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Got a new graphics card about a month and a half ago, was gonna get a bike but you can't find good ones anywhere right now. Decided to rebuild the rest of my PC instead and I'm very happy.
i7 9700k
RX 5700 XT
16gigs ram
No frills motherboard
Shit is amazing. So fast, games are insane. I wish I would have played Red Dead with this setup. Last one could barely do it, this build everything is turned up and I still have a ton of head room. I guess a new monitor is next.
I dunno much about PCs but I had a good one my brother put together and the motherboard fried out. Still have my case and monitor just doing nothing cuz I'm broke as fuck.
Your post makes me wanna get it rebuilt though. I miss having Skyrim available
The only thing that sucks about replacing the motherboard is that then you have to reinstall windows. If you aren't using it already though I'm assuming you are ok with wiping it and reinstalling anyways. I got a cheap motherboard because I don't plan on using wifi or bluetooth, but it made a difference when I was putting it together because the layout made it difficult for some parts. If you're brother built it, and it's older you could get a new motherboard for under $100 and if he is still into it he'd probably want to do it for you.
I got into it because I bought a PS4 when it came out and started listening to a video game podcast since I had been out of the loop for a while. I kept listening and the more they talked about PC gaming the more I wanted to jump in. You often times get better prices on games, they usually look and run better, and you can use the PC for more than just games. I hate browsing the internet on my phone, and I don't like laptops. Building it myself made me learn how it works so I could replace parts on my own, but I don't keep up with any tech info on hardware until it's time for me to upgrade something. I still use google for any problems because I don't get into programming or anything like that. I like to play games, download shit, and browse the internet. Maybe a little video editing or something.
I actually even got my girlfriend into it which I would never ever have expected it. She's a girly girl and didn't play games at all, now we play Overwatch like every night.