What do you do when your two year old PC is still great?

jpcahn1

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I currently have an 8700K with 32 GB of memory and more than enough NVME and SATA SSD storage for my needs. It also has a 1080 ti and I am not rewarding Nvidia with anymore of my money. Between the price hikes and lack of usefulness being shown by DLSS and Ray Tracing I am satisfied to sit where I am. I have a 32 inch Samsung HDR monitor as well. I am not liquid cooling but even when maxing out the newest titles my CPU never gets above 75 degrees. I am starting to feel like I am less Hard than I used to be because I cannot for the life of me think about what I would upgrade. Am I getting soft in my old age? I used to care about the size of my E-peen but not so much anymore. Upgrading to impress the neighbors doesn't work because who's neighbors care how fast your PC is? I will keep an eye on Ryzen when the new chips release in June but even that would be just upgrading for the hell of it.
I just want to know am I the only one out there with money to burn and no worthwhile upgrades to spend it on?
 
Sounds like a career limiting hobby which would zap me of the extra money I am lucky enough to have, Great suggestion though!
 
It works for Robert Kraft. I thought you were looking for something to do with all that extra dough... before everyone else here finds better uses for you.
 
Maybe delid your processor or add some fancy lights? Seriously though nice setup, just try to find stuff to give it a run like games emulators or something.
 
Peripheral upgrade? What's your mouse/keyboard? Getting old and rusty? :p.

Or maybe some new headphones, or audio equipment to go along with your sweet build. Or a new desk! Make it a project. Lots to do! XD
 
I think you hit it ReaperX22, I am going to look at some good headphones I think. I already have a Logitech g910 I am happy with. Headphones are on deck!
 
I already have the server covered FlayedMan. I have a great unRaid server that all my friends seem to enjoy very much. I on the other hand never seem to have time to watch anything. Too many good PC games to play like Sekiro and DMC 5.
 
You have what you want, enjoy!
If you feel the need to splash cash on something you really like, look for something else to do.

ps I too am sticking with my 1080ti until a better proposition appears. I can afford a 2080ti but NVidia can suck my fat one over the farce it is.
I wouldnt suggest getting another Intel CPU until they have rooted out the security issues without needing patches and dropping performance.
I very nearly went for one of the new fast 1TB M.2 drives but it doesnt help many things and 1TB is too small.
Sitting tight isnt that easy lol.
 
See my second rig in my signature? That was my old rig. I built the main one and totally regret it lol. I thought I'd play more games but here I am still playing only DOTA. I'm having fun tweaking and tuning it though.
 
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