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Shout out to the PC components that haven't gotten more expensive (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Basically just the CPU fan, case, and PSU (if you're lucky). If someone can figure out how to get Doom running on just those 3 things, young people will be able to ascend.

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[–] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yeah because I could never afford a Noctua fan in the first place.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    They're also close to buyitforlife territory. Mine is >15 years old (1st gen i5!). The AM4 mount would've been free if I had the original receipt. But alas, I had to fork out $10 cause I was too dumb to have taken a photo of it back then.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    All but the cheapest fans these days are buyitforlife material. The only thing really gonna fuck up a modern fan is epic amounts of dust binding up the ball bearings. And many fans these days use a newer magnetic type system where there isn't even any physical contact being made to wear anything down.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I've been using Arctic fans. Are Noctua fans super amazing in comparison?

    I built a CR Box fan too using 5 Arc Fans, but seen builds with Noctua fans to make it super silent.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I also use Arctic fans, and they're by far the quietest, best-performing fans I've ever used. Equivalent Noctua fans are like 4-8 times more expensive, so unless they can also give handies or something, I can't imagine them actually being worth the price.

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