PC Gaming Thread
11-24-23, 01:07 PM
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Re: PC Gaming Thread
Unfortunately they don't sell it in stores anymore. I got an official one off ebay. The third-party dongles are cheaper and most of them probably work fine, but I paid a few bucks more for an official one. Mine came in official packaging and I'm pretty confident it is legit.
I would first try to update the firmware on the controller and see if that improves the Bluetooth reliability. It looks like there is a new update since I last tried Bluetooth. Go to https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/...ess-controller and follow the "Update on PC" instructions.
I would first try to update the firmware on the controller and see if that improves the Bluetooth reliability. It looks like there is a new update since I last tried Bluetooth. Go to https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/...ess-controller and follow the "Update on PC" instructions.
11-24-23, 04:23 PM
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I just tried it and it stopped working about 10 minutes in. The light in the middle didn't start blinking and lose connection the light in the middle stayed on, but it switched to the keyboard I pulled the battery and plugged in.
04-14-24, 11:16 AM
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Amaaon had this gaming PC on sale for under $600 overnight:
It's out of stock now. I would have bought it and gave my Lenovo to my Mom.
It's out of stock now. I would have bought it and gave my Lenovo to my Mom.
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04-14-24, 01:06 PM
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Darn. I would've jumped on that too.
04-24-24, 01:05 PM
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I've been aggressively researching gaming desktops but I wanted to get some thoughts on what the two most important factors are on a 2024 gaming PC. I assume they are the processor (I'm narrowing it down to the i9 processor) and video card (narrowed down to 4070). Is that the correct focus?
04-24-24, 01:32 PM
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Re: PC Gaming Thread
I've been aggressively researching gaming desktops but I wanted to get some thoughts on what the two most important factors are on a 2024 gaming PC. I assume they are the processor (I'm narrowing it down to the i9 processor) and video card (narrowed down to 4070). Is that the correct focus?
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04-24-24, 01:38 PM
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Re: PC Gaming Thread
Considering both that CPU and GPU are power hungry, you'll need to make sure you buy a power supply that offers enough juice for them both.
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04-24-24, 10:29 PM
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Speaking of an i9 + 4070 combo, I've been enamoured with the small footprint of the Asus ROG NUC. But it's price tag sure isn't small.
04-25-24, 07:02 AM
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Not a terrible price. A laptop with those specs would be 2k+, I'd imagine.
04-25-24, 08:02 AM
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No doubt. I have a AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Full) laptop and that alone was like $900.
04-26-24, 01:09 AM
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Re: PC Gaming Thread
I should mention the reason I want something so small-yet-robust is because I'd bee hooking it up to my AVR and us my 65" LG C2 as my gaming monitor. So I'd rather not have an actual tower taking up too much space.
