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This thread will attempt to provide a place to discuss past/present/future PC gaming deals. While mainly focusing on Steam games, any standout sales may also be presented. I will not be updating every Daily/Weekly/etc. sale. The tools to help individuals become a smarter shopper will be provided below.

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Mooby said:
What are some good brands, doe? Haven't kept up with the tv market.
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Sony is probably the absolute best but you're going to pay a premium price. LG is cheaper but still pretty expensive. Samsung higher tier line is slightly cheaper. It's all still hit or miss though. I just had a Samsung go out on me after 1.5 years, but had bought an extended warranty on it. My neighbor is constantly having her Samsung repaired as well. As far as cheap Black Friday TV's. I've had great luck with Hisense, I also have a TCL which freezes from time to time but that's mostly the Roku interface causing issues.

 
So my Black Friday hual has been a new vacuum for the wife...

So not only have I not bought anything for me but my gift is likely going to get me lots of dirty looks.

Yay!
 
Baltore said:
Sony is probably the absolute best but you're going to pay a premium price. LG is cheaper but still pretty expensive. Samsung higher tier line is slightly cheaper. It's all still hit or miss though. I just had a Samsung go out on me after 1.5 years, but had bought an extended warranty on it. My neighbor is constantly having her Samsung repaired as well. As far as cheap Black Friday TV's. I've had great luck with Hisense, I also have a TCL which freezes from time to time but that's mostly the Roku interface causing issues.
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I settled on the LG Nanocell but haven't seen an amazing deal on it yet. Was briefly $500 for a 49" at Best Buy but it sold out near me. Same model was like $600 on Amazon saying not available until mid-January but now listed as sold out. They have a 55" for $700 but not wanting to go that high. Black Friday has been mediocre at best, seems like the concept is slowly dying off. Will just keep waiting for a solid price.

 
Took on Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC.

The DLC took about 7 hours and 24 minutes to finish its Campaign. This is not including any side stuff here, as I was focused on getting through the campaign; and didn't feel like getting caught-up in UbiSoft side-quests galore.

If you're all about Ubi side-stuff: there also might be a fair amount of that type of content also here for you - as the map here can get littered with side-stuff to do, in typical UbiSoft fashion - and gets littered with more and more of those, as you complete more main quests.

It's more Watch Dogs 1, if you liked what that game had on offer. If that sounds good to you, then you'll like this DLC. WD1 was basically a GTA-style game (3rd-person open-world shooter with some car-driving elements) with also some hacking & stealth elements. As many know, I really enjoyed WD1's gameplay; it's GTA-style combat mixed with especially those stealth & hacking elements that made the game a lot of fun to me. Though, I wasn't super-thrilled with its story & characters, as the game was literally loaded w/ cliches. Also, WD1 didn't really say much about the stuff it was tackling here w/ hacking, piracy, the Internet, Big Brother, human trafficking, etc etc.

Though, Bad Blood's DLC has a few tricks up its sleeve. The story b/t the two long-time friends, Raymond Kenney and Tobias - and this is even despite this DLC's brevity - still is way more interesting, personal, and whatnot...especially compared to Aiden's predictable and "meh" story from the base-game of WD. You can get a new RC item, which can be used to get through smaller areas you can't get through - and you can also use that for spying, hacking, cameras, and things of that sort. Also, there are some Bioshock-like pipe puzzles, though you can spin pipes around to try to hack these nodes too.

Regardless, I really enjoyed Watch Dogs: Bad Blood's campaign. It's more Watch Dogs; it has some interesting & cool new tricks up its sleeves for stuff (i.e. RC car and pipe puzzles); shorter main story length; and a much better & more focused story with much more interesting characters here (i.e. T-Bone and Tobias have much more personality than Aiden) make this DLC a winner.

 
MysterD said:
Took on Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC.

The DLC took about 7 hours and 24 minutes to finish its Campaign. This is not including any side stuff here, as I was focused on getting through the campaign; and didn't feel like getting caught-up in UbiSoft side-quests galore.

If you're all about Ubi side-stuff: there also might be a fair amount of that type of content also here for you - as the map here can get littered with side-stuff to do, in typical UbiSoft fashion - and gets littered with more and more of those, as you complete more main quests.

It's more Watch Dogs 1, if you liked what that game had on offer. If that sounds good to you, then you'll like this DLC. WD1 was basically a GTA-style game (3rd-person open-world shooter with some car-driving elements) with also some hacking & stealth elements. As many know, I really enjoyed WD1's gameplay; it's GTA-style combat mixed with especially those stealth & hacking elements that made the game a lot of fun to me. Though, I wasn't super-thrilled with its story & characters, as the game was literally loaded w/ cliches. Also, WD1 didn't really say much about the stuff it was tackling here w/ hacking, piracy, the Internet, Big Brother, human trafficking, etc etc.

Though, Bad Blood's DLC has a few tricks up its sleeve. The story b/t the two long-time friends, Raymond Kenney and Tobias - and this is even despite this DLC's brevity - still is way more interesting, personal, and whatnot...especially compared to Aiden's predictable and "meh" story from the base-game of WD. You can get a new RC item, which can be used to get through smaller areas you can't get through - and you can also use that for spying, hacking, cameras, and things of that sort. Also, there are some Bioshock-like pipe puzzles, though you can spin pipes around to try to hack these nodes too.

Regardless, I really enjoyed Watch Dogs: Bad Blood's campaign. It's more Watch Dogs; it has some interesting & cool new tricks up its sleeves for stuff (i.e. RC car and pipe puzzles); shorter main story length; and a much better & more focused story with much more interesting characters here (i.e. T-Bone and Tobias have much more personality than Aiden) make this DLC a winner.
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I finished WD1 + Bad Blood DLC recently too. I actually liked the story in the base game more than the game itself. Stealth/hacking stuff is just not my thing and so the game did nothing to really attract me to through the side quests. I got through all the missions to finish the story but did almost 0 of the side stuff in either the base game or DLC. I tried some side missions in the base game (serial killer and human trafficking) but the game play didn't really draw me in. I did enjoy the DLC though. Thought the story and missions were good.

 
@Fox

That's interesting on you preferring the story/characters over the gameplay. I really thought this game's strength was its gameplay, by adding stealth/hacking on top of the typical GTA and Ubi formula.

Not everybody's fond of stealth stuff, so...that could be another thing too. So, yeah; that does make sense.

Now, I'm probably a lot more picky on story & character stuff, compared to most - so that could be another part too w/ me, on not liking WD base's story/character as much as someone else might.

I think WD1 (base) felt more fresh & new w/ its gameplay to me (it's what I loved about WD1), while Bad Blood felt more refined and did a better job on story/character stuff.

But, it seems like we both agree on this: WD (base) and Bad Blood DLC are both good & worth playing.

 
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Mooby said:
Will just keep waiting for a solid price.
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MysterD said:
@Fox

That's interesting on you preferring the story/characters over the gameplay. I really thought this game's strength was its gameplay, by adding stealth/hacking on top of the typical GTA and Ubi formula.

Not everybody's fond of stealth stuff, so...that could be another thing too. So, yeah; that does make sense.

Now, I'm probably a lot more picky on story & character stuff, compared to most - so that could be another part too w/ me, on not liking WD base's story/character as much as someone else might.

I think WD1 (base) felt more fresh & new w/ its gameplay to me (it's what I loved about WD1), while Bad Blood felt more refined and did a better job on story/character stuff.

But, it seems like we both agree on this: WD (base) and Bad Blood DLC are both good & worth playing.
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Yeah, I mean the base game story was pretty cliche but at least I can get behind the revenge/redemption story line and the motivation behind Aiden. I am not a fan of stealth so I can't say how well it was implemented. If I could just kill everyone in the mission then that's the approach I took. I tried stealth at times and it was fun to get environmental kills using the cameras but I just didn't have the patience for it. I did like the RC Car in the DLC. Thought that should have been in the base game.

 
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Just saw this PC on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/k22noz/prebuilt_ibuypower_gaming_pc_geforce_rtx_3070/?sort=new

Looks like IBP is getting killed, as...can't access their site.

iBUYPOWER Gaming PC:

  • GeForce RTX 3070
  • 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz RAM,
  • Ryzen 7 3700X
  • 500GB SSD
  • $1178 (w/code GFH + Free $50 Amazon Gift Card)
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It's a good deal, but not really an insane deal. It is a pre-built that seems very close to the retail price of its components. Is the fervor over actually being able to get a 3070?

I personally can't imagine they are using a quality motherboard, case, or PSU in these things.

EDIT: page finally loaded. Motherboard seems pretty good (TUF gaming 550). Case, fans, and PSU are totally unknowns, but it looks better than I expected
 
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@Fox

Yeah, I really enjoyed the stealth/environmental kill aspects. And I'm with you, they probably should've had the RC car thing in the base-game.

I usually tried to start up stealth in stealth games - and if I fail, I just fall back in combat...as long as it's possible. And in these games, I found I often could do so.

I did like in many instances, if stealth failed or I got caught - I could at least still light up enemies and go shoot-out style to get through the mission, in most missions and cases.

There was a mission in Bad Blood though, you couldn't get caught at all, as you guided Tobias around the area...and he's not a gun-toting character like Raymond. So, you do have to go stealth-style on that one. One of the only annoying missions, to fail here and there - but I got through it, at some point.

 
MysterD said:
@Fox

Yeah, I really enjoyed the stealth/environmental kill aspects. And I'm with you, they probably should've had the RC car thing in the base-game.

I usually tried to start up stealth in stealth games - and if I fail, I just fall back in combat...as long as it's possible. And in these games, I found I often could do so.

I did like in many instances, if stealth failed or I got caught - I could at least still light up enemies and go shoot-out style to get through the mission, in most missions and cases.

There was a mission in Bad Blood though, you couldn't get caught at all, as you guided Tobias around the area...and he's not a gun-toting character like Raymond. So, you do have to go stealth-style on that one. One of the only annoying missions, to fail here and there - but I got through it, at some point.
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I think I cheesed that one and the one in the base game where you guide Aiden's sister. I just b-lined to the objective and lucked out.

mylifeisgarbage said:
Since we're talking about Watch Dogs, why do people shit talk Ubisoft games so much? They seem fine to me, better than EA at least.
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I think it's just the thing to do - "TOWERS SO BAD BLA BLA BLA"

But, I'm probably as much of an Ubi fanboy as there is. For some reason their games scratch and itch for me and I tend to enjoy them pretty consistent no matter what they put out. Except Breakpoint. That one I couldn't get into.

 
mylifeisgarbage said:
Since we're talking about Watch Dogs, why do people shit talk Ubisoft games so much? They seem fine to me, better than EA at least.
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A number of their franchises follow very similar formulas. Open world, find waypoints, solve a puzzle to unlock waypoints, lots of minor collectibles or other map points to visit, etc. Some people see the map/game as being padded with a bunch of different "Find 50 diary pages" and "Jump off 20 high points" optional stuff.

They don't bother me. I enjoy the game play loop (though not all the individual games) so the "cut and paste" nature is more feature than bug to me.

 
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A number of their franchises follow very similar formulas. Open world, find waypoints, solve a puzzle to unlock waypoints, lots of minor collectibles or other map points to visit, etc. Some people see the map/game as being padded with a bunch of different "Find 50 diary pages" and "Jump off 20 high points" optional stuff.

They don't bother me. I enjoy the game play loop (though not all the individual games) so the "cut and paste" nature is more feature than bug to me.
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Yeah, in the games I've loved I've enjoyed whatever excuse, however minor, to continue to explore the world. Find all the bobbleheads! Sure. In the games I haven't loved I just skip that stuff.

 
The map vomit games all tend to be a little samey and can therefore feel soulless.  Once you do one, you don't feel the need to play another for a very long time. There is also little satisfaction gained from completing all the 'find the x' map objectives. 

Ubisoft should spend more time making smaller, more intimate maps.  With lots of caverns, secrets, hidden areas, mini games, and interactive points of interest.  Instead they create large-scale maps where almost nothing is dynamic or interactive.  'Climb the tower / vista" has been done in almost every similar type of game.  It's not unlike being tired from fetch quests, kill quests, and escort quests in older games.  The formula gets stale after awhile.  

Ubisoft games are good.  But once you play Farcry or Ass Creed there is nothing revelatory or awe-inspiring from playing another one within a year.  It feels like going through the same motions.  Their games are totally fine.   But that's the gist of the discussion. 

Look how the Witcher 3 does the same thing, but it conquers the formula through the use of excellent music, vivacious mood/tone, quality voice acting, and well-written dialogue plus lore.  Fewer characters means more intimate, meaningful, and developmental experiences.  The quests are more dynamic and each one tells a story.  If your combat or gunplay is bland well then you'd better be doing other things to make your game more immersive.  Music and sound design are often the overlooked aspect of many (of the most successful) games.

 
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walletandgromice said:
It's a good deal, but not really an insane deal. It is a pre-built that seems very close to the retail price of its components. Is the fervor over actually being able to get a 3070?

I personally can't imagine they are using a quality motherboard, case, or PSU in these things.

EDIT: page finally loaded. Motherboard seems pretty good (TUF gaming 550). Case, fans, and PSU are totally unknowns, but it looks better than I expected
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On Reddit: sure doesn't seem like the fervor and fever over 3070's (or better) have ended. Just check any threads on BuildAPCSales for any prebuilds over IBP, SkyTech, and CyberPower in the last few weeks.

Since they new AMD and NVidia stuff hard to come by right now and seem to mostly be in prebuilds - yeah, doesn't surprise me.

I still would not be surprised if people are buying these rigs and then flipping these cards for profit too.

I see some like myself, who see that it's very similar money to build yourself vs. buy a pre-build or have a custom-shop do it for you - and right now, during Black Friday, seems like building yourself isn't the easiest option...as these cards ain't easy to come.

If it was way less $ to build myself - like in 2011, I'd probably gather parts again and build it myself.

 
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Instead they create large-scale maps where almost nothing is dynamic or interactive. 'Climb the tower / vista" has been done in almost every similar type of game. It's not unlike being tired from fetch quests, kill quests, and escort quests in older games. The formula gets stale after awhile.
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This is all true. Can't argue it at all. I still like them though. Bring on Far Cry 6!

 
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I see some like myself, who see that it's very similar money to build yourself vs. buy a pre-build or have a custom-shop do it for you - and right now, during Black Friday, seems like building yourself isn't the easiest option...as these cards ain't easy to come.

If it was way less $ to build myself - like in 2011, I'd probably gather parts again and build it myself.
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Sourcing the components is part of the fun of a new build, as far as I'm concerned. I will admit that the component scarcity of the moment has made that less fun, but you get _exactly_ the components you want choose whether or not you try to save on each individual component.

I just did the math on my new build and in light of that, the math of that pre-built really is competitive.
 
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The map vomit games all tend to be a little samey and can therefore feel soulless. Once you do one, you don't feel the need to play another for a very long time. There is also little satisfaction gained from completing all the 'find the x' map objectives.

Ubisoft should spend more time making smaller, more intimate maps. With lots of caverns, secrets, hidden areas, mini games, and interactive points of interest. Instead they create large-scale maps where almost nothing is dynamic or interactive. 'Climb the tower / vista" has been done in almost every similar type of game. It's not unlike being tired from fetch quests, kill quests, and escort quests in older games. The formula gets stale after awhile.

Ubisoft games are good. But once you play Farcry or Ass Creed there is nothing revelatory or awe-inspiring from playing another one within a year. It feels like going through the same motions. Their games are totally fine. But that's the gist of the discussion.

Look how the Witcher 3 does the same thing, but it conquers the formula through the use of excellent music, vivacious mood/tone, quality voice acting, and well-written dialogue plus lore. Fewer characters means more intimate, meaningful, and developmental experiences. The quests are more dynamic and each one tells a story. If your combat or gunplay is bland well then you'd better be doing other things to make your game more immersive. Music and sound design are often the overlooked aspect of many (of the most successful) games.
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Except that's not true and oversimplifying everything. Let's set aside different games like Rainbow 6, Div 2, Crew, For Honor, etc. Those don't fit the formula. But if you play the FC series or Ghost Recon or Watch Dogs or Assassin's Creed, they each have a vastly different feel even if a lot of the core elements are the same. Gunplay in GR or FC? Way better than WD. Combat in Odyssey or Origins? Way better than melee in any other title. Even within franchises, they do a good job of creating different worlds for each FC game and even expansions like New Dawn where they reimagine FC5. They do a great job of differentiating between franchises/worlds and it just comes down to picking your poison. The only thing that separates them from The Witcher 3 is that nerds like to fight dragons and play renassaince fair more. I've never played W3 but from what I saw on Twitch, it was the same BS as every open world game. "Go get me a frying pan" was literally a mission. No amount of voice acting can dress that up.

 
This morning I finished buying all the parts for my new computer except for a PSU. Couldn't decide what to get since the best deals seemed to be at Newegg and their shipping made it seem like it would get here a week or so after all my other parts. So I decided to open up my current computer for the first time in awhile since I couldn't remember what PSU I was currently using. Turns out I had a nice Antec 7500w one in there, but there was also a bunch of dust so I took it outside to clean it. Came back in, plugged it in and pushed the button on the front and nothing happened. Reached for the switch in the back in case it got flipped and I got shocked. Turns out a spring on the switch had come out. Now the switch wasn't locking in place anymore. Unhooked everything and used a paper clip to see if I could get the PSU to turn on and nothing happened.

Decided to run to Fry's to get a cheap PSU since even when I get my new build I was planning on giving my current build to my wife. Man, Fry's is kind of a ghost town even on BF. The Fry's PSU has my comp working again, but it was sure a weird coincidence that my PSU died the same time I was trying to decide what new PSU to buy or even if I could maybe reuse my old one.

 
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well if you're looking for a PSU I can recommend this one so far, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VVRQRN7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Just finished up my new build earlier this week (sans 3080 which should be here tomorrow or monday). If you grab it from the one seller who sells it for 150-160$ its pretty hard to beat for a 860w platinum rated PSU (beware that triplenet pricing company can take a long time to ship though took like 2 weeks to get here) at least these days when they start to push 50$+ over msrp. Can go find some reviews if you wish but it stacks up comparably to all the other big names and does it at a better price, just fractal hasnt been in the PSU game that long so you can find their PSUs for a bit cheaper.

 
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mylifeisgarbage said:
Since we're talking about Watch Dogs, why do people shit talk Ubisoft games so much? They seem fine to me, better than EA at least.
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It's more a matter of them being rinse-and-repeat formulas. They are fun enough but never worth the zomg $120+ effective price they charge with the base game plus DLC. Fine enough to pick up on sale, though.

 
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well if you're looking for a PSU I can recommend this one so far, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VVRQRN7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Why not buy the Corsair RM850x for $130 at best buy? LTT A tier and a 10 year warranty. Sale ends today.

Seems dead for shipping but in store pickup is available.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-rmx-series-850w-atx12v-2-4-eps12v-2-92-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-black/6229601.p?skuId=6229601

Mine arrives tomorrow. Hoping that it solves my whiny EVGA 850W issues when my 3080 is "working" ... Oh EVGA. You really make gold the new bronze standard.
 
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walletandgromice said:
Why not buy the Corsair RM850x for $130 at best buy? LTT A tier and a 10 year warranty. Sale ends today.
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20 bucks more for platinum rated, which if you run it 24/7 or do extended heavy workloads can probably save you that much cash in a year. Plus the fractal is one of the quietest as well, so less noise (not that thats much of an issue with the corsair either). The corsair isnt bad, my previous build I had one in there, I just wanted a platinum rated for a bit of savings if possible and since I found one so close in price to the better gold ones I figured why not

 
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Anyone have suggestions on pc tools/parts storage options? I have the idea that I want some kind of portable tool box with drawers and lift top made out of plastic material. Everything seems to be metal in this arena. I did check out the craftsman versastack boxes at lowes today and I am considering using a few of those to configure something.
 
jrc84 said:
Anyone have suggestions on pc tools/parts storage options? I have the idea that I want some kind of portable tool box with drawers and lift top made out of plastic material. Everything seems to be metal in this arena. I did check out the craftsman versastack boxes at lowes today and I am considering using a few of those to configure something.
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It really depends on the size of your tools and parts. Check this out:

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Tool-Storage-Small-Parts-Organizers/N-5yc1vZc28p

I'm a fan of cases like this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-10-Compartment-Interlocking-Small-Parts-Organizer-in-Black-235587/302939645

But this sounds more like what you described:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Plano-Stow-N-Go-37-Compartment-Rack-with-4-Small-Parts-Organizer-135430/204591384

 
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20 bucks more for platinum rated, which if you run it 24/7 or do extended heavy workloads can probably save you that much cash in a year. Plus the fractal is one of the quietest as well, so less noise (not that thats much of an issue with the corsair either). The corsair isnt bad, my previous build I had one in there, I just wanted a platinum rated for a bit of savings if possible and since I found one so close in price to the better gold ones I figured why not
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Good points all around. I was thinking I'd be happier with a Corsair for warranty reasons. Doesn't hurt that it's cheaper out of pocket but depending on curves and how much the system draws yours right that the Platinum is almost certainly cheaper to operate in the long run.
 
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Anyone have suggestions on pc tools/parts storage options? I have the idea that I want some kind of portable tool box with drawers and lift top made out of plastic material. Everything seems to be metal in this arena. I did check out the craftsman versastack boxes at lowes today and I am considering using a few of those to configure something.
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I use an old Ikea chest of drawers for larger components and a radio shack parts drawer unit that I picked up when my local store closed and was selling furniture/fixtures. Those are very nice: large, ball bearing drawers and plastic bins in each.
 
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jrc84 said:
Anyone have suggestions on pc tools/parts storage options? I have the idea that I want some kind of portable tool box with drawers and lift top made out of plastic material. Everything seems to be metal in this arena. I did check out the craftsman versastack boxes at lowes today and I am considering using a few of those to configure something.
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Gonna throw this out there... mainly in reply to Fox's 2nd link.

I like those style cases... but I wouldn't recommend getting one that is dark colored. It might sound weird, but it's "harder" to see parts against the dark colored compared to the lighter colored/clear ones I have.

Or maybe I'm just old.

 
I’m looking at my steam wishlist and trying to figure out if I should bite on any of these. Mordhau and terminator resistance seem good, I have a solid gaming rig and just picked up a good monitor from Best Buy.

The flip side: I have a long ass backlog on steam, switch and ps4 and am picking up cyberpunk collectors edition on December 10th.

Should I buy more games? I already know I won’t have time to play 80% of my backlog. Should I wait until next year for games like terminator resistance and mordhau? They look really fun. They don’t seem like that great of a sale in the low $20s but if they are that good I’d play them
 
dracula said:
I’m looking at my steam wishlist and trying to figure out if I should bite on any of these. Mordhau and terminator resistance seem good, I have a solid gaming rig and just picked up a good monitor from Best Buy.

The flip side: I have a long ass backlog on steam, switch and ps4 and am picking up cyberpunk collectors edition on December 10th.

Should I buy more games? I already know I won’t have time to play 80% of my backlog. Should I wait until next year for games like terminator resistance and mordhau? They look really fun. They don’t seem like that great of a sale in the low $20s but if they are that good I’d play them
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Fanatical and Humble bundles have pretty much killed my desire to buy anything on Steam. It seems like all of the mid-level titles and indies that I might want eventually end up in those or in a Humble Choice, so I don't even bother buying anything within a year of release.

I finally started playing games that I already had in my Steam library. I recently got addicted to Sword of the Stars Osmium Edition: The Pit, a game that I've had in my backlog for years, and I wish that I had started playing it years ago. Only 1000+ now to go.

 
RealCheapLikeAFoxOfficial said:
It really depends on the size of your tools and parts. Check this out:

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Tool-Storage-Small-Parts-Organizers/N-5yc1vZc28p

I'm a fan of cases like this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-10-Compartment-Interlocking-Small-Parts-Organizer-in-Black-235587/302939645

But this sounds more like what you described:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Plano-Stow-N-Go-37-Compartment-Rack-with-4-Small-Parts-Organizer-135430/204591384
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Something in this realm but in plastic/composite is kind of what I was thinking: https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-Portable-Tool-Box-20-5-in-Ball-bearing-3-Drawer-Red-Steel-Lockable-Tool-Box/1001107526

I looked at these versastack boxes, they are a bit bulky but really versatile and could expand my setup:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-2-Drawer-Red-Plastic-Tool-Box/1000578405
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-Red-Plastic-Lockable-Tool-Box/1000578377

This is what I am currently working with but it was a compromise due to lack of options. It is cramped for my needs. Works well for small tools and parts but not much room to keep larger parts like drives. No room for a full size drive, not that the need for that is diminishing.
https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/parts-storage/organizers/toolbox-organizer-with-4-drawers-68238.html

Probably going to wait for a sale on versastack or something better suited to hit the market. Thought I should ask on here just in case there was something I was overlooking.
 
jrc84 said:
Something in this realm but in plastic/composite is kind of what I was thinking: https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-Portable-Tool-Box-20-5-in-Ball-bearing-3-Drawer-Red-Steel-Lockable-Tool-Box/1001107526

I looked at these versastack boxes, they are a bit bulky but really versatile and could expand my setup:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-2-Drawer-Red-Plastic-Tool-Box/1000578405
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-Red-Plastic-Lockable-Tool-Box/1000578377

This is what I am currently working with but it was a compromise due to lack of options. It is cramped for my needs. Works well for small tools and parts but not much room to keep larger parts like drives. No room for a full size drive, not that the need for that is diminishing.
https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/parts-storage/organizers/toolbox-organizer-with-4-drawers-68238.html

Probably going to wait for a sale on versastack or something better suited to hit the market. Thought I should ask on here just in case there was something I was overlooking.
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Okay. This is helpful. You're not really looking for something to store ALL your extra parts. Extra parts (motherboards, ram, cards, hard drives, fans) would easily fill a legit tool chest or piece of furniture. You're looking to store some small stuff.

For the purpose you describe, I use a small drawer unit on casters like this one:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/helmer-drawer-unit-on-casters-black-20341970/
 
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walletandgromice said:
Sourcing the components is part of the fun of a new build, as far as I'm concerned. I will admit that the component scarcity of the moment has made that less fun, but you get _exactly_ the components you want choose whether or not you try to save on each individual component.

I just did the math on my new build and in light of that, the math of that pre-built really is competitive.
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Yeah, I definitely get that - as that what was so awesome when I built my PC in 2011. Every single part, I picked - and did not skimp there.

I don't think I skimped that much on parts on my CyberPower Custom Build pretty much. I think the only part that was not a name part was the 2nd hard drive, which was a regular HDD; and it didn't give a name brand on it.

Honestly, I probably would've been fine w/ just the main SSD 1 TB Intel P665 drive...which was also on sale w/ $ off.

Mostly, all the parts were names - Asus Mobo; Crucial Ballistix for RAM; Corsair on the PSU; etc etc.

But, adding a 2nd drive that had $ off in one of those "discounts" during all this Black November/Friday stuff, if I took it as a HDD...so I didn't care too much to add $40 or so for an Internal 2TB HDD, no matter what it is. I'll probably toss older games and/or games to just store there. I'm already aiming to spend say $1000-2000 on this, so...another $40 so I don't have to put another drive in myself is really nothing for $ here, TBH. [shrug]

I think where I might've skimped might've been the PC case. Not that I really skimped much on the case I picked, but...I probably would've rather had a huge full-sized super-big tower like my Cooler Master HAF932. But, my mid-sized tower that I selected case for this CP Build w/ here 6 RGB fans and added 240mm Cooler Master liquid cooler should be fine for this 10700KF and RTX 3070 build.

 
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jrc84 said:
Something in this realm but in plastic/composite is kind of what I was thinking: https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-Portable-Tool-Box-20-5-in-Ball-bearing-3-Drawer-Red-Steel-Lockable-Tool-Box/1001107526

I looked at these versastack boxes, they are a bit bulky but really versatile and could expand my setup:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-2-Drawer-Red-Plastic-Tool-Box/1000578405
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-VERSASTACK-System-17-in-Red-Plastic-Lockable-Tool-Box/1000578377

This is what I am currently working with but it was a compromise due to lack of options. It is cramped for my needs. Works well for small tools and parts but not much room to keep larger parts like drives. No room for a full size drive, not that the need for that is diminishing.
https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/parts-storage/organizers/toolbox-organizer-with-4-drawers-68238.html

Probably going to wait for a sale on versastack or something better suited to hit the market. Thought I should ask on here just in case there was something I was overlooking.
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There Husky one I posted for $10 you can actually interlock several together. Husky also makes stuff like this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-22-in-Connect-Rolling-System-Plastic-Tool-Box-230381/300658825

I think steering clear of the metal one is a good idea. I have one save it's very nice and sturdy but extremely heavy.
 
dracula said:
I’m looking at my steam wishlist and trying to figure out if I should bite on any of these. Mordhau and terminator resistance seem good, I have a solid gaming rig and just picked up a good monitor from Best Buy.

The flip side: I have a long ass backlog on steam, switch and ps4 and am picking up cyberpunk collectors edition on December 10th.

Should I buy more games? I already know I won’t have time to play 80% of my backlog. Should I wait until next year for games like terminator resistance and mordhau? They look really fun. They don’t seem like that great of a sale in the low $20s but if they are that good I’d play them
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This is CAG. We don't stop buying games here. See my signature.

It's like Pokemon - gotta collect 'em all! Yep, even if we don't play 90% of them.

Should you buy those? Eh, I dunno.

You are questioning if you should buy - eh, doesn't sound like you're sure if you should buy; and you also said that you don't think it's a great buy being in the low 20's.

If you're gonna drop this money on this - it depends if you're gonna play those now or very soon.

So, both are at historic lows, if you ask ITAD:

Mordhau is at its low of $15 right now - https://isthereanydeal.com/game/mordhau/info/

Terminator Resistance is at its low of $24 now - https://isthereanydeal.com/game/terminatorresistance/info/

 
RealCheapLikeAFoxOfficial said:
Except that's not true and oversimplifying everything. Let's set aside different games like Rainbow 6, Div 2, Crew, For Honor, etc. Those don't fit the formula. But if you play the FC series or Ghost Recon or Watch Dogs or Assassin's Creed, they each have a vastly different feel even if a lot of the core elements are the same. Gunplay in GR or FC? Way better than WD. Combat in Odyssey or Origins? Way better than melee in any other title. Even within franchises, they do a good job of creating different worlds for each FC game and even expansions like New Dawn where they reimagine FC5. They do a great job of differentiating between franchises/worlds and it just comes down to picking your poison. The only thing that separates them from The Witcher 3 is that nerds like to fight dragons and play renassaince fair more. I've never played W3 but from what I saw on Twitch, it was the same BS as every open world game. "Go get me a frying pan" was literally a mission. No amount of voice acting can dress that up.
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Frankly, I’d just like a game that takes the basic Ubisoft formula ... and ADDS DINOSAURS. Far Cry would probably be best (we almost got there with Primal) but an Assassins Creed third-person type game with dinosaurs could be interesting too. I mean, really I just want a good Jurassic Park game that’s nowhere near Telltale and has cool gameplay.
 
I finally got around to playing Spelunky 2, and everything seems off to me.  Spelunky is one of my favorite games of all time, and I don't know if it's the revamped art style, the stiffness of the controls, or the goofy stuff that they've added, but I don't like the new one nearly as much.

 
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