I'm planning to build my first pc with a budget of 1,500-2,000 AUD, but this is flexible depending on value for money. Aiming for a pc that's hopefully future-proof and won't have any problems with 1080p gaming at 120hz minimum.
Here is my current plan
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/kycPpB)
TypeItemPrice
:----:----:----
**CPU** [AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/yXmmP6/amd-ryzen-5-7600-38-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100001015box) $298.00 @ Centre Com
**CPU Cooler** [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/xMLFf7/thermalright-peerless-assassin-120-se-white-argb-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-pa120-se-white-argb) $72.54 @ Amazon Australia
**Motherboard** [MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/cRQcCJ/msi-pro-b650m-a-wifi-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-pro-b650m-a-wifi) $225.00 @ Amazon Australia
**Memory** [Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/KXV2FT/corsair-vengeance-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-cmh32gx5m2e6000c36w) $169.00 @ Amazon Australia
**Storage** [TEAMGROUP MP33 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/C3xbt6/team-mp33-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-tm8fp6002t0c101) $160.00 @ Amazon Australia
**Video Card** [XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/GYfxFT/xfx-speedster-qick-319-core-radeon-rx-7800-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-78tqickf9) $739.00 @ Scorptec
**Case** [NZXT H6 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/kfRwrH/nzxt-h6-flow-rgb-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-h61fw-r1) $195.00 @ Centre Com
**Power Supply** [Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tWMTwP/cooler-master-mwe-gold-850-v2-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpe-8501-afaag-us) $134.00 @ Scorptec
*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*
**Total** **$1992.54**
Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com)
This is what I've settled on based on research but I'm not too knowledgeable about pcs so would appreciate any advice on compatibility or potential bottlenecks as well as better price or performance tradeoffs. I'd like a white setup (black gpu is ok) and was also wondering whether I need to buy white cables or any other parts for this and what you would recommend?
Thanks in advance!

TW:mention of miscarriage, suicide and self harm
Here it goes. I’m gonna be very vulnerable and honest here. Sorry for the very very very long post btw hope you read it till the end.
I (19F) got close with a guy (21M) from tinder. We spent a couple weeks talking and he told me he liked me and asked if I wanted a relationship in future and I said I needed to meet him in person first before deciding. After he nagged for a couple of weeks until we finally met up. Immediately he was trying to sleep with me. Which I was in the mood so kinda let it happen. Then we went on a couple dates. He then a couple times after seeing me said he thought I only wanted him for superficial reasons. He said he kinda lost feelings for me but even then we were still hooking up and one time it slipped out him saying he liked me I did address it but he said he was joking. He then told me a relationship wouldn’t work out also because I had too many guys going after me and also I wouldn’t like his home country if he we were to move back there. So I guess we decided to be friends even with a little feelings there.
A couple week later I mentioned to him during a conversation that I hadn’t gotten my period but at the same time my IUD might’ve been doing it. So he told me to go get a test. I took the test and it came up positive. After a couple days of arguing and being somewhat toxic to eachother and arguing about him being in the baby’s life in which I wasn’t sure about because I knew he had life plans already and a potential kid back at his country (turned out it wasn’t his). I was worried about ruining his life but also worried about meeting his family and starting a new life. I got upset because I didn’t have my family supporting me through just life in general I’m not getting along with family much atm. I also was worried he was a bad father which I said out of being worried (which I regret) because he would drink and spend all his money on alcohol and casinos.
Anyways I ended up getting so stressed that I just told him I wasn’t pregnant even tho I thought I still was. He was relieved. I ended up hiding away from the world. I didn’t leave the house for a couple weeks and barely spoke to anyone. As the days moved on I started to hate that I was lying to him as I didn’t know if I was pregnant or not but at the same time was too scared to find out I was pregnant so never really went to the dr. As time ate me up I ended up getting my friend to tell him that I was pregnant (as that’s what I genuinely thought) no period, weird cravings, putting on weight, morning sickness etc. he was a little upset that I lied and to hear I was pregnant even tho I didn’t fully know so it was a partial lie. We then again ended up fighting like last time where I did say some bad things but so did he. I decided to go see him as he moved back to where he lives in Australia which is a 5 hr trip. After a couple days of me looking around the city and gathering my thoughts I decided to meet up with him where he didn’t speak about the pregnant at all other than when we were in McDonald’s to ask me if I had been drinking (the night before I said I was craving alcohol because I was so depressed) I told him I didn’t and he thought I was just trying to get a reaction out of him.
After we had some food he took me to the casino! The casino! Seriously? After we spent the night before talking about how he wouldn’t burn his money on alcohol or casinos. Anyways he walked me home still no speak of baby really. I message him to ask why he didn’t bring it up and he said I think something like he was scared and apparently I seemed too tired. I asked him to meet up the next day and he promised he would. Next day rolled around and I messaged him that it was my last day being there and asked for him to meet up. He said for me to go find something else to do that he didn’t feel like talking. I think he was hungover from the night before too. We argued again and again and toxic back and forth. Then next day I went home.
When I was home we were still somewhat arguing and just wasn’t getting anywhere. I was probably toxic for not wanting him to fully be there but I was worried about the money and the drinking and how he would treat me around the baby. I ended up getting upset and deciding to message his sister because I felt he needed my support as he had nobody else that knew. He seemed to feel relieved and thanked me for letting her know. He then told his whole immediate family. I was getting worried as I still didn’t know for sure but in my mind I was pregnant. Randomly him and his sister were wanting to come see me to talk everything out and to meet his sister or I could go up the for my birthday instead. I agreed after them constantly asking and booked a ticket to get up there. They continued to tell me that they would be there for me no matter what the choice made was or if anything bad happened they were there for me apparently. I kept asking if I really needed to meet him sister this early and he said that she’s gonna be in the babies life. From the start I was worried he would take my potential kid back to his country as he kept bringing it up that we should take the kid back to his country. Then he asked for a scan of the baby as he thought I had scans done. I again panicked and sent him a fake scan in which his sister looked at and I think determined was real (she’s a medical professional). I told them it was a boy too because I generally was like it’s definitely a boy.
Anyways I got ready the night before to get on the train for the next day then went to bed. I woke up around 5ish am with the worst cramps of my life I thought maybe pain killers and a nice shower would help but pain only got worse. Then I started getting a little blood. I immediately went to the hospital. I spent hours and hours waiting for the hospital to tell me what was happening because “they didn’t have the Dr there” bs. While I was waiting out of fear I told him I had a miscarriage he was asleep when I told him but woke up to the message. I hadn’t had time to message anything else as I was getting looked at etc. then after around maybe 3 hours the drs told me I was pregnant. I did have blood in urine, high BP, tenderness in my stomach and really heart rate they never told me why though. I was so done with myself I didn’t want to be alive anymore I had technically lied to him about being pregnant and sent him a scan. I really thought I was pregnant I even started buying baby things. I did so wrong and I hate it. I now and then grieve the life I would’ve had. He called and messaged me but I couldn’t deal with myself so didn’t answer till that night.
That night He said he was there for me if I wanted to call or text at anytime that he was also upset about the baby. He went through the names he would’ve picked which hurt me more because I would’ve loved to have a little boy. After getting off the call I asked if we should still give him a name which was stupid as technically I didn’t have a miscarriage but I believed I did my mental state was and still is wrecked. He told me no. Also from start to finish he had been adding all my friends (online and offline) and family on socials and on gaming platforms. We ended up making a group chat between my 2 close girl friends 1 whom I had know since I was 12. He was still adding even my online friends and was getting a little frustrated I asked him to remove them at least off snap so I could have my own friends and space while I was going through this I asked my friends too but they both said no and that we were all friends here. I know I shouldn’t have asked of that but I had no space from him and he was adding almost everyone including the girls he’s never met that I have known for years.
Anyways the next day he kinda hadn’t spoken to me much turned out he was sorta ignoring me and was playing games with one of the girls who he seemed really interested in the whole time. I messaged his sister about how I was upset about him bringing up baby names and him also talking to my friends but now that I wasn’t “pregnant” she backed away from me didn’t wanna know about anything she just mentioned that she knew I was going through it rough but couldn’t be apart of it because it was her brother whatever that means.
All of a sudden I knew there was none of his family support even after the promise but I deserve it anyways for lying. He told me I could’ve spoken to him but I didn’t speak it out with him. He was there for me for a couple days and I got really down bit suicidal little self harm which was probably expected but I calmed myself down quickly each time. On day he said he couldn’t really be there for me anymore he could be a friend Ofc but not to put weight on him anymore which was fair he was grieving and shouldn’t of had to deal with me. But he always told me to talk to him when I felt upset which I did but now he was telling me he didn’t really wanna hear it. He also said he didn’t want me at his house for my birthday that he would probably be working anyways. A day after that we spoke about it again then he said I could talk to him if I needed to that he would support a little but couldn’t with anything. Then when I did tell him small things that upset me it seemed like he didn’t care or sometimes would make jokes he told me it was to lighten up the mood but all his responses were short when I told him what was going on.
He then was still talking with my friends very closely and gaming without me with them which I felt I had nobody or my own life really without him. (Oh btw forgot to mention in last paragraph he did tell me he went and lite a candle for the baby so maybe he was sad after doing that and was really grieving so he felt it hard to talk to me about the subject). Anywyas one day I found out the girls were playing with a guy who sexually assaulted me and yes they knew about it and I confronted them and they got salty I couldn’t deal with anything let alone that so I blocked them and messaged him to let him know what was going on and he was saying maybe they weren’t thinking clearly but also somewhat backing the girls up. Out of anger I told him I couldn’t fully be his friend if he was gonna continue everything with the girls and backed them up more so out of anger I blocked and unblocked him. I messaged his mum as I felt I had to anywyas because I needed to apologise for the hurt I had caused but to ask him to stop adding all my friends especially the ones supporting a bad guy. My thought pattern was that I know he would listen to her because he never respected my boundaries I was trying to set. I never ever once told him not to be there friend till now all I had asked was him to remove them off snap as that was too close and personal and also my friends not his because if it was his friends he would hate me. I messaged him to let him know I messaged his mum where he said I could’ve just spoke to him and he’s an adult which is fair but he wouldn’t listen to my boundaries and was getting a bit much even tho I spoke to him multiple times he never listened he then told me to not talk to him or his family again I left him a big message apologising and explaining but he left me on read. A couple days later I messaged him to let him know I was going to therapy as he always urged me too and thanked him for pushing me to go see someone properly not just short term.
He said that he was glad that I was getting help but ignored me again. We haven’t spoken since then. But he briefly spoke to my guy friend because they’re friends once again through me (yes my guy friend knows the same story all my friends think the same thing because he told them all without asking me first so I had to go on the lie with them as well which is and was heartbreaking and I still have to till this day but I’m slowly distancing myself from them because I don’t wanna be a bad friend to them anymore and they deserve better) anyways he said to my friend that I was mentally exhausting and hard to deal with along with I made him feel like shit. He also told my friend that I asked him to not get along with my friends which once again wasn’t true till the end. He also said to my friend that I exaggerated my feelings too much. When my mate brought up that I was going through a lot he still somehow tried to make it about himself. He also said he was grieving the baby too which was fair. He said to my friend that he felt when he tried to help me out or be there for me I seemed to not think he cared or didn’t think it was enough…
The reasoning for that was sometimes I would ask if he even cared because he would make jokes at bad times or be very short with me during deep convos. For example with the jokes he made a joke about me killing a baby after what had happened and that made me upset and think he didn’t care about me but in reality he used jokes to cope with things and just slipped out and didn’t mean any harm. Also turns out him and the girls are still talking which makes me hurt because why ignore me and talk to the girls who support the guy who sexually assaulted me knowing it and knowing they were my only supports through my rough time. Anyway my friend has kinda stopped talking to him but basically he was still grieving and still angry and upset about me and thought he tried but my feelings was he didn’t because again he would not listen to what I said about anything half the time, he would make bad jokes at bad times and was short with me.
I’m sorry this is all a lot and very very long post I’m sorry. In the end obviously I’ll beat myself up about everything that has happened from start till now. I’m grieving what would’ve/could’ve been my life. For at least 2 months I thought I was having a kid and my life was changing I know I’m young and will probably have the chance again and that I shouldn’t be thinking about it but Ofc I am gonna think about it. I was gonna be a mum a very loving mum who would’ve eventually figured everything out and would’ve made everything perfect even if it was toxic at the start. I would’ve done anything in my power to make sure my kid had a great life. But now I have no baby no him no near future now just left with lies, guilt,grief and major self hatred.
Sorry if some of this didn’t make sense I did this mostly in tears. If you’re gonna hate please at least hate lightly I already hate myself enough.

TW:mention of miscarriage, suicide and self harm
Here it goes. I’m gonna be very vulnerable and honest here. Sorry for the very very very long post btw hope you read it till the end.
I (19F) got close with a guy (21M) from tinder. We spent a couple weeks talking and he told me he liked me and asked if I wanted a relationship in future and I said I needed to meet him in person first before deciding. After he nagged for a couple of weeks until we finally met up. Immediately he was trying to sleep with me. Which I was in the mood so kinda let it happen. Then we went on a couple dates. He then a couple times after seeing me said he thought I only wanted him for superficial reasons. He said he kinda lost feelings for me but even then we were still hooking up and one time it slipped out him saying he liked me I did address it but he said he was joking. He then told me a relationship wouldn’t work out also because I had too many guys going after me and also I wouldn’t like his home country if he we were to move back there. So I guess we decided to be friends even with a little feelings there.
A couple week later I mentioned to him during a conversation that I hadn’t gotten my period but at the same time my IUD might’ve been doing it. So he told me to go get a test. I took the test and it came up positive. After a couple days of arguing and being somewhat toxic to eachother and arguing about him being in the baby’s life in which I wasn’t sure about because I knew he had life plans already and a potential kid back at his country (turned out it wasn’t his). I was worried about ruining his life but also worried about meeting his family and starting a new life. I got upset because I didn’t have my family supporting me through just life in general I’m not getting along with family much atm. I also was worried he was a bad father which I said out of being worried (which I regret) because he would drink and spend all his money on alcohol and casinos.
Anyways I ended up getting so stressed that I just told him I wasn’t pregnant even tho I thought I still was. He was relieved. I ended up hiding away from the world. I didn’t leave the house for a couple weeks and barely spoke to anyone. As the days moved on I started to hate that I was lying to him as I didn’t know if I was pregnant or not but at the same time was too scared to find out I was pregnant so never really went to the dr. As time ate me up I ended up getting my friend to tell him that I was pregnant (as that’s what I genuinely thought) no period, weird cravings, putting on weight, morning sickness etc. he was a little upset that I lied and to hear I was pregnant even tho I didn’t fully know so it was a partial lie. We then again ended up fighting like last time where I did say some bad things but so did he. I decided to go see him as he moved back to where he lives in Australia which is a 5 hr trip. After a couple days of me looking around the city and gathering my thoughts I decided to meet up with him where he didn’t speak about the pregnant at all other than when we were in McDonald’s to ask me if I had been drinking (the night before I said I was craving alcohol because I was so depressed) I told him I didn’t and he thought I was just trying to get a reaction out of him.
After we had some food he took me to the casino! The casino! Seriously? After we spent the night before talking about how he wouldn’t burn his money on alcohol or casinos. Anyways he walked me home still no speak of baby really. I message him to ask why he didn’t bring it up and he said I think something like he was scared and apparently I seemed too tired. I asked him to meet up the next day and he promised he would. Next day rolled around and I messaged him that it was my last day being there and asked for him to meet up. He said for me to go find something else to do that he didn’t feel like talking. I think he was hungover from the night before too. We argued again and again and toxic back and forth. Then next day I went home.
When I was home we were still somewhat arguing and just wasn’t getting anywhere. I was probably toxic for not wanting him to fully be there but I was worried about the money and the drinking and how he would treat me around the baby. I ended up getting upset and deciding to message his sister because I felt he needed my support as he had nobody else that knew. He seemed to feel relieved and thanked me for letting her know. He then told his whole immediate family. I was getting worried as I still didn’t know for sure but in my mind I was pregnant. Randomly him and his sister were wanting to come see me to talk everything out and to meet his sister or I could go up the for my birthday instead. I agreed after them constantly asking and booked a ticket to get up there. They continued to tell me that they would be there for me no matter what the choice made was or if anything bad happened they were there for me apparently. I kept asking if I really needed to meet him sister this early and he said that she’s gonna be in the babies life. From the start I was worried he would take my potential kid back to his country as he kept bringing it up that we should take the kid back to his country. Then he asked for a scan of the baby as he thought I had scans done. I again panicked and sent him a fake scan in which his sister looked at and I think determined was real (she’s a medical professional). I told them it was a boy too because I generally was like it’s definitely a boy.
Anyways I got ready the night before to get on the train for the next day then went to bed. I woke up around 5ish am with the worst cramps of my life I thought maybe pain killers and a nice shower would help but pain only got worse. Then I started getting a little blood. I immediately went to the hospital. I spent hours and hours waiting for the hospital to tell me what was happening because “they didn’t have the Dr there” bs. While I was waiting out of fear I told him I had a miscarriage he was asleep when I told him but woke up to the message. I hadn’t had time to message anything else as I was getting looked at etc. then after around maybe 3 hours the drs told me I was pregnant. I did have blood in urine, high BP, tenderness in my stomach and really heart rate they never told me why though. I was so done with myself I didn’t want to be alive anymore I had technically lied to him about being pregnant and sent him a scan. I really thought I was pregnant I even started buying baby things. I did so wrong and I hate it. I now and then grieve the life I would’ve had. He called and messaged me but I couldn’t deal with myself so didn’t answer till that night.
That night He said he was there for me if I wanted to call or text at anytime that he was also upset about the baby. He went through the names he would’ve picked which hurt me more because I would’ve loved to have a little boy. After getting off the call I asked if we should still give him a name which was stupid as technically I didn’t have a miscarriage but I believed I did my mental state was and still is wrecked. He told me no. Also from start to finish he had been adding all my friends (online and offline) and family on socials and on gaming platforms. We ended up making a group chat between my 2 close girl friends 1 whom I had know since I was 12. He was still adding even my online friends and was getting a little frustrated I asked him to remove them at least off snap so I could have my own friends and space while I was going through this I asked my friends too but they both said no and that we were all friends here. I know I shouldn’t have asked of that but I had no space from him and he was adding almost everyone including the girls he’s never met that I have known for years.
Anyways the next day he kinda hadn’t spoken to me much turned out he was sorta ignoring me and was playing games with one of the girls who he seemed really interested in the whole time. I messaged his sister about how I was upset about him bringing up baby names and him also talking to my friends but now that I wasn’t “pregnant” she backed away from me didn’t wanna know about anything she just mentioned that she knew I was going through it rough but couldn’t be apart of it because it was her brother whatever that means.
All of a sudden I knew there was none of his family support even after the promise but I deserve it anyways for lying. He told me I could’ve spoken to him but I didn’t speak it out with him. He was there for me for a couple days and I got really down bit suicidal little self harm which was probably expected but I calmed myself down quickly each time. On day he said he couldn’t really be there for me anymore he could be a friend Ofc but not to put weight on him anymore which was fair he was grieving and shouldn’t of had to deal with me. But he always told me to talk to him when I felt upset which I did but now he was telling me he didn’t really wanna hear it. He also said he didn’t want me at his house for my birthday that he would probably be working anyways. A day after that we spoke about it again then he said I could talk to him if I needed to that he would support a little but couldn’t with anything. Then when I did tell him small things that upset me it seemed like he didn’t care or sometimes would make jokes he told me it was to lighten up the mood but all his responses were short when I told him what was going on.
He then was still talking with my friends very closely and gaming without me with them which I felt I had nobody or my own life really without him. (Oh btw forgot to mention in last paragraph he did tell me he went and lite a candle for the baby so maybe he was sad after doing that and was really grieving so he felt it hard to talk to me about the subject). Anywyas one day I found out the girls were playing with a guy who sexually assaulted me and yes they knew about it and I confronted them and they got salty I couldn’t deal with anything let alone that so I blocked them and messaged him to let him know what was going on and he was saying maybe they weren’t thinking clearly but also somewhat backing the girls up. Out of anger I told him I couldn’t fully be his friend if he was gonna continue everything with the girls and backed them up more so out of anger I blocked and unblocked him. I messaged his mum as I felt I had to anywyas because I needed to apologise for the hurt I had caused but to ask him to stop adding all my friends especially the ones supporting a bad guy. My thought pattern was that I know he would listen to her because he never respected my boundaries I was trying to set. I never ever once told him not to be there friend till now all I had asked was him to remove them off snap as that was too close and personal and also my friends not his because if it was his friends he would hate me. I messaged him to let him know I messaged his mum where he said I could’ve just spoke to him and he’s an adult which is fair but he wouldn’t listen to my boundaries and was getting a bit much even tho I spoke to him multiple times he never listened he then told me to not talk to him or his family again I left him a big message apologising and explaining but he left me on read. A couple days later I messaged him to let him know I was going to therapy as he always urged me too and thanked him for pushing me to go see someone properly not just short term.
He said that he was glad that I was getting help but ignored me again. We haven’t spoken since then. But he briefly spoke to my guy friend because they’re friends once again through me (yes my guy friend knows the same story all my friends think the same thing because he told them all without asking me first so I had to go on the lie with them as well which is and was heartbreaking and I still have to till this day but I’m slowly distancing myself from them because I don’t wanna be a bad friend to them anymore and they deserve better) anyways he said to my friend that I was mentally exhausting and hard to deal with along with I made him feel like shit. He also told my friend that I asked him to not get along with my friends which once again wasn’t true till the end. He also said to my friend that I exaggerated my feelings too much. When my mate brought up that I was going through a lot he still somehow tried to make it about himself. He also said he was grieving the baby too which was fair. He said to my friend that he felt when he tried to help me out or be there for me I seemed to not think he cared or didn’t think it was enough…
The reasoning for that was sometimes I would ask if he even cared because he would make jokes at bad times or be very short with me during deep convos. For example with the jokes he made a joke about me killing a baby after what had happened and that made me upset and think he didn’t care about me but in reality he used jokes to cope with things and just slipped out and didn’t mean any harm. Also turns out him and the girls are still talking which makes me hurt because why ignore me and talk to the girls who support the guy who sexually assaulted me knowing it and knowing they were my only supports through my rough time. Anyway my friend has kinda stopped talking to him but basically he was still grieving and still angry and upset about me and thought he tried but my feelings was he didn’t because again he would not listen to what I said about anything half the time, he would make bad jokes at bad times and was short with me.
I’m sorry this is all a lot and very very long post I’m sorry. In the end obviously I’ll beat myself up about everything that has happened from start till now. I’m grieving what would’ve/could’ve been my life. For at least 2 months I thought I was having a kid and my life was changing I know I’m young and will probably have the chance again and that I shouldn’t be thinking about it but Ofc I am gonna think about it. I was gonna be a mum a very loving mum who would’ve eventually figured everything out and would’ve made everything perfect even if it was toxic at the start. I would’ve done anything in my power to make sure my kid had a great life. But now I have no baby no him no near future now just left with lies, guilt,grief and major self hatred.
Sorry if some of this didn’t make sense I did this mostly in tears. If you’re gonna hate please at least hate lightly I already hate myself enough.

TW:mention of miscarriage, suicide and self harm
Here it goes. I’m gonna be very vulnerable and honest here. Sorry for the very very very long post btw hope you read it till the end.
I (19F) got close with a guy (21M) from tinder. We spent a couple weeks talking and he told me he liked me and asked if I wanted a relationship in future and I said I needed to meet him in person first before deciding. After he nagged for a couple of weeks until we finally met up. Immediately he was trying to sleep with me. Which I was in the mood so kinda let it happen. Then we went on a couple dates. He then a couple times after seeing me said he thought I only wanted him for superficial reasons. He said he kinda lost feelings for me but even then we were still hooking up and one time it slipped out him saying he liked me I did address it but he said he was joking. He then told me a relationship wouldn’t work out also because I had too many guys going after me and also I wouldn’t like his home country if he we were to move back there. So I guess we decided to be friends even with a little feelings there.
A couple week later I mentioned to him during a conversation that I hadn’t gotten my period but at the same time my IUD might’ve been doing it. So he told me to go get a test. I took the test and it came up positive. After a couple days of arguing and being somewhat toxic to eachother and arguing about him being in the baby’s life in which I wasn’t sure about because I knew he had life plans already and a potential kid back at his country (turned out it wasn’t his). I was worried about ruining his life but also worried about meeting his family and starting a new life. I got upset because I didn’t have my family supporting me through just life in general I’m not getting along with family much atm. I also was worried he was a bad father which I said out of being worried (which I regret) because he would drink and spend all his money on alcohol and casinos.
Anyways I ended up getting so stressed that I just told him I wasn’t pregnant even tho I thought I still was. He was relieved. I ended up hiding away from the world. I didn’t leave the house for a couple weeks and barely spoke to anyone. As the days moved on I started to hate that I was lying to him as I didn’t know if I was pregnant or not but at the same time was too scared to find out I was pregnant so never really went to the dr. As time ate me up I ended up getting my friend to tell him that I was pregnant (as that’s what I genuinely thought) no period, weird cravings, putting on weight, morning sickness etc. he was a little upset that I lied and to hear I was pregnant even tho I didn’t fully know so it was a partial lie. We then again ended up fighting like last time where I did say some bad things but so did he. I decided to go see him as he moved back to where he lives in Australia which is a 5 hr trip. After a couple days of me looking around the city and gathering my thoughts I decided to meet up with him where he didn’t speak about the pregnant at all other than when we were in McDonald’s to ask me if I had been drinking (the night before I said I was craving alcohol because I was so depressed) I told him I didn’t and he thought I was just trying to get a reaction out of him.
After we had some food he took me to the casino! The casino! Seriously? After we spent the night before talking about how he wouldn’t burn his money on alcohol or casinos. Anyways he walked me home still no speak of baby really. I message him to ask why he didn’t bring it up and he said I think something like he was scared and apparently I seemed too tired. I asked him to meet up the next day and he promised he would. Next day rolled around and I messaged him that it was my last day being there and asked for him to meet up. He said for me to go find something else to do that he didn’t feel like talking. I think he was hungover from the night before too. We argued again and again and toxic back and forth. Then next day I went home.
When I was home we were still somewhat arguing and just wasn’t getting anywhere. I was probably toxic for not wanting him to fully be there but I was worried about the money and the drinking and how he would treat me around the baby. I ended up getting upset and deciding to message his sister because I felt he needed my support as he had nobody else that knew. He seemed to feel relieved and thanked me for letting her know. He then told his whole immediate family. I was getting worried as I still didn’t know for sure but in my mind I was pregnant. Randomly him and his sister were wanting to come see me to talk everything out and to meet his sister or I could go up the for my birthday instead. I agreed after them constantly asking and booked a ticket to get up there. They continued to tell me that they would be there for me no matter what the choice made was or if anything bad happened they were there for me apparently. I kept asking if I really needed to meet him sister this early and he said that she’s gonna be in the babies life. From the start I was worried he would take my potential kid back to his country as he kept bringing it up that we should take the kid back to his country. Then he asked for a scan of the baby as he thought I had scans done. I again panicked and sent him a fake scan in which his sister looked at and I think determined was real (she’s a medical professional). I told them it was a boy too because I generally was like it’s definitely a boy.
Anyways I got ready the night before to get on the train for the next day then went to bed. I woke up around 5ish am with the worst cramps of my life I thought maybe pain killers and a nice shower would help but pain only got worse. Then I started getting a little blood. I immediately went to the hospital. I spent hours and hours waiting for the hospital to tell me what was happening because “they didn’t have the Dr there” bs. While I was waiting out of fear I told him I had a miscarriage he was asleep when I told him but woke up to the message. I hadn’t had time to message anything else as I was getting looked at etc. then after around maybe 3 hours the drs told me I was pregnant. I did have blood in urine, high BP, tenderness in my stomach and really heart rate they never told me why though. I was so done with myself I didn’t want to be alive anymore I had technically lied to him about being pregnant and sent him a scan. I really thought I was pregnant I even started buying baby things. I did so wrong and I hate it. I now and then grieve the life I would’ve had. He called and messaged me but I couldn’t deal with myself so didn’t answer till that night.
That night He said he was there for me if I wanted to call or text at anytime that he was also upset about the baby. He went through the names he would’ve picked which hurt me more because I would’ve loved to have a little boy. After getting off the call I asked if we should still give him a name which was stupid as technically I didn’t have a miscarriage but I believed I did my mental state was and still is wrecked. He told me no. Also from start to finish he had been adding all my friends (online and offline) and family on socials and on gaming platforms. We ended up making a group chat between my 2 close girl friends 1 whom I had know since I was 12. He was still adding even my online friends and was getting a little frustrated I asked him to remove them at least off snap so I could have my own friends and space while I was going through this I asked my friends too but they both said no and that we were all friends here. I know I shouldn’t have asked of that but I had no space from him and he was adding almost everyone including the girls he’s never met that I have known for years.
Anyways the next day he kinda hadn’t spoken to me much turned out he was sorta ignoring me and was playing games with one of the girls who he seemed really interested in the whole time. I messaged his sister about how I was upset about him bringing up baby names and him also talking to my friends but now that I wasn’t “pregnant” she backed away from me didn’t wanna know about anything she just mentioned that she knew I was going through it rough but couldn’t be apart of it because it was her brother whatever that means.
All of a sudden I knew there was none of his family support even after the promise but I deserve it anyways for lying. He told me I could’ve spoken to him but I didn’t speak it out with him. He was there for me for a couple days and I got really down bit suicidal little self harm which was probably expected but I calmed myself down quickly each time. On day he said he couldn’t really be there for me anymore he could be a friend Ofc but not to put weight on him anymore which was fair he was grieving and shouldn’t of had to deal with me. But he always told me to talk to him when I felt upset which I did but now he was telling me he didn’t really wanna hear it. He also said he didn’t want me at his house for my birthday that he would probably be working anyways. A day after that we spoke about it again then he said I could talk to him if I needed to that he would support a little but couldn’t with anything. Then when I did tell him small things that upset me it seemed like he didn’t care or sometimes would make jokes he told me it was to lighten up the mood but all his responses were short when I told him what was going on.
He then was still talking with my friends very closely and gaming without me with them which I felt I had nobody or my own life really without him. (Oh btw forgot to mention in last paragraph he did tell me he went and lite a candle for the baby so maybe he was sad after doing that and was really grieving so he felt it hard to talk to me about the subject). Anywyas one day I found out the girls were playing with a guy who sexually assaulted me and yes they knew about it and I confronted them and they got salty I couldn’t deal with anything let alone that so I blocked them and messaged him to let him know what was going on and he was saying maybe they weren’t thinking clearly but also somewhat backing the girls up. Out of anger I told him I couldn’t fully be his friend if he was gonna continue everything with the girls and backed them up more so out of anger I blocked and unblocked him. I messaged his mum as I felt I had to anywyas because I needed to apologise for the hurt I had caused but to ask him to stop adding all my friends especially the ones supporting a bad guy. My thought pattern was that I know he would listen to her because he never respected my boundaries I was trying to set. I never ever once told him not to be there friend till now all I had asked was him to remove them off snap as that was too close and personal and also my friends not his because if it was his friends he would hate me. I messaged him to let him know I messaged his mum where he said I could’ve just spoke to him and he’s an adult which is fair but he wouldn’t listen to my boundaries and was getting a bit much even tho I spoke to him multiple times he never listened he then told me to not talk to him or his family again I left him a big message apologising and explaining but he left me on read. A couple days later I messaged him to let him know I was going to therapy as he always urged me too and thanked him for pushing me to go see someone properly not just short term.
He said that he was glad that I was getting help but ignored me again. We haven’t spoken since then. But he briefly spoke to my guy friend because they’re friends once again through me (yes my guy friend knows the same story all my friends think the same thing because he told them all without asking me first so I had to go on the lie with them as well which is and was heartbreaking and I still have to till this day but I’m slowly distancing myself from them because I don’t wanna be a bad friend to them anymore and they deserve better) anyways he said to my friend that I was mentally exhausting and hard to deal with along with I made him feel like shit. He also told my friend that I asked him to not get along with my friends which once again wasn’t true till the end. He also said to my friend that I exaggerated my feelings too much. When my mate brought up that I was going through a lot he still somehow tried to make it about himself. He also said he was grieving the baby too which was fair. He said to my friend that he felt when he tried to help me out or be there for me I seemed to not think he cared or didn’t think it was enough…
The reasoning for that was sometimes I would ask if he even cared because he would make jokes at bad times or be very short with me during deep convos. For example with the jokes he made a joke about me killing a baby after what had happened and that made me upset and think he didn’t care about me but in reality he used jokes to cope with things and just slipped out and didn’t mean any harm. Also turns out him and the girls are still talking which makes me hurt because why ignore me and talk to the girls who support the guy who sexually assaulted me knowing it and knowing they were my only supports through my rough time. Anyway my friend has kinda stopped talking to him but basically he was still grieving and still angry and upset about me and thought he tried but my feelings was he didn’t because again he would not listen to what I said about anything half the time, he would make bad jokes at bad times and was short with me.
I’m sorry this is all a lot and very very long post I’m sorry. In the end obviously I’ll beat myself up about everything that has happened from start till now. I’m grieving what would’ve/could’ve been my life. For at least 2 months I thought I was having a kid and my life was changing I know I’m young and will probably have the chance again and that I shouldn’t be thinking about it but Ofc I am gonna think about it. I was gonna be a mum a very loving mum who would’ve eventually figured everything out and would’ve made everything perfect even if it was toxic at the start. I would’ve done anything in my power to make sure my kid had a great life. But now I have no baby no him no near future now just left with lies, guilt,grief and major self hatred.
Sorry if some of this didn’t make sense I did this mostly in tears. If you’re gonna hate please at least hate lightly I already hate myself enough.

TW:mention of miscarriage, suicide and self harm
Here it goes. I’m gonna be very vulnerable and honest here. Sorry for the very very very long post btw hope you read it till the end.
I (19F) got close with a guy (21M) from tinder. We spent a couple weeks talking and he told me he liked me and asked if I wanted a relationship in future and I said I needed to meet him in person first before deciding. After he nagged for a couple of weeks until we finally met up. Immediately he was trying to sleep with me. Which I was in the mood so kinda let it happen. Then we went on a couple dates. He then a couple times after seeing me said he thought I only wanted him for superficial reasons. He said he kinda lost feelings for me but even then we were still hooking up and one time it slipped out him saying he liked me I did address it but he said he was joking. He then told me a relationship wouldn’t work out also because I had too many guys going after me and also I wouldn’t like his home country if he we were to move back there. So I guess we decided to be friends even with a little feelings there.
A couple week later I mentioned to him during a conversation that I hadn’t gotten my period but at the same time my IUD might’ve been doing it. So he told me to go get a test. I took the test and it came up positive. After a couple days of arguing and being somewhat toxic to eachother and arguing about him being in the baby’s life in which I wasn’t sure about because I knew he had life plans already and a potential kid back at his country (turned out it wasn’t his). I was worried about ruining his life but also worried about meeting his family and starting a new life. I got upset because I didn’t have my family supporting me through just life in general I’m not getting along with family much atm. I also was worried he was a bad father which I said out of being worried (which I regret) because he would drink and spend all his money on alcohol and casinos.
Anyways I ended up getting so stressed that I just told him I wasn’t pregnant even tho I thought I still was. He was relieved. I ended up hiding away from the world. I didn’t leave the house for a couple weeks and barely spoke to anyone. As the days moved on I started to hate that I was lying to him as I didn’t know if I was pregnant or not but at the same time was too scared to find out I was pregnant so never really went to the dr. As time ate me up I ended up getting my friend to tell him that I was pregnant (as that’s what I genuinely thought) no period, weird cravings, putting on weight, morning sickness etc. he was a little upset that I lied and to hear I was pregnant even tho I didn’t fully know so it was a partial lie. We then again ended up fighting like last time where I did say some bad things but so did he. I decided to go see him as he moved back to where he lives in Australia which is a 5 hr trip. After a couple days of me looking around the city and gathering my thoughts I decided to meet up with him where he didn’t speak about the pregnant at all other than when we were in McDonald’s to ask me if I had been drinking (the night before I said I was craving alcohol because I was so depressed) I told him I didn’t and he thought I was just trying to get a reaction out of him.
After we had some food he took me to the casino! The casino! Seriously? After we spent the night before talking about how he wouldn’t burn his money on alcohol or casinos. Anyways he walked me home still no speak of baby really. I message him to ask why he didn’t bring it up and he said I think something like he was scared and apparently I seemed too tired. I asked him to meet up the next day and he promised he would. Next day rolled around and I messaged him that it was my last day being there and asked for him to meet up. He said for me to go find something else to do that he didn’t feel like talking. I think he was hungover from the night before too. We argued again and again and toxic back and forth. Then next day I went home.
When I was home we were still somewhat arguing and just wasn’t getting anywhere. I was probably toxic for not wanting him to fully be there but I was worried about the money and the drinking and how he would treat me around the baby. I ended up getting upset and deciding to message his sister because I felt he needed my support as he had nobody else that knew. He seemed to feel relieved and thanked me for letting her know. He then told his whole immediate family. I was getting worried as I still didn’t know for sure but in my mind I was pregnant. Randomly him and his sister were wanting to come see me to talk everything out and to meet his sister or I could go up the for my birthday instead. I agreed after them constantly asking and booked a ticket to get up there. They continued to tell me that they would be there for me no matter what the choice made was or if anything bad happened they were there for me apparently. I kept asking if I really needed to meet him sister this early and he said that she’s gonna be in the babies life. From the start I was worried he would take my potential kid back to his country as he kept bringing it up that we should take the kid back to his country. Then he asked for a scan of the baby as he thought I had scans done. I again panicked and sent him a fake scan in which his sister looked at and I think determined was real (she’s a medical professional). I told them it was a boy too because I generally was like it’s definitely a boy.
Anyways I got ready the night before to get on the train for the next day then went to bed. I woke up around 5ish am with the worst cramps of my life I thought maybe pain killers and a nice shower would help but pain only got worse. Then I started getting a little blood. I immediately went to the hospital. I spent hours and hours waiting for the hospital to tell me what was happening because “they didn’t have the Dr there” bs. While I was waiting out of fear I told him I had a miscarriage he was asleep when I told him but woke up to the message. I hadn’t had time to message anything else as I was getting looked at etc. then after around maybe 3 hours the drs told me I was pregnant. I did have blood in urine, high BP, tenderness in my stomach and really heart rate they never told me why though. I was so done with myself I didn’t want to be alive anymore I had technically lied to him about being pregnant and sent him a scan. I really thought I was pregnant I even started buying baby things. I did so wrong and I hate it. I now and then grieve the life I would’ve had. He called and messaged me but I couldn’t deal with myself so didn’t answer till that night.
That night He said he was there for me if I wanted to call or text at anytime that he was also upset about the baby. He went through the names he would’ve picked which hurt me more because I would’ve loved to have a little boy. After getting off the call I asked if we should still give him a name which was stupid as technically I didn’t have a miscarriage but I believed I did my mental state was and still is wrecked. He told me no. Also from start to finish he had been adding all my friends (online and offline) and family on socials and on gaming platforms. We ended up making a group chat between my 2 close girl friends 1 whom I had know since I was 12. He was still adding even my online friends and was getting a little frustrated I asked him to remove them at least off snap so I could have my own friends and space while I was going through this I asked my friends too but they both said no and that we were all friends here. I know I shouldn’t have asked of that but I had no space from him and he was adding almost everyone including the girls he’s never met that I have known for years.
Anyways the next day he kinda hadn’t spoken to me much turned out he was sorta ignoring me and was playing games with one of the girls who he seemed really interested in the whole time. I messaged his sister about how I was upset about him bringing up baby names and him also talking to my friends but now that I wasn’t “pregnant” she backed away from me didn’t wanna know about anything she just mentioned that she knew I was going through it rough but couldn’t be apart of it because it was her brother whatever that means.
All of a sudden I knew there was none of his family support even after the promise but I deserve it anyways for lying. He told me I could’ve spoken to him but I didn’t speak it out with him. He was there for me for a couple days and I got really down bit suicidal little self harm which was probably expected but I calmed myself down quickly each time. On day he said he couldn’t really be there for me anymore he could be a friend Ofc but not to put weight on him anymore which was fair he was grieving and shouldn’t of had to deal with me. But he always told me to talk to him when I felt upset which I did but now he was telling me he didn’t really wanna hear it. He also said he didn’t want me at his house for my birthday that he would probably be working anyways. A day after that we spoke about it again then he said I could talk to him if I needed to that he would support a little but couldn’t with anything. Then when I did tell him small things that upset me it seemed like he didn’t care or sometimes would make jokes he told me it was to lighten up the mood but all his responses were short when I told him what was going on.
He then was still talking with my friends very closely and gaming without me with them which I felt I had nobody or my own life really without him. (Oh btw forgot to mention in last paragraph he did tell me he went and lite a candle for the baby so maybe he was sad after doing that and was really grieving so he felt it hard to talk to me about the subject). Anywyas one day I found out the girls were playing with a guy who sexually assaulted me and yes they knew about it and I confronted them and they got salty I couldn’t deal with anything let alone that so I blocked them and messaged him to let him know what was going on and he was saying maybe they weren’t thinking clearly but also somewhat backing the girls up. Out of anger I told him I couldn’t fully be his friend if he was gonna continue everything with the girls and backed them up more so out of anger I blocked and unblocked him. I messaged his mum as I felt I had to anywyas because I needed to apologise for the hurt I had caused but to ask him to stop adding all my friends especially the ones supporting a bad guy. My thought pattern was that I know he would listen to her because he never respected my boundaries I was trying to set. I never ever once told him not to be there friend till now all I had asked was him to remove them off snap as that was too close and personal and also my friends not his because if it was his friends he would hate me. I messaged him to let him know I messaged his mum where he said I could’ve just spoke to him and he’s an adult which is fair but he wouldn’t listen to my boundaries and was getting a bit much even tho I spoke to him multiple times he never listened he then told me to not talk to him or his family again I left him a big message apologising and explaining but he left me on read. A couple days later I messaged him to let him know I was going to therapy as he always urged me too and thanked him for pushing me to go see someone properly not just short term.
He said that he was glad that I was getting help but ignored me again. We haven’t spoken since then. But he briefly spoke to my guy friend because they’re friends once again through me (yes my guy friend knows the same story all my friends think the same thing because he told them all without asking me first so I had to go on the lie with them as well which is and was heartbreaking and I still have to till this day but I’m slowly distancing myself from them because I don’t wanna be a bad friend to them anymore and they deserve better) anyways he said to my friend that I was mentally exhausting and hard to deal with along with I made him feel like shit. He also told my friend that I asked him to not get along with my friends which once again wasn’t true till the end. He also said to my friend that I exaggerated my feelings too much. When my mate brought up that I was going through a lot he still somehow tried to make it about himself. He also said he was grieving the baby too which was fair. He said to my friend that he felt when he tried to help me out or be there for me I seemed to not think he cared or didn’t think it was enough…
The reasoning for that was sometimes I would ask if he even cared because he would make jokes at bad times or be very short with me during deep convos. For example with the jokes he made a joke about me killing a baby after what had happened and that made me upset and think he didn’t care about me but in reality he used jokes to cope with things and just slipped out and didn’t mean any harm. Also turns out him and the girls are still talking which makes me hurt because why ignore me and talk to the girls who support the guy who sexually assaulted me knowing it and knowing they were my only supports through my rough time. Anyway my friend has kinda stopped talking to him but basically he was still grieving and still angry and upset about me and thought he tried but my feelings was he didn’t because again he would not listen to what I said about anything half the time, he would make bad jokes at bad times and was short with me.
I’m sorry this is all a lot and very very long post I’m sorry. In the end obviously I’ll beat myself up about everything that has happened from start till now. I’m grieving what would’ve/could’ve been my life. For at least 2 months I thought I was having a kid and my life was changing I know I’m young and will probably have the chance again and that I shouldn’t be thinking about it but Ofc I am gonna think about it. I was gonna be a mum a very loving mum who would’ve eventually figured everything out and would’ve made everything perfect even if it was toxic at the start. I would’ve done anything in my power to make sure my kid had a great life. But now I have no baby no him no near future now just left with lies, guilt,grief and major self hatred.
Sorry if some of this didn’t make sense I did this mostly in tears. If you’re gonna hate please at least hate lightly I already hate myself enough.

I'm a newer Hilton Gold member thanks to a recent job change that has me travelling a lot. In October, my wife and I were offered a Grand Vacation deal in Hawaii. $1500, 6 days 5 nights. We jumped on the opportunity thinking that was a good deal for Hawaii in July. In January, I tried to book the hotel through HGV, was told it was too soon. I call back again in February, same deal. Finally in March I literally beg them to lock in my dates and they agreed to guarantee me one of 4 hotels. We were happy with 2 of the 4 options and needed to book our flights from the east coast to Hawaii as prices would likely only go up.
Fast forward to early May and we still don't have a hotel assigned. After another phone call, a few days later we're assigned a hotel and it's one we did not want. We call back and ask to change and are told no. Fine, we'll deal with it.
I just ran the pricing on this hotel if I paid for it right now and it's the same freaking price we paid for our vacation package. I went through this whole flipping process being annoyed and I don't save any money nor do I even get to stay in the hotel options we wanted.
Obviously this kills any chance of me buying the timeshare package because this has been a terrible experience. I assume I can't get a refund, but is there anything I can do to complain and get some sort of discount? What's the point of a special vacation package to get you to buy something if it doesn't save you money?

I've noticed that many online casinos available in regions like the USA and Canada aren't accessible from Australia, where I'm currently based. I'm not interested in using a VPN for obvious reasons. Can anyone recommend some good online casinos in Australia? I'm particularly interested in playing slots, preferably those with attractive sign-up bonuses, good graphics, and decent payout methods.

G'day folks!
I've been exploring the world of online casinos in Australia and wanted to get some insights from the community. How do you go about choosing the best online casino? Do you look for specific licensing, game variety, or perhaps the quality of customer service?
Additionally, what tips do you have for new players to ensure they have a safe and enjoyable experience? I've heard that sticking to well-known and reviewed platforms is key, but are there any lesser-known gems out there worth checking out?
Also, has anyone tried using tools or apps to manage their gambling habits? I've been reading up on some strategies, and it'd be great to hear what's working for others down under.
Cheers and happy gambling!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor	$372.87 @ Amazon Australia
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Pure Loop 2 Liquid CPU Cooler	$169.00 @ PLE Computers
Motherboard	ASRock Z790 PG LIGHTNING ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$344.47 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory	$139.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$178.00 @ Amazon Australia
Video Card	Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card	$999.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case	$199.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$139.00 @ Centre Com
Case Fan	be quiet! Silent Wings 4 76.7 CFM 120 mm Fan	$28.00 @ MSY Technology
Case Fan	be quiet! Silent Wings 4 76.7 CFM 120 mm Fan	$28.00 @ MSY Technology
Case Fan	be quiet! Silent Wings 4 76.7 CFM 120 mm Fan	$28.00 @ MSY Technology
Case Fan	be quiet! Silent Wings 4 76.7 CFM 120 mm Fan	$28.00 @ MSY Technology
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2652.34
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-06-04 21:23 AEST+1000

Hi all, quick context without wanting to dox myself obviously -
I'm a millenial gamer (mid 30s) with end-stage (hopefully treatable) cancer of a solid organ, currently being treated, prognosis anywhere from 2-5y+ depending on how things go. It is what it is.
I haven't had a gaming PC in like... forever. My only console is a Switch for Zelda BOTW/TOTK. Last console before that - PS3 for GTA. My PCPartPicker account has been dormant for ?10 years and I have been wanting, for a long time, to build a gaming rig to play all these amazing games that I've been seeing come out... I want to experience the worlds of RDR2, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, the mayhem of Helldivers 2, and so on. (There's a long list).
My use case - I obviously am doing real life bucket list things also - but I want to build a PC capable of playing the above games in ultrawide 1440p so I can experience those worlds - and have a little place to escape to in between treatments, or when I just need to jump into someone else's shoes.
My experience/knowledge/where I'm at - I haven't made a PC since I was 14 with my dad, so I'm 20yrs out of experience, effectively a complete newbie. I have tried to compile a list based on my reading of threads here (so many excellent comments) / the prevailing sentiment of what is best value/performance at the moment.
I'm in Australia. Budget is not unlimited but for the PC I'm happy to spend $3-4k AUD, which seems to put me in the range of 4070 Ti Super GPU land. I'm getting an Odyssey G9 49" OLED (non-smart version) for monitor.
I'm pretty clueless when it comes to motherboards, RAM, PSUs, SSDs, what is and isn't necessary, etc. so would really appreciate any and all input, comments, tips, reworks that might save me some money for equivalent performance etc. or offer better performance for the dosh.
For obvious reasons, I'm not terribly worried about longevity of the build or ability to upgrade. If the computer and I make it to 5 years (lol) then I'll be stoked enough to buy a new one when that time comes.
Thank you any and all in advance :)
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$568.79 @ Amazon Australia
CPU Cooler	Deepcool AK620 DIGITAL 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler	$95.00 @ Centre Com
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard	$399.00 @ MSY Technology
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory	$189.00 @ Centre Com
Storage	Lexar NM790 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$99.00 @ BPC Technology
Storage	Lexar NM790 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$175.00 @ BPC Technology
Video Card	Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card	$1369.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case	$249.00 @ PLE Computers
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS GX 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$344.40 @ Newegg Australia
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit	$144.49 @ Amazon Australia
Monitor	Samsung Odyssey G9 G93SC 49.0" 5120 x 1440 240 Hz Curved Monitor	$2199.00 @ Centre Com
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$5831.68
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-06-04 21:13 AEST+1000

Current discussions

• Welcome back to /TropicalWeather!
  
• 2024 Atlantic season roll-up
  

Active cyclones

There are currently no active cyclones.

Active disturbances

Last updated: Tuesday, 4 June 2024 — 09:00 UTC Discussions by: giantspeck

Southwestern Indian Ocean

Disturbance 1: West of Diego Garcia (Invest 95S)

Animated multispectral imagery depicts a large area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure situated several hundred kilometers of Diego Garcia. A combination of strong vertical wind shear and a lack of surface convergence will make it difficult for this system to undergo any meaningful development as it drifts southward over the next few days.
More information about this disturbance can be found in Meteo France's outlook discussion.

Long-range potential

Last updated: Tuesday, 4 June 2024 — 09:00 UTC Discussions by: giantspeck

Eastern Pacific Ocean

Potential Disturbance 1

Long-range model guidance hints at the development of a disturbance off the coast of Guatemala later this week or over the upcoming weekend. Conditions may become more favorable for the development of a Central American gyre, a broad area of low pressure which most commonly develops over the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean during the late spring months. The disturbance could become embedded within this system, leading to potential tropical development over the eastern Pacific, the southern Gulf of Mexico, or the western Caribbean Sea early next week. It remains highly uncertain whether this will occur and if so, the location and extent to which impacts will be likely to occur.

Satellite imagery

Regional imagery

Infrared imagery

• Western Pacific
  
• Eastern Pacific
  
• Northern Atlantic
  
• Northern Indian (Arabian Sea)
  
• Northern Indian (Bay of Bengal)
  
• Southwestern Indian
  
• Southeastern Indian
  

Model guidance

Regional guidance (GFS)

• Western Pacific
  
• Eastern Pacific
  
• Northern Atlantic
  
• Northern Indian
  
• Southern Indian
  

Information sources

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers (RSMC)

• National Hurricane Center (United States)
  
• Japan Meteorological Agency
  
• Meteo France
  
• Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
  
• India Meteorological Department
  

Other sources

• Joint Typhoon Warning Center (United States)

Global outlooks

Climate Prediction Center

• Global Tropics Hazards / Benefits

About: Amanda North is 16 years old and lives in Gold Coast, Australia. She was born on August 4th and lives with her father, Daniel. Thanks to her demigod heritage, she struggles with ADHD and dyslexia, but she also takes advanced math and science classes and loves coding.
Appearance: Amanda has honey blonde hair and vivid blue eyes. She has an angular face, sharp chin, and wide, thin lips. She's only 5'1", but don't underestimate her because of her height. Being small and nimble is an advantage in combat, and she embraces it fully.
Face Claim: Katharine Isabelle
Powers
Domain Powers: Psychometry, Persuasion Proficiency, Secret Message
Minor Powers: Machine Communication, Electrical Resistance, Machine Manipulation
Major Power: Hologram Projection
Fashion Style: Amanda values comfort and function, but she also likes playing with style. She's happiest when she can find an outfit that combines both.
Past: Amanda has been going to Camp Half-Blood since she was ten years old, and she still isn't claimed. At this point, she was pretty much over it. At least, she wants to be. The Hermes cabin got more and more crowded every year, and she looked on at the other cabins with jealousy. It had gotten so bad over the years that it prevented her from making friends. She mostly keeps to herself and spends a lot of time alone (she genuinely prefers it that way). If someone does try to talk to her, they'd find her brusque and unapproachable. It takes a lot to crack through her shell.
Present: Amanda stood at the top of the hill and let out a sigh. Another year at camp. Another year stuck in a cramped cabin with loud, obnoxious people. A soft breeze filtered through her hair, and she tilted her head back, hoping to see a symbol above her head, but there was nothing.
Had her mother forgotten about her? Was she one of those goddesses with so many kids that she just couldn't keep track? Aphrodite was the one she liked to dream about. If Aphrodite was her mother, it would make perfect sense that she had forgotten her. There were so many kids in that cabin already, but it was still less crowded than Cabin 11. She would give anything to be moved, anywhere.
"Just give me a sign," she whispered.
It was stupid to hope, but she couldn't help it. Maybe one day, when she truly had stopped caring, her mom would finally respond. Until then, she had to do her best not to think about it.
She took her bags and headed down to the Hermes cabin, bracing herself for the noise and chaos inside.

Hey! I’m in desperate need of advice on areas to live that are safe both crime wise and flood wise in Queensland. We are moving in a few weeks to Queensland from WA and I am getting overwhelmed now as every time I think I’ve found a good suburb based off statistics I read horrendous things online about the area. I was looking at Logan and pimpama but judging by what I see written now I’m not sure. Just want to know good suburbs about an equalish distance from both Brisbane and Gold Coast (happy to just be between both cities) Thanks in advance!

I've just been prescribed some gummies from Acacia Medical Clinic and the person I spoke to said I had to get them from a specific pharmacy on the Gold Coast because they make them in house.
Does anyone happen to know the name of that pharmacy? I've totally forgotten.