Hi!

[meghiddo]

Hey all fellow gamers
Looking forward to what this site brings us!

About me:

I am a full time programmer for a company in Austin, TX. I love to play games, mainly RPGs, and I hate how gaming has become nothing but micro transactions and day 1 DLC.
I mainly play on PS4, PS3, PSTV, Switch, and PC. But i own most other mainstream consoles and handhelds too going back to the NES.
I am currently trying to put together some of my own versions of classic consoles using 3d printed cases and Raspberry Pis. Seems like a really fun project, but full disclosure I have not even started it yet, just really interested.

I am however currently building a new gaming PC, I pasted the specs below if interested.

I watch lots of YouTube - The Quartering, Gamers Nexus, Count Dankula, PewDiePie, Funhaus, Night Mind, Jim Sterling, 50 Shades, ACG, Alpha Investments, Avoiding the Puddle, Censored Gaming, CGRUndertow (RIP...), Daily Twitch, EverymanHybrid, Game Grumps, Internet Comment Etiquette, JonTron, JoeRogan (Powerful JRE), Ryukhar, ShadowEliteHD, Sick Animation, TheReportofTheWeek, and イシ (ishi)

I am also really big into K-Pop - Gfriend, Twice, Girls Day, Girls Generation, AoA, EXO and many others.

I am currently reading Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life - and since this is a gaming website that is all I will say about that.

Let's see - I love anime, but this post is getting long so I won't even start to write out that long list...

I love to cook, and I am on the keto diet - I have lost 40 lbs in 5 months!

I have two pit bull dogs that I spoil.

All of that should pretty much tell you a lot about me.
Uh, OK for a complete picture, I guess I should also mention that I love hentai and I am not afraid to admit it シ

Feel free to shoot me a message and say hi, or anything like that.

Oh, and I guess here are my PSN and Steam profiles for good measure:

PSN Profile
Steam Gauge

My hopes for this site are that it becomes the number one place for gaming conversations, reviews, and journalism, just to prove to the world what the gaming community really wants - if this site takes clicks and views away from some other sites I won't name, and becomes extremely successful, my ultimate hope is that it shows those that hold the power and purse strings in gaming that if they really want to sell games and make money, they will give us, the real, actual gamers, the things we keep telling them we want, which is pure, innovative gaming, that is not trying to be some crappy live service, or a slot machine or a platform to sell DLC and digital currency. It is a lofty goal, I realize, but I truly believe that this is what the majority of us that actually spend our time and money on gaming want. So I guess what I am saying is that I hope this site is able to affect real change in the industry and community. Probably pie in the sky dreams, but why not try?

And the PC I am building

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper T4 70 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.16 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard ($204.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($129.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P Mesh White ATX Mid Tower Case ($134.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: G.Skill - RIPJAWS Platinum 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech - G603 Wireless Optical Mouse ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Aigo Case Fan 3-Pack RGB LED 120mm High Airflow Adjustable colorful Quiet Edition RGB CPU Coolers Radiator with controller ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1660.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-15 19:48 EST-0500

[Sectator Pragmaticam Lex]

Actually a nitpick of sorts about your build: Why no HDD?
Media files don't really benefit from SSD storage and are also pretty large on disk. Unless you don't intend to locally store any significant amount of pictures/movies/music, a desktop PC can always use a HDD

Edit: I have this compulsion to improve on PC builds I see, that's all.

[meghiddo]

Actually a nitpick of sorts about your build: Why no HDD?
Media files don't really benefit from SSD storage and are also pretty large on disk. Unless you don't intend to locally store any significant amount of pictures/movies/music, a desktop PC can always use a HDD

Actually, I realized immediately after posting this that I had copied an earlier version of the list - check again, I updated with the HDD I added, as well as a different case.
Also, I paid much less than what it posted from pcpartpicker there, because I bought this stuff on black friday and cyber monday. So I payed about $400 less than what it has there

Edit: I have this compulsion to improve on PC builds I see, that's all.

Please do!
I am not at all the type of person to think I know everything, so if you think I made a mistake or could have chosen better, by all means let me know