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    Geewiz Inverter Trolleys

    Dude, honestly, I wouldn’t even know where to begin looking. It’s plug and play, it beeps when it starts up and does a bit of fanning when it’s time to charge full. I did a LOT of price comparisons / research (as much as a layman can) and I have zero buyers remorse. All these other...
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    Geewiz Inverter Trolleys

    Bought one for the workplace, worked so well, bought one for the house.
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    Share investing

    “Short term growth” and “6 month to a year time frame” May I suggest something more traditional like a Fixed Deposit or 32 day account. Especially considering the fact you’re going with a basket of ETFS, you’re hardly going to shoot the lights out, no guarantee of ROI either.
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    The PC Build Thread

    Do yourself a favour and send them a mail with your budget / requirements. That part costs you nothing.
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    The PC Build Thread

    Thanks for all the advice so far! My wallet resents the fact that it was sent to Epic last night. Picked up CivXI deluxe for 500 bucks. Our town is trench warfare at the moment with the fibre guys digging. What package will get me online gaming without too much hassle?? Household usage over...
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    The PC Build Thread

    Is the account similar to PS+ where you have to pay a monthly fee?
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    The PC Build Thread

    thanks for the tip, took the advice and confirmed that it is in fact 3200.
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    The PC Build Thread

    How would one do that?? That’s what I’ve got: G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GVKB Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
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    The PC Build Thread

    Is there anything one should consider doing to make sure the graphics and cpu are putting out the best they can?? Or should one just leave them to do their thing.
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    The PC Build Thread

    Ah.... @ponder, I see what you did there. Question asked and answered thanks!!
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    The PC Build Thread

    Awesome thanks for the suggestions. Needless to say I’m broke now..... any decent free games worth checking out while I beg borrow and steal in anticipation of 2077?? Looking at Steam there’s quite an array of free to play :D
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    The PC Build Thread

    Hi guys. I thought I could come here and share the good news seeing as though no one I know is really into PCs / Gaming. I’m the lucky owner of a Wootware’d 5600x / 3070 build. My question for all of you is, what next?? Where do you guys get your games from mostly??
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    Are you returning to the office at level 3?

    Retail worker; have had 1 day off (last week Saturday) in the last 3 months. Tomorrow begins the week of the perfect storm. Alcohol, SASSA, return to work. Needless to say, it’s gonna be interesting.
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    The Cost vs Value paradox of Car Magazines

    Print media is veeeery slowly dying. Fairlady has been discontinued. Which may not seem like a big deal to the men of this forum, but it’s definitely a sign of the times.
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    The PC Build Thread

    Hi Ponder. Yes, a years worth of diligent FNB spending has graced me with a happy eBucks balance. So the 7K would need to be spent there. As for any subsequent purchases, the likes of WOOTWARE and Rebeltech will be A-OK. This build will have to be from scratch as I have been a console gamer...
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