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Shadow-79 19 hours ago
Can PC's really be "torrented"?
I'm not talking about "torrenting" games or software, instead it's more on "torrenting" an actual computer (since the real brand is expensive) the knockoff one appears for a cheaper price with a catch: it may look and feel like the real thing with a catch: the real hardware has all the listed specs (high end ones) while the "fake" version has similar ones but with a lower tier.

While the real SSD on a genuine PC actually meets the advertised amount (i.e. 5TB is 5TB along with an actual RTX 5090) but the knockoff one claims to have 8TB SSD or a Ryzen 9 however upon inspecting further into the SSD, it actually reads 8GB (also the "Ryzen 9" is closer to an i3), would you buy the "fake" PC for cheap or spend more on the real product?
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Nova Prospektor 19 hours ago 
Erm, 7800X3D and 7900 XTX here, no need for anything else.
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wing0zero 18 hours ago 
Is it me or is that confusing...

So are you asking would I spend more to buy a good PC or less on a fake scam PC pretending to be a good PC, how would I know it's a scam (price obviously) or are you saying to buy it knowing it's a scam but still might be ok for the money?
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smallcat 17 hours ago 
If you re so fearful and indecisive , you ll never get a pc or a laptop .Buy from a reputable seller who provides warranty
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Monk 17 hours ago 
Why would anyone knowingly buy a dodgy scam pc with fake specs?.....
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_I_ 17 hours ago 
there are some faked gpus
that claim to be a higher end model, but actually a low end gpu
gpuz and hardware ids would appear as the higher end, but the amd/nvidia drivers would not work with them, and would only work with the faked driver that translates them to the lower model

its harder to do that with a cpu, as the mobo would need to know how to identify and treat the faked ones and make them work as what they claim to be, along with drivers
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Rexali_ 16 hours ago 
A cheaper way to play games without requiring you to pay for hardware is that you can play on cloud services if you have a strong internet connection, and also you should pay for a subscription. It's cost-worthy, especially if you are not a hardcore gamer and you don't play games regularly; you can pay for its subscription whenever you are in the mood to play games.

But if you are looking for something free that can run games, then NO.
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A&A 11 hours ago 
Considering circular economy is a thing then why not to be impossible?

You don't want to buy new RAM because it is expensive but some guy who works in a basement somewhere in China is selling refurbished kits and thus the price is lower? It is a russian roulette but american style so instead of revolers it is with wallets.
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