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The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 53 points 10 months ago (15 children)

I went from thinking about a full rig upgrade, to just buying the best used processor and GPU my am4 board could handle with my current PSU and ddr4 ram.

Went from a ryzen 1600x and a Nvidia 1060 to a ryzen 5 5600x and a Radeon rx 6600 xt. I'll be able to ride that out for a few years no problem.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I went from thinking of upgrades to enjoying my backlog of old games. My wallet and library are both happy and I'm enjoying the games I'm playing.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    same. I have over 300 games in my steam library that i've bought over the years and the vast majority of which I never launched. So now i'm going through them. combine that with finally getting retroarch/libretro all PROPERLY set up I've also got a shit ton of roms from various consoles to play also, games I couldn't afford as a kid.

    Like right now I'm FINALLY playing Ocarina of Time for the first time ever and it's a blast, now I understand why people love it so much. Also started playing New Vegas and System Shock on the PC which I've owned for years and never played and both those are great too. New Vegas is REALLY fun.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago*

    funny i bought exactly the same CPU and GPU half a year ago. Someone in my city sold these for 200€.

    I was going to go for an AM5 board and everything, but couldn't afford it. My older parts were from 2016 and not even terrible. Its funny how little the hardware requirements have changed in the games and OS area. I am still using the same 16g RAM and PSU from 2016.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Nice, had a nitro 6650xt, can't recommend enough if it makes sense financially

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Paid under $200 for it and it punches well above the 1060 I've been using. Wanted a Radeon because they play nicer with Linux and this card is the beefiest AMD I could go without having to also buy a new PSU. Also couldn't go much nicer anyhow or I'd be creeping up on games cpu limited, so it pairs nicely with the r 5 5600x. So for me and my particular set up it made for a nicely balanced hardware and cost choice. After this it will just be time for all new hardware in a few more years.

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