Chapter 42: Computer and Plan

He hadn't experienced the Sichuan girls yet, but he had experienced the Sichuan spicy hot pot first.

I don't know if it was psychological or what, but Li Yan felt that compared to the Sichuan flavor hot pot he ate in Lu Province, it had more flavor.

Returning home to take a shower, washing away the smell of hot pot on his body.

The Chanel clothes also had more or less the smell of hot pot, but it didn't matter; Li Yan took off the clothes and put them in the laundry basket in the bathroom.

When the housekeeping company came to clean, they would take them to a professional laundry to wash.

As for washing them himself?

Li Yan wasn't lazy, but he felt there was no need.

If you have money to be more relaxed, why not do it?

After washing, Li Yan changed into a loose home-style short-sleeved shirt and shorts, wearing slippers, and came to the balcony.

The central air conditioning in the house continued to emit cold air; Shudu was still a bit too hot.

Especially during this summer vacation, wanting to go out was a relatively difficult thing.

He wanted to make a cup of tea, but Li Yan didn't like drinking tea much; however, sitting on the balcony, looking at the distant mountains and city scenery, he felt that having a cup of tea at this time might be better?

Forget it, he didn't like it.

Taking out the Macallan 12 Years he had just bought, taking a glass, putting in ice cubes, and pouring whiskey.

Although it was near night, having a glass was also not bad~

Li Yan still had many things not prepared, but he was a bit too lazy to go out again at this moment.

Without his own car, it was always not very convenient, plus the weather was so hot, he would look at it after waking up.

Drinking a glass of whiskey, Li Yan felt a bit sleepy, so he didn't wait, walking straight to the master bedroom, lying down and sleeping.

Naturally, he didn't set an alarm clock, just sleeping until he woke up naturally.

Li Yan sat up from the bed, stretched, and looked at his phone: eight o'clock in the morning.

This sleep lasted for more than ten hours, sweeping away all the fatigue of running around in the past few days.

After stretching in the bedroom, he went into the bathroom to wash.

The sound of water washed away his sleepiness; the person in the mirror had a relaxed expression, and there was no longer that fatigue from rushing the itinerary between his brows.

When he came out after changing clothes, Li Yan in the mirror was already dressed cleanly and refreshingly: LV's black and white simple short-sleeved shirt and Chanel casual pants, not ostentatious but with texture.

The set of clothes he changed out of last night was thrown in the storage basket, and the housekeeping lady would take them to wash together later.

Today's main goal was to assemble a desktop computer, and also buy a laptop while he was at it.

He was an advertising major student, and also liked photography; recently he planned to participate in some photography exhibitions and needed to handle a large amount of photo post-processing work;

Plus occasionally wanting to entertain, he must have a high-performance machine.

The budget was set at around 30,000, plus the laptop's expenses.

The system rebate hadn't arrived in the past few days, but the credit card quota was enough to support it.

Thinking of this, he took his phone and wallet, put the keys in his pocket, confirmed he hadn't left anything behind, and walked out the door with big strides.

He first hailed a ride-hailing car and told the driver "Go to Digital Plaza."

That was a famous computer hardware concentration area in the city, where one could find everything from DIY high-end machines to brand laptops.

In the car, he flipped through the notes he had made in advance on his phone: CPU should choose i9 or AMD high-end, graphics card at least RTX4080, memory 32G, hard drive 1T or 2T NVMe...

These were all "30,000 high-end configuration schemes" he searched for online, but the specific ones still needed advice from professional assemblers in the store.

Arriving at Digital Plaza, the noise was deafening, and advertising signs were everywhere.

Li Yan walked through the shops, surrounded by shouting and flashing e-sports light boxes all the way.

He caught sight of a flagship store with a considerable scale, marked with "High-end Designer/Photography Post-processing/E-sports Professional," and decided to go in and take a look.

Various computer cases, graphics cards, and motherboards were displayed in the store, each with a price and parameters attached.

A young assembly consultant with a work badge came up to ask about his needs and budget.

Li Yan responded: "Around 30,000, mainly for photo post-processing and occasional entertainment, stable, fast enough, don't want too ostentatious RGB lights."

The clerk smiled and immediately started listing a configuration on the computer:

•CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, about 4000-5000 yuan range

•Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX 4080, price about 8000-9000 yuan

•Memory: 32GB DDR5 (2x16GB)

•Motherboard: Z790 or X670 series mid-to-high end, about 2000-3000 yuan

•Solid-state drive: 1TB NVMe Gen4 (about 700-1000 yuan)

•Power supply 850W platinum level + 240mm water cooling or tower cooling about 1500-2000 yuan

•Case choose simple style, about 500-800 yuan

•Plus monitor if you want professional color calibration function or 4K IPS panel, about 3000-5000 yuan

Adding it up, it was 25,000 to just over 30,000.

Li Yan was quite satisfied with this range.

After looking at the specific brands and models, there was no much objection, so he let the other party add a 4K resolution professional monitor, adding another 4,000-5,000, totaling about 33,000 at most.

The clerk was full of confidence: "This performance is more than enough for photo editing and video cutting, and entertainment games can also be called high-end."

He nodded: "Then this set, don't make the host fancy with light effects, the case appearance should be simple."

The clerk was excited to prepare the goods, let the technician assemble it on the spot, and promised to complete the test in about an hour.

Li Yan wasn't in a hurry, adding: "Send it to where I live, I'll pay the shipping fee, too lazy to move it back."

The clerk smiled and said no problem, free delivery in the city.

After waiting for more than an hour, the technician assembled the host, ran simple Cinebench and 3DMark, ensuring the CPU and graphics card were working normally, and measuring the temperature within a reasonable range.

Li Yan looked at the running scores casually, enough for photo editing and entertainment.

He let the other party pack it up and write his home address.

"Just send it to the guard room," Li Yan said.

The clerk said affirmatively: "No problem, don't worry."

Next was to buy a laptop, which was relatively simple.

Li Yan walked straight to the Apple specialty store next to it and bought a 16-inch MacBook Pro, priced at 23,000.

The whole process took no more than fifteen minutes.

Today's consumption was 56,000; although it wasn't a drop in the bucket, Li Yan didn't take it to heart.

After all, the system rebate in these few days would be issued, although it still couldn't be counted as a Shenhao.

But a freshman in college, with several million funds in hand to squander, no matter what, could be counted as quite dashing.

After all, even for a rich second generation, how much could the monthly living expenses in college be?

Tens of thousands? A hundred thousand? That was still a minority situation.

In most cases, the living expenses of college students were within 2,000-5,000 a month, which was the general situation.

He carried the laptop back himself, and the assembled desktop computer was already on the way to be delivered by the staff.

Today's main work was to get the computer and network done; Li Yan had nothing else to do.

After all, only after the system rebate arrived would it be the time for him to let go and have fun, and truly enjoy the enthusiasm of Shudu.

Ahem, the enthusiasm of the Sichuan girls in Shudu!

Returning home, Li Yan put down the computer; it was about eleven o'clock in the morning, just order takeout. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====