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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.
Isnt that a Noctua cooler pictured?
these are the components that people cheap out on but give the most bang for the buck when you increase quality.
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.
I'm a fan
Big fan
Quiet fan.
Only fan
...yet
This, but seriously. Many PC components companies are overstocking and already have decrease their production to match demand.
This is the moment to buy those tiny/cool/silent upgrades.
I mean many modern cases have circuitry in them, such as RGB controllers or PWM fan hubs.
Let me remind 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?
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Maybe thats because anything from Noctua has always had stupidly high prices.
I have seen more expensice stuff.
They are pricey but not overly.
Yeah this, there's cpu coolers for half the price that cool better now.
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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.
Too bad Doom:TDA is locked behind having specific graphics hardware :(
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.
Been using my same hyper 212 from my old i5-750, now it's on my i5-8600k. Love it, makes a significant difference.
Noctua was expensive from the start already 😁
Fantastic fans though.
And awesome warranty and customer support. Plus free mounting upgrade kits if you upgrade your CPU
Edit: the upgrade service:
https://www.noctua.at/en/forms/mounting-kit
I used it once, and I received the new mounting hardware without any issues
They're expensive, but also the only manufacturer now making high-end 80mm fans with PWM.
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Always a fan.
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Yeah because I could never afford a Noctua fan in the first place.
They're also close to buyitforlife territory. Mine is >15 years old (1st gen i5!). The AM4 mount would've been free if I had the original receipt. But alas, I had to fork out $10 cause I was too dumb to have taken a photo of it back then.
I sent an email with a picture to them of the CPU and NH-D14 I got and they sent me AM4 kit for free. I bought the cooler used and use it still to this day.
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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.
I'm sorry to tell you but the copper for those heat exchangers just got more expensive.
I just had to buy a replacement 9800X3D yesterday because the previous one from early 2025 fried Saturday night. I paid $10 less for the new one, was very surprising. This post caught my attention because I had to remove and reinstall my Noctua cooler.
Peripherals are dirt cheap now. I remember when I built my first pc and watercooling would cost as much as the CPU and the case as much as the psu (and that was just a basic metal box, before windows became standard)
Shut the fuck up you little fuck. They’re gonna be upping the price to $90/ fan blade and also firing all the people who make the damn blades if this gets out.
Noctua coolers are already pretty expensive and not the pinnacle of cooling tech any more. If they went up in price, I think people would just go with a different brand. Like Thermalright, which "borrows" from Noctua's designs but are a fraction of the cost. You can even get them in that ugly brown and off white color scheme.
Getting Doom to run on just 3 coolers would be pretty awesome, tho.
i mean, lets face it.
Unless you are overclocking, a Hyper212 will do almost the same same job, for 20-30 dollars, that a 120-190 dollar Noctua HSF will do. and the couple of degrees of difference you might have sure as fuck aint worth the 6x price increase.
and lets be real, if you are overclocking..why keep it always on? the CPU probably already boosts to those overclocked speeds under load anyway, so why add the extra stress and shortened life?
20 years ago I would understand why. 20 years ago I overclocked as well, because you got actual, legitimately, daily use improvement out of it.. But with modern CPUs auto-overclocking themselves with boost (And it being under warranty to boot), I just don't see the point anymore for everyday use.
That's the thing. They were pricey because they were top notch, innovative and european (as in, not asian made). Easy to 'win' with copying and made in china.
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