#kaygallagher

I wish I could afford their stuff. So cute!

Maybe a birthday gift to yourself?  It’s almost mothers day. Lmao are we not all mothers in some form? BAM! treat yo self.

Yep, I did!  And I work in IT distribution, so hardware is kind of my thing.

In general, the best piece of advice I can give would be to get the best processor and motherboard you can reasonably afford, since that’s what’ll be with you for about as long as the computer is running.  You can always upgrade the ram, change the video card in a couple years, etc, but those are the parts that you’ll be stuck with until you do a new build.

I also don’t tend to go cheapest-available with the power supply or heatsink- but in that case the difference in price between a high end PSU and a low end is marginal compared to what you’re already spending, and I’d rather spend an extra 30 for something good than deal with it burning out in a couple years. Depending on your motherboard you may want to look at water cooling, that’s what I did.  It’s an all in one unit now, not something fiddly like it was before.   And the part on the processor is much smaller than the traditional heatsinks, so you don’t have to worry about the video card pressing against it or the RAM fitting or anything.  It makes the actual assembly and upgrading a lot easier.

Modular is nice for the PSU, since you can keep off the cables you don’t need.  And run backwards from the complainant back to the power supply, which makes assembly easier.  It isn’t a dealbreaker for me, though.  If budget was a big issue I’d rather get a non-modular with enough power for the whole thing from a quality name.

RAM is usually where I go best price.  I honestly see no real difference between fancy gamer ram with the big heatsink and discount ram.  I mean, yes, there are differences.  But unless you’re a performance fanatic doing some mega overclocking and shit, you won’t notice.  And you won’t need it.  They’re all made by Micron, Samsung, or Hynix anyways, no matter what the name on the box says.    Same with cables… a cable is a cable is a cable.  And, for the most part, hard drives. I’ve got a Seagate, WD, and Hitachi in my system now.  I can’t say I see any perform better or worse than the other.  They’re all 7200 RPM.  I have a smaller SSD for my OS and a few select games I play the most)

I would say don’t get a video card with less than 4gb ram.  Mine is 2gb now, and I can already tell it’s the bottleneck on some games.  I’m upgrading it in July.  AMD or Nvidia probably depends on budget.  A more midrange card you should probably look at AMD since you’ll get more for your money.  If you’re going high end, go Nvidia since the cost savings evaporates and with the current gen the high end Nvidia cards are more powerful and less demanding on resources.  You can do side by side comparisons of any cards you like on this site

Oh- and one thing I like about my case, which I never thought of, but has been commented on by friends who see it and know computers… it opens on both sides.  There’s a inner bottom where you attach the motherboard, but the case opens behind that as well, with an opening below the processor (in case you need to remove and replace the heatsink).  It makes running cables easier, and keeps things neater since I can run them behind that plate instead of bunched up bumping into the card fans or whatever.  It isn’t a super high end case, I paid about $50 for it I think, but that’s been a useful feature.

FWIW, right now I have this in my box:

let’s abandon our shitty customer service jobs and run away together okay?

let’s go. next week. I am so down, Shannon. fuck everything else. 

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also they have teaching programs for Americans to teach children in Thailand. All you have to do to get in is a short online course. That’s what my cousin is doiing and how she pays for it.

Hmmm.. Maybe I’ll look into this. Thanks, Kay.

I think about that all the time. Probably too much tbh. Seeing other people with chronic illness in happy marriages help. If they can find someone while being as sick as you are, so can you! It’s still very hard though. I’m sorry

at my parents I tend to just wear earplugs all the time because of the noises.

That’s a great idea! I already wear earplugs to bed so I’m used to them. 

Thank you! The linen dress is a princess seam dress with a high-low hem and scooped neckline, probably something you could find a pattern for if you're into sewing at all.  :D

kaygallagher replied to your photoset “Oot(yester)Day, Sunday outing edition.  I got hubby to snap a couple...” I love your style and the layering! So cute and spoonie friendly :)

Stay warm and hope your pain is less! :)

kaygallagher replied to your post “Trying to remember the last thing I sewed that used fabric that wasn’t...”

urgh, the worst. I still have nightmares about velveteen. :P