Probably a weird notation for base . The derivative of log base a of x is log base a of e 1 x <| sep |> Oh lord , we would love to see more of you here ! welcome . what a bum <| sep |> Thanks ! I ' m a firsttimer , trying to build an affordable machine simply capable of playing something like BF 1 on high settings . I won ' t be overclocking or anything like that . Two weeks ago I came to this sub for assistance . People were very helpful for about 23 hours , but then they just stopped answering my questions . Someone linked me a list of builds ranging from $ 100 to inthethousands , and I looked at the $ 500 build , and tried to emulate it , but some parts just weren ' t there , so it wound up costing me $ 650 after rebates and only $ 670 before . I didn ' t go through with it . I came back here to try to have a conversation with someone about it , and I guess nobody was interested in that . I ' m gonna be honest I don ' t really understand the logic behind the nobody does their own research argument . I ' ve come to this sub to do my research , to ask questions of people who have more experience with this stuff . I value these folks ' opinions very highly , and it ' s much easier and quicker for me to do my research this way . If the community would be more cooperative , and would see peoplelikeme as teaching opportunities , then this sub could be a very friendly place . If they could see the positives in what I ' m doing , rather than getting bogged down in the negatives , I could efficiently transition from console gaming to PC gaming . That ' s why I sold my PS 4 . But the community is so full of antinewb sentiment that I can ' t get anything done . The research takes time , time that I don ' t necessarily have . My questions take time , but not nearly as much as the research . If the community was more helpful , maybe it would encourage more people to make the from console switch , because they would feel encouraged , rather than discouraged . The best part about it is it ' s completely voluntary . If you don ' t wanna help , don ' t help , but also don ' t give off the shitty vibes . Just had to get that little rant out there .