The artificial price hikes actually saved you money. Noice!
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
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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klay1@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
funny i bought exactly the same CPU and GPU half a year ago. Someone in my city sold these quite cheap.
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.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Ryzen 5600x here, was rocking a 6700 XT but found a good deal on a RX 9070 for $540 right around when the RAM prices increased. Already have 32 GB RAM, so I’m set for a while.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 43 minutes ago
Yeah, I had the ram, but the 6600xt was the most I could buy without having to also upgrade my PSU.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
AM4 unite! Have had 3600X and 2070 super since 2019 and still works well. Although some USB-ports on the mobo are starting to degrade.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 hours ago
That’s alright. USB rails for a PCI slot are dirt cheap.
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
Nnnoooo, you won’t get enough fps to enjoy your games!!!
/s in case some of you don’t get it
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 hours ago
My eyes aren’t good enough for 4k. Lol
Xenny@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’m rocking the 5700 5700 build
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Nice, had a nitro 6650xt, can’t recommend enough if it makes sense financially
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours 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.
UncommonBagOfLoot@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
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.
rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 35 minutes 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.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 hour ago
Likewise. I haven’t bought a game that wasn’t at least a year old in a decade. Heck, right now I’m playing Psychonauts.
Dremor@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Same here, the Steam Deck changed my life 😆. Less AAA, more AA and indie games, especially at work.