People who built a PC during the GPU shortage seeing SSD and RAM shortages: (picture of a concerned chihuahua layered over a picture from the Vietnam War with multiple helicopters and troops attacking)
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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I built my PC shortly before the GPU shortage and plan on not updating till the RAM shortage is over (not that I could update earlier since money is currently an issue)

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I bought a used workstation (xenon, ecc memory) pre-covid hit. I swapped the processor with the highest spec one that would fit the socket (thanks for changing sockets so frequently intel... not) and 64 GB ecc momory. Both were cheap because they were used. About 6 months before the GPU crazyness I bought a used 1070 TI for around $200. Upgrading the GPU a few years later was out of the question and now upgrading the whole thing is out of the question.

    Due to the processor age I'm just going to install Linux on it and cozy into my older game library. Gaming time is pretty limited these days anyway due to having kids and these days I'm doing most of my gaming on a handheld.

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