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For the longest time I traveled for work and since I wanted to game, I always had an ASUS ROG Laptop.

I've finally got a home base and looking to build my first computer in about 15 years.

Let me know what you think please!

Build:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QVcBWD

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Storage: Toshiba - X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

I'm just returning to the game after years (probably like 5+ years since I've played).

In the past I would just click "Quick Play" or "Play Game" after logging into Battle.net, but I can't get a game. It just stays forever on "Searching."

I've Googled a bunch and people are talking about joining server "US East", but how do I do that?

EDIT: I figured out how to join "US East (Azeroth"), but still no luck getting a game.

They also mentioned custom game bots for 3v3 and 4v4?

I just want to play some 3v3 or 4v4, what (exactly) do I do to get a game now?

Goal: Build an upgrade to my current computer for under $800 primarily for gaming (Rust, WoW, OW, CSGO)..also for work (spreadsheets, writing, etc.).

Current computer: https://www.amazon.com/G751JT-17-Inch-Gaming-Laptop-model/dp/B00NVV2B98

If you don't want to click the link, here's a few specs:

• CPU = 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
• RAM = 16 GB DDR3
• GPU = NVIDIA GTX 970M 3GB GDDR5

Problem: Can't afford what I want, not sure where to cut corners, mainly with GPU, CPU, and RAM. Crypto mining has totally effed up GPU prices.

I currently get 60 FPS on mid-low settings, but the main issue is overheating. Since my current PC is a laptop, it's constantly above 80 C and sometimes over

Since I've been married my wife and I meet with our financial advisor twice a year to discuss our portfolio and plan.

He gave me the typical spiel, diversification, don't time the market, ride the waves, etc. Told me they are expecting a 10-25% correction/bear in 2018 or 2019 because we're something like 105 months without a 20% bear and the record is something like 120 months.

Anyways...we got to the end of the discussion and I asked if he ever recommends investing in high risk or speculative things. And he said sure, given my age (30s) he thought 2-3% of my investable income in high risk assets would be fine. So...I asked about crypto currency, and he just started laughing.

Apparently e

Source:

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/951163739562061824

Text:

Blockchain is an elaborate work-around for a very specific problem: verifying irreversible transfers of value without a centralized authority. In other words, it's a computationally burdensome way to hate the government.

Almost everything that is supposedly going to get solved with blockchain can be solved with some kind of version control hosted on a central server, except for the drugs, the scams, the tax evasion, and payment-blockade-circumvention. I acknowledge that those are valid use case scenarios for bitcoin.

90% of the people who are dazzled by "crypto" right now absolutely do not understand the core tech

I've only been in crypto about 8-9 months, and didn't really start paying attention until the huge surge at the end of Nov 2017.

However, I keep hearing about "altcoin winter."

I get the concept that alt coins have inverse reactions to BTC, and so once BTC takes off, alts will go down.

I also keep hearing about putting stop-losses on alts, but what if I have alts I don't want to sell? Will stuff like REQ, ZRX, NEO, ICX survive "winter"? Or does everyone sell a ton off and buy BTC to ride the wave and then re-enter alts later?

If I send OMG, POWR, REQ, etc to my Ledger Nano S, and then want to withdraw it, do I also need some ETH to pay for gas?

Or can the gas be paid out by the ERC-20 token and not directly from ETH?

Also, if I use multiple addresses on ledger do I need ETH in each one to pay for gas?

Been trying to send OMG and REQ to Ledger for a couple hours, but just sitting at "processing" on Binance. I noticed ETH is super backlogged, is it all ERC-20 tokens?

I'm working on a spreadsheet to calculate cost basis for each of my trades (holy cow this is a PIA). However, I'm new to this and have 2 main questions:

1. Is my taxable gains equivalent too my Total Buys - Total Sells?

2. What happens (hypothetically) if I purchase $1,000 worth of BTC, never sell it, and it never increases in value. According to what I've read it would have a cost basis of $1,000 + Fee, which would be summed in the "Total Buy" column and taxed. But that makes no sense. Does the initial buy have no cost basis?

I've currently got a pretty good split of anchor coins (ETH, BTC) and alt coins (ARK, ARDR, REQ, BAT, POWR, ICX, NEO).

When I originally got into crypto I thought I'd be hodling anchors like ETH/BTC until 2020 (or until they replaced fiat). But I assumed I'd go for 5-10x on alts and sell.

However, I now see a lot of promise with some alts, and want to just hodl them through ups and downs like I would a mutual fund, etc. Is this a bad idea? Should I be setting a target of 5x or 10x and taking out profit?

I'm not a very risky investor, but about 7 months ago I invested ~$10k instead of putting it into an IRA. The original goal was to invest and hold until it hit $250k because that would be life changing money for me.

However, now that we're closing in on $1k ETH I'm getting nervous.

Do I stick with my original plan and hold?

Do I sell enough to cover my initial investment?

How do you guys make these decisions?