POSITIVE upbeat PC GAMERS! ;-)

POSITIVE upbeat PC GAMERS! ;-)

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Steven_RW

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1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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A thread for all the positive upbeat pc gamers that have lived through any or all generations of pc gaming and still have enough energy in their tanks to not waste their day moaning about everything.

Liken this type of pc gamer to people that enjoy a bit of a hobby car and not just a Porsche their dealership changes the oil on and even sets their tyre pressures once a year.

Roll up roll up. Who has enjoyed faffing with their pc and indulging in some 4k, ultra wide or HD high frames per second glory and still has enough enthusiasm to talk about it.

I am in that camp. It may be lonely.

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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very upbeat at the moment

really enjoyed valheim and dyson sphere, and looking forward to diablo 2 resurrected

will buy evil genius 2 when steam keys have 60% off

Steven_RW

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1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Look - there are three of us! :-)

I've built three pcs recently and one for my dad. Just the faffing and building and setting it up is good fun in itself.

I have spent the last 6 months split between PubG ranked gameplay and chilling out with Skyrim once again. The mixture of faff and gameplay suits me down to the ground.

I've only managed to buy a 3070 as the other 30 series cards prices on ebay are eye watering, so i gave up.

Let's see if anyone else joins us, but they might be tied up in the negative thread. ;-)

RW

Sporky

6,089 posts

63 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Yup!

Started with a Vic20, but been a PC gamer for 25-ish years at a guess. We do have consoles as well, I'm not snobby in either direction.

I am currently greatly enjoying Rage 2, and wishing I'd upgraded from my 980ti a year ago (but not bitterly).

Shadow R1

3,798 posts

175 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Count me in. smile
Daytona on a 133mmx right up to cp2077 on the machine that's sound card is more powerful than that.
Command and conquer remastered to, put some hours into that one.

Overall game I've put most hours into would be Skyrim.

Jinx

11,345 posts

259 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Still enjoy faffing though I haven't update the main components in my PC since adding another 16GB of ram about 18 months ago (I don't count adding additional drives - even though one is an NVMe on a PCIE card - now have 5 internal drives - so glad my CPU has 28 PCIe lanes).
Recently helped spec a PC for a friend though with the lockdown over the last year means all my "support" to friends and family has thankfully been remote.
Current game I'm working through on my own is code vein (just completed Bards Tale 4) - though still have a regular session on a Friday night with friends (Apex atm but trying to wean them off it - maybe for BF6 when that comes out).
Can I complain about icue though? biggrin


Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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I guess I can't be in this club as I have a gaming laptop and not a water-cooled tower with RGB disco lights flashing away in it. I used to travel a lot for work so being able to travel with a gaming laptop or my Switch made it more enjoyable.

I do love PC gaming however, shooters feel better and there are lots of games that are released for PC that never make it to console, for better or for worse.

While PC gaming does have its own foibles, it's more than worth it. It really isn't an onerous thing to do as a hobby.

Sporky

6,089 posts

63 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Mastodon2 said:
I guess I can't be in this club as I have a gaming laptop and not a water-cooled tower with RGB disco lights flashing away in it.
Dang it. I've got an AIO cooler for the CPU, but turned all the lights off and my case doesn't have a window. Maybe I can still be an associate member or sommat.

deckster

9,630 posts

254 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Nearer 50 than 40 and still gaming most nights. Went through a console phase 15-odd years ago but been exclusively PC for years now. Always have a few games on the go, both single-player and have a small group of friends I do online co-op with a couple of times a week. The reactions are slower than they used to be for sure, and I really should know better than to stay up till 4am because one more mission. And long may it continue.

I also have a minor obsession and slight addiction to building and fiddling with PCs. I've even been converted to RGB and glass cases which this time last year I'd have scoffed at. But now I think I could really use another couple of fans.



Jinx

11,345 posts

259 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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deckster said:
Very nice looking build - any more fans and it should be able to hover.....

deckster

9,630 posts

254 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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anonymous said:
[redacted]
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It's a great case no question. Very easy to work with and although I'm pretty sure that I'll never use the second PSU slot, it's kind of comforting to know it's there.

MBBlat

1,602 posts

148 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Started gaming on a Sinclair ZX80, never been fond of, or any good at, shooters or platform games.

Current playlist is Elite Dangerous, Cities Skyline and Civilisation VI. Always built my own PC’s as well.

Steven_RW

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Sporky said:
Mastodon2 said:
I guess I can't be in this club as I have a gaming laptop and not a water-cooled tower with RGB disco lights flashing away in it.
Dang it. I've got an AIO cooler for the CPU, but turned all the lights off and my case doesn't have a window. Maybe I can still be an associate member or sommat.
Like on Fury 161, we have enough faith to go around for everyone. Pc/laptop/custom rig, you name it! Nobody judging here.





Steven_RW

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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deckster said:
Nearer 50 than 40 and still gaming most nights. Went through a console phase 15-odd years ago but been exclusively PC for years now. Always have a few games on the go, both single-player and have a small group of friends I do online co-op with a couple of times a week. The reactions are slower than they used to be for sure, and I really should know better than to stay up till 4am because one more mission. And long may it continue.

I also have a minor obsession and slight addiction to building and fiddling with PCs. I've even been converted to RGB and glass cases which this time last year I'd have scoffed at. But now I think I could really use another couple of fans.

Looking good. I built in a Lian Li 011 Dynamic and when my waterblock for my gpu was so tall that the side glass wouldn't go on, I changed to the XL version. More money down the pan but loved every minute of the building and faffing. I didn't have any leds or anything other than what auto turns on with the motherboard till the other day when I finally realised my mobo DID have a spare DRGB header and plugged in my GPU and now it lights up like an alien from the abyss movie.

My latest time sink is trying to fit as many gpus into each case I have as possible. Would have been much easier if I had bought every card identical but it didn't start out with a big collection in plan, so I have been working on that. Been more late nights with a screwdriver in hand than a mouse and keyboard in the last month but its been great fun.

Steven_RW

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1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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MBBlat said:
Started gaming on a Sinclair ZX80, never been fond of, or any good at, shooters or platform games.

Current playlist is Elite Dangerous, Cities Skyline and Civilisation VI. Always built my own PC’s as well.
Nice - I started with a zx48. Hungry Horace, Fighter Pilot, Horace and the spiders and manic miner etc. Here I am nearly 40 years later and still watching folk completing spectrum games on youtube whilst drinking my cuppa tea ;-)

RW

defblade

7,396 posts

212 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Add another.

My first computer was a 486sx in 1993, bought specifically to play Doom. The shop forgot to put the SoundBlaster card in, so as soon as I got my £1k monster home, it was open and I was fiddling with jumpers...

I've built my own PCs and gamed on them ever since (with a couple of diversions into Play Stations because of GT.)

Up to about a decade or so ago, I was spending maybe £3k a year on keeping the thing up to date, but happily tech seems to have settled down a bit for now and moderate changes can last years. Time available for gaming has dropped too, but is still found here and there wink

My system is not RGB and flashy, I've gone down the road of peace and quiet, so there are some big heatsinks in there, and all my fans are boring beige Noctuas smile

I'm enjoying CP 2077!

MissChief

7,095 posts

167 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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deckster said:
anonymous said:
[redacted]
biggrin

It's a great case no question. Very easy to work with and although I'm pretty sure that I'll never use the second PSU slot, it's kind of comforting to know it's there.
I have no idea what you're on about.....


PC gaming almost exclusively for a decade or more and have been building and fiddling for years and years even before that. Mostly play Apex Legends with a little Master Chief Collection in there too

vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Sign me up, been building my own PC's since I nearly melted a pentium 4 in 2000/1 by wiring the processor fan to the chassis fan by mistake.

Edit: oh, current games I'm enjoying:

Horizon Zero Dawn, Control, Sins of Solar Empire and Forza Horizon.

Edited by vonuber on Monday 12th April 23:07

Pouks

62 posts

68 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Count me in too, albeit been PC gaming for a lot less time than some of you in here, around 6 years with a couple years hiatus when my previous PC died on me. Mostly play Assetto Corsa Competizione and play some Rocket League with a few mates. Been struggling to get into any FPS recently though.

Steven_RW

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1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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MissChief said:
I have no idea what you're on about.....


PC gaming almost exclusively for a decade or more and have been building and fiddling for years and years even before that. Mostly play Apex Legends with a little Master Chief Collection in there too
Close encounters of the third kind going on in that there 011 Dynamic! :-)