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Want a top of the line GPU? 2002 = 9700 Pro for $399 MSRP 2012 = GTX 680 for $499 MSRP 2022 = RTX 3090 Ti for $1,999 MSRP Add to that, buying two cards (not necessarily at the same time) and going the SLI/Crossfire route is no longer an option...

Nah.. At 10 years the PSU is becoming a risk -> PSU needs upgrade GPU upgrade for a 2012 PC means there's something like a 1070-1080 bought around 2017 -> GPU needs upgrade. Modern GPU's/CPU's require a high airflow mesh case -> case needs...

I have a 4TB RAID 0 with 4 1TB Samsung 850 SSD just for Steam. I always have space for them all.

Never. I just add more capacity.

Daily reminder to avoid newegg if possible!

Na, it shows the value of NFT's.

I've been saying it for years. Asus makes great hardware, but pray to god you never have to RMA it.

When I have 6 hours free for a drive it’s to go skiing, not waste my time being a consumer.

The cost savings isn't even worth it in the case of the 5800x, for example. I'd have to drive a total of 6 hours roundtrip to go to Microcenter just to save $50 - Not worth it. Would rather just pay $350 on Amazon with same day shipping for free.

I just built a 5800x rig for my brother in law. While AM4 is end of life, he still has the option to drop in a 5900x years later really cheap if he needs more threads. Got the 5800x for $329 and an asus x570 tuf for $180. Id say the biggest...

I built a 5800X system the same week that Alder Lake came out- even knowing all the specs/performance/price details about AL ahead of time from the leaks. I could have waited literally one day and gotten a 12700K instead but I went with the...

It's a combination of factors. Alder Lake-S requires a fairly expensive motherboard platform even compared to X570. Additionally, all the nicer boards are DDR5 and you really need to run Windows 11 with it. DDR5 availability and lack of...

Heh. Where's all the people who will pay $500 more for 2% more performance in games if it's a video card?

I think of the 5800x3d as AMD's third encore for the crowd that brought them back to prominence. They're producing one last CPU for a platform that could stretch back 5+ years for some users, that could raise their game performance to the...

It's a lot of coin to drop in order to win Best Performer of Worst Visuals. For my $450 ($550+ after scalper fees), I'd rather just upgrade to a 4K [G/Free]sync monitor.

Even if you guys don't like Intel, it's good to have more chip production back home in the US

You should sell your 3090 and get it. Who knows it might fix your (insert dumb thing that happened one time only) , should i be worried, problems.

There are two kinds of people who have 3090s. 1: people who are quite wealthy and can spend their disposable income on a 3090 2: people who are not quite wealthy BECAUSE they spent their disposable income on a 3090

FTFY. The vast majority buying 1k+ iPhones and such, in the US at least, are not wealthy at all and are only buying the phones on credit (leasing) from there carrier. It's almost funny how many minimum wage fast food and retail workers I see...