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Tinker Tuesday for June 03, 2025

This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.

Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.

If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service

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@self_made_human, how are you getting on with the new PC?

I actually copied your specs, on the basis that you seemed like someone who knew what he was talking about, and I'm liking it very much but I need a proper monitor. You were going to get an OLED TV rather than a conventional monitor - did you? And if so, what do you think of it?

EDIT: apologies for the repost, I had the wrong Tinker Tuesday.

I'm pretty happy with it!

Even at 4k, the 5080 is incredibly powerful, and it's hard to find a game that won't hit the refresh limit of 120hz. The 9800x3d is a monster too. I can quite plausibly say that I have the world's second most powerful pc around, only beaten by people with the same CPU and a 5090.

Using an OLED TV as a monitor? It was a compromise, because I didn't have room to fit both a TV and a monitor. That being said, it was cheaper than an OLED monitor, and works fine. The only minor downside is that I use it up close and personal, which makes the effective pixel density somewhere between 1080p and 2k on a normal sized monitor. If I had the option of sitting another foot away, this wouldn't be an issue at all and even now I'm just nitpicking. The HDR and the quality of the OLED is great.

Overall, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find a better setup, so go for it

How much did you pay for the 5080?

It was a pre-built, so about 2300 GBP all inclusive. This was about 400 pounds cheaper than competing, equivalent builds. I think just the 5080 alone would have set me back well north of 1k, assuming there even was availability.

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