Steam Machine Alternative Build for ~£1199 using today's UK pricing with available parts:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/SimonZerafa/saved/#view=b4wbCJ

You'll need a Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor and Controller to complete this of course. None of those are supplied with the base Steam Machine.

This build will also be a lot more performant (more RAM and a better GPU) upgradable and customisable in the future.

Install SteamOS, Bazzite or CachyOS if you want a similar experience to the Steam Machine. These operating systems are free. A Windows 11 Pro Licence will cost around £30, if you want to go that route.

This is a white build, a black one might be slightly less expensive 🙂

#SteamMachine #PCBuilding #PCGaming #SteamOS #UK

Get a half-price precision electric screwdriver set for PC builders and DIYers — ultimate Prime Day 71-in-1 set slashed to under $50

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These are the best Prime Day deals I've found on tools I use to maintain my PC — from screwdrivers to air blowers, these tools will keep your PC in tip-top shape

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TIL:

If your DDR5 DIMM modules have configurable RGB, then every time you reprogram the colours or pattern there is a non-zero chance to corrupt the SPD or other configuration information on the module.

This renders the module unable to train, even if the RAM itself is functional.

Maybe DIMM modules without RGB are the way to go? 🖖🤷‍♂️

#PCGaming #PCComponents #DDR5 #PCRepair #PCBuilding

Came into some money, my bottleneck has always been my graphics card and though this PC was top of the line once, it's time to upgrade. What's good these days?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/62131648

PC builders
“I need so much cooling for this CPU”

OEMs
“LOL, no”

#pcbuilding #Thinkstation

Research has me constantly under pressure. I'm 2 years sober of alcohol, I stopped smoking 1 month and a half ago and I don't even drink coffee anymore, only tea, because I was drinking too much coffee. I needed something to decompress.

So I started playing video games. But this computer, although it has a RTX 5070 GPU, was built for machine learning development, not for gaming.

Yesterday I changed the CPU from a ryzen 5 7600X to a ryzen 7 9800X3D and games run smoothly since then. It cost a lot of money but I saved up by not smoking. It took me about 30 minutes to replace the CPU and it went without a hitch.

So now on evenings I force myself to stop doing research and I immerse myself in the universe of The Witcher 3.

#gaming #pcbuilding