You have 10 seconds to justify owning a >$1000 PC that doesn't involve the words "Gaming" or "E-peen".
>>52502551
I'm not a faggot.
>>52502551
I have an adequate-sized penis.
Encoding video
>>52502551
I'm sensing an envious poorfag.
>>52502574
That sounds exactly like something a faggot would say.
>>52502551
I'm not poor and like nice things
editing
>>52502551
compiling gentoo fast
>>52502551
Let's see, I do 3D modeling, tons of video processing, large file processing,heavy computational programming and need various vm's for testing environments. I could go on.
some people actually use their 1k+ PC's
>>52502551
Virtual entertainment
>>52502551
virtualization
>>52502551
gaymen
>>52502551
my mommy bought me a $1000 computer so i could play call of duty and fallout4. it even has mountain dew cupholders attached and a lightup GAMER edition headset ;333
Because a good keyboard alone is $200 so spending $1000 on a whole computer is easy.
>>52502551
Playing video games.
>>52502551
Well I do rendering from Mental Ray/Renderman. I play games as well so fuck you if I can't include one factor that adds to the decision of owning a $1000 build.
>>52502551
photography
RAW processing goes a lot faster when you can throw a lot of CPU and memory at it, and can pretty easily eat up arbitrary amounts of storage. makes a difference when you have a hundred files that all need to have X, Y, and Z adjustments done, and then get exported to jpeg. Goes double if you have something with a 36MP sensor in it.
it's even worse for the videofags, I'm glad I'm not one of them
>>52502668
>Not Monster brand with Monster cables
Come back when you're ready to play in the big leagues kiddo
>>52502551
Solid Works workstation that i can take with me anywhere i go.
The most I've ever spent on a PC was $600
>>52502606
>i like video games
Yeah, we know.
I like having the best and am willing to spend the money to do so. Got a problem with it?
>>52502551
I'm a professional programmer and my computer is my most important tool.
>>52502551
>You have 10 seconds to justify owning a >$1000 PC that doesn't involve the words "Gaming" or "E-peen".
Master race.
>>52502551
I get more enjoyment out of using a nearly top-end, high quality $8000 workstation from 2006 over a disgustingly cheap entry-level shitbox from 2016.
Work and hobby stuff. Heavy photoshop usage with a lot of phototextures, some 3d modelling, video editing.
>tfw your innynet is so shitty that it takes at least twelve times longer to upload a video than to render it
I want it
And high end hardware is prettier.
Interactive media which requires ample CPU and GPU performance exceeding $1000 in price.
>>52503275
I'm curious as to what exactly this is.
>>52502551
I do it to rile up autists on anonymous consumer forums
>>52502551
Because more often than not, "good enough" is anything but, especially if one happens to be the type that dabbles in a lot of things. Nothing pisses me off harder than being stonewalled by my own hardware when diving into a new niche of computer use.
It's also just nice to never have hardware limits be a conscious worry, and I use my computer so much and make enough that ~$500 more than a baseline acceptable $800 build is peanuts.
Are there diminishing returns? Certainly. For me there's little sense in buying 12-core Xeons and 128GB of RAM with dual Titans in SLI but I absolutely can make decent use of a $1-$1.5k build.
>>52502551
You have 10 seconds to justify your existence.
>>52502551
I make poor decisions
I do it so bitter poor plebs ask me to justify my decision to buy it.
I am a graphics designer. That shit makes the Photoshop go go boom boom.
>>52502574
>implying you arent one
>>52502551
Performance.
>>52502551
I got tired of kernel compilation being an overnight affair (no fun on 433Mhz).
Now I can do it in under 10min (gotta love -j13).
>>52502551
Australia even a shitbox cost that much
>>52503426
Semi high-end config Precision T7400, I pulled the $8000 out of my ass though, it probably retailed closer to $7k because of the pair of weak-ass 8600GT based Quadros in it.
