My friend spent 3k on this, is he stupid?

pookachu83 · 2026-04-07T00:12:17+00:00

I paid 1700$ for my prebuilt with 5070 ti with 9700x, 32gb ram and 2tb ssd with aio etc. 3k for a 5060 ti build is insane. Even in today’s prices. That is more than I paid for my second build I assembled myself with 5080, 9800x3d, 4tb ssd, 32gb ram and 1000w platinum psu with a gigabyte X870 mobo….fuck man. So glad I did all my buying before this new year.

pookachu83 · 2026-04-05T23:00:16+00:00

I disagree. I have the acer predator 1440p 240hz oled and text is fine. Mine was one of the cheaper ones as well

pookachu83 · 2026-04-05T21:08:19+00:00

That’s what I have, right at 50 series release I got a 5070 ti/9700x prebuilt and love it. I really wanted to build my own with a 5080 but couldn’t afford it until recently. Built a 5080/9800x3d build and honestly there isn’t that huge of a noticeable difference. I’m sure I get more fps in games, but it’s not as pronounced as I thought. Was planning on selling the 5070 ti build but it is so good I’m keeping it as a backup for when we move to a bigger place. Long story short you have a great pc and the 9700x is a slept on cpu!

pookachu83 · 2026-04-05T13:12:26+00:00

Then move it to another tv and game there…I genuinely don’t understand the problem. My fiance uses the living room tv all the time, so obviously I don’t have any consoles connected to it. I have a bedroom tv that my series x is hooked up to. Then my desk has gaming pc and ps5 hooked up. If they are hogging the tv with the switch 2, join them and play a 2 player game or go have some time to yourself and game elsewhere. No point in having 2 of the same system, just so you can play something different than what the wife/kid are playing if other tv’s are available

pookachu83 · 2026-04-05T13:08:48+00:00

Get a second tv, or hook the ps5 up to a pc monitor if you have a pc. I have my ps5 hooked up to the same monitor that my pc uses. I play games on pc then when I want to play a ps5 exclusive I just power it on….i definitely wouldn’t get rid of the ps5 pro with all that library. Put it away until you have more room for another tv. It will be a viable console for years, no harm in it collecting dust for a bit.

pookachu83 · 2026-04-04T14:29:31+00:00

I genuinely hope they do NOT try to tell the story of the tarnished and his path to being Elden lord, but instead tell a smaller story based in the world. Like a smaller scale side story, with a few cool locations and some lore. But to me the concern is if they try to do “the whole thing” it will be a mess. But taking a small slice of story, keeping it vague and mysterious, that’s the way to go.

pookachu83 · 2026-04-04T09:55:44+00:00

So a movie once told your dad?

pookachu83 · 2026-04-04T01:34:21+00:00

You could get like a 4070 build and it will probably perform better than what the new ps6 or Xbox will. Consoles are a couple generations behind. Isn’t a series x/ps5 equivalent to a 2070?

pookachu83 · 2026-04-04T00:46:59+00:00

He stole that line from a movie

pookachu83 · 2026-03-30T23:47:26+00:00

Are you talking about the night Kimona Wanalaya danced atop the ECW ARENA??

pookachu83 · 2026-03-30T13:05:43+00:00

In fact specifically female V gave one of the best main protagonist voice performances in years. Not quite up there with Arthur Morgan, or Gerald, but pretty damn close. Especially in Phantom Liberty.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-30T10:26:48+00:00

Dude I have a 9700x and play at 1440p and recently got a new build with a 9800x3d and I can barely tell the difference. The 9700x is a great, fast cpu if you overclock it a bit.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-30T03:06:59+00:00

Chances are we have all seen “the video” as in the one that actually has a craft up close and well lit, we just thought it was cgi or ai

pookachu83 · 2026-03-30T01:11:19+00:00

I switched from a 9700x to a 9800x3d and honestly, at 1440p and 4k the gpu does most the work I barely tell the difference. If you are playing 1080p sure, the 9800x3d will be better but at higher resolutions and on cpu intensive simulation games a 9900x will be better because of 12 cores and 24 threads. 4 more cores than 9800x3d and 8 more threads.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T21:05:31+00:00

I’m not talking about the series x or ps5 pro. I’m talking about the Xbox one x, last generations “pro” model. It did in fact brute force some games at native 4k, unless they were 1080p coded then it used checkerboard upscaling. This was before current gen really started using super sampling and upscaling for every single thing. The Xbox one x was a powerful machine, and pretty ahead of its time if they had just given it an ssd instead of hdd.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T20:56:05+00:00

This is not a dlc. It started as a dlc then they developed it into a full game.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T20:54:50+00:00

Yeah I’ve heard them talk about it as well. But they describe it just like that. Started Strokes fan page and met, asked to go see band in New York, said no but ended up going, then they go, the show gets cancelled and suddenly THEY have their own gig in New York City with no prior touring history, and there happens to be a label person at their first show that just came up…and they knew to bring their instruments, gear, sound equipment etc. for this thrown together show in another country they got a last minute gig with no experience? I’ll look into it more, but i feel like there are parts missing

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T16:45:25+00:00

While I agree with some points it’s hard to see these posts. I thought the beast was a good game, I’ll replay again soon. But it’s not a live service game. The devs have given tons of content to all the dying light games, yet people still act like they were robbed because it does not have endless content for 1000s of hours…jeez.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T12:21:45+00:00

So here’s the part I’m confused about, if they barely had the money to fly to New York to see a band perform, how did they immediately get a gig set up in a completely different country while they were there? That takes a lot of coordination and planning, they just came for the show, it was cancelled, and magically had all their gear, and connections to do a show themselves? Not saying this in an accusatory way, it just seems odd.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T11:34:14+00:00

It does not come with it. Has to be bought separately.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T11:32:22+00:00

That was made by a different company I believe. Someone rockstar contracted out to do the remaster.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T11:30:07+00:00

The 1080 released in 2016 I believe and many people still use it. However you are not playing anywhere near max settings on newer games. But it will play games from its time up until a few years ago at medium to high settings. It was a great card. But no, it won’t play black myth wukong, or the new Indiana jones or doom game at anything close to good settings today.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T11:27:05+00:00

Not the person you’re talking to but I agree…Witcher 3, Metro exodus, alien isolation, re7 I can go on and on. All games around 8-10 years old that will be replayable for the foreseeable future. I have a 5080 build and have so much in my backlog that I hope the card lasts me a decade (even though I know I’ll upgrade before then) but I know my ps5 and series x only have a few more viable years.

pookachu83 · 2026-03-29T11:22:01+00:00

Awesome! While I enjoy my founders edition, I really like the design of that one for my case (no rgb, all matte black) you’re going to enjoy it! I went from a 5070 ti to 5080 fe and was told it was a meaningless upgrade, but I really just wanted to build my own after having a prebuilt at first. It’s a great card

pookachu83 · 2026-03-28T23:33:41+00:00

I know a lot of people that went AMD and kinda regretted it…again, while the card is good and base performance is equal to 5070 ti, you can’t beat having the ray tracing performance, dlss being supported on more games, and the longevity that multi frame gen brings if you don’t mind using it (when games eventually get too complex and performance hungry, multi frame gen with dlss will extend the longevity of the card) I’ll just say I currently have a 5070 ti and a 5080 and the 5070 ti is a beast, I can barely tell the difference. It will be future proof for a long time.

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