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MMORPG Holiday Gift Guide 2019 - MMORPG.com
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MMORPG Holiday Gift Guide 2019 - MMORPG.com
Christmas is almost upon us, but there’s still time to pick up that perfect gift for your loved one. We’ve gathered some excellent options for the gamer in your life. Read on for our gift-giving choices of 2019!
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My dad is going to appreciate a long RPG more than a controller or headset. He still replays the Horizon Zero Dawn I got him last year.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Dude, none of these companies advertise here and there are no affiliate links. Try again.
I disagree. I've used several extensively personally and for reviews and have read reviews for all of their displays. They largely review as a good value for the money, excepting their stands which have recently been improved. In fact, in the context of my review work for different outlets, I have directly compared AOC and Pixio displays. AOC does better stands (until recently) and RGB. The PX7 had better image quality and cost less.
Obviously, this was a 1:1 comparison. That may be different with a wider sample size.
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"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
I realize that this article is basically a list of things you've reviewed. But recommending a Gigabyte AORUS SSD in particular is just weird when you can get almost exactly the same thing from a different brand for $30 or $40 cheaper. Do you really think that Gigabyte is $30 worth of better at attaching things to a PCB than Corsair, Sabrent, or Team are at attaching exactly the same components to their own PCB? Or perhaps that Gigabyte's small heatsink is $30 better than both Sabrent's bare SSD that lets you attach your own heatsink and also Corair's larger heatsink?
CPU: Right now Ryzen 5 2600 and some B450 chipset motherboard offer best price/performance. You can get the combo at bit over $200. If you want something faster, then Ryzen 5 3600X is a good choice.
GPU: Good purchases at them moment are cheap RX 570 models, cheap GTX 1650 Super (not the non-super ones), and RX 5700 models.
RAM: RAM is cheap right now. You should be able to get 16GB at somewhere between $50 - $65. For Ryzen system try to go for something like DDR4-3000 or DDR4-3200. Faster is better, but the really fast ones aren't worth their price.
Other hardware: If you're looking for something to buy but don't know quite what, I'd recommend noise-cancelling headphones. They're nice for someone who already has everything that he needs and is looking for a gadget that's not necessary but could be occasionally useful.
Most important criteria for being recommended in your holiday guide is "Must give product sample to MMORPG.com".
A large hardware site who reviews just about all important products in their chosen category could get away with that, but MMORPG.com review coverage is spotty at best, and as a result your gift guide is "Choice picks from MMORPG.com partners you could buy as a gift".
I think these sort of Xmas gifts maybe more for yourself than other people. I am very good to myself this time of year.
This isn't true. As the person who wrote this, I wanted to make recommendations I could stand by. Yes, that does mean I've reviewed many of them (no one could afford to buy all of this) but I can say, on a personal level, that yes, they're good products.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100011693 600414920 601342076
You have eight essentially identical SSDs. They all have exactly the same SSD controller. They probably have exactly the same NAND flash. Some of the PCBs likely differ a little in ways that would be indiscernable to end users. What they do for a heatsink differs substantially.
But the most notable way that the SSDs differ is the price tag. You can pay $170, $180, $180, $190, $210, $214, $240, or $250 for almost exactly the same thing. And you recommend paying $210, apparently. Because reasons, or something.
It's understandable to pay a few dollars extra to get a heatsink for the SSD. That's why Sabrent offers two models and effectively charges $10 to get a heatsink included. But what's the argument for paying $210 rather than $170 or $180 or $190 for the same product? That other people should buy from Gigabyte because they sent you a review sample? That's why I said above, if you're making that argument without being compensated for it, you're doing it wrong.
All of this hardware is wicked cool. Thanks for sharing it.
Now all I need is a decent game.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
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Vault-Tec analysts have concluded that the odds of worldwide nuclear armaggeddon this decade are 17,143,762... to 1.
But my yard could use a pink Flamingo! Maybe next year that makes the list.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests