Mskotor

December update

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Over all back log prog ress :
26% completed
54% beaten
1% unfinished
3% never played
16% won't play

End of the year 2019 stats


  1. Beaten 19 games:
    • 1 GOG game
    • 1 Origin game
    • 17 Steam games
  2. Favorite game beaten in 2018: A Way Out
  3. Worst game beaten in 2018: Witcher Adventure Game
  4. Longest game beaten: Heroes of Hammerwatch - 35h
  5. Shortest game beaten: NightSky - 3h
  6. In 2018 I’ve beat 43 games - 24 more than in 2019
    • lack of time
    • laptop with i3 370M + AMD 5490 did not help, as it’s hard to find anything that is playable on it. All more demanding games (like A Way Out or Wolfenstein) were beaten when I was back home for a few days

Methodology:

  • games bought before Steam Winter sale 2018 count as added in December 2018
  • games bought from start of Winter Sale 2018 to the end of January 2019 count as January 2019 additions

I do buy games during winter sale to beat them next year, so it makes most sense.

Green columns are for games beaten on Steam, blue for games beaten on Origin / GOG.


I also made graph that shows my progress from the time I started to write down my percentages (finally it has it’s use!).

Great purge is a time when I removed, in a span of 3 months, 59 games from my account (I was close to 500, so it was more than 10% of my library). 48 were removed at the end of June, following with some more in next 2 months. It was also time when I really sorted my library and moved a lot from unfinished to won’t play.


Browsing through my updates made me realize I started to semi-seriously think about getting proper PC 6 months ago. I think for my New Year resolution I will pick “stop to overthinkg, as it takes you weeks to buy anything” :hehe:

But I have (more or less) parts already picked:

CPU: AMD Ryzen R5 3600
MOBO: MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 3000Mhz

GPU: ?

SSD: Crucial MX500 250 GB
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB
PSU: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W

Case: Phanteks 350X
Monitor: AOC 24G2U

CPU: I don't render, so I will not benefit from 3700(X). And when 3600 will stop to be enough for gaming it will be time to change whole PC anyway (like it was in case of my home PC with i5 4590). Or change for 3700X for pennies.

MOBO: I need board that supports flashing from USB (to upgrade BIOS for new Ryzen) + have on board WiFi (and Bluetooth). Buying cheaper MOBO + PCI-E WiFi/Bluetooth card will cost the same as buying more expensive board with WiFi. I heard they may finally release B550 MOBOs soon(?) but don't think I want to wait even longer just for having R5 3600 BIOS support out of the box.

RAM: I read that those works nicely with 3rd gen Ryzen, and there should not be a problem to OC them to 3200 Mhz.

GPU: That's only thing I lack. I don't want to pay extra for RTX when it's not used in more than few games. I do not render so I don't need CUDA cores.

RX 5500XT performance / price is not great, as they want to push RX 580 and 590 from stores. RX 5600XT will be released on 21st Jan with MSRP of 270$ (so custom boards will be more expensive most probably), and 5700 is overkill for my needs. Sadly Ryzen 3600 does not have integrated graphic, so I can't buy whole set up and wait for GPU. Grrr.

SSD: I need SSD only for OS. Having loading time in game of 15s instead of 30s will not make any difference for me. I know I could have 1TB SSD in the price of 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD, but SSD drives dies randomly without any warning. And I sometimes forget to do regular backup, so it's better to keep all my data on HDD.

I thought about M2 drive, but they overhear a lot. It may be upgrade possibility when SSD price will drop further, and they will start to use some normal cooling on those. MOBO I chose has "M2 shield" technology, but it only makes them hotter :hehe:

PSU: I wanted to go with Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 550W, but it's not available here. So Corsair is my 2nd pick.

Case: I want small case (so not bigger than 460 x 460mm) with simple design and good dust filters. I thought about Meshify C, but it's 20 pounds more expensive in it's most basic version. And version with tempered glass is 40 pounds more. I prefer to add money to GPU than PC case.

Monitor: I sit close to the screen so 24 inch 1080p will be perfect. Plus it will make GPU more "future-proof". It is IPS screen with FreeSync and 144Hz, has VESA mount and speakers (I don't have separate ones and normally use headphones, but I can't have them on when I want to clean and listen to radio :D). I was eyeing it since I started to look into PC monitors, and decided it's perfect match immediately after it was released and first tests were up.

I have Dell P2414H back home which is also IPS panel. Do not see any ghosting there, so this should be fine as well.
Fnord

Playing games not on steam? Shame on you! :glare:

adil

For your PC, you seem to know what you want but I’d add a few things.
For RAM, you should look into Crucial Ballistix 3000MHz Cl15 as well. Micron E-Die should be superior to Hynix (what you’ll most likely get in your Corsair kit) if you want to overclock it. If not, then pick whatever is the fastest you can afford.
For SSD, I don’t really get why you think it’s less reliable than a HDD but you should really consider going for a 480-500gb one. The price difference should be minimal and you will get double lifespan, and have a comfortable size to install even one or two games you play the most. And it’s better to have more especially if it doesn’t cost double price (I can see 240 for 45€ and 480 for 60€ so it’s definitively worth it). Same for HDD, I don’t know what your prices are but for me I can get a 1Tb for 50€ and 2Tb for 60€ so… It’d be a waste to lose one Tb to save 10 bucks only.
And lastly, for your GPU since you want an AMD and nothing fits except the 5600, why not wait one more month? You already waited six months, might as well cherry pick all your stuff to fit your needs instead of rushing because of one. And GPU might be one of the most important for your gaming experience so it’s definitively worth the extra month.

Mskotor

For RAM, you should look into Crucial Ballistix 3000MHz Cl15 as well.
I looked into them and they are 68 - 70 pounds (LT version). While Corsair is 60 pounds.

For SSD, I don’t really get why you think it’s less reliable than a HDD
Because SSD can die without warning and recovering data is very pricey. While recovering data from HDD is easy, as it’s safe on magnetic disc. When SSD controller dies you can as good throw whole thing on trash.

but you should really consider going for a 480-500gb one
I now have 500 GB in my laptop, and I have here my OS, data, games etc. I really don’t need bigger SSD than 250GB. With 1TB HDD for data and games I will have around 150 GB on SSD to install games. Which is plenty for me.

I don’t keep much data, it’s mostly photos. I remove movies after I watch them, and have 2 - 3 games installed top (I install, beat, remove). I don’t have dozens of installed games or hundreds of movies like some people do.
That’s also the reason why I don’t want to go for bigger HDD. I will not use it. And having something just because is a waste. I prefer to put those 25 pounds saved on SSD and HDD into better version of GPU cooling system.

And lastly, for your GPU since you want an AMD and nothing fits except the 5600, why not wait one more month? You already waited six months, might as well cherry pick all your stuff to fit your needs instead of rushing because of one.
Yeah, now I wait for card release at 21st. And we will see if card is competitive, especially that NVidia released this weird half-cut 2060KO as response for 5600.

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cbones - LINUX

Great stats, thanks for sharing. I kind of wish I had been keeping details like that.

GTX 1660 seems a good value at the moment, I almost grabbed one last month but held off. Maybe a new card/build in 6 months, I keep telling myself 😬

Mskotor

I just saw that they dropped MSRP of RTX 2060 to 300$, most probably as response to RX 5600XT.

Also they will release B550 MOBO chips later this quater, and B650 + Ryzen 4xxx later this year… that’s bad moment to buy PC. But I’m kinda forced to :sob: