lol as if Lady Luck was sitting here to intervene I just got a notification that it just shipped
I’ve never been the guy to go after the newest and latest honestly for GPUs and with them being so expensive yeah, I’m thinking 4080 super for as long as I can
hell I’m still on a 5600 with my b350 mobo so I’d rather upgrade those than go after the 50 series especially since I didn’t end up spending 1k on this 4080 super
we used to be worried about not being able to run certain games but man games suck nowadays and there’s literally no game I’m excited for
yeah this build of mine is like when everything is old then everything goes so my last upgrade is from a 5600 to like a 5700x3d or I could theoretically replace the mobo, cpu and ram with micro center bundles
that’s a pretty solid looking build I got the same CPU cooler and it’s great, I oughta clean it soon lol
whoa holy shit, the golden days of both Intel and Nvidia
I was too poor then so I kept waiting and my first cpu was Ryzen 5 2400g then very recently I bought this 5600 only for AMD to go “yeah we’re changing to AM5 and also the pins are different”
so now I’m stuck on AM4 motherboards and if I wanna upgrade I gotta do it all
Haha yeah, thats the curse im dealing with as well. Need better CPU? need to swap MB and then ram out…might as well get a whole new kit while im at it lol.
You boys have me thinking about my setup again, although I think (at least for my purposes) I’m already maxed out unless we have some kind of generational leap in functionality or raw power-per-watt: Currently on a 3800X and RTX3080, which was an upgrade from my previous 6600K and 1080Ti. I mostly play older or indie titles that don’t beg for gobs of power and my monitor is 1440p max, so I’ve been looking at release schedules but nothing seems worth the overhaul yet. The old rig (case and all) went to a buddy’s kid so he could play Minecraft and the like.
That’s what I’ve been telling myself haha; I only ever occasionally get frame drops under REALLY busy parts of games. The processor is a little long in the tooth but still doing its job and for 1440p no card seems like it would be worth moving on yet.
Facts. I got into the 1080Ti because at the time it was the only Nvidia card on the market that actually maintained something of an accurate $/performance ratio as coin mining was just taking off. Then, the 3080 came from a friend that got lucky in one of Newegg’s card lotteries at the time, but he scrapped the build he got it for so he offered it for the same price he got it at and I said sure knowing that it would last me a good while. His kid is the one that got the old 6600K/1080Ti rig, too.
Yeah that 1000 series was pretty damn good overall. Cant say the same for the 4000 series.
Sadly when i bought my 1060, it was when I HAD to upgrade ASAP as my then 780 suddenly died one me and it was in the middle of the damn mining craze! I paid around 400 usd for the 1060…
Man I’m actually thinking about buying the microcenter bundle so I can move on to AM5 for like 350 bucks, I could probably some of the cost by selling stuff
The shitty part is it’s hard to sell all these old parts I got and since I don’t have a car it sucks selling it in general.
Just be sure to weigh the worth of the components you’re buying with how long you expect to use them. Going up a tier in price can be worth it if something lasts you an extra 3-5 years with what you have under the hood, especially in eras like this where the generational gain is minimal-to-insignificant in most parameters.
I got a new 4080 super so I need to upgrade my 5600 as well but I’m sure I can delay the cpu
my choices are 5700x3d or just going 7700x microcenter bundle with ram and mobo for like 350 bucks
Honestly not in a rush so I might not do it. I need to find a way to sell my 5700xt and 5600 first, I’d sell the whole PC but the case is pretty banged up
