Best $2500 I ever spent. I'm actually happy with my PC
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Looking at my 2007 Sequoia (which will never be traded) and my 2005 Honda CRV (which will never be traded). :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Looking at my 2006 Toyota, which will be sold while still running so I don't have to pay to get rid of it.
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Great, should serve you well. Put TrueNAS on the old one and use if for NAS. Old saying: You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000. DYI reduces that some. I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
it's like almost 4000 pixels across. I'm running at 4k. I'd have to open the settings and dig around to get you the exact res
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Great, should serve you well. Put TrueNAS on the old one and use if for NAS. Old saying: You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000. DYI reduces that some. I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
theoldfool wrote:
I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
I'm wondering about this too. I'm getting old, my eyesight isn't what it was. Sometimes I have trouble making out text, so I'm thinking of moving to a larger screen. My current monitor is an HP Envy 34c which has a vertical display height of about 13". I was thinking of going to a 40-42" 4k TV - but wasn't sure about how much I might have to look up on a bigger screen. 55" seems Monstrous. So, I was wondering what honey's experience was with that screen - keeping in mind MMMV.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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I counted the $900 screen in as part of my cost, so my actual PC is pretty inexpensive. I expect it to last me 7 to 10 years, if history is any judge. I always get a bit of a beast at first, so it's still relevant later. Adding, I can't stand dual monitors. I'll never go back after I started using a 4k large TV. Instead of switching monitors, I just use the windows key + arrow keys to dock my windows. No silly problems with switching screens either. (For example using AnyDesk with a remote PC with multiple monitors is a pain)
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haha.. just you wait for WIndows 11, they made multiple desktop very prominent! :p Though I have yet t use them... :-O :rolleyes:
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I've now invested $2500 into my PC and it's about to be a MONSTER. It's a year old. By Thursday here are the specs (actually by later today except for the keyboard) Ryzen 7 8 core 32GB of RAM RTX 2080ti video 55" 4k screen/smart TV 7TB of storage, 2TB of which is NVMe Mechanical "smart" keyboard 1000 watt power supply I am so happy with it. Thank you CUKUSA.com too for making great barebones systems at really good prices. This is the first time in as long as I can remember that I am not wanting to upgrade something. It's all more than I need right now. :-D
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Enjoy!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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The car payments are usually factored into the monthly bills forever. Some people prefer to lease and then just turn it in. I like paid for cars. My Sequoia is such a solid vehicle, I'd have no problem spending 2-3K in rebuilding the transmission should it EVER go. I priced new Sequoias - 80k and up. Not even reasonable.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
I never had a car; not allowed to drive :) First thing I found after quick search was trees, of course. Looks like a nice one. I'd imagine you'd be rather safe in there if a European car hits you :D
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I've now invested $2500 into my PC and it's about to be a MONSTER. It's a year old. By Thursday here are the specs (actually by later today except for the keyboard) Ryzen 7 8 core 32GB of RAM RTX 2080ti video 55" 4k screen/smart TV 7TB of storage, 2TB of which is NVMe Mechanical "smart" keyboard 1000 watt power supply I am so happy with it. Thank you CUKUSA.com too for making great barebones systems at really good prices. This is the first time in as long as I can remember that I am not wanting to upgrade something. It's all more than I need right now. :-D
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Unless you have a good chair, it's not "perfect". Got a (cheaper) "gaming chair" that's been better than any "office" chair I've had previously.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Unless you have a good chair, it's not "perfect". Got a (cheaper) "gaming chair" that's been better than any "office" chair I've had previously.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Desk and chair are my next two upgrades =)
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Enjoy!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Indeed I will! :)
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theoldfool wrote:
I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
I'm wondering about this too. I'm getting old, my eyesight isn't what it was. Sometimes I have trouble making out text, so I'm thinking of moving to a larger screen. My current monitor is an HP Envy 34c which has a vertical display height of about 13". I was thinking of going to a 40-42" 4k TV - but wasn't sure about how much I might have to look up on a bigger screen. 55" seems Monstrous. So, I was wondering what honey's experience was with that screen - keeping in mind MMMV.
Keep Calm and Carry On
I look straight ahead at my 55, and it's wall mounted just below halfway between my ceiling and floor. The lower edge starts right at my workbench, and that's the biggest issue because my gear can obstruct the bottom of the screen. In practice, it doesn't matter to me much when that happens for some reason. I run it at max res, and you'd want to as well, for the quality, but consider scaling windows to like double the size of the fonts and such. You'll have the room. If you really want a lower resolution, just buy a large 1080p instead of a 4k
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I look straight ahead at my 55, and it's wall mounted just below halfway between my ceiling and floor. The lower edge starts right at my workbench, and that's the biggest issue because my gear can obstruct the bottom of the screen. In practice, it doesn't matter to me much when that happens for some reason. I run it at max res, and you'd want to as well, for the quality, but consider scaling windows to like double the size of the fonts and such. You'll have the room. If you really want a lower resolution, just buy a large 1080p instead of a 4k
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Great, should serve you well. Put TrueNAS on the old one and use if for NAS. Old saying: You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000. DYI reduces that some. I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
theoldfool wrote:
You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000
"Nice"? No. When it comes to laptops, I'm soooo done recommending the $500 ones. They just cannot provide any sort of future-proofing at that price point. These days I tell people if $500 is all they're willing to pay for a new laptop, it's only going to provide performance that's marginally better than the old system they're trying to replace.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
If you really want a lower resolution, just buy a large 1080p instead of a 4k
No way. Pixels Rule!
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I agree with you. The point I'm trying to make is you don't want to run a digital screen at a resolution other than it's native resolution typically, although you can get away with resolutions that are evenly divisible to the native one. The way they scale makes other resolutions dodgy.
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Great, should serve you well. Put TrueNAS on the old one and use if for NAS. Old saying: You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000. DYI reduces that some. I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
theoldfool wrote:
I like the idea of the TV, what resolution do you use?
I have a 4K 40" LG TV I use as my primary monitor. Secondaries are 1920x1200 (24") and 1080p (27"). At its native resolution, text (using the same fonts/nothing resized/rescaled) on the 40" TV are smaller than the other ones. My eyes aren't what they used to be, so if I had to do it all over again, 55" sounds about right to me.
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Unless you have a good chair, it's not "perfect". Got a (cheaper) "gaming chair" that's been better than any "office" chair I've had previously.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I've now invested $2500 into my PC and it's about to be a MONSTER. It's a year old. By Thursday here are the specs (actually by later today except for the keyboard) Ryzen 7 8 core 32GB of RAM RTX 2080ti video 55" 4k screen/smart TV 7TB of storage, 2TB of which is NVMe Mechanical "smart" keyboard 1000 watt power supply I am so happy with it. Thank you CUKUSA.com too for making great barebones systems at really good prices. This is the first time in as long as I can remember that I am not wanting to upgrade something. It's all more than I need right now. :-D
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honey the codewitch wrote:
This is the first time in as long as I can remember that I am not wanting to upgrade something. It's all more than I need right now.
She says on Monday... ;P ;P ;P
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honey the codewitch wrote:
This is the first time in as long as I can remember that I am not wanting to upgrade something. It's all more than I need right now.
She says on Monday... ;P ;P ;P
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
I felt that way all last week too! :)
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Desk and chair are my next two upgrades =)
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I have a desk I've been hauling around for "forever". It's about 1.5 inches lower than standard and anything else, throws me off. Most desks you can't adjust the height; and I need a desk, not a stand or "keyboard drawer". As a last resort, I would opt for a drafting table.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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theoldfool wrote:
You can find a nice system for $500 but the one you really want is still $3000
"Nice"? No. When it comes to laptops, I'm soooo done recommending the $500 ones. They just cannot provide any sort of future-proofing at that price point. These days I tell people if $500 is all they're willing to pay for a new laptop, it's only going to provide performance that's marginally better than the old system they're trying to replace.
my problem with that is i've had everything that can happen to a laptop happen to my laptops at least once. one was even stolen out of my home while I was sleeping. I won't spend more than I feel okay with losing on one. That's why I buy desktops these days.
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I have a desk I've been hauling around for "forever". It's about 1.5 inches lower than standard and anything else, throws me off. Most desks you can't adjust the height; and I need a desk, not a stand or "keyboard drawer". As a last resort, I would opt for a drafting table.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
I agree with you about all of that. I have an additional challenge in that I need a workbench for all my electronic gear, and I don't have a lot of space where my PC is set up. I may end up with two desks as a result.
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