Hmm, I didn't even consider it, but could work out for me as well, at least for a while, as I already have a laptop which works really well, just the gpu is what really needed an upgrade. @OwlYaYeet please help me with these doubts-
how is steamOS for privacy (steam stuff), I it possible to stop all steam related activity.
How easy it is to setup lutris/heroic to play my gog games? (compared to setting it up on regular arch let's say)
Didn't really help anything besides give cool pictures of my brain. Turns out my brain is the only hyperactive part of me (SPECT shows bloodflow in the brain and mine was way more active than most). It was neat I guess, but I already had been diagnosed with ADHD inattentive type, so it ended up just being expensive and not really helpful. My mom was happy about it though, so there's that.
I wouldn't recommend it. They need to inject you with a radioactive isotope for your blood to show up in the scans. Supposedly it's not much worse than a couple of X-rays, but still.
Just went trough the same'ish thing, spent 7 hours hyperfixated on a new cpu / motherboard / memory combo for my Server which uses a very specific processor.
My wife got a bit annoyed when i told her that i had already decided on a cpu which i ordered yesterday, but the 7 hours was spent over obsessing if I'd made the right choice and looking at new options.
There are plenty of nerds here on Lemmy to help, but some advice first.
What is the system intended for? (Gaming, CAD, editing, programming, Facebook machine?) This isnt just so we can advise better, but also to get you to state what you need this tool for. Its a tool at the end of the day.
Will it need to be moved? This is where your going to have to weigh the factors in your life, because if you need to move the device, a laptop may be a better, but the entire device is not moduler (usually, Framework laptops and a few other manufacturers like to do stuff like that).
Lastly, care to share what you planned/built? There are plenty of nerds on Lemmy who would love discussing stuff like that. (Shameless plug, one of those nerds is me)
Luckily, I got really exhausted and frustated, so hopefully it ended for now.
I'll do mostly browsing, programming, some servers always running in the background like jellyfin.
Then I'll be playing single player games on 2k ultrawide.
Thinking all AMD for now, I'll consider nvidia for path tracing for the next upgrade, but don't need ray tracing for now.
Would like to reasonably futureproof it.
forgot to answer the second point,
moving would be great, laptop + egpu would work, would help while travelling. But a desktop sounds more interesting without the comprosises, could get a weaker laptop for travel if needed I guess.
Stop looking at big cases. You can build a small form factor PC in a case that's a quarter the size of a mid tower case. You can literally put the computer in your luggage and take it with you when you move.
I'm not sure how you're getting to $2000 in your build price either. A radeon 7900 GRE is an incredible 2k gaming card for ~$550, and your video card should typically be about half the price of your build.
I've been there, as well.
Luckily (or something like that), I'm sufficiently poor to be noticably anxious about spending more than 200 EUR in one go, and with that managed to convince myself that now that I know the parts and their price, I can hold off until I have accumulated half the extra funds by saving (drew up a saving plan and everything as the last step of obsession, and then re-focused on saving).
That was in January. I have stopped tracking my money and actively saving for this by April, and now the new PC build is again just something I wanna do some day, but not right now.
Negotiating with myself to first work towards possible and reasonable, but ultimately unlikely financial circumstances, and then predictably running out of steam, is my go-to strategy for expensive stuff I really want right now, but don't actually require to fulfill a need. Works surprisingly well!
When you have testimonials from trash like oz and phil on you site you know its full of shit. Nothing wrong with my mental strengh. I can concentrate on a problem for twelve hours straight forgoing food and a restroom break. None of them possess a mental strength like that. I'll stick with my qelbree for treatment thank you very much. You know a real drug not some essential oil type treatments.
Only while on phone calls or waiting for the microwave’s last 90 seconds so it’s too short to go back to my desk and too long to hold the handle and watch the last second tick to done so I can open it right away.
I have a circular path through my house that I'll walk aimlessly whenever on the phone. On days without many phone calls, I'll end up having a much much lower step count.
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