Anyone use NZXT for building their computers?
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Rather than get a new laptop, I decided to get a desktop and keep my current laptop as a backup. It's still beefy enough to run dual displays at 4k with the external monitor running at 144Hz, so it's a good backup. And since this is the Internet, I have to preface this by saying, yes I know building a desktop myself will save a few hundred bucks. Back when I was a kid, I valued the learning and saving money. These days I value my time so I can get back to making money and watching TV. So, paying a tiny premium for someone else to do the leg work is fine by me. With that out the way... Anyone use NZXT? I just ordered a desktop from them, and I'll admit I'm always slightly worried when not getting to see a build in person first. But, from the Googling I haven't heard anything bad about them, save for they _used_ to have airflow issues with their cases. That's supposed to be fixed now though. Side note, I won't be doing much gaming on it. But, I do buy gaming computers because they tend to be the most beefy.
Jeremy Falcon
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Rather than get a new laptop, I decided to get a desktop and keep my current laptop as a backup. It's still beefy enough to run dual displays at 4k with the external monitor running at 144Hz, so it's a good backup. And since this is the Internet, I have to preface this by saying, yes I know building a desktop myself will save a few hundred bucks. Back when I was a kid, I valued the learning and saving money. These days I value my time so I can get back to making money and watching TV. So, paying a tiny premium for someone else to do the leg work is fine by me. With that out the way... Anyone use NZXT? I just ordered a desktop from them, and I'll admit I'm always slightly worried when not getting to see a build in person first. But, from the Googling I haven't heard anything bad about them, save for they _used_ to have airflow issues with their cases. That's supposed to be fixed now though. Side note, I won't be doing much gaming on it. But, I do buy gaming computers because they tend to be the most beefy.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Anyone use NZXT?
Nope... I built mine myself, not to save some bucks but to force me to read about the current components and keep up-to-date. My last build was around 15 years ago. Keep us posted when you receive it and start working with it.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Anyone use NZXT?
Nope... I built mine myself, not to save some bucks but to force me to read about the current components and keep up-to-date. My last build was around 15 years ago. Keep us posted when you receive it and start working with it.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
I built mine myself, not to save some bucks but to force me to read about the current components and keep up-to-date. My last build was around 15 years ago.
I could see that. I mean, I still know the basics but I couldn't tell you if SLI is still considered nice or not. A lot of stuff is the same though, we're still using DDR for instance, it's just 5 instead of 3, etc. At least it's a desktop, so if I ever get that itch then I can swap stuff out in the future. Will be years away though, this one should last me a few.
Nelek wrote:
Keep us posted when you receive it and start working with it.
Will do man.
Jeremy Falcon
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Rather than get a new laptop, I decided to get a desktop and keep my current laptop as a backup. It's still beefy enough to run dual displays at 4k with the external monitor running at 144Hz, so it's a good backup. And since this is the Internet, I have to preface this by saying, yes I know building a desktop myself will save a few hundred bucks. Back when I was a kid, I valued the learning and saving money. These days I value my time so I can get back to making money and watching TV. So, paying a tiny premium for someone else to do the leg work is fine by me. With that out the way... Anyone use NZXT? I just ordered a desktop from them, and I'll admit I'm always slightly worried when not getting to see a build in person first. But, from the Googling I haven't heard anything bad about them, save for they _used_ to have airflow issues with their cases. That's supposed to be fixed now though. Side note, I won't be doing much gaming on it. But, I do buy gaming computers because they tend to be the most beefy.
Jeremy Falcon
I've built my own desktops for the last 30 years, until my current one that I bought a few months ago. I was shocked to find that it was actually cheaper to buy a Dell and get the components I wanted than build it myself, by a couple hundred dollars--what I used to save by doing it myself.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
- Thomas SowellA day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes) -
I've built my own desktops for the last 30 years, until my current one that I bought a few months ago. I was shocked to find that it was actually cheaper to buy a Dell and get the components I wanted than build it myself, by a couple hundred dollars--what I used to save by doing it myself.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
- Thomas SowellA day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)Really? Dell's awesome. I was so close to buying a new XPS laptop from them. The only thing that stopped me was I couldn't push 144Hz from an external monitor. Still, they're good computers.
Jeremy Falcon