Basically just the CPU fan, case, and PSU (if you’re lucky). If someone can figure out how to get Doom running on just those 3 things, young people will be able to ascend.
Don’t jinx it! /s
Also, I’ll jump on the Noctua fan train, love their stuff. I also recommend Be Quiet fans.
Be Quiet fans have been great for me. Six years of silent cooling, and given prices, a few more to go.
i bought it when the falcon guide told me to in 2012, thought it didn’t work, bought another, got BOTH to work, and my setups have been cool ever since.
I mean many modern cases have circuitry in them, such as RGB controllers or PWM fan hubs.
Let me remind of you the requirements for DOOM modders to get DOOM running:
- Circuitry (optional)
I vaguely remember reading that they have literal ARM cortex chips in some of the most modern case RGB controllers
If we can get to an SPI and connect some kind of display, it’s conceivable that we could run DOOM, right?
People have been doing that already, on those LED fan displays, for example
I feel like the military intelligence industry community conspired to introduce RGB components so that windowed PC cases would become industry standard, thus making it easier for them to power up any PC that is connected to a power source via BIOS bypassing line of sight technology.
hell yeah. got myself a new case, psu and a shitload of fans to prepare for my future graphics card upgrade. when the prices drop. a few years after the bubble pops.
Always a fan.
I am not an actual fan I am a human. But I do like their products !
Not an actual fan? This is not OnlyFans?
Noctua was expensive from the start already 😁
Fantastic fans though.
They’re expensive, but also the only manufacturer now making high-end 80mm fans with PWM.
And awesome warranty and customer support. Plus free mounting upgrade kits if you upgrade your CPU
At this point I’m expecting doom to run on ball on string attached to cup
It’s the only thing keeping me cool.
…yet
I can still buy AT era motherboard studs for the same price?
Is there a reason asides from branding that Noctua makes all of there gear in prune binge shit peuce? I’m not an RGB gamer boy, but I would love it if they had some options in black or charcoal.
They do. Chromax exists.
TIL! Thanks for the heads up.
Noctua was never cheap. They are gloriously overbuilt in a world of rifle bearing, built-to-fail bullshit at end of warranty schlock. Pay now or pay later.
I’ve had my Noctua CPU fan for more than 15 years, never made a squeak or a noise. And I still get free upgrade kits from them to accommodate for new CPU platforms. Just have to send them a request. So I’d pay the price anytime.
Cases are a bargain these days because no one has a use for them
They are also heavy and large, so expensive to move around and store.
PC hardware got more expensive (as well as everything else) only in terms of fiat notes. If you measure it in hard assets like monero, ₿ or gold it keeps getting cheaper.
Also peripherals like DACs, monitors and such.
Thank God the prices of dacs and other audio gear hasn’t gone crazy… Yes they’re already expensive a lot of the time, but I couldn’t bear to pay a 200% premium when upgrading audio gear
