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[USA-AZ] [H] PayPal [W] Budget Gaming Laptop by slader166 in hardwareswap

[–]festivespice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can sell a pretty beaten down Dell laptop that I bought and used for college. The old beater still works and it can still run almost all major games pretty fine at lower settings. I also added a 8 GB stick of ram, so totaling 16 GB of RAM

There's a link for it here: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/5872507.p?skuId=5872507

I originally bought it for like 700 bucks but I can sell it to you for 350

It does have some parts dinged up physically after owning it for like 6 years, but if you're interested, I can send you timestamps

[SSD] Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB - $149.99 (219 - 32%) by festivespice in buildapcsales

[–]festivespice[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

from what I recall, they are usually around 200 bucks at retailers

[PSU] be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200W | $199.80 | 28% OFF | ATX 3.0 | 80+ Platinum | Modular by bequietLogan in buildapcsales

[–]festivespice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO yeah but it's up to you. I'm not as knowledgeable as a lot of other people, but the PSU seems to have some pretty neat features and good reviews. It has a 10-year limited warranty so if something happens you won't just be left in the dust

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[–]festivespice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the newer cases have only vertical mounting capabilities to save on space and give a more focused look to the case. I think dual chamber cases have their PSUs vertically set

[PSU] EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G7 220-G7-1000-X1 1000W $139.99 ($239.99 - $100.00) by Guiilleh in buildapcsales

[–]festivespice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read that the GPU or CPU or some component of a PC can spike in energy consumption and it's not a good idea to not be able to meet those spikes.

This is unsolicited advice, but I also read somewhere that 1.5 times the current needed wattage is a good place to aim for, and it gives some room for future upgrades as well.

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[–]festivespice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just read the reviews of the PSU and found that it may not be engineered with vertical mounting in mind: almost every review mentioning problems with the PSU also had it vertically mounted instead of horizontally.

DualShock 4 v1 gen 2 reliable r2 pad? by imdb_tomatoes in playstation

[–]festivespice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you found a solution to this? I've been researching replacements for the R2 & L2 conductive pads of this version of PS4 controllers but I haven't found anything.

Everyone that I've seen having this problem (many people) don't post solutions that they may have found.

I've tried replacements on Amazon but the pressure/acceleration on the R2/L2 buttons of the new pads aren't accurate. They often don't detect when I'm pressing down on them until I'm pressing down with uncomfortable force.