Wednesday, September 26, 2018
$6,700 Bitcoin Price Charts Bullish Reversal as Altcoins Surge
gaming rig for the wife
so I used to be smart with hardware.... but that was windows XP era. I'll call myself above stupid now. My wife wants to get back into gaming so I need to build her a rig. We don't need the best of the best, something "good enough". When digging through PCPartpicker, I kept going this is better and ended up with a 4k build. I'd like to stay in the sub $1500 range. I'm hoping to get suggestions on parts that will allow her to play at decent settings but not looking to set any benchmark records.
Cooling: This area I have little knowledge of. I put a water cooler on an old PC that was overheating and was in love with how quiet it was. Are the systems with big illuminated reservoirs necessary on these builds or is that all show? ... They are pretty though.
OS drive: I'm assuming the OS should go on the M.2 drive. If the OS and boot applications are the only thing on the M.2, should I get like a 128GB and save money for other components.
Storage: I picked up a 1TB SSD on Amazon for $100 so I think I'm good there. I also have a 8TB File server so I think I don't need to spend any money on this. The way I'm thinking is a 128-300GB M.2 for boot apps and the 1TB SSD for local file storage.
CPU: I go down a rabbit hole when looking at these but truth is I still look at modern CPU's with old people eyes. Do I need an I7 to play games decently or should I save and get an I5. Should I get the I7 but with less cores? I feel like this component can make or break budget and I don't know enough to make an informed decision.
GPU: This is where I planned on putting the big chunk of cash. I was thinking a 1070Ti or 1080Ti. Both do VR, both should play games at very good resolution/frame rate. The Bitcoin crash is really helping with GPU prices so better is becoming more of an option. I'm not sure how much RAM is good in a graphics card, probably the more the better. What would be a good card for good game play but not a serious gamer.
MOBO: I was thinking about throwing the other info into PCPartpicker and letting it tell me what is compatible and then reading stats. Anything I should be looking for?
Ram: probably just going to read reviews on compatible parts
Power supply: should I be picky here or just get something compatible with power requirements?
OS: most likely sticking Windows 10 on this.
That's all I can think of right now. Am I missing anything? Thanks for any input you give, it's good to learn new stuff.
[H] Apple Pay, BCH, BTC, Circle, Google Pay, ETH, LTC, Paypal, Skrill, Square, Uphold, Venmo [W] Amazon (ca | co.uk | com | de | es | fr | it), Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Delta, Dunkin Donuts, eBay, Gamestop, Google Play, Gyft, Hulu, Microsoft, Target, Vudu, Walmart, Xbox
Desktop Users: Comment on this post and Click here to start a trade
App Users, please include the following in your PM (Remember to comment on this post as well):
- Type of card(s) and amount of each.
- What payment method you accept.
- How you acquired the GC and why you're getting rid of it.
If you can verify the origins of the gift cards, I will pay the listed prices, otherwise it will be 50% for Amazon.ca.
I have the following payment processors: BCH, BTC, Circle, Google Wallet, ETH, LTC, Paypal1, Skrill2, Square, Venmo
| Want ↓ | Cash or a Gift Card ↓ | Bitcoin/ethereum/Bitcoin Cash/Litecoin ↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.ca | 60% | 60% |
| Amazon.co.uk | 65% | 65% |
| Amazon.com | 70% | 70% |
| Amazon.de | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.es | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.fr | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.it | 50% | 50% |
| Arrow Films | 65% | 60% |
| Barnes & Noble | 50% | 50% |
| Best Buy | 65% | 65% |
| Clothing Shops (Small Boutique, maybe Jcrew) | contact me | contact me |
| Dell3 | 70% | 65% |
| Delta4 | 80% | NA |
| Dunkin Donuts | 60% | 60% |
| eBay | 75% | 75% |
| Gamestop | 65% | 60% |
| Google Play | 50% | 50% |
| Gyft | 80% | 75% |
| Half Price Books | 50% | 50% |
| Hulu | 70% | 65% |
| Microsoft | 65% | 65% |
| Sears | 50% | 50% |
| Target | 65% | 65% |
| Verizon | 70% | 65% |
| Vudu4 | 50% | 50% |
| Walmart | 65% | 65% |
| Xbox (gift cards, game pass, Xbox live gold subscriptions) | 65% | 65% |
| Zavvi | 75% | 70% |
1 When paying via PayPal, I can only send payments via Goods and Services, thus you will be charged a fee. If you'd rather not face this fee there are plenty of alternatives.
2 Skrill charges an upload fee and transaction fee, both of which will be taken from the payment.
3 Larger denominated gift cards preferred.
4 PayPal is the only payment option.
I will buy gift cards in almost any denomination, although if you are offering an item worth $100 or more we will need mod approval. I will not trade Bitcoin for cash, or do any other cash for cash trade, as that would violate rule 6, and I don't sell Amazon for money. Any fees are built into the price.
Here are my GCX Rep profiles with 883 trades worth more than $54,000:
Important: before you send your codes please make sure your account is secure (if your password is twelve characters or less it's best to assume your account has already been compromised; your password should be eight randomly selected words, see 1 and 2). Scams where compromised accounts are used to leverage reputation to scam an unsuspecting user, used to steal codes during the middle of the trade, and steal unused gift cards the victim was saving for later are increasingly commonplace. If you have any concerns as to your account's security, please reset your password now and force logout of all sessions. Thanks
[H] Apple Pay, BCH, BTC, Circle, Google Pay, ETH, LTC, Paypal, Skrill, Square, Uphold, Venmo [W] Amazon (ca | co.uk | com | de | es | fr | it), Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Delta, Dunkin Donuts, eBay, Gamestop, Google Play, Gyft, Hulu, Microsoft, Target, Vudu, Walmart, Xbox
Desktop Users: Comment on this post and Click here to start a trade
App Users, please include the following in your PM (Remember to comment on this post as well):
- Type of card(s) and amount of each.
- What payment method you accept.
- How you acquired the GC and why you're getting rid of it.
If you can verify the origins of the gift cards, I will pay the listed prices, otherwise it will be 50% for Amazon.ca.
I have the following payment processors: BCH, BTC, Circle, Google Wallet, ETH, LTC, Paypal1, Skrill2, Square, Venmo
| Want ↓ | Cash or a Gift Card ↓ | Bitcoin/ethereum/Bitcoin Cash/Litecoin ↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.ca | 60% | 60% |
| Amazon.co.uk | 65% | 65% |
| Amazon.com | 70% | 70% |
| Amazon.de | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.es | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.fr | 50% | 50% |
| Amazon.it | 50% | 50% |
| Arrow Films | 65% | 60% |
| Barnes & Noble | 50% | 50% |
| Best Buy | 65% | 65% |
| Clothing Shops (Small Boutique, maybe Jcrew) | contact me | contact me |
| Dell3 | 70% | 65% |
| Delta4 | 80% | NA |
| Dunkin Donuts | 60% | 60% |
| eBay | 75% | 75% |
| Gamestop | 65% | 60% |
| Google Play | 50% | 50% |
| Gyft | 80% | 75% |
| Half Price Books | 50% | 50% |
| Hulu | 70% | 65% |
| Microsoft | 65% | 65% |
| Sears | 50% | 50% |
| Target | 65% | 65% |
| Verizon | 70% | 65% |
| Vudu4 | 50% | 50% |
| Walmart | 65% | 65% |
| Xbox (gift cards, game pass, Xbox live gold subscriptions) | 65% | 65% |
| Zavvi | 75% | 70% |
1 When paying via PayPal, I can only send payments via Goods and Services, thus you will be charged a fee. If you'd rather not face this fee there are plenty of alternatives.
2 Skrill charges an upload fee and transaction fee, both of which will be taken from the payment.
3 Larger denominated gift cards preferred.
4 PayPal is the only payment option.
I will buy gift cards in almost any denomination, although if you are offering an item worth $100 or more we will need mod approval. I will not trade Bitcoin for cash, or do any other cash for cash trade, as that would violate rule 6, and I don't sell Amazon for money. Any fees are built into the price.
Here are my GCX Rep profiles with 883 trades worth more than $54,000:
Important: before you send your codes please make sure your account is secure (if your password is twelve characters or less it's best to assume your account has already been compromised; your password should be eight randomly selected words, see 1 and 2). Scams where compromised accounts are used to leverage reputation to scam an unsuspecting user, used to steal codes during the middle of the trade, and steal unused gift cards the victim was saving for later are increasingly commonplace. If you have any concerns as to your account's security, please reset your password now and force logout of all sessions. Thanks
Bitcoin Price Volatility Hits Lowest Level In Nearly 2 Years
Experience with vendors that accept bitcoin?
From what I can find there are two vendors that accept bitcoin: puro express and my-cuban-cigars.com. Does anybody have any recent experience with these vendors?
It sounds like puro express had a good reputation up until it changed ownership a few years ago. It seems that they have surly customer support, and that white mold spots are common especially on tubos. Some recent reviews on other sites question the authenticity. One thing to note is that they also make accurate declaration as far as the identifying the content as cigars and value is not underdeclared. Can anyone speak to authenticity of recent shipments from this vendor, and whether their declaration on packages would be guaranteed to cause problems for shipping to certain countries?
I only found out about my-cuban-cigars.com this morning, all I know is that their prices are slightly higher, that they claim they package things discreetly, that they guarantee delivery, and that they accept bitcoin. There are much fewer reviews that I can find online, does anybody have any experience with this vendor?
Bitcoin Network Status Update Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Status of the Bitcoin network as of Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 12:00:02 EST:
Total bitcoins: 17,289,696.044979
Height: 543,182
Difficulty: 7,152,633,351,906.413086
Statistics for the past 24 hours:
Number of blocks mined: 153
Total bitcoins output (amount sent): 1,134,239.225943
Total fees: 20.705524
Average time until block found: 9 minutes, 24 seconds
Estimated hashrate: 54,400,577,870.227852 gh/s
Current price: US$6,535.00
Data provided by Smartbit.com.au. Price data provided by Coinbase.com.
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