Life changes.
I have two big PCs at home. I had another monstrosity at my mother's. The one at mum's was a temp build until I brought over one from my flat. Because of Covid. It's incredibly heavy and I needed someone to move it professionally. This was supposed to be coming to mum's, at which point I was going to break down the temp PC and flog it in bits.
It has a 1920x Threadripper, with 32gb RAM and a 2080Ti Aorus Xtreme I bought from a panic seller. I paid £480 for the Ti, with the block already fitted and the air cooler in the box. However, a few things were pushing me away from this. Firstly there isn't much room here. 2.5m x 3m room, with bed, drawers etc etc. I was tired of sitting down and feeling trapped by electronics, see pic.
The Alienware is no smaller. It's enormous. I also had flashbacks to when I moved and even though I wrapped up the Alienware with 5" of bubble wrap they still managed to damage the front panel. So I had a think. "What do I do with my PC now?". Listen to music, go on forums, play PUBG. That's it. I play PUBG 4-5 nights a week for 3-4 hours. Which, in the end, was what helped me come to a decision. At home I have this PC.
Which I now refer to as "Big Me". It has a 3950x, 32gb 4133 RAM running at 3650, and a 2080Ti Kingpin. The issue I was having was that when I got here to mum's the game felt very different. I had a 2070 Super here, with a 1920x. However, since I had a big leak over Xmas I had to remove one of the rads meaning the 1920x was running stock. It could have been down to that, but I also felt a huge difference in GPU power. This was annoying, as PUBG relies heavily on reflexes and muscle memory. It's really rather jarring stepping from one PC to the other continually, and requires brain training every time. I was kinda sick of that, and I knew that even if the Alienware made the trip alive it still wouldn't offer the same performance as "big me". So, I decided to build "mini me".
It has a Ryzen 3600 with 16gb Dominator 3200 CL15 and the 2080Ti Aorus Xtreme, now put back on air with huge dramas trying to figure out the correct thermal pad thickness as Gigabyte keep it top secret.
Whilst I was at it I bought a bunch of Razer stuffs on Prime Day. At home I have the Huntsman Elite, but those are £200 now. So I got the Huntsman TE on sale for £78, a Goliathus XXL Chroma mat and Viper Mini for cheap.
Much better. It also practically matches the other PC too, so now shouldn't be so jarring. I have ordered a new wrist pad as I don't think my yellow one will look good.