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This is just tearing me apart. I want to build a new pc and i have all the parts more or less in mind and all i have to do is pay for it. I easily the amount of money needed.
But the problem is this: is my desire for a new pc a need or a want?
I'm not entirely sure whats causing this anxiety or concern. Maybe is how i was raised up. Being careful with cash and all (hell, i always go cheap where possible. Tesco value this, iceland that, get someone else to buy it, GADs, etc) so maybe spending 1200 on a new pc is perhaps a big step for me.
Half of me sees this a worth while investment, my computer is showing its age and would be best to relegate it into a test role to practice my IT skills, setting up a network to practice etc and remain competitive and qualified in my career in IT. But on the other hand, why would i need to do that when it still plays most of the back catalogue ok? Additionally, couldn't i just use them both as a test server and gaming rig at the same time without buying a new one? Its not terribly out of date so why would i need it?
Oh dilema dilema.
But the problem is this: is my desire for a new pc a need or a want?
I'm not entirely sure whats causing this anxiety or concern. Maybe is how i was raised up. Being careful with cash and all (hell, i always go cheap where possible. Tesco value this, iceland that, get someone else to buy it, GADs, etc) so maybe spending 1200 on a new pc is perhaps a big step for me.
Half of me sees this a worth while investment, my computer is showing its age and would be best to relegate it into a test role to practice my IT skills, setting up a network to practice etc and remain competitive and qualified in my career in IT. But on the other hand, why would i need to do that when it still plays most of the back catalogue ok? Additionally, couldn't i just use them both as a test server and gaming rig at the same time without buying a new one? Its not terribly out of date so why would i need it?
Oh dilema dilema.
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Nin wrote:
> That post could have been stolen from my brain, except I go
> through this kind of indecision with pretty much every sodding
> thing I do.
> I say find a balance. You'll eventually need a new computer but
> whether you need to spend that much on it is another matter. Can
> you make the purchase without feeling guilty? Are there other
> things you need the money for? Is it really worth that much?
tell me about it. I had another bout of anxiety. I crave wine guns/ gummi bears and its been so long since i had eaten them. But that stuff is so unhealthy, will wreck my teeth and costs 1 quid a bag!
In the end i had to suppress that desire by chewing my arm and the back of my hand.
Yesterday i think i had a bout of melachonley (or however you spells it) and i think it still lingers.
> That post could have been stolen from my brain, except I go
> through this kind of indecision with pretty much every sodding
> thing I do.
> I say find a balance. You'll eventually need a new computer but
> whether you need to spend that much on it is another matter. Can
> you make the purchase without feeling guilty? Are there other
> things you need the money for? Is it really worth that much?
tell me about it. I had another bout of anxiety. I crave wine guns/ gummi bears and its been so long since i had eaten them. But that stuff is so unhealthy, will wreck my teeth and costs 1 quid a bag!
In the end i had to suppress that desire by chewing my arm and the back of my hand.
Yesterday i think i had a bout of melachonley (or however you spells it) and i think it still lingers.
My computer is going to be slowly being upgraded bit by bit. I've got a bigger PSU now so that means I can fit a new Graphics card. However, the motherboard is a bit basic and I've got the max 3GB of memory.
But then I think, am I likely to want it for anything that requires a lot of power? I've got my consoles for gaming anyway and everything else is fine. But still I feel like I need to have something resembling a modern PC that could, if I wanted, play games. I can't even get Battlefield Heroes working on this one.
But then I think, am I likely to want it for anything that requires a lot of power? I've got my consoles for gaming anyway and everything else is fine. But still I feel like I need to have something resembling a modern PC that could, if I wanted, play games. I can't even get Battlefield Heroes working on this one.
That post could have been stolen from my brain, except I go through this kind of indecision with pretty much every sodding thing I do.
I say find a balance. You'll eventually need a new computer but whether you need to spend that much on it is another matter. Can you make the purchase without feeling guilty? Are there other things you need the money for? Is it really worth that much?
I say find a balance. You'll eventually need a new computer but whether you need to spend that much on it is another matter. Can you make the purchase without feeling guilty? Are there other things you need the money for? Is it really worth that much?
This is just tearing me apart. I want to build a new pc and i have all the parts more or less in mind and all i have to do is pay for it. I easily the amount of money needed.
But the problem is this: is my desire for a new pc a need or a want?
I'm not entirely sure whats causing this anxiety or concern. Maybe is how i was raised up. Being careful with cash and all (hell, i always go cheap where possible. Tesco value this, iceland that, get someone else to buy it, GADs, etc) so maybe spending 1200 on a new pc is perhaps a big step for me.
Half of me sees this a worth while investment, my computer is showing its age and would be best to relegate it into a test role to practice my IT skills, setting up a network to practice etc and remain competitive and qualified in my career in IT. But on the other hand, why would i need to do that when it still plays most of the back catalogue ok? Additionally, couldn't i just use them both as a test server and gaming rig at the same time without buying a new one? Its not terribly out of date so why would i need it?
Oh dilema dilema.
But the problem is this: is my desire for a new pc a need or a want?
I'm not entirely sure whats causing this anxiety or concern. Maybe is how i was raised up. Being careful with cash and all (hell, i always go cheap where possible. Tesco value this, iceland that, get someone else to buy it, GADs, etc) so maybe spending 1200 on a new pc is perhaps a big step for me.
Half of me sees this a worth while investment, my computer is showing its age and would be best to relegate it into a test role to practice my IT skills, setting up a network to practice etc and remain competitive and qualified in my career in IT. But on the other hand, why would i need to do that when it still plays most of the back catalogue ok? Additionally, couldn't i just use them both as a test server and gaming rig at the same time without buying a new one? Its not terribly out of date so why would i need it?
Oh dilema dilema.
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