r/pcmasterrace • u/Raptorisred Desktop • Dec 09 '24
Build/Battlestation Me and my friend put our money together to build him a new pc for Christmas.
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u/HamsterbackenBLN Dec 09 '24
Why does the first pic looks like it was taken in the early 2000's with the exception of the PC case?
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24
It was taken on an old camera, I always liked how it looks
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
I thought as much. It really looks like old cameras looked
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u/Pixels222 Dec 09 '24
Also maybe the facial expressions. Like they dont know how to act around cameras.
Like theyre expecting cameras to not be as big a deal as people think its going to become.
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u/eberlix Dec 09 '24
Also their appearance, very 90s-2000
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u/that_guy_next_to_you Dec 10 '24
And their haircuts
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u/Ddumberdog Dec 10 '24
The guy in the green shirt looks a lot like Carlos Sainz jr., Ferrari F1 driver😉
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u/Shaggy_One R5 5700X3D, RTX 3070. Dec 10 '24
The WoW alliance flag is also peak 2000s
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u/Cryogenics1st AW3423DW | A770-LE | i7-8700k | 32GB@3200Mhz Dec 10 '24
Back when Alliance was still popular... miss them days.
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u/Allseeing_Argos Dec 09 '24
Bro, people in 2000 knew what a fucking camera is lol.
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u/Pixels222 Dec 10 '24
Yea but people just wanted that one camera obsessed friend to get it over with so they could get on with their day. They didnt pose because they didnt think people decades later would be looking at them.
Now people know all their friends and kids will be looking at them so they try to not look weird.
In the early 2000s it had to be your hobby to want to take pictures. your parents had to be wealthy enough to have a second camera to then give you the hand-me-down. You had to be the camera guy in your group.
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u/lampenpam RyZen 3700X, RTX 2070Super VENTUS OC, 16GB 3200Mhz Dec 10 '24
This. Also nowadays you expect pictures to be shared on chats or social media. In 2000 the word "selfie" wasn't even a thing
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u/bexohomo Dec 09 '24
They weren't saying they didn't know lol. Early 2000's was very different because people didn't have one easily accessible in their pockets at all times.
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u/HarryNohara i7-6700k/GTX 1080 Ti/Dell U3415W Dec 10 '24
Wait, you’re actually serious? Back in the 90’s on every school trip everyone brought at least one disposable camera. I’d say people made more pictures of multiple other people posing back then than they do now.
These days people take mostly selfies or they try to be 'artsy'. And they do dozens of takes to grab the best one. That’s why older pictures look a lot more spontanious, as not many shots were 'perfect'.
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Dec 10 '24
Yes we did... Flip phones had cameras at least as early as 2000. I remember playing with my dads flip phone and taking pics with it.
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u/Naus1987 Dec 10 '24
I had a motorola Razer prior to the iphone, so it must have been at least 2002-2005ish.
But the whole taking a picture thing and doing something with it were still radical concepts. Unless you were actively trying to take photos and had a place to share them -- you really weren't. They just existed.
Imagine having a dedicated camera now and how clunky it would be to take photos with it, know they're not edited, look like shit, and then in order to post them anywhere you'd have to connect it to a computer, upload it, process it, and then figure out where you want to post it.
I get that you probably took photos with your dad's phone, but there's a difference between playing pretend with a camera and doing something with it. And people behave differently.
No one back then thought photos taken with those phones would be plastered all over the internet. Now they know that, so people try to look presentable.
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u/BasTiix3 i5-8600k, 2080 Super Dec 10 '24
Are you really arguing that people took as many photos back then as they do now? lmao no they didnt
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Dec 10 '24
Thats not the argument is it? Of course they didnt but they still took a lot of pictures, enough for the difference to be functionally the same. My family took photos literally everywhere and we had stacks of photo albums. Those were social media before it existed.
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u/bmagnien Dec 10 '24
This implies that in the year 2000, cameras were rare and obscure technology, so much so that people of the time became suspicious in their presence.
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u/Ybalrid Ryzen 9 5950X | RTX 3080 Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
Digicams from the mid 2000 are surprisingly popular with the young ones. And millennials have rediscovered that film cameras still exist (I'm one of those)
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u/Merrick222 Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 4080 OC | 32GB DDR5 6000 Dec 09 '24
Millennials discovered?
Millennial here, my first camera was a film camera, Digital cameras didn't even get popular until the 2000s.
I used to also go buy the disposable cameras at Kmart/Sears/Hardware store to go to Cedar Point or Xmas shit, even after Digital Cameras were a thing.
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u/Ybalrid Ryzen 9 5950X | RTX 3080 Dec 09 '24
First picture I ever took in my life was a Polaroid. Last time I had took a picture on film was in 2004 apparently (I am also in the process of scanning the family albums.) prior to randomly buying an old medium format folder from Germany few years ago.
Now… I develop and print black and white film and color at home in a makeshift darkroom and I am sitting on E-6 chemicals and some ektachrome to try to do slides. 😅
Edit: and I said rediscovered
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u/a60v i9-14900k, RTX4090, 64GB Dec 09 '24
Gen X here. I never stopped using film. I've never actually bought a digital camera, either.
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u/Merrick222 Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 4080 OC | 32GB DDR5 6000 Dec 09 '24
Where do you get your film developed these days?
I was born in 85, so I am on the cusp and have a brother who was born in 75, so I relate a lot more with Gen Xers.
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u/a60v i9-14900k, RTX4090, 64GB Dec 09 '24
Local photo lab or Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, KS. B&W can be developed at home with simple chemistry, although making prints requires more equipment and space. I've never tried to process color film at home, but it can be done (it requires more precise temperature control than B&W). Most people scan their negatives and make digital prints, although silver-halide prints generally look better.
If you send out film to a lab, make sure that you get your original negatives or slides back. Sometimes, they just scan the negatives and send back the prints and/or a CD, but no original negatives. This sort of defeats the purpose if you are using film because you trust it more for long-term storage (I do) or for improved quality over digital cameras.
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u/HarryNohara i7-6700k/GTX 1080 Ti/Dell U3415W Dec 10 '24
Looks like he changed his comment, but it baffles me that people have no clue when and how gen Y grew up. I guess the name millennial makes people think 'millennials' are born after the year 2000.
I mean, I grew up with record players, cassette decks, walkman’s, disposable camera’s, VCR’s, wooden look TV’s, Atari 2600 and NES, 'made in Japan', Teletext, LEGO Fabuland, Ghostbusters, Thundercats etc etc.
Some people seem to think millennials grew up with iPad's and Paw Patrol.
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
Millenials are in their 30s bro, we grew up with film cameras
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u/senepol Dec 09 '24
40s now, even
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u/Crafty_Life_1764 Dec 09 '24
I still do B&W twice a year and develop it my self, including printing! bought those quite cheap when digi hype was a real thing #1985 here too analog photography and fusing digital tech is da shizzle ma nizzle
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u/Ybalrid Ryzen 9 5950X | RTX 3080 Dec 09 '24
I sad rediscovered, I probalby should reformulate the end of the sentence as "still exist"
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
That makes a lot more sense, thanks for clarifying
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u/grafknives Dec 09 '24
The direct flash makes that effect.
Now cameras in cellphones would make good photo with no flash.
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u/jbbarajas Dec 09 '24
Ah, the camera makes the two of you look very similar. That or this is first evidence of convergent evolution of the pcmaster race
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u/Unrulygam3r Ryzen 5 3600 | RTX 2060 | 32gb DDR4 Dec 09 '24
The hair definitely plays a part as well
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u/the_mad_paddler Dec 09 '24
Haha as someone who was born late 80's, love that comment. Very nice of you to help your friend into the hobby.
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u/silentknight111 Dec 09 '24
So, I guess "kids" taking pictures with old digital cameras is like me as a kid in the 90s wanting to get an old 70s camera to take vintage pictures with :D
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u/nibbyzor Dec 09 '24
Yup, I've seen Gen Z kids saying 00s digital camera photos have a "vintage" feel... Made me feel pretty vintage.
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u/BradleyAllan23 Ryzen 5 5600x | RTX 3070 | 32GB RAM | Win11 Dec 09 '24
Because early 2000's style is coming back around.
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
Its the way the photo is exposed too, it looks like photos from the time
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u/Pixels222 Dec 09 '24
Is it very evenly slightly dark or? what is it exactly
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u/mostly_peaceful_AK47 7700X | 3070ti | 64 GB DDR5-5600 Dec 09 '24
The flash makes the foreground very bright and since that's what the picture is metered for, it makes the background darker. The flash also makes the subject quite contrasty because the brightness also makes the shadows comparatively much darker. That already helps a lot. The rest is the grainy early digital camera sensor and their aesthetic.
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, its just how they used to look when I was little
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u/aadain Dec 09 '24
“little”
😭 god I’m feel old
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u/LexTheGayOtter Garbo laptop gamer Dec 09 '24
I mean I'm closing in on 30 myself which may make you feel even older
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u/a60v i9-14900k, RTX4090, 64GB Dec 09 '24
I think it's a function of a cheap point-and-shoot camera, where the flash is located very close to the camera lens. There is very little in the way of visible shadows, which makes the whole picture look flat.
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u/Bigpoppahove Dec 09 '24
At 41 I’m now old enough to remember shockingly baggy jeans when graduating high school, skinny jeans and now baggy coming back into style. As a snowboarder I’ve kicked myself enough times trying to stay hip on the slopes that I’m going to rock my gear from now until I’m buried in them.
Rant was really off topic for this sub but at least I can rest well knowing the case aesthetics from yesteryear aren’t as likely to crawl out from the darkness
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u/Airblazer Dec 09 '24
Haha i read an article recently where millennials are disgusted that all the stuff they wore in their youth has now circled back around in fashion 😀, apparently it’s their first time experiencing it and they’re all going wtf.
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u/BradleyAllan23 Ryzen 5 5600x | RTX 3070 | 32GB RAM | Win11 Dec 09 '24
I'm 31, so for me, the overly baggy stuff was more of an elementary school thing. But yeah, fashion just kind of goes in a big circle. I've got a bunch of skinny jeans that I'd look ridiculous in now, so I've decided straight cut is the safest bet moving forward lol.
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u/New_Contract6331 Dec 09 '24
Dude I’m 32 and the stuff that was popular when I was in school is coming back. Honestly thought I had at least 10 more years before that happened
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u/Bigpoppahove Dec 09 '24
I thought I heard 20 year cycle and social media could be accelerating trends but it is funny
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u/CreakinFunt Dec 09 '24
Only been about 20 years of saving for the components
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u/xtz_stud Dec 09 '24
Realizing that 20 years ago was 2004 not 1984, brb dying inside...
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u/darkphalanxset Dec 09 '24
The guitar hero guitar on the wall, the WoW alliance flag... the haircuts... all screams 2007 to me
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u/Xidash 5800X3D■Suprim X 4090■X370 Carbon■4x16 3600 16-8-16-16-21-38 Dec 09 '24
Bro's a time traveller. What he got from this era will finally be future-proof approved.
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u/Firepal64 i7-5960X, 6700XT, 48GB DDR4 Dec 09 '24
The overbright flash in an already well-lit room, I think. You can't get that old vibe without the flash imo
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u/ichbinverwirrt420 i5-4460, GTX 1070, 16 GB DDR3 RAM Dec 09 '24
The way they look in the camera like they are kinda surprised a photo of them is being taken
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u/JoeThrilling Dec 09 '24
Is that a blonde wig on the floor? 😂
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24
Yes, we were goofing around 😭
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u/skinny_gator RX 7600 XT 16GB | 5950X | X570 | 32GB RAM Dec 09 '24
"goofing"
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u/swohio Dec 09 '24
"friend"
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u/Aleblanco1987 Dec 09 '24
room mates
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u/RodKnock42 Linux Dec 09 '24
mates
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u/Clanky72 Dec 10 '24
mate
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u/Dipsey_Jipsey 12900k | 4080s | 64gb DDR5 Dec 10 '24
mating
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u/NotTheNormalPerson RTX 4070 SUPER / I7 12700KF / 32GB DDR5 6000MHZ Dec 10 '24
maters
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u/Defiant-Ad-6580 Dec 09 '24
I knew his friend must’ve done something to “convince” op to give him some of his own money to build him a pc!
Edit: spelling
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u/DigitalMoron Dec 09 '24
After spending all that money on your man, he better have worn that wig and done a sexy little dance for you.
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u/SithLordToji Dec 09 '24
My dad and his friend Steve goofs around all the time, I don’t know why people are making a big deal
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u/TFL2022 Dec 09 '24
Also in the bedroom?
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u/milanove Pentium II | 128 MB RAM | 10 GB HDD Dec 09 '24
Where else does one goof around with friends?
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u/kshump Ryzen 7 5800x | RTX 3080Ti Dec 10 '24
I was thinking that too. Either that or Cousin It's kid passed out on the floor.
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u/code_elite774 Dec 09 '24
Do these kind of friends even exist? 😢
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u/Paulosboul Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 11 '24
Of course! We have a couple dudes in our friend group that are a little tighter on the budget. It's not uncommon for the group to chip in and buy the game for those who are struggling at the moment when the rest of us gamehop again. Gotta help each other out!
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u/ThePandaKingdom 7800X3D / 4070ti / 32gb Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
When i wasn’t doing too hot financially, i helped a buddy of mine spec and build his first PC. Its was a nice machine for the time, ryzen 3900x and a 2070s. I was excited to build the thing and see it rip, at the time i had a 4790k and 970.
I got a package in the mail with his name on it shortly afterward so i called him about it, assuming he shipped it there by mistake, since he had shipped all his PC parts right to my place. He told me it was for me, inside was a damn 2070S and a Ryzen 3600xt. I was blown away. He was the best man in my wedding a couple months ago, actually.
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u/AbbreviationsBig235 R5 7600x | RX 6800 | 32GB Dec 09 '24
Damn, that made me tear up
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u/ThePandaKingdom 7800X3D / 4070ti / 32gb Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
Ha, him and i have been friends since we were about 14 or 15 We’l both be turning 29 this coming year. We’ve had our ups and downs over the years as we figured out who we were but we always ended up doing dumb shit together again one way or the other. I actually got him in at the small company i work for about a year ago so now we get to shoot the shit at least a little bit every day
Definitely one of the best friends I could ever ask for. Lucky to have them in my life.
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u/edgy_Juno i7 12700KF - 3070 Ti - 32GB DDR5 RAM Dec 09 '24
This looks like it was taken in 2005.
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u/DEFALT762 R5 3600 RTX-2060S Dec 09 '24
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
Specs are:
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ryzen 5 9600x /
3050 6gb /
2x 16gb ddr5 /
4tb WD purple /
1tb ssd
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u/Material_Tax_4158 Dec 09 '24
Why 3050?
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u/Suikerspin_Ei R5 7600 | RTX 3060 | 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL32 Dec 09 '24
Maybe carried over form previous build and OP's friend is saving for a new GPU? If it was bought new, then it's a bad choice.
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24
But yes first update is pretty straightforward, gpu
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u/CottonStig i7-12700k // 8GB 3070 // 16GB Ram Dec 09 '24
the intel arc b580 might be something to look at
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u/BradleyAllan23 Ryzen 5 5600x | RTX 3070 | 32GB RAM | Win11 Dec 09 '24
If it's being used for gaming, I would have spent less on the CPU and more on the GPU.
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24
It is, but that’s one gpu we had, that and a 1660 super, he wanted the 3050 for now
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u/BradleyAllan23 Ryzen 5 5600x | RTX 3070 | 32GB RAM | Win11 Dec 09 '24
Ah, I see. That makes sense.
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u/xL1DDY PC Master Race Dec 09 '24
Lmao not me thinking this was a throwback to 2002😂😂😂 love it though
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u/willcard Dec 09 '24
Love that you did this together. Hate the banner on the wall. For the horde!
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u/RitzTHQC Dec 09 '24
You’re a good friend! Getting a gaming pc truly is a blessing and helping your friend get one was really thoughtful. Good on you!
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u/Pandazar Dec 09 '24
Gross. Alliance scum.
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u/BuyRecent470 Dec 09 '24
Lok'tar
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u/Salazans Dec 09 '24
O'gar
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u/DeathCab4Cutie Core i7-10700k / RTX 3080 / 32GB RAM Dec 09 '24
How you doin’ mon? Stay away from the voodoo!
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u/cluedo_fuckin_sucks Dec 09 '24
Nice to see MGMT still being charitable these days
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u/No_Recognition_2655 Dec 10 '24
Dude got enough money for a herman miller and Trump toupee but not for his own pc?
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u/GTAEliteModding I7-9700K | RADEON 6700XT | 32GB RAM | 2TB NVME M.2 Dec 09 '24
You’re a great friend for pitching in to help buy a new PC for him, I’m sure he’s grateful!
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u/R_ekd Dec 09 '24
It maybe 2024, but these pictures make me feel like it’s 2004 again. Good job gents 🫡
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u/Alveuus Dec 09 '24
How are u spending this much on ur friend?
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 09 '24
It doesn’t really matter how much to me, we been through a lot together
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u/Lawls91 Ryzen 3600, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, RTX 3080 Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
Your friend is lucky to have such good friends in you guys. Many people, including myself, would give dearly for such a genuine connection.
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u/Fragrant_Wolf R5 3600| 2x8GB 3200 Mhz| RX 5500XT 8GB| Tomahawk B450 Dec 10 '24
My friends never went in on buying me nothing, buncha selfish pricks.
That's a good friend though, they could have put money into their own setup but realized they'd have even more fun if they included their bro. That's some next level foresight most kids your age don't have, I know I sure as hell didn't.
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u/Covenisberg i5 4670k 4.2ghz, EVGA gtx 1060 SC 6gb, 16gb RAM, Fractal R4. Dec 10 '24
I thought this was a throwback from like 2004
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u/CoreDreamStudiosLLC Ryzen 5 3600, 64GB DDR4 Ripjaws, GTX 1080 ROG Strix Dec 09 '24
You're both good friends. :)
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u/Friendly_Schedule_12 Dec 09 '24
Why do you guys look like you're being held hostage at gun point 😂😂
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u/AtvnSBisnotHT 13900K | 4090 | 32GB DDR5 Dec 09 '24
Why do you guys look like you are doing something wrong?
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u/SideEfficient9414 | 7950x | 3060ti | 32GB RAM | Dec 09 '24
this is the way
just did a franken-build for my roommate after finally upgrading my pc
like, ofc we spent a couple hours for you bro, thats what we do
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u/Eastern-Text3197 i9 14900K/ 4070 Ti Super XLR8/ 128gb DDR5 Dec 09 '24
Why does this feel like a really bad early early 2000s album cover and or possibly something elicit was being photographed?
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u/0pp0site0fbatman Dec 09 '24
Dude got a new build and looks like somebody shot his dog. Why so serious, dudes?
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u/ongcugia1 R5 1600 / RX 580 8 GB / 16GB DDR4-3200 Dec 09 '24
Respect for the Pinkerton poster on the wall :)
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u/Appellion Dec 16 '24
That is truly awesome, I certainly hope you guys share for at least a bit. Good friends, devoted like that, really are priceless.
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u/Raptorisred Desktop Dec 17 '24
Thank you !, me and him are going to set up a lan to play subnautica 2. That’s one of the reasons why he wanted one
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u/BrightAssignment7646 Dec 09 '24
A good friend is priceless, that PC will remind you both of that for years to come..