Software engineer at Siemens. Love the work because I get to pocket sweet German taxpayer money and the people are all really cool on my project. I'm also pretty good at it, have an unrestricted work schedule (I can come and go when I wish, the only important thing is the number of hours I work but that's flexible as well, I can push/pull hours around to make extra holidays if I work a lot or I can just work less and make up later. It can be dangerous though, dug myself into a 40h deficit around last Christmas which was a pain to get through.) and can work from home occasionally if I don't have important meetings. Plus some other nice benefits mean that all in all it's very easy to be a pseudo-neet next to and I can align my work with my gaming schedule.

Edit: wrote it from phone so I fixed some typos.

Eh, it looks alright but I already know the idiotic abilities will ruin it, just look at that dash and knife bullshit. Why even use a sniper when you can just knife delete some poor idiot from the other side of the map as you fly around???

But its nice to know they are trying to combat stuff like ping and the rest, who knows maybe after it dies someone else can pick up the scraps and make something good.

I'd forfeit all the cash, being remembered and access to a bed in exchange for the anime woman and a functioning PC with games and the net. Just cash out in 10 years once you emerge from this bunker with a living breathing anime character lmfao, and people now knowing who you are could even be handy at that point. Sleep on her thighs ofc.

just play scout, same experience tbh

I see! You've given me a lot to further learn about so I'm thankful, I'll be sticking with the 9700k then but if I save enough I might still get a Ventus 2080, they seem to be priced alright but I'll bee looking at a few more benchmarks and do some math before I splurge.

I never realized how much this cooler can do but I am impressed, hopefully I can use it for a nice long time if I can take advantage of the free mounting kit upgrade thing. Or even if I can't.

Not much else I can think of right now, you've convinced me to try the Toshiba and the PSU. Thanks a lot for your help and education!

CPU
I see, yes the i7 seemed to do really good too, and in pure gaming benchmarks even outdo the i9 by a frame or two. I looked at the following links where the performance while streaming seemed to be noticeable, but I've researched a bit more and found that the RTX cards have quite a good HW encoding too so I'm unsure if these benchmarks should worry me:
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Motherboard
I was wondering last night if it's worth it to pump a bit more budget into the motherboard for maybe an Aorus elite or pro, they don't seem to be too much more and seem to have a good reputation, even if they are full size boards.

RAM
I've read on some places that having four single rank sticks might be better and that smaller memory sticks are more stable, but the 2 and 4 stick packages cost the same so I was looking for a difference between the two. I'll admit I don't really fully grasp it yet but it seemed to me that this might be a better option?

GPU
Seems reasonable. I might do a bit of research for the cheaper 2080s if I manage to save up enough on the others, if it's worth it.

Case
I just like this case and I don't mind the space, just think its pretty and I can potentially use it for a full ATX build in the future.

PSU
I just saw 650W recommended for this power range and I'd rather be on the safe side for a PSU, but those reviews do seem good. Is it a big deal if I ever end up pushing a 550W closer to its limits?

Cooler
What about the dark rock pro 4 or even 3? The 3 might be harder to find but the 4 seems to be on par with the Noctua and quite a bit cheaper here.

HDD
I've heard good things about WD, less so of Toshiba... I'd like to keep the HDD in the future for further computers too, if I can. The only reason I need one now is because my current one is about 400gb and I'll be giving away the whole computer as is. But I do agree that it is quite expensive compared to this...

AMD
Well they'll be having their big keynote this week, I don't know how computer prices work but if they fail to perform I can't see why wouldn't the competition take advantage... Although that doesn't seem likely at this point.

Hello hello epic gamers of my favourite epic gaming forum!!
I'm quite fed up with my currently ancient PC and I've got some money I want to get rid of to alleviate this upsetting situation. I've been thinking for a while and I'm ready to shell out about $2500 // €2200 in the next week or two for a completely new PC locally in hungarian prices (so about 10% of my money is worthless haha epic country). My current BEAST of a machine is a sandy i3 with a 750Ti so I'm not really planning on keeping anything, and since the new shiny GPUs don't fit my case it's out too. I've got an XL2411z 1080p 144hz BenQ and I'm not planning on going higher in resolution or refresh rate as I don't much care about 4k and the hertz is more than enough, although I might get another 1080p 60hz second monitor down the line but that's not in the budget for this, just want it to be able to still perform with that. (I do have a smaller second screen now too but as it only has VGA it's probably out with the newer cards (not really a problem, it's smaller than my main screen anyway which bugs me relentlessly)). Don't plan on using two GPUs, if I need a boost I'll just upgrade. I'd also like to retain the ability to overclock just in case, although I probably won't for a while. Don't care about looks and them RGBs. I'd also like to maybe try VR in the future but that might be way further down the line so if it requires more power and upgrades I'm not too bothered about it.

My goals with this is to be able to play modern FPS games in at least 144fps but preferably more about ~250, hopefully also while streaming although I know this might only be viable with a dedicated streaming PC but if possible I'd still like it if it worked even if its only 720p 60fps.

R6Siege, PUBG, Quake champions, Squad would be the most important/demanding but I'd like to potentially try some more unstable early access stuff like hunt showdown and some newer and prettier games like Project Cars, Forza, AC:Odyssey, the tomb raiderses and hopefully the upcoming new Doom/Metro... But while I know futureproofing is really not viable I never had a good PC before and I just want to experience that feeling of playing a new game without compromises for once at least.

I would also like to play these and more on not just the absolute minimum settings for a change even though I care more about performance than graphics in most games, I do still enjoy some singleplayer games that look pretty.
(And of course tf2/csgo but with the above criteria I think they'll run just fine. Don't care about graphics for those.)

Anyway, to recap after all that text:
About $2300 // €2000 in real country prices budget
No peripherals only PC, but all of PC
1080p 144hertz, would like FPS that can use it too
PUBG, R6, QC for absolute performance but also PCars, Forza, AC:O and new games at least moderately pretty
Hopefully streaming and Potentially overclocking

I've been scouring the internets for a while and in my great country I've come up with the following that about pushes my budget in my local stores:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (€529.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterAir MA620P 53.4 CFM CPU Cooler (€75.99 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€149.00 @ ARLT)
Memory: Kingston - Predator 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€152.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€72.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital - Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€186.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING Z 8 GB Video Card (€656.90 @ Alza)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P Mesh White ATX Mid Tower Case (€155.89 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: FSP Group - Hydro G 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (€102.41 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €2082.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-04 22:55 CET+0100

Some explanation / extra text:

• I've been between the 9700k and 9900k but maybe they are both overkill? Unsure if I want an AMD or where I'd put the extra dollars to, but I've seen the 9900 perform much better on streaming benchmarks
  
• mATX board because it's cheaper and I don't need the extras the bigger versions of this provide with just one GPU, I think?
  
• I want to get 4 sticks of 4gb RAM but for some reason the HX432C16PB3K4/16 is not on pcpartpicker. I've been reading around and I don't want to 'expand' my RAM in the future, at least not the same ones and while the benefits of this is might be miniscule they are still benefits
  
• 1080Ti can't be found here anymore it seems and I've been watching some benchmarks and the 2070 seems to be the next best thing? Unless it's overkill and I can put some money somewhere else for better balance?
  
• I know this is just a mATX build but I really like this case and I'd like to keep it for further upgrading in the future and to populate it with very pretty white only parts and some lights. I know I said I don't care about looks but I love white and I can dream... Anyway if the budget requires it this is probably the first thing I'd be willing to swap.
  
• I've heard this is a good PSU but I personally know nothing about PSU manufacturers so I just trusted my friend on this

Of course, I'm here for advice first and foremost so none of those are remotely set in stone, it's just what I came up with before getting stuck. I'd greatly appreciate any help or suggestions with this even if only for validation! It's probably my first actual PC build and my single most expensive purchase so far and I don't wanna do anything too dumb. I'll be pulling the trigger on the 10th / 11th so I hope AMD won't hike my prices too much. Sorry for the megatext and thanks a bunches in advance!!

banners are fucking hilarious if you dont get the scout spot imo

takes a century to clear even 3

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Yep you guys were fun to watch :> shoutout to Alfie too and everyone else previously mentioned

Endangered species

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Happens to me regularly too, you are definitely overthinking yourself IMO. Simply put on some music hop onto dm and allow yeehaw to tear you a new one while entering full zen mode. Don't try to aim, just let yourself go with the flow, empty your mind and simply kill your opponent is how I would describe the feeling. Once you reach a happy medium where you aren't paying too much attention to insignificant things you can start slowly immersing yourself back into it. Just keep playing dm and don't neglect actual games be it pugs scrims or mixes with your friends, consistency is still key.

In a nutshell don't let yourself get into the habit of overfocusing on yourself, focus on whoever you are fighting instead and relax.