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Hi Poorfa/g/s. Life is rough...
>Current setup?
>What kind of games?
>Are you happy?
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>>107245151
>>Current setup?
9700X and 4080 Super.
I pretty much own nothing else outside of a cheap 55 inch TV for bed and a smartphone when it comes to tech. Full time NEET.
>>What kind of games?
All kinds, usually play a couple days and then get bored. Can't really get properly into games anymore, sad I know.
>>Are you happy?
No. But could always be worse.
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>>107245170
Put it on a timer whenever you are playing a game, you might get the same kind of "time pressure rush" of limited time as you did when you were a child with a routine outside your home when you were trying to crush that game's last boss soon enough.
>SpeedRunningIsGay.
Yes, but this is just legitimate time attack not glitch run or whatever the faggots are doing.
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>>107245170
Wow, didn't expect good hardware in a poorfag thread.
>Can't really get properly into games anymore, sad I know.
Same, I can play everything, get most of the games for free, but I don't really enjoy them anymore. I think this is the Full time NEET drawback...
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>>107245186
>Put it on a timer whenever you are playing a game, you might get the same kind of "time pressure rush" of limited time as you did when you were a child with a routine outside your home when you were trying to crush that game's last boss soon enough.
I do that sometimes, depends on the game. I sometimes even try to beat my own old Doom level speedruns for 15 minutes of dumb fun.

>Yes, but this is just legitimate time attack not glitch run or whatever the faggots are doing.
Finding glitches yourself is fun too though.

>>107245197
>Wow, didn't expect good hardware in a poorfag thread.
Yeah. Yay, life goals.

>Same, I can play everything, get most of the games for free, but I don't really enjoy them anymore.
Same, I pirate most of the stuff, only buy games I can't or multiplayer games. Also emulate a lot of shit.

>I think this is the Full time NEET drawback...
Don't know, I have the same problem with movies/series too. Too much content if anything, hard time picking and settling for something.
I didn't have such problems when I was NEETing in my late teens or early 20's when I didn't have school.
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>>107245288
>Don't know, I have the same problem with movies/series too. Too much content if anything, hard time picking and settling for something.
>I didn't have such problems when I was NEETing in my late teens or early 20's when I didn't have school.
Fucking same, I don't know what happend. I really need to get off 4chan and youtube, starting games or a series feels like a chore.
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>>107245197
>Wow, didn't expect good hardware in a poorfag thread.
that's how he became a poorfag
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>>107245323
I was a NEET before that already. But saving up for a new build every few years when you're on welfare and disability isn't hard.
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>>107245151
>cables melting slowly near the heater
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>>107245151
That's a Syncmaster 99X right? Pretty good CRT, just get a better cpu and you're gucci
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>>107245151
sell the CRT and you can afford a non-poorfag setup
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>>107245151
not a poorfag (for my third world country's standards anyway), but I've been to several flea markets where they sell 2010-era computers for 10-20 bucks. More than enough for basic modern computing things no?
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>>107245151
used tray 5700x, 3060, gifted s8b ddr4
At least my desk is nice since I built it myself
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>>107245151
Bought a used i5 4570 + 8 GB RAM last month. I'm not playing anything at all since I don't have a unlimited internet connection.
I'm thinking about getting internet but $20/month is a bit too much.

If I got a simple wageslave job my life would improve so fucking much but I just keep saying "tomorrow I'll look for a job".
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>>107248246
True. You can get usable computer experience for the price of going out to eat these days.
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>>107248246
Yeah, a gen2xxx/4xxx i5 or i7 like >>107248384 with 8-16GB of DDR3 is good enough, get a GTX 960 or a 1050 and you can somewhat game too for very cheap
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>>107245288
>>107245302
>>107245387
You gave up
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>>107248929
Dunno if it's that bad, I just spent an hour and half playing.
But I really need to sumble on a game I really enjoy to spend playing for days in a row, like 100 hours a week with just sleep in between. Also most MMOs I used to enjoy are shit too now, one genre I used to play a lot.
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>>107248929
>>107248970
I also think it's general variety of life, when I'm shut in I get bored easily from watching TV or playing vidya.
When I've partied for like a week, all I want is to binge watch something for a week straight in bed afterwards or just play trash.
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>>107248384
My setup, btw.

The laptop is an i5 1135G7 + 8 GB RAM.
Also have another laptop with an i3 7th gen + 4 GB RAM.

I got the laptops for free to work in my $40/month freela. I'm not sure if they are actually mine, tho.

My phone broke the screen and I decided to not repair it anymore (already fixed it 2 times), so I just use it to tether my mobile internet and let scrcpy open all day.
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>Current setup?
i5-10400F, 32GB RAM, 6700 XT
>What kind of games?
Red Dead Redemption 2, Fear or Not
>Are you happy?
Burnt out but doing okay. Thinking of quitting my full time job for a part time one to have more time for myself
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>>107245170
huh i'm also a NEET and had a 55 inch but downgraded to a 40 inch cause i thought 55 was too big. Also get bored with all the games I have as well, but not really sad just kind of existing waiting for something, idk what exactly, but i guess i'll know when it happens?
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>>107249699
My monitor is 42 inches but the TV at the feet of my bed is wall mounted and 55 inch, fits the wall perfectly.

>Also get bored with all the games I have as well, but not really sad just kind of existing waiting for something, idk what exactly, but i guess i'll know when it happens?
Good luck, hope so.
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>>107249699
>just kind of existing waiting for something, idk what exactly, but i guess i'll know when it happens?
Your life will start once you realize you are jumping from distraction to distraction and that you are the only one that can make things happen
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You are all abled bodied men, you should be forced to clean parks instead of sucking up tax payer's money.
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>>107249847
Your mom was sucking up something last night, my nigger.
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>>107249847
Are they able minded?
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>>107249868
Get a job parasite
>>107249865
You can't even look another person in the eye kek
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>>107249901
>Get a job parasite
how much is the pay and how many working hours?
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>>107249838
but i have realized that and it hasn't started, so idk what you mean.
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>>107249982
Your time is worthless you sit in a room only taking
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>>107249798
my monitor is 32 inches, and my TV is 40 inches literally at the foot of my bed on a cabinet, i have a wall mount directly above it that i fucked up and couldn't get directly into the wall properly so i just use it to hold my VR headset which i don't even use anymore.
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>>107249847
i'm actually not able bodied but keep telling yourself that.
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>>107245151
>Current setup?
some old thinkpad
>What kind of games?
used to play league of legends
>Are you happy?
could be better could be worse
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>>107250036
you haven't understood it yet, you merely know it
read atomic habits
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>>107250038
see, this is the disconnect, you got it the other way around
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>>107250102
i don't read books. Also I do know that everything is what I make of my life, i'm not dumb.
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>>107250073
You're not who I'm talking to then, I don't mind paying taxes to support you.
>>107250117
Worthless husk
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>>107250161
>Worthless husk
keep telling yourself that lol
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This is how you bait nerds gentlemen
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>>107249699

If you’re disabled or something, I can understand. Otherwise you have to make something happen if you want a different outcome in life. That might mean going to community college or something. It’ll put you around people and possibly open the door to new opportunities.
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>>107245151
This is literally my setup at my grandparents house in Warsaw from 15 years ago.
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>>107245151
>Current setup?
Celeron something, 4GB ram, 100GB drive. Crappy laptop
>What kind of games?
Valve, indieslop, emulated shit
>Are you happy?
Yes, can't complain yet
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>>107245387
>But saving up for a new build every few years ... isn't hard.
this. I have no idea how people on /g/ of all places where most people sit at their computer all the time anyways think spending three grand on your computer once every few years is a lot
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>>107252052
>yet
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>>107252063
It is when I'm paying for this retard to take up space. He should be digging ditches if he isn't physically disabled.
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>>107252077
I know that the day when I want to do something and cannot because the software does not run is just around the corner hahah
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>>107249847
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>>107252100
Hardware half a dozen times better than what you just posted is like 100 bucks though, start saving up slowly.
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>>107252117
>Life has no meaning
Only true statement in the whole picture. Have fun.
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>>107252117
The copes these bugmen create
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>>107252117
Both sides are equally retarded
>"what makes a man"
Like literally who the fuck cares?
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>>107245151
>>107248246

red pill, this is upper middle class in America
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>use a secondhand 3200G - 8GB RAM shitbox to emulate PS1 games and pirated GoG launchers
>feel like a rich bitch with this setup already
>people in the thread posting 6700XT - 12th gen builds as if they're shit
you silly silly caucasians.
the winters will not spare you, collect your turnips.
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>>107245151
I like how laptops without screen are basically the same as those retro computers that were built into the keyboard
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>>107249055
I was gonna say this picture looked brazilian but then I saw the "ç" on the keyboard. I also have the same computer case as you
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>>107245151
It may not be much, but its sovlful. Move the monitor over a little, get a cheap ass wireless mouse and enjoy.
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What is the cutout for being a poorfag?
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>>107249055
I respect you for running linux, most poorfags are on winshit
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>>107254661
I think it depends on the country, but in general I'd say (tech wise) things that a couple gens behind, not sold anymore, idk it's very subjective. I'm a poorfag but my setup isn't poorfaggy.
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>>107245151

you happen to know gas type those windows are fill
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>>107254661
monthly income under $800
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>>107252117
>words words words
wew, lass
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>>107255449
more like 2000 at this point
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What a shitty setup
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Some people ITT don't know what poor means. I would love to have some of your machines.

NEET Setup:
Old laptop was literally unusable after 10+ years of use and simply outdated stuff.
Every component was given to me for free because people are wasteful and replace everything too often.

Needed computer. Friend had like 3 old laptops lying around, I picked the least crappy one which is 10 years old from A Generic Brand, and has nothing /g/ would recognise as valuable. That person knows nothing about computers.

My "office":
Chair: one of those cheap pleather office chairs. It looks third world, but at least I'm not sitting on the floor. The cushion is just enough to not be painful.
Desk: Blanket to cover the gross table. Laptop on a stand. Beneath that on the table: The laptop's input is all unusable, so an external keyboard & mouse via USB.

The machine is excruciatingly slow and I hate this entire setup every day. But it's all I can do for computer stuff. My only comfort is "well, at least I'm not one of those smartphone-only losers." Recently starting selling some sentimental stuff just to dig myself out of my current hole, and I am literally for-real considering being homeless for a few months and starving, just to save some money to buy a real freakin laptop. The plan for that is in a few months.
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>>107245151
>Current setup?
Ryzen 5 2600, GTX 1080, 16GB RAM, bought cheap 27" 1440p IPS monitor last month
>What kind of games?
emulating PS2 games, replaying Fallout 4, Divinity Original Sin 2, Baldur's Gate 3
>Are you happy?
Not really, it's been more than a year since i'm NEET ing, it's boring, but having a job also sucks
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>>107245151
>Current setup?
Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1660 Super
>What kind of games?
Mostly Indies or old AAA games, most recent AAA I've played is RDR2, but I'm looking to play some more games like it.
>Are you happy?
Yes, but I'd like to upgrate my CPU and GPU, I'm open to try the AMD GPU pill as well since I'm playing on Bazzite
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>>107245151
>Current setup?
FX-8320, 8GB, RX560 (desktop), i3 7020U, 8GB, R5 M435 (laptop)
>What kind of games?
I don't play games.
>Are you happy?
Yes.
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>>107258247
good morning señor
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How all of you getting by? I'm neeting for half I year, and my money is slowly running out.
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>Current Setup
Xeon E5-2699v3, GTX 970, 32GB DDR4
>What kind of games?
Minecraft, Factorio, Terraria, Runescape and other shitty MMOs
>Are you happy?
Eh, I'm okay, kind of in a limbo of feeling nothing at the moment.

I'll probably just bot runescape for scraps, upgrade my GPU and bounce back through rendering/some obscure data related concept. I refuse to get an actual job or leech off of NEETbux due to ego and pride as well, but I've lived off of retarded shit like datamining and packet capturing MMOs so far (in bursts), so something in my life has gone correctly.

thank you for reading my blogpost
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>>107245151
My poorfag setup from 2002 (I think)
Dumpster PC - P3 overclocked to 450Mhz
Notebook - Toshiba Portege 660CDT with dead keyboard (killed it myself with red wine)
Serious Sam / Quake
It was awesome
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>setup
Ryzen 1600, 16 GB, GTX 1080 (recently upgraded from RX 580)
>games
Recently? REmakes, Doom Eternal, Silent Hill 2 remake, Dying Light: The Beast
>happy?
I'm fine for now. Windows 10 LTSC and it plays whatever I really want it to at good frames.
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>>107260363
>datamining and packet capturing MMOs
tell us some stories anon
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>>107259434
I just dont do anything at all. NEET life fucking sucks but I dont have the guts to get a job anymore, apparently.
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>>107259256
based
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>>107260377
cool but ur living in the past bro
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>>107260502
Not really much to it, most of the times it's literally just this:
>look for busywork to pad the void
>I play a private server and make some connections
>tire of broken mechanics/yearn for newer content
>go over to the original servers (generally korean)
>said connections ask me questions because of interest in the future content/wanting to play around the market
>eventually they complain to the private server hosts/admins that things are wrong
>"proof?" eventually leads server admins to me
>point small things out but refuse to spoonfeed for free
>usually they just offer to pay me for data in the forms of replays, packet dumps, datamining or whatever because "we have the newest content, and it works!" is a pretty good selling point for a server
That's about it honestly, aside from that I sometimes get approached by or bump into cheaters/botters that are interested info as well.

Easiest money I made was RO, $400 per questline/1hr of a new dungeon/single instance clear.
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>>107245151
>current setup
ryzen 5600x rtx 3060, an ibm x3100 with xeon e3 1230v3, a cisco managed switch, and a linksys with openwrt router.
>what kind of games
i'm done with games, watching youtube is all i do now
>are you happy
no not really, until i get both of those systems ram to at least 32gb, i'll always be bitter.
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>>107245151
I had an Acer Aspire 1 (2019) for a couple of years which can't even run Soul Knight. But I had lots of other fun on it, especially since my favourite game is World of Warcraft. I was venturing into some remote work and had to stream my display while running a couple Electron apps, but that worked out at 1 FPS. I said fuck it and shelled out 130€ (struggled with food next month, for another expense particularly) on a ThinkPad E560 (Radeon R7 M370) which had no problem doing that. I'm having fun with somewhat smoother gaming. I think it's being held back by the hard drive though, I might put an SSD in when I get the opportunity.
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>>107261208
>970A UD3
>NVMe drive
>as a BOOT drive for that matter
Fucking how?!
t. have 970A-DS3P rev. 1.0
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>>107264237
You can add NVMe booting to any machine as an option ROM. Need to do some BIOS modding though.

https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/howto-get-full-nvme-support-for-all-systems-with-an-ami-uefi-bios/30901

https://www.overclock.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-add-nvme-support-on-any-ami-uefi-bios-with-an-intel-chipset.1571271/

https://sabrent.com/blogs/miscellaneous/adding-nvme-support-to-old-systems-motherboards

You're probably better off with rEFInd or OpenCore, etc if you're not comfortable with BIOS modding and flashing custom BIOSes.

https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
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>>107264237
Oh also need something like pic related if you want to use M.2 NVMe drives.
Just a passive adapter, PCIe M.2 adapter.
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>>107264317
What about something from this thread?
https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/offer-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3p-rev-1-0-nvme-mod/33089/10
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>>107264404
You can try, read the whole thread beforehand though.



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