• @penquin@lemmy.kde.social
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    361 year ago

    I’ve just built a PC last month and it’s where I’m going to be from now on. I’m so sick of console’s going the extra mile to squeeze every last penny out of us with their PS+ bullshit. I’ll just use steam for the new games I like playing and emulate all the old games. It’s been so much fun figuring things out. Better picture. Better FPS and the mouse and keyboard are much better than a controller. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on PC all these years.

    • Nia [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Welcome to PC! One thing I wish I knew back when I started on PC was https://isthereanydeal.com, checks a bunch of safe sites to buy games from (most in Steam key form, some just for other stores in general) and can email you when any of them go on sale.

      Also, the Augmented Steam browser extension (Chrome/etc) (Firefox) is really nice, sadly no version of it to work in the Steam client itself that I know of, but it adds a ton of QOL to the store.

      • @penquin@lemmy.kde.social
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        31 year ago

        Thank you so much. I have signed up. The extension isn’t working on firefox, though. I will look into more and see. Hope it is not a linux thing.

        • Nia [she/her]
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          21 year ago

          Shouldn’t be a linux thing, I use it on Linux and Firefox myself, not sure what could be causing the issue for you though

    • @Rokk@feddit.uk
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      81 year ago

      I switched the opposite direction a year or two ago.

      Being stuck sat a desk at work all day makes me want to game on the sofa in the evenings and I find a console a much handier way of doing that.

          • @penquin@lemmy.kde.social
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            21 year ago

            I have tried it. It was actually pretty decent. You can even upgrade the screen to a higher resolution now if you feel adventurous. Or you can just install holoOS (the steam deck OS) on a smaller PC and set it up to your tv and game all day with a controller. Or you can dock the steam deck to your TV and connect any controller to it. With linux, the possibilities are endless.

      • @fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org
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        51 year ago

        What’s a console except a small computer with an HDMI port for your tv and a Bluetooth adapter for your controllers?

        • phillaholic
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          51 year ago

          There’s a lot less Maintenance and tinkering involved with consoles, and Im spending a hell of a lot more than $500 every 7 years to maintain a PC capable of playing the latest titles well enough. A lot less cheating in PvP too.

          • bermuda
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            11 year ago

            Plus it ends up being a lot more than a video game machine, especially for people who don’t have smart TVs or a roku stick or anything. My parents use the Xbox more for Netflix than for anything else.

    • @BenderFender@beehaw.org
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      31 year ago

      Can I ask what your parts you used for your build? I’ve been enticed by the PC route as well because of the same bs from PlayStation you have outlined here. Everytime I look at building a PC I get overwhelmed by all the options though

      • @pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz
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        pcpartpicker.com is a good resource. You can see the community builds for inspiration at least. It also tells you about most incompabilities for your build, but it’s best to check with someone so you won’t get parts that do not work with each other.

      • @Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de
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        21 year ago

        Try setting a budget and looking for the GPU that fits within it, everything else more or less builds itself from there as you check the recommended CPU pairings and requirements they have on your other components.

      • @penquin@lemmy.kde.social
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        I got an AMD ryzen 7 5700G CPU 8 cores 16 threads here. an AMD RX580 graphics card(very old card from 2017 but works amazing here. Modular 750 wats crosair power supply here. 16GB of ddr4 ram at 3200 mhz (any brand works don’t worry) here. A gigabyte motherboard A520i here.. I picked a montech case mini tower here.

        Edit: I already had the storage from a dell mini I had before this one. I now have 512 SSD for the root partition. 1 TB 2.5" SATA SSD for the home partition and a third 2TB 2.5" SATA SSD to store all my games on and for the steam library.

    • @erwan@lemmy.ml
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      31 year ago

      Yes it’s PC for me too. Steam Deck with GeForce Now for the most demanding titles.