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

Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  3-5 was pretty normal for a long time, in general and for myself. But I’m sitting at 7 years now, and idk if I’ll build a new one until there’s some kind of crash in prices. Might upgrade the cpu to a 5700x3d though if AMD does actually make more of those

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  • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Just grab a 5800x3d from Facebook marketplace, no need to buy new anymore.

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    • kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah they all either look like a scam or cost more than they did new…

      If they don’t rerelease it, I’ll probably pick up a used 5800x(t). Still a big upgrade from my 1700

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      • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Damn, around my area they’re still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used to upgrade every two years. In the last decade though, it’s been 3-4 years, because hardware can keep up with new games and tech as they come.

  I am glad I bought two PC’s in late 2024, though, before billionaires decided they were going to force people to rent PC’s for life. I should be set for a while, maybe even as long as we end up waiting for a crash.

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