And after 26+ years of friendship, my buddy chose this month to be the month where he finally hunkered down and built his first PC. Of all the times to build a budget parts list for a friend...
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I was thinking of upgrading my RAM this year, but I know I don't have to. It's their loss, not mine.
I bet it's this for so many people. Our libraries are full of games that work fine with older hardware.
It's the obsession with replacing PCIe slots with M.2 sockets that gets me.
Why not? I think its quite convenient. Also saves some required wiring and its very compact
I’m more concerned with PCI slots blocked by massive GPUs, especially on smaller form factor boards. You’ll need PCI/e extension cables to install an additional card.
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i really wish I could have eeked out one more GPU upgrade before the shit hit the fan..but GPUs are at the point now where you gotta upgrade the PSU to upgrade the GPU since power draw demands are getting absolutely donk.
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who would've thought that it would happen... (checks stats) yeah, it was EVERYONE. Gee, maybe someone needs to learn some supply and demand basics by this point. The tenacity!
Honestly, probably a buy opportunity for good ddr5 motherboards. When the bubble bursts then you can buy the ram for pennies.
Yeah in 2035 when we've moved to DDR7
Oh I didn't even think of this. There are so many companies that could get into trouble because of this, and they will all get mad at the AI bullshitters.
Wonder if we'll be getting consumer grade SoCs that are CPUs with integrated RAM.
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