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And then point a vornado fan at it for extra cooling when you need it

I can’t tell if you’re intentionally missing the larger point or just so focused on the enthusiast aspect you can’t see it. Expecting to see a large recovery in 2024 due to upgrades that occurred in 2020 / 2021 Is misrepresenting the upgrade cycle of a lot of people. Of the 9 builds I did...

Some people do, yes. The guys I helped build machines for in late 20 / early 21 don’t usually play anything else. Something like Baulder’s Gate 3 is right up their alley though. And 10 to 1, those old 2700Ks that I replaced would play BG3 just fine. I don’t know what you expect to come out in...

Are you expecting a new engine for WoW? Counterstrike? Is zoom going to need more power than a 5900 (DnD Beyond over Zoom is a thing)? Are PS 6 ports going to need more than a 5900? Id be shocked if any of those guys need a performance bump to play the stuff they do.

If you bought, say, a 5900 in late 2020 / early 21, there really isn’t a super big reason to upgrade. A lot of the people I helped upgrade were coming from Sandy Bridge type platforms. They are set till like 2030+

Hmmm, not sure you could fit a 3090 in the old 1999 AOpen HX 45: http://www.dansdata.com/hx45.htm

It’s the best RPG I’ve played since Baulder’s gate 2. I was skeptical, but it continues the quality of the BG well. Of course, if you didn’t like BG 1 and BG 2, chances are good you won’t like BG3

I worked 3 part time jobs in high school. I got paid minimally to work on the family farm, I worked on the road crew of a band as dumb muscle for 50 a night, and then I worked Saturdays at a furniture moving company. I added a 4th job when I turned 16 and started working at the local ISP...

Yeah, can’t say I ever got a video card as a gift, even back during the voodoo 2 days. Mouse? Sure. CPU / video card? Nope

I could be convinced to play a fully graphics updated doom - as in, exactly the same level layout, but with modern graphics. Not sure I can go back to the old 486 days.

There are only 3 things keeping me using Microsoft. 1) games are just so much easier to manage with windows. I’ve done gaming in Linux and it just wasn’t worth the effort. That last attempt was 2013, but I don’t have any indication it’s dramatically better. 2) excel. I have a half dozen...

“We’re obviously trying with our pricing strategy to migrate more subs to the advertising supported tier” Yeah, that just isn’t going to happen. I’ll either keep buying ad free, or cancel all together. I’ve been skipping ads since the TiVo days, I’m not going back

I have personally always liked the blowers in all air systems. I don't really want the hot air from the video card being the intake for the CPU

This intrigues me and I would like to know more

It’s been a long time for me. Looks like Wiki agrees with you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(Marvel_Comics)

Captain Marvel exists for Rogue to drain all her powers and kill her whenever they get around to adding X-Men to the cinematic universe. IMO, It's best for Disney if she isn't terrible liked so there is less complaining when she get zapped.

I challenge the super hero fatigue suggestion. Spider-Man no way home was fantastic and did well at the box office. an X-Men introduction with a Rogue origin story tied with a Captain Marvel movie would be so awesome it would hurt.

This is incredibly accurate, and something I hadn't considered. A 10 episode series translation of the Solo plot would have worked much better than the single movie did. I nominate @Peter_Brosdahl to run Lucasfilm going forward

Price vs value is extremely relative, IMO. I paid 100 something for Stellaris + all the expansions. With 564 hours into it so far, I feel like it was worth the price. An $8 game I play for 30 Minutes and give up was over priced.

Look at that. My old 1080ti is still good enough for "high" settings on games. I've since moved on, but I can't believe the legs the 1080ti has had