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[–] 16 points 9 months ago (10 children)

I really wish someone taught me to build a computer

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  • [–] 45 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    It's like LEGO but with sharper edges.

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Ah, the good old days of cheap cases, when every build took a blood sacrifice.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Good old days like yesterday.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Seriously, good luck finding one without a jagged metal edge waiting in eager anticipation for your supple flesh.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I feel like you people are doing something incredibly wrong. I've built and fuddeled with several computers over the years now and never once cut myself on one.

    Plumbing or automotive work? Scrape my knuckles every time. Never with a computer.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I wanted to write: No better time to get started than now!

    But looking at the RAM prices which are about to jump over to GPUs, maybe wait till after the AI bubble bursts.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    32GB of DDR5 is north of $400, yeah might be best to wait.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I saw that yesterday. I tried to explain to my wife how absurd it is that the same 64GB RAM kit I bought a few months ago for $210 is currently over $760.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Yeah it's mental. I've been thinking about building a dedicated gaming rig to play older multiplayer stuff via steam stream since my proxmox box has an older Xeon chip, but I'll be damned at these prices.

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