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I was, but you can also read it as OG did
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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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. 
Real programmers use butterflies
modified 20-Dec-21 4:52am.
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Explains very well why you dislike spending money on cars
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I just don't see the point in going into debt over a rolling liability when the typical American keeps their car for for an average of 5 years
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That's weird; I'm next to the window and suddenly realize that a lot of the cars coming by are "not completely paid". I always imagined looking at wealth, but most often it is debt?
Also, 7 TB. I'm afraid to ask what you're planning to do with that. I got a lot of games and my 1TB drive isn't even halfway.
My current machine is a year or two; more a gaming-machine then dev-pc. The GPU has 2 Gb of memory for itself. Doesn't help a bit in VS, but graphics and performance for games went up, a lot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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My old card has 3GB. My new one has 11GB I think? But then I've spent $700 now on video cards since I bought the thing, some of which I'll recoup by selling by GTX 1060 on E-bay. I can probably flip it for more than I bought it for in today's market.
As far as the 7TB it was more of an accident. I replaced the 0.5TB NVMe drive that the machine shipped with a 2TB NVMe. That bumped my total storage up to 5GB, because the machine came with a 3TB HDD (even though they advertised 2TB  ). Then I have a 2TB drive from an old machine that has important stuff on it, and rather than transfer it over and pray I didn't forget anything, I just installed the whole drive into my tower. It's linux but I have a tool to pull files from it in windows.
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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.
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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 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: I got a lot of games and my 1TB drive isn't even halfway
I only have two games (Classic Windows Solitaire and Mahjong Titans), and yet my 1TB has 700GB used.
Of course I have to admit that 165GB of that is pictures, and 100GB music  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Warcraft.
D3.
HotS.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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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.
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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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Looking at my 2022 Bolt EUV which will be returned in October 2024 when the lease ends; I typically buy but figured that a) technology for EVs is changing rapidly right now and b) there was too much I didn't know about EVs to make a long term decision on one. Now I have a better grasp on what I want in my next EV, which is likely to be the last vehicle I'll ever buy.
The Bolt replaced a 20 year old F250, that wasn't being used as a truck much anyway, and an 11 year old Smart ForTwo, which needed too much work at Mercedes dealer rates to be worth keeping.
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$2500 is the right price for a computer. Every 3~5 years I buy a new custom build one at this price and my system has been pretty good for the last 10 years!
(I plan to buy the next one when I am finally over the mega loss of money that was my flat in Darwin  )
My only regret, not that it is much of a problem, I only have 16GB DDR4 ram.. :/
Though I count the screen as additional expenses, I like dual monitor, 27", 2K resolution, 100Hz+
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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... 
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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.
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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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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 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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honey the codewitch wrote: If you really want a lower resolution, just buy a large 1080p instead of a 4k
No way. Pixels Rule!
Keep Calm and Carry On
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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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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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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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