Same here. Built a new PC like 6 months ago when it was all barely starting (good timing) and my notebook and phone are also fairly recent, like 1.5 years old. Tablet as well fairly recent, 2y old, but that's really only used for home media consumption so it doesn't even matter in that case. So I should be good for the next 5+ years or so. Hopefully the AI bubble has burst until then.

This is a reminder to all AMD fans that NO company gives a damn about any of us.

Foundry costs have gone through the roof, because demand is greater than supply. So AMD's production costs have surely increased.

So while companies are not our friends, it is surely quite reasonable for AMD to raise enduser cost, when AMD's production cost increases. And not necessarily some conspiracy against the user. Right? Cartels and illegal monopolies are absolutely a thing that can happen, but you have to actually argue that is the case here, before saying AMD is acting badly.

No need for the reminder, but AMD is still better than intel :P.

My 2019 gaming build still outperforms my SD, obviously, but yeah my SD was a great purchase. I use it a lot. And this is why PC gaming is the best. I could still play the latest and greatest, just with graphics turned down. And I can continue to do so until (hopefully) this whole thing blows over.

this is going down as one of my better purchases.

I'm not convinced. I think there's a decent enough chance that in a couple of years it'll be the opposite, we'll all have supercharged Hemi Cuda's on our desks. Because there's been a lot of production that's all been allocated to the AI market, and when that implodes...

Good news! It affects ALL hardware, even those for PS/Xbox/Nintendo/Phones/etc!

Yeah, and at the same time nvidia has been making garbage cards for years now at overpriced price points.

It's not. They want us all to use AI.

Any PC can be a gaming PC if you temper your expectations accordingly.

I haven't run into a real bottleneck yet with my 5600, but I'm also running 1440p. What are you playing that you've felt CPU constrained?

There's a lot of tomfuckery going on with the baskets too. Oh we have 11% inflation but take out fuel and groceries and hey look everyone it's only 3%!! Yay us we beat inflation!!!

What also makes me absolutely laugh until I cry, is they focus everyone on annual inflation, and conveniently try to make everyone forget the situation. Five year inflation remains to be something absolutely hysterical, it's something like 24 or 25% I beleive.

Maybe homes become affordable then

This is kinda my thoughts too. I have a generally "OK" setup now. 7800X3D, 64GB DDR5-6400 (I think it is 6400 anyway), and a 3080. Should be fine for now. At least to wait and see if we're:

• Totally cooked and will eventually be forced to compute on the cloud
• Things return to some level of normality as the AI hype bubble bursts and people start using it as a genuine tool and not the panacea for all of our problems that needs the insane level of investment it's been given lately.

Hell, if the bubble bursts hard enough there might be some cut price action, just like all those juicy cheap enterprise HDDs we could get during the covid times. Maybe wishful thinking though.

Just remember who screwed you over if/when they come back to consumers, cap-in-hand.

It's different for developers. A lot of useful tools are resource heavy.

My 3900x is still running whatever I throw at it without trouble (currently Proxmox). You'll be fine.

Padme: right?