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@BigDawg869789 They are the only pre-builds I know of that are dedicated to gaming, outside of ones from System76, but they only offer Linux PCs and I don't know if you would want that.

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BASED FEDI COOKAN NUMBER I FORGET: PICKLED WATAMELONS :watarrat:  

Here's how to make my pickled watermelon, it's very tasty and refreshing! One small watermelon makes four liters worth of pickles, so get properly sized mason jars appropriately. :watamelon_pxhq:

INGREDIENTS

Watermelon
Carrots
Garlic
Dill
Salt
Water

STEPS

Peel the watermelon and cut it into smaller pieces. You'll want to keep the white of the watermelon with about a centimeter of red at most.
Peel the carrots and cut them into small bits. Prepare the garlic cloves and cut them each in half. There should be a whole garlic's worth of cloves per four liters of pickles.
Clean your mason jar and start stuffing it with pieces of melon. Every third of the way, put some carrots and garlic at the 1/3rd and 2/3rd marks of the container.
When the top of the container is reached, stuff some dill at the top of the jar. When you open the jar you should only see dill at the top.
Add salt and water to the jar at a ratio of one teaspoon of salt per cup of water. (Note: For a 1L mason jar, you'll wind up using two cups of water.)
Close the jar and shake it a bit. Transfer to a cool place like the basement to ferment.
For five days, once a day aerate the pickles by pouring out the water into a separate container and pouring it back into the mason jar three times. (Note: the dill will serve as a good filter to prevent melon, garlic or dill coming out of the jar as you empty the water)

After the five days are up, your pickles should be ready! Extra days pickling won't hurt though. You can then continue storing them in a cool place or the fridge. Enjoy them!

@BigDawg869789 Fine. Just get some pre-build from Alienware. Hopefully, ~$1,300 is affordable enough for you.

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Fucking hell, I fucking wish everyone stopped using those stupid mainstream platforms. It's a fucking monopoly.

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@BigDawg869789 It's just as easy as putting together a shelf. You can find some set-ups online that list all the parts they used as well as how to put it together.

If you really can't put together a PC yourself, a lot of companies allow you to specify the parts you want, if you order online. System76 for example sells PCs with base specs, but allows you to customize for more powerful specs, but they only sell computers with Linux on them.

system76.com/desktops

As for used stuff. People are selling their custom-built PCs all the time. Just be sure that it's labeled as a gaming PC and that it's somewhat current gen, otherwise, you might be buying some office PC from 2009 (a lot of schools seems to be dumping their 15+ year old computers these days). You can also visit local college campuses and check for any ads on the bulletin boards to see if any student is selling their old PCs.

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@applejack I tried getting my younger brother to use Linux for a while. We had some old custom-built PC that my brother won at some auction at the place he worked at the time. There was no OS pre-installed so I just installed Linux Mint on it.

My younger brother used that computer for a few years until he decided to build a custom PC of his own. He decided to ditch Linux and instead use a pirated copy of Windows 10 that his friend gave him. He thought that it would be better because he thought the games world run better on Linux though in reality the problems he had with Linux was most likely from the old hardware and not the OS itself.

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@BigDawg869789 @Hyperhidrosis The online requirement would probably still be there. It's usually meant for copy-protection.

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Please god please let gaming companies use these so we can have the whole game on the disc again, no updates or internet required just pop it in and play

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@KaiserKitty I never made that associated even back when I used Windows. As a kid, Linux was presented to me as the mythical operating system that I always hear about but never see anyone use. I had no idea what it looked like until my brother tried an Ubuntu Live DVD.

The most common complaint I hear about Linux from Windows PC gamers is that installing programs is not what they are used to. I guess EXEs are just more user friendly than packages.

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