Roger Tseng
Posts: 12 +7
The only issue I have with voting for the PC with the worst parts (Gabriel) is that I could potentially just purchase a similarly sad PC by looking around on craigslist deals for probably sub $300, enter it on here and get voted for to get something of much greater value because that seems to be what people care about here. It's not hard to stay relatively current if you invest some time looking around for used parts and a little bit of money for those used parts.
I ruled out Kevin and Gabriel because they likely do not use their fx 6300s to their full potential. A stock cooler with motherboards capable of overclocking? Invest $20 more for a cooler new or find one for $5 used and you could get much better performance. You could save $20 by not eating out for a couple days, or if you already do that, dip into other parts of your budget. $20 will not ruin your financial life, if it does, you should be figuring that out, not on here trying to get a couple better PC parts.
Yes you could save $500 eventually to buy all these cool new parts that Steve is offering to winners, but that is much less realistic than saving $20 or as little as $5. It would take me probably about a year save up that amount.
Sam, Alex and McKay all look like they have pretty ok PCs that just need a CPU/mobo upgrade (and once the price of Ryzen drops it will probably be the right time to do so! ...in my opinion anyway). I ended up picking Sam because I thought he had the best chance to win over Gabriel. Looking at the vote count though, I'm pretty discouraged.
I feel like people should be voting for individuals who put effort into keeping their PC up-to-date and in working order for their needs but modern upgrades (that you cant find good used deals on) are just out of their budget. Instead I see a voting pool that can be easily manipulated if you put a crappy enough PC on. Pretty disappointing.
I ruled out Kevin and Gabriel because they likely do not use their fx 6300s to their full potential. A stock cooler with motherboards capable of overclocking? Invest $20 more for a cooler new or find one for $5 used and you could get much better performance. You could save $20 by not eating out for a couple days, or if you already do that, dip into other parts of your budget. $20 will not ruin your financial life, if it does, you should be figuring that out, not on here trying to get a couple better PC parts.
Yes you could save $500 eventually to buy all these cool new parts that Steve is offering to winners, but that is much less realistic than saving $20 or as little as $5. It would take me probably about a year save up that amount.
Sam, Alex and McKay all look like they have pretty ok PCs that just need a CPU/mobo upgrade (and once the price of Ryzen drops it will probably be the right time to do so! ...in my opinion anyway). I ended up picking Sam because I thought he had the best chance to win over Gabriel. Looking at the vote count though, I'm pretty discouraged.
I feel like people should be voting for individuals who put effort into keeping their PC up-to-date and in working order for their needs but modern upgrades (that you cant find good used deals on) are just out of their budget. Instead I see a voting pool that can be easily manipulated if you put a crappy enough PC on. Pretty disappointing.
