Hello my friends,
Yesterday I found myself at the whims of my best friend whom had decided the day prior to take us on an adventure to MicroCenter to look at some changes to his setup. My friend and I normally buy things at the same time so-as to not outdo each other and that has always been the case until yesterday. You see, my friend had decided to completely remodel his gaming room in his house. I'm talkin' new paint on the walls, a new desk, laminate flooring and everything. Usually when we take trips to MicroCenter, I am the conservative one and he usually attempts to convince me that the finer things in life are worth it. However, he's not actually good with building systems and doesn't understand the formal functions between performance and cost. I build and upgrade all of my friends rigs, and am the go-to tech guy for them and yesterday was no different. Unfortunately the upgrade bug caught him and he couldn't resist. What began as a process to find a new case and CPU turned into a sticker shock for me that I have never experienced and it wasn't even my money!
My buddies old rig included:
Yesterday I found myself at the whims of my best friend whom had decided the day prior to take us on an adventure to MicroCenter to look at some changes to his setup. My friend and I normally buy things at the same time so-as to not outdo each other and that has always been the case until yesterday. You see, my friend had decided to completely remodel his gaming room in his house. I'm talkin' new paint on the walls, a new desk, laminate flooring and everything. Usually when we take trips to MicroCenter, I am the conservative one and he usually attempts to convince me that the finer things in life are worth it. However, he's not actually good with building systems and doesn't understand the formal functions between performance and cost. I build and upgrade all of my friends rigs, and am the go-to tech guy for them and yesterday was no different. Unfortunately the upgrade bug caught him and he couldn't resist. What began as a process to find a new case and CPU turned into a sticker shock for me that I have never experienced and it wasn't even my money!
My buddies old rig included:
- NZXT Phantom
- Asus Sabertooth (LGA 1150 Forgotten exact numbering)
- Intel i7-7700k
- Corsair Ballistix 2133mhz DDR4 Memory
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 FE
- Corsair 750cx PSU bronze rated
- Hyper 212 EVO
- Asus Rog PG248q Primary Monitor
- Benq (Can't remember but much older model)
- NZXT H700i
- Aorus Z390Pro Mobo
- Intel i9-9900K
- G.Skill Trident Royal 32gb 3000mhz
- Nvidia RTX 2080ti
- Corsair 850m Gold rated
- NZXT Kraken x72
- Asus Rog XB273k as Primary
- Asus Rog PG248q as Secondary