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OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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Nugachino said:
I haven't got a partner to complain about my spending. But imagine how much she would, if she knew I just threw 3,300 into Upgrades of a computer. A computer thats already seen 2k go into it for the build....
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That was me 20 years ago. Now my 5yo Win10 rig I got for $250 at the computer store is still plenty good enough. Was a customer one in to get some repair done and the bill was $300. Told the guy I'll give 250 for it and he said OK. He wiped the drive and installed a fresh OEM Win10 Pro while I went shopping elsewhere for a bit. Water cooled and whisper quiet. Good MSI gaming MB and a video card worth more than 250 at the time for sure. I did replace the HD with a 1T SSD for around 150 and added 8gig ram for another $60 so under $500Can/200US ;)

Not into computer gaming much anymore. Got my first PC in '87 at age 33 and played all sorts of games on the many rigs I built along the years. Always 2 or 3 years behind so stuff needed was like 25% of what it was when it first came out. Played video games since Pong so before computers for me. Pinball games long before that. Those were real games that gave you a workout while you played. I could use one of those now to get me off my butt more. :)

I don't need much to play Spider Solitaire.

:peace:
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

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OldMedUser said:
That was me 20 years ago. Now my 5yo Win10 rig I got for $250 at the computer store is still plenty good enough. Was a customer one in to get some repair done and the bill was $300. Told the guy I'll give 250 for it and he said OK. He wiped the drive and installed a fresh OEM Win10 Pro while I went shopping elsewhere for a bit. Water cooled and whisper quiet. Good MSI gaming MB and a video card worth more than 250 at the time for sure. I did replace the HD with a 1T SSD for around 150 and added 8gig ram for another $60 so under $500Can/200US ;)

Not into computer gaming much anymore. Got my first PC in '87 at age 33 and played all sorts of games on the many rigs I built along the years. Always 2 or 3 years behind so stuff needed was like 25% of what it was when it first came out. Played video games since Pong so before computers for me. Pinball games long before that. Those were real games that gave you a workout while you played. I could use one of those now to get me off my butt more. :)

I don't need much to play Spider Solitaire.

:peace:
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I'm nowhere near as old as that. But, I have played pong, space invaders, pacman, asteroids, Sinbad the Sailor, etc. I was a 90's kid. But, had a cool gaming uncle with all those. Plus things like Tomb Raider and Doom, Half Life and Counter Strike. Only reason I spent so much on this rig- Is, I wanted to have a system that could play modern games- without having to turn down half the settings. I'm also getting into VR games.... I bought this system during the coof. hence the 2k initial cost (Over priced- Under powered). the 3,300 went into replacing a dying monitor, a storage upgrade (2TB SSD). and a GPU CPU upgrade (5800X3D and a 7900 XT). It's a long term build (won't upgrade again for several years). Kind like the LTS model of Linux...

Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas.
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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Print a card out from me. Can't believe I made that thing 23 years ago from a poster I bought more than 50 years ago. Too big for the scanner so scanned it in two pieces then put them together with Paint Shop Pro which I still use to this day. Running right now and all the time. Hours spent cleaning up stains pixel by pixel then making it into a fold up card. Haven't done anything like that since. :)

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A great New Year to you and yours!

:peace:
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

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OldMedUser said:
Print a card out from me. Can't believe I made that thing 23 years ago from a poster I bought more than 50 years ago. Too big for the scanner so scanned it in two pieces then put them together with Paint Shop Pro which I still use to this day. Running right now and all the time. Hours spent cleaning up stains pixel by pixel then making it into a fold up card. Haven't done anything like that since. :)

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A great New Year to you and yours!

:peace:
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That's rather neat. I used to make custom birthday cards for people. Try and integrate some of their interests into the theme. I found most of the shop cards to be bland or cheesy. But, not my brand of cheese, if you get what I mean.
 
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