Building My First PC (A Thank You Letter)

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  1. SheepHugger

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    In fact sometimes they price up cheaper HDMI cables to 'appear' good but they're really just awful ones that will break if you bend them as much as ~40 degrees or so *SNAP* and then it won't work. It's a way for stores to make profit by selling 2€ cables for 50€ or more. It's not that uncommon to go to a shop and not find any good stuff but instead find shitty stuff being sold for the same cost as the good stuff.


    Protip: attach one of your HDMI cables to your TV. ;)
     
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    I had it originally set to VGA for the initial boot up, but switched over to HDMI once I got everything initially set up. I gotta tell ya, its nice running all my games at max settings again! MW:O runs like a dream at the highest settings, and its beautiful.
     
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    Amazon's cheap HDMI cables have served me well.
     
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    Exactly. I'd rather have 4 HDMI cables than one for same cost. It's not like I use them for fishing on a daily basis so it's still quite rare for any to get worn out or anything. Affording only one cable means you are constantly switching it between devices whereas 4 means that you can have everything connected and eliminate the need to switch cables. Switching the damn things is what wears them out.
     
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    That is a sexy piece of hardware. Grats on getting it running!
     
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    If I buy a new PC in the next 5 minutes, I swear I am telling my wife where you live and you can deal with that sh*t.
     
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    Oh no, Sir Chops... That's alllllll you. You put that ring on her finger, not me, sir!

    :bananalama: <---- There I go! Off into the sunset!
     
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