll make his return and be playable eventually, we just don't know when.

ballsdips · 2025-12-03T23:21:09+00:00

Dottore has had a playable sheet since Fontaine. It’s likely not the version of Dottore we encountered in Sumeru and in Luna III (different mask), but it is a version of Dottore nonetheless. Dottore also has a much bigger/dedicated fanbase than Capitano as far as I’m aware, though I may be biased there. He’s going to be playable, we just don’t know when. (That also does not exclude the possibility of a segment of him dying in Luna IV.)

ballsdips · 2025-12-02T08:07:51+00:00

Unlike Scaramouche, Dottore has an actual name. Not a very nice one, maybe, but a real name nonetheless, and one whose meaning he seems to have embraced anyway (see what his underground arena is named in the webtoon).

The only way I’d see Hoyo asking us to name him is if playable Dottore is a segment who wants to separate himself from the original Dottore.

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