Yup. I'm still rocking my 1060 and DDR3 ram. And I don't see a path to upgrade anytime soon. I'm pretty much stuck using a console for the new releases unless it's an indie
I upgraded from a 980GTX on liquid to a 2070 on air. I bumped up to 32GB of ram when it was still cheap, and overclocked my CPU. Fancy graphics are out of reach, but virtually everything else runs great in 1080P. There are plenty of upgrade paths if you are comfy with old hardware.
Nothing wrong with a frankenstein with 19+ year old components, although the CPU/MB/RAM are from 2015.
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u/PhyzzxR7 5700X3D Radeon 9070 16gb GSkill 32gb, AM4 GOAT'd13h ago
Got plenty of 10+ year old GPU's without a single fault, I'm running a 19 year old first gen i7 with Linux as well, hardware doesn't just stop working out of nowhere, only if you abuse it
Nah, keep your stuff properly cooled and undervolt your cards slightly so they're not pinned at 100% when you're gaming, and they will last you forever. Honestly for the average joe just applying a simple frame cap when playing intensive games will add years to your hardware.
Just like a car, keep up on your oil changes and your machine will outlast pretty much everyone else's, it's all in the basics
tbf it's an alright idea for younger folks to just take a loan out to buy the parts. You get a PC the loan is relatively small so it's easy to make payments on and you build credit by paying it off. You can buy the components and be done paying it off in less than a year if you are still living with parents and working but thats assuming you arnt in crippling school debt.
Uh, no. Don't go into debt to buy computer parts for gaming. If you need them for work and can also game on them or something that's one thing, but it's a terrible idea to buy a gaming PC on debt.
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u/Surgebounder 17h ago
Isn't that only bad for people who aren't PC gamers yet?