Silent Red and Cherry Brown! It's so wonderful I had to buy two
. I went with the Taurus K320 for both (Silent Red / Cherry Brown).
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Silent Red and Cherry Brown! It's so wonderful I had to buy two
. I went with the Taurus K320 for both (Silent Red / Cherry Brown).Nice, I’m building in the same case right now.
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You just offended every French person on the planet. Nice going. What’s next, you gonna go after smoking cigarettes and drinking wine? 😂😂😂
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So, what you're saying is that there is lots of trauma from your childhood. 😂😂😂
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Strange my Bluetooth has almost no issues during phone calls.
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Most use PC's for work not games.
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You are right about Office. Windows Office has more features, more apps (Publisher, Access), and boots up faster.
"The global digital PC games market is expected to grow from $4.9 billion in 2019 to about $10.5 billion in 2020 as people are staying at home for self-quarantine or due to lockdown and there is availability of an ample amount of free time."
I had a really bad experience with BootCamp. Got stuck in a nasty reboot loop 9/10 times. I could find posts about others that were having the issue but I couldn't find a fix.
I have found that issues tend to arise with Bootcamp, especially if your intent is to use windows the majority of time. Apple's tepid (at best) support for windows, and non-standard hardware seem to be at the root of the issue
The watercooled PC now has a new home. Shall provide a proper update later today on the journey.
I want to learn how to do this.Just finished a vanilla build Hackintosh, M.2 for each OS, super fast and easy to dual boot. Have not encountered a single problem. It is also how I found out windows is in many ways still 1990's tech
I had a PC when I was in high school, and then when I was in college in 2008 I bought an iMac. I've had an iMac for 12 years, and I wanted more power. I didn't want to spend too much money. I ended up selling the iMac Pro that I had (I got a good deal on it), and bought a custom built PC. The specs are very good, but I miss the screen on the iMac. I also really really miss iMessage. It's so weird reading all of your posts! I really identified, and thought maybe I was just being to picky or maybe I am. Performance on the PC has been good. I just don't like the big case and the fans are loud. I don't really play games. The only one I played was The Sims.
I mostly do the normal things like listen to music, email, and sometimes use Garageband, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. I've been using AI Topaz software to upscale some videos. That was the main reason I wanted to switch. On the iMac Pro to upscale a 1080p video to 4k would last 12-15 hours!! On my PC now it takes 2 hours. That's a huge difference. I was so surprised. Topaz uses Nvidia cards to take full advantage. I'm wondering if I should have bought an eGPU to use on bootcamp with a RTX 2080 Ti.
I'm wondering if I did the right thing, and right now I want to try to build a computer with the MacOS. I know my video card, RTX 2080 Ti, is not supported. Unsure on what I should do. :/
I think what I really want right now is to try MacOS on PC, have a super quiet and small machine.
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OK so the latest.
Recently I have been once again finding myself questioning things. I think it's part of my minimalist nature. Gaming, if I'm being honest doesn't give me as much joy as it once did. The only time I have a bit of fun is playing with my friends or family but that is a rarity. Also after the initial buzz and excitement of building something new I've lost interest. Now have a completely overkill water cooled PC without the passion to maintain it or make use of it's power. So I sold it to my brother.
So where does that leave me? I'm on my work Lenovo Thinkpad 13 laptop currently and to be honest it's absolutely fine for my needs. I work with Cloud software so there is no need to have a powerful machine, nothing runs locally. Why not just stick with the work laptop you ask? Well my other hobby is photography which involves editing in Lightroom.
That means I need something to replace my PC. It won't be Apple, I'm very happy with life outside of Apple and Windows is really good for running Office 365 apps.
I want to keep things minimal with whatever I decide to replace my PC with. I want to keep the cost reasonable as well. I did consider the new Dell XPS 15 but I'm not sure it's right for me as I'm not mobile and the screen space is a bit cramped for editing.
That means I'm likely to build a new PC. I'm thinking currently that the NZXT H1 would be a good fit, it's a piece of cake to build in as it's comes with most of the components already. I think I will keep my current monitor, it's really good and I enjoy the 144Hz refresh even outside of games.
Essentially I'm swapping my water cooled PC for a smaller more modest PC.
Recently I have been once again finding myself questioning things. I think it's part of my minimalist nature. Gaming, if I'm being honest doesn't give me as much joy as it once did. The only time I have a bit of fun is playing with my friends or family but that is a rarity. Also after the initial buzz and excitement of building something new I've lost interest. Now have a completely overkill water cooled PC without the passion to maintain it or make use of it's power. So I sold it to my brother.
So where does that leave me? I'm on my work Lenovo Thinkpad 13 laptop currently and to be honest it's absolutely fine for my needs. I work with Cloud software so there is no need to have a powerful machine, nothing runs locally. Why not just stick with the work laptop you ask? Well my other hobby is photography which involves editing in Lightroom.
That means I need something to replace my PC. It won't be Apple, I'm very happy with life outside of Apple and Windows is really good for running Office 365 apps.
I want to keep things minimal with whatever I decide to replace my PC with. I want to keep the cost reasonable as well. I did consider the new Dell XPS 15 but I'm not sure it's right for me as I'm not mobile and the screen space is a bit cramped for editing.
That means I'm likely to build a new PC. I'm thinking currently that the NZXT H1 would be a good fit, it's a piece of cake to build in as it's comes with most of the components already. I think I will keep my current monitor, it's really good and I enjoy the 144Hz refresh even outside of games.
Essentially I'm swapping my water cooled PC for a smaller more modest PC.
I bought a Planar IX2790 monitor, and I think it's the same exact display as the one from the iMac! I feel like I'm running bootcamp. haha
Curious to see your next build. I'm wondering if I should have stayed with the iMac Pro, and just bought an eGPU for the times I wanted to run Windows.
Curious to see your next build. I'm wondering if I should have stayed with the iMac Pro, and just bought an eGPU for the times I wanted to run Windows.
Hopefully then your brother will get years of enjoyment. And he’s got you for tech support.
My new PC is also overpowered for most other things I do on it. But when I do play some games (and play badly, might I add. Most 50 year olds aren’t going to keep up with the kids when playing Modern Warfare), I do like them to look good!
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I've put a pre-order in for the NZXT H1 case. It's more a barebones chasis with PSU, 140 AIO and PCI-Riser. I'll wait for the B550 boards and then drop in 6 score Ryzen CPU. GPU I'm undecided on yet, probably pick up something cheap until the 2020 GPUs drop later in the year.
Monitor I am not sure yet, I sold my LG 27" 1440p 144hz monitor. I may get an Ultrawide.
Monitor I am not sure yet, I sold my LG 27" 1440p 144hz monitor. I may get an Ultrawide.
Grabbed a 2 month old Ryzen 5 3600x for £140 delivered, that should do the trick nicely. I'm keeping my eye on used items from a forum I'm a member of, you get some really good stuff for a decent price.
That's the same processor I'm using. Absolutely love it. Fastest CPU I've worked with yet. I found that the Wraith Spire CPU cooler it comes with does a really good job - I don't get much better with my Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo - however there is a MASSIVE difference with noise pollution. I can't hear the 212 at all, so I highly recommend that.
The out going watercooled PC had a 3900x so this isn't the fastest CPU I've had access to, however in real world performances there won't be much difference.
The NZXT H1 I have pre-ordered has a 140 AIO which will keep this CPU nice a cool.
I've been considering a Mini, Pro, iMac and 16 and I'm just so annoyed at the choices that Apple gives us. What I'd like is a MiniTower Mac. Where I can add RAM, SSD, HDDs, Video cards if I want to. It would be nice if it didn't cost $5K as well. What I did was set up a 2008 Dell Studio XPS mt435. This is a Core i7 running at 2.66 Ghz and it had about 9 GB of RAM and a 240 GB SSD. It has had a few upgrades over the years. It was hooked up to a QHD monitor and the video card was too weak to provide native resolution.
4 8GB RAM sticks and a video card arrived today. I upgraded the system to 40 GB (4x8 + 2x4). I might go all the way to 48 GB of RAM. The video card supports up to 4K and reviews indicate that it's a good budget gaming card. I don't game so I don't need that capability. But this system should do a nice job at what I want it to do - trading and office stuff. It's going to replace my 2014 MacBook Pro 15 that I use as a desktop and I'll use it as a mobile device in the future. It's rather insane that a PC from 2008 is still quite usable in 2020.
Some of the programs that I run do run better in Windows - they run under WINE on macOS and sometimes there are compatibility issues. Windows issues: Windows Update, Antimalware, Image Optimizer.
4 8GB RAM sticks and a video card arrived today. I upgraded the system to 40 GB (4x8 + 2x4). I might go all the way to 48 GB of RAM. The video card supports up to 4K and reviews indicate that it's a good budget gaming card. I don't game so I don't need that capability. But this system should do a nice job at what I want it to do - trading and office stuff. It's going to replace my 2014 MacBook Pro 15 that I use as a desktop and I'll use it as a mobile device in the future. It's rather insane that a PC from 2008 is still quite usable in 2020.
Some of the programs that I run do run better in Windows - they run under WINE on macOS and sometimes there are compatibility issues. Windows issues: Windows Update, Antimalware, Image Optimizer.
I'm in much the same boat lately (can only do so much gaming when you're furloughed - think I might be burning out on that).
I do have a custom built tower I used to game on, but that I've now relegated to folding@home. In thinking about my media/streaming setup, the iMac I'm writing this on serves as my media hub.
Now when I cut the cord, I got cheap and bought an Amazon Fire Stick to watch YouTube TV through (instead of a new Apple TV to replace the 2nd gen, 720p only model that's collecting dust around here somewhere). I've read up on how one could connect their Fire Stick to their PC, but that strikes me as a comparatively inelegant solution (not to mention the fact the HDs my media is on are all formatted for Mac).
So a new Apple TV will definitely be in the cards for me once I move out and into a house (what I was planning to do before this furlough hit). In considering what to do when this iMac dies though (heaven forbid), I've been contemplating buying a base model Mac Mini.
I *could* reformat some of these drives, move my media and just fire up iTunes on my tower, but the problem there is, when I built (and later upgraded) it, I neglected to add in a wireless networking card - not quite sure I want to deal with the hassle/expense of adding one in now (even though that'd still be the cheapest option).
When it comes to streaming media/media management, it's hard to beat the simplicity/ease of use on macOS IMO.
I do have a custom built tower I used to game on, but that I've now relegated to folding@home. In thinking about my media/streaming setup, the iMac I'm writing this on serves as my media hub.
Now when I cut the cord, I got cheap and bought an Amazon Fire Stick to watch YouTube TV through (instead of a new Apple TV to replace the 2nd gen, 720p only model that's collecting dust around here somewhere). I've read up on how one could connect their Fire Stick to their PC, but that strikes me as a comparatively inelegant solution (not to mention the fact the HDs my media is on are all formatted for Mac).
So a new Apple TV will definitely be in the cards for me once I move out and into a house (what I was planning to do before this furlough hit). In considering what to do when this iMac dies though (heaven forbid), I've been contemplating buying a base model Mac Mini.
I *could* reformat some of these drives, move my media and just fire up iTunes on my tower, but the problem there is, when I built (and later upgraded) it, I neglected to add in a wireless networking card - not quite sure I want to deal with the hassle/expense of adding one in now (even though that'd still be the cheapest option).
When it comes to streaming media/media management, it's hard to beat the simplicity/ease of use on macOS IMO.
No question, while there are certainly pluses to using macOS, I' found I can do more with windows. Plus what can be done on both platforms, generally seems to be more efficient with Windows - at least what I found with my tasks.
I loved and still love MacOs for my photo related stuff including printing.
Sometimes in the past the difference was big in favor of OsX. Right now, not so much but still prefer the Mac for it.
Or .... am I trying somehow to rationalize my Mac 16'' acquisition ?! 🤔
Sometimes in the past the difference was big in favor of OsX. Right now, not so much but still prefer the Mac for it.
Or .... am I trying somehow to rationalize my Mac 16'' acquisition ?! 🤔