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I'm currently in the middle of building a ITX machine for my partner so she can play games with me. Ran into a mate of mine the other night who due to a mix up at the retailer had a spare 16gb kit of brand new DDR5-5200 and was looking at selling it on Marketplace. He fucking hates Meta (good bloke) and said for mates rates he'd give it to me for AUD $200 just so he didn't have to reinstall Facebook.
Fucking sold. Same kit is currently "on special" for $369 on the site he bought it from. Prices are fucked.
I feel like a lot of guys do this "building for their girlfriends" - but I have troubles believing chicks actually into gaming much