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I have gone through several periods in my life where I have obsessively played video games, usually followed by me selling the console in disgust with myself an

I have gone through several periods in my life where I have obsessively played video games, usually followed by me selling the console in disgust with myself and buying a new one ~1.5 years later. What has changed for me lately is building a gaming PC. I have found that this beast new PC, and the things I can do with it, are more interesting to me than most games. My single favorite game that has drawn me in the most is Metal Gear Solid V. It's very slow paced and tactical but still an action game. You have to make a lot of intelligent decisions and formulate your own strategy to infiltrate the buildings. Plus there is a whole Civilization-esque aspect where you build your own paramilitary organization and deal with things like personnel and budgets. Add on top of that the insane supernatural geopolitics of the story and it is a very engrossing experience.

terminalcommand 10y ago
Could you give some examples as to the benefits of building a killer PC? What interesting things can you do with it, that you previously couldn't? Or is it simply the speed and the ease of use? I'm also thinking of building a desktop PC, but I'm afraid that I won't be needing it. I don't game, I mostly write programs and browse the web. Does it really change things in terms of latency and if it does, does that have an impact on the relationship with your computer?
- CRUDmeariver 10y ago
  For me it is doing big data processing that your average laptop cannot handle well. I have the top Core i7 and I see it as a challenge using it to the fullest. You can run the heaviest clunkiest IDE with ease. Also the flexibility and resiliency of having multiple hard drives (a sacrosanct SSD for the system, and a HDD for messing around). Plus I can run VMs with ease when I get tired of Windows. Easily extendable RAM, tons of usb ports, the list goes on... Plus it was fun to build and I learned a lot.

terminalcommand 10y ago

Could you give some examples as to the benefits of building a killer PC? What interesting things can you do with it, that you previously couldn't? Or is it simply the speed and the ease of use? I'm also thinking of building a desktop PC, but I'm afraid that I won't be needing it. I don't game, I mostly write programs and browse the web. Does it really change things in terms of latency and if it does, does that have an impact on the relationship with your computer?

CRUDmeariver 10y ago
For me it is doing big data processing that your average laptop cannot handle well. I have the top Core i7 and I see it as a challenge using it to the fullest. You can run the heaviest clunkiest IDE with ease. Also the flexibility and resiliency of having multiple hard drives (a sacrosanct SSD for the system, and a HDD for messing around). Plus I can run VMs with ease when I get tired of Windows. Easily extendable RAM, tons of usb ports, the list goes on... Plus it was fun to build and I learned a lot.