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Comment on 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market

Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This was supposed to be my upgrade cycle. I built our PC’s in 2021, and i tend to upgrade every 5 years. Between the pricing and industry collapse, and just plain having more fun with low spec games, i don’t know how long it’s going until i upstate again.

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Exec@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I built mine in 2015 and planned to upgrade 10 years later but I was waiting for a better CPU than Zen 5’s X3D lineup (read: either more cores or dual die cache), then the RAM situation happened. This is how I’m playing games on an Intel 4770k in 2026.

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- Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I mean, that was a solid cpu, but damn.
  
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  - Exec@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Actually things like Final Fantasy XIV are still very much playable on it
    
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