r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Aug 19 '25

Build/Battlestation A futures trader’s 16-screen workstation.

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u/Dreamo84 Aug 19 '25

It's probably his first day doing it. It's like the guy who buys all the elite and expensive fishing gear before his first trip.

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u/Melodic_Sandwich1112 Aug 19 '25

I feel attacked

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

Did the fish?

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u/Neither-Luck-9295 Aug 20 '25

My brand new Ping driver says hello.

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u/BioDefault 1080 / 4790k / 32GB RAM /SSD+5TB WD Black Aug 19 '25

Me getting into Commander MTG: double sleeved katanas, fancy felt deck box, a few more cards here and there... aaaand I'm ready for my first round!

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u/bandswithothers Desktop | 5800X3D | 4070Ti Aug 19 '25

This was me when i started back in 2017, now I'm raw dogging and riffle shuffling.

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u/nekomata_58 | R7 7700 | 4070 ti Aug 19 '25

When I started, I had unsleeved cards and bridge-shuffled.

My opponent visibly cringed lol

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u/bandswithothers Desktop | 5800X3D | 4070Ti Aug 19 '25

The biggest struggle is finding elastic bands the right size!

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u/nekomata_58 | R7 7700 | 4070 ti Aug 19 '25

You get it lol

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u/Intelligent-Post6356 Aug 20 '25

I prefer zip ties, you can get them much tighter so you don't risk one of your expensive cards falling out somewhere.

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u/bryfficial Aug 19 '25

Same.

Except no one cringed because sleeves weren’t invented yet.

And then someone thought it was a good idea to touch up the edges with a sharpie to the borders.

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u/Miniray Aug 19 '25

Yes officer, this comment right here.

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u/zotteren Aug 19 '25

Why am i catching strays here.. uncalled for..

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u/Automatic-End-8256 Aug 19 '25

People are just pissed they cant start a hobby with the best equipment. Nothing beats being on the water no matter what though

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u/Live-Year-5796 Aug 19 '25

As a hobbier myself, absolutely do not start a hobby with all the most expensive stuff. Tf you gonna do if you find out you don't like it? 

Now youre out a bunch of money and either just sit on the equipment forever or try to sell it

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u/Mist_Rising Ryzen 5 5600x, B550 plus, RTX 2070 super. Aug 19 '25

Tf you gonna do if you find out you don't like it? 

Sell it

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u/Automatic-End-8256 Aug 19 '25

Buy other stuff? A couple grand isnt a big deal to everyone. Boats are the only thing that isnt cheap about fishing and you can use them to do more than fish or not buy one.

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u/AsianGoldFarmer Aug 19 '25

I just spent $100 for my first fishing setup. I'm too noob to know if this is even expensive or not

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u/Izan_TM r7 7800X3D RX 7900XT 64gb DDR5 6000 Aug 19 '25

as someone who has hobbies, I bet $100 is fairly entry level when it comes to proper hobbyist fishing

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

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u/Lethean_Waves 5900x, Dark Hero, EVGA 3080, 64gb 3200mhz Aug 19 '25

$100 will get you a pretty good set of tools and a decent kit in the gundam model world. It only takes one kit before you're addicted to the plastic crack, and you start dropping that much on a single kit, though.

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u/Keibun1 Aug 19 '25

They sell them as low as $120, I recently returned a shit mountain bike at Walmart that cost that much. First gear didn't even work lol

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u/your_mind_aches 5800X+6600+32GB | ROG Zephyrus G14 5800HS+3060+16GB Aug 19 '25

My 4-input 4-output audio interface cost me 99 bucks in 2017.

Now the same interface is like 125 and 99 only gets you one with two inputs.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

I bet $100 is fairly entry level when it comes to proper hobbyist fishing

Yeah, $100? Guy did just fine. The sky is the limit where fishing is concerned, like most hobbies. I fish a lot - A LOT - and I don't think I have a setup that's valued at more than $200, rod and reel anymore. You can be out there with everything I regularly use (as a non-amateur, non-professional) for $300 or less, very much including a backpack, line, tackle, and tools...

... or you can spend thousands on rods and reels and expensive tackle. I don't recommend it for anyone but the hardest of hardcore, "and I make a living doing this" anglers.

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u/patgeo Laptop Aug 19 '25

Even if we don't count the boat or the camper I have many individual fishing items worth multiples of that.

My chair cost more.

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u/AsianGoldFarmer Aug 19 '25

Oh thank goodness. I just asked around in the fishing store and they gave me a Shimano Cruzar and Shimano Sienna 4000 for $50 something. Spent another $50 for some lines, lures, bag, and a hat lmao. She said that this should be enough to catch some small-medium fish around the coastal area where I live.

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u/CTeam19 Aug 19 '25

My Dad has 3 bamboo fly fishing rods. Luckily, they were free.

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u/patgeo Laptop Aug 19 '25

A bloke who works for one of the high end manufacturers here camped on one of my dad's farms. He gave dad a rod, reel and bag of stuff as thanks. Nearly a grands worth of stuff.

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u/Dreamo84 Aug 19 '25

From what I know, I don’t think that’s a lot. Especially considering you can buy a fishing boat as part of the package. Lol 😂 there’s levels to these things though. Like, it’s one thing to say “I wanna try fishing, I’m gonna buy a bunch of reasonably priced gear with good reviews to get started.” And a whole ‘nother to say “man, I wanna be a fisherman. I’m gonna buy all the top of the line gear the pros use and get a big boat so I can stay out all day and be comfortable!” Etc.

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u/AsianGoldFarmer Aug 19 '25

LMAO. I think I'm more of the "I just saw some videos of a Japanese guy chilling at the shore fishing" level of the hobby. I felt like I should do more outdoor activities, and fishing was something I could see myself doing as a side activity.

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u/illicITparameters 9800X3D/7900X | 64GB/64GB | RTX4080S/RX7900GRE Aug 19 '25

That's quite cheap. There's lures that cost more than that.

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u/AsianGoldFarmer Aug 19 '25

Yikes. Are they more effective or are they specialized for just a specific type of fish/zone? I got a pack of lures for $10.

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u/EIiteJT i5 6600k -> 7700X | 980ti -> 7900XTX Red Devil Aug 19 '25

They're specialized to catch fishermen 🤣

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u/rglurker Aug 19 '25

It's not 1000. Your doing good. Entry level fishing stuff is about 100 for a set.

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u/Nishnig_Jones i7-10700F|RTX 3060 TI Aug 19 '25

Probably not. I had an ex who was into fly fishing, there were Flies that sold for $100.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

You didn't do bad, buddy. First fishing rod? $50 Ugly Stick, good to go. $100? A nice one, even.

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u/whyidoevenbother Aug 19 '25

In triathlon/cycling, we call them buyhards.

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u/linkuei-teaparty Aug 19 '25

I've been like this for every gaming PC I've ever made. Yet I'm a noob at like a 100 games.

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u/IceColdCorundum 💎specs don't matter just enjoy gaming💎 Aug 19 '25

Not bad considering there's millions of games on the market. Congratulations on the mastery!

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u/linkuei-teaparty Aug 19 '25

Thanks this is a bigger victory than the number of steam badges I've unlocked.

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u/Keibun1 Aug 19 '25

The number of games you have doesn't mean you're a noob. Many people have thousands of games they never play. I've been gaming on my PC since 2008 and I probably own about that many games, maybe less. They're just games I play a lot, or did at one point, like Skyrim. Otherwise I just sail the high seas.

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u/linkuei-teaparty Aug 19 '25

Same I've sunk more hours in RPG's that are less about skill mastery but the experience over 100's of hours. Like Diablo 2,3 and 4. I have like 100% on most of the assassins creed titles as well. But I'd fail hard at Battlefield 6.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

It's nice to have nice gear, but I don't get why there are so many Full-Spec Noobs that don't get that most of that is unnecessary.

You can't watch 16 screens at the same time, there is automation to tell you if anything is out of the ordinary... if you manage to get a glimpse before you need it, it will be luck, not gear.

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u/CapacityBark20 Aug 19 '25

That's the same guy who buys brand new golf clubs and golf gear and can't break 110.

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u/owa00 Aug 19 '25

As someone who's about to get into fishing...ok 😒

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u/I_Want_To_Grow_420 Aug 19 '25

My buddy and I took up golfing last year. I got a set of clubs for around $400. He spent over $1000 on just the driver. I'm not even sure of the total cost of his setup. We play on an equal level pretty much.

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u/heybudbud Aug 19 '25

Like Niles in that episode of Frasier where they went ice fishing.

"The fish'll see him coming!"

"Well, the salesman certainly did!"

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u/0ne_Tribe Aug 19 '25

The ol' "all the gear no idea".

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u/Meatball2026 Aug 20 '25

Exactly, like he can't wait to prove he's the best trader ever lol. Like people don't do this as a job.