u/FritzRasp

Does the AI need to be nerfed a bit on lower difficulties?

I’m still fairly new to this game and still wrapping my head around all the many nuances. I tried this scenario on the lowest difficulty (Medium) and I get crushed every time at the 1 hour mark. Hell, at one point I even turned on infinite resources, maxed out my fleet with multiple capital ships and they just kept pouring in until my fleet was destroyed. It’s not even fun anymore.

Are all the scenarios supposed to be this difficult even at lower difficulty levels?

Basically, I bought an opex box from Micro Center and there is an issue with the DIMM slots to where the RAM won't stay secure. It'll turn on, but not boot up. I'll reseat the RAM, and it boots fine, but eventually shuts off. Rinse and repeat. I live 3 hours from the nearest Micro Center, so going back there right away is not easy, especially with +$4 gas prices.

As a workaround, I placed the computer on its side and has worked perfectly fine since then. My question is: is this safe to do so for the time being? There is no vent blocking, but my main concern is the AIO cooler. Could there be any damage/inefficiency with the AIO cooler by placing the tower on its side?

A Micro Center is opening in Austin later this year, so I'm wondering if I can hold off until then so I don't have to drive back to Houston

If I'm missing something and this is a bad deal, let me know. I'll be heading there later today to pick it up. $2143 after taxes

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698879/powerspec-g758-gaming-pc

• B NVMe SSD

Any bottlenecks or anything missing? Besides maybe an extra TB of space. Looking to stay hovering around $2,000 (I already have peripherals). Edit: I mostly play RTS/4X (SupCom, SOSE, Total War), indie horror, and AAA single player games. I'm not much into multiplayer online.

GPU : XFX Radeon RX 7900XT Gaming Graphics Card with 20GB GDDR6 

CPU - AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D 

RAM - Pro Overclocking 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 

Motherboard- B650E-E TUF GAMING WIFI AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard 

SSD - acer Predator GM7 1TB SSD 

Cooler - Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler 

PSU - Seasonic Focus GX 850W Power Supply

Case : NZXT H7 Flow 2024 - Mid-Tower ATX Airflow - Includes Pre-Installed 3 x 120mm Fans