I tend to flip my RAM out every 3-5 years and notice a significant improvement in performance. Other than that, though…
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Like you put the ram back in the other way - like flipping a toasted halfway through to make sure both sides get exactly the same treatment?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Like you put the ram back in the other way
Like buy replacement sticks of RAM and insert it in place of the original sticks.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
i mean, if you’re running slow ram, upgrading to faster ram would definitely help, especially if you’re on a modern platform.
You should really just download more ram though…
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
download more ram
I’d sooner download a car
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I also have a 2014-ish desktop. Over the years added an SSD and replaced the graphics card around 5 years ago.
I can still run most games on medium settings, even some new ones if they are properly optimized, but nothing crazy, 1080p.
I just started to feel that my rig is getting slower and even AA games become more demanding.
I fully support using hardware as long as possible to minimise e-wadte and see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.
WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 4 days ago
Similar story. The only upgrades I made to my 2014 desktop were a 1TB SSD and a used RTX2070 to play BG3 in 2023. I don’t care much for the latest multiplayer shoot em ups with simulated leg hair growth, but I can play most other titles from the past year at the highest graphical settings.
Dasus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.
Like as in upgrading a component everyone few years? Sure.
Updating the entire rig everything few years? For the average user, very little point. It used to be you literally had to, to play them newest games. Around 00’s I’d say. Games are way more backward compatible nowadays. I had a rig from 2012, to which I updated GPU to a 1060 6gb in 2016. Now I updated the entire rig last year, except for the GPU, which I plan to updated in a few months when 5070/5060ti comes out.
For the average gamer I don’t think there’s really much need to update more than every five years and that’s still being pretty fresh. I can still play on the 1060, even Marvels runs although… eh. My GPU is clearly the bottleneck currently.
With a 5060/5070 I hope to manage till 2030 at least.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 days ago
My old builds go to the wife and her old PCs upgrade my NAS. By the time I’m done using the hardware it’s 10-12 years old. Wife only plays sims anyways. 2080 super is her upgrade to an AM4 3900x and 64gb of ram and 2) 2TB nvme drives. She will get plenty of life from that and then in 5 years, get my current rig. Cycle continues.
DuckBilledMongoose@lemmings.world 3 days ago
I’ve never had a desktop PC. I have always wanted to build one but never had the money/time for it. I’ve been using the same laptop since 2016 until it recently started breaking (mostly due to toddlers). I casually mentioned this to a friend and they offered me their kids old PC for free. It was some 4th gen i3 with a 1050ti so pretty old spec. I’ve uograded with a ssd, a i7 4790k and 980ti all for around $130. It is pretty decent for gaming and ive never had a game run poorly as of yet. Very happy with my 10 year old hardware!
CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 3 days ago
The experience of playing modern games on a modern AAA “high end” PC is obviously going to be better if you care about things like ray-tracing and high framerates or resolution. You can’t really dispute that.
But it would be stupid to say you’re wrong if you just want to play that same game on your system if it actually runs. If the game is playable and you’re having fun, you’re doing it correctly.
I only upgrade when I start to see multiple games a year that just straight up don’t work on my computer.
SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Maybe it’s just my CPU or something wrong with my setup, but i feel like new games (especially ones that run on Unreal Engine 5) really kick my computers ass at 1440p. Just got the 7900xtx last year and using a ryzen 9 3900xt i got from 2020 for reference. I remember getting new cards like 10 years ago and being able to crank the settings up to max with no worries, but nowadays I feel I gotta worry about lowering settings or having to resort to using upscaling or frame generation.
Games dont feel very optimized anymore, so I can see why people might be upgrading more frequently thinking it’s just their pc being weak. I miss the days where we could just play games in native resolution.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Unrel engine is also a pig on resources. I don’t bother games that use it on my Steam Deck because I know they won’t run well
Doxin@pawb.social 4 days ago
Games dont feel very optimized anymore
This is on purpose. Game studios decided that instead of bothering with all sorts of complex graphics hacks to get games to run fast they can just crank ray tracing and use temporal anti-aliasing. The result being that you need one of the latest generation cards to run these games at all since they don’t degrade gracefully to lower specs.
Until very recently I was still running a 1080, which runs pretty much any game (even recent ones) at high graphics settings. As soon as a game uses ray tracing or temporal anti-aliasing it won’t even run at the lowest potato settings possible.
The invincible should not look like this at <15fps and be a blurry mess when moving on minimum settings while halo infinite looks way better while rendering way more things on the same machine at high settings at 60fps.
lorty@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Devs are heavily depending on the crutch of upscaling and framegen for new games.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yeah, fuck putting FSR and DLSS on by default. How about you just optimize your game asshole
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Not just you. The difference between a poorly optimized game, and a game that looks even better but is well optimized, is insane these days.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I still have my 2014 machine. I’ve upgraded it with an M.2 drive and more RAM. Everything else is perfectly fine and I wouldn’t see the difference with a newer machine. I’ll keep it for a long as I can because the longer I wait the better the machine I replace it with will be.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 4 days ago
RAM was the first thing that became an issue for me as well. If I hadn’t gotten a new machine from my work I might have still been using it.
ramble81@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I want to say I upgrade every 6 years. Getting mid to upper specs and a mid range video card and it’ll last you for a long time.
Carvex@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Still rocking two GTX660s in SLI, they run solitaire and lemmy alright
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
> “heh it still works”
> Skyrim, GTA V, OSRS
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My 1080Ti finally died this year (started overheating). I’ve kept it though, in the hope I can fix it one day…
Every other part is just cobbled together from older rigs or sporadic upgrade pushes when a sale looks good.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Re-paste and new pads didn’t work?
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Repaste is part of it, but I noticed one of the fans isn’t spinning up as well.
Hupf@feddit.org 3 days ago
If that doesn’t work, just re-ball and new RAM
sirico@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Used to get this with Linux gaming and proton too. Love getting told something I see with my own eyes isn’t true.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
My 2009 i5 750 (oc at 3.6) can still play any game I throw at it.
dukatos@lemm.ee 3 days ago
That CPU started as a development Linux workstation, then as Windows gaming rig, then served couple of years as unRaid server and now runs a Windows 10 workstation for my mother in law. Still fast enough for everyday use.
refalo@programming.dev 3 days ago
any game I throw at it
easy to say when you never throw demanding AAA titles at it
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
IDK I have 200+ games and they all work. In terms of AAA I played all the recent Fallout, Doom, Tomb Raider and many others. I even played Hellblade in VR. Definitely good enough for me.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
My i7-920 lasted a lot longer than I ever thought it would. I still have it but i don’t need the power anymore since I don’t have time to PC game. Actually it was in a P6T v2 and I think I replaced it with a xeon processor.
merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
What sorta stuff do you play? I built an i5 2500k system a couple years back (2020-ish) and it struggled a fair bit, but was on the cusp of 1080p60 in the few games I tested like Fortnite, f1-2019, Warzone etc.
Uncut_Lemon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
2500K are good overclockers, ran one for many years at 4.7GHz. It definitely kept my CPU relevant way past it’s supposed life span.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I just don’t play online games, never have. I can play pretty much any single player/coop game at medium/1080. Maybe most recent titles like Elden ring would struggle, but I have hundreds of games in my library and they all work fine.
I even made a small VR project with it although every manufacturers said it wouldn’t work. The GPU is a 1060.
Overall, I’ve spent around 600$ on this computer, over 15 years and it still a perfectly capable PC. I have another PC and Macbook for work, but the i5 has been our streaming/gaming pc for years.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Can confirm, pc bought in 2016, upgraded CPU and GFX card, can plav VR games and games at 4k with decent framerates.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Specs? 2016 is pre-ryzen so I sincerely doubt what you’re saying is true. Even if you have the then top of the line i7 6800k.
notthebees@reddthat.com 4 days ago
Really depends on the game. Even early Ryzen didn’t perform well on games that were largely dependent on single core performance.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
I7 7700k, 32gb ram, 2080ti
sleepmode@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Only stopped using my Bulldozer-era box because it started crashing and freezing. And a BIOS fix Asus support suggested nuked my board. I had the thing maxed out… 12 SSDs in soft RAID, GTX570s in SLI. It was a monster. I still have most of the parts and I’m sure it would run a lot of stuff just fine at the cost of heat and noise :]
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Whether you upgrade it or not, it’s always a safe bet to clean your pc from dust once a year; and change thermal paste like 2-3 years.
Valmond@lemmy.world 4 days ago
For the thermal paste, only if it heats up. It’s not impossible to break stuff doing it so better not do it to often. IMO.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I’m still using the i7 I built up back in 2017 or so… Upgraded to SSD some years ago, will be upping the ram to 64gigs (max the mb can handle) in a few days when it arrives…
eletes@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Upgrading my ryzen 7 1700 and GTX 1080 for a 5800X3D and RX 7900 XT this weekend. Waiting for the CPU but it’s cool to be able to go from first to last Gen that this motherboard can support
Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Maybe it is like drug addicts or drunks who, even though they know it is not the healthiest vice, they try to get everyone else to do it too?
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
My PC was made in 2014 and i upgraded it but it died in 2022 due to mishandling. If you keep your PC clean and don’t move it it can last even longer!
LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I had an i5-2500k from when they came out (I think 2011? Around that era) until 2020 - overclocked to 4.5Ghz, ran solid the whole time. Upgraded graphics card, drives, memory, etc. but that was incremental as needed. Now on an i7-10700k. The other PC has been sat on the side and may become my daughters or wife’s at some point.
Get what you need, and incremental upgrades work.
Zink@programming.dev 3 days ago
I just installed Linux on my old 2500k @ 4.5GHz system a few days ago! I haven’t actually done much with it yet because I also upgraded the OS on a newer system that is taking over server responsibilities. But you are correct on the year with 2011. I built mine to coincide with the original release of Skyrim.
The install went quickly (Linux Mint, so as expected) and the resulting system is snappy yet full featured. It’s ready for another decade of use. Maybe it will be a starter desktop to start teaching my second grader with it. (Educational stuff as well as trying a mouse for games compared with a controller)
LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I got screwed over with the motherboard, as it had to go back because of bimetallic contracts in the SATA ports that could wear out and stop it working so there was a big recall of all the boards… Was an amazing system though and if I hadn’t seen the computer I’m currently running for an absolute steal, I’d probably still be running it with a 3060 as a pretty potent machine still.
Of course, then I’d never have the experience of just HOW FAST NVME IS! :-D
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 days ago
I was rocking a i7-4790k and a GTX970 until about 2 years ago, now I’m rocking a i5-10400F and one of Nvidia’s chip shortage era RTX2060s. My wife is still on a i5-4560 (by memory) and a RX560 and that’s really getting long in the tooth with only 4 threads and the budget GPU doesn’t help matters much.
Later this year when Windows 10 gets closer to EOL I figure I’ll refresh her machine and upgrade the SSD in mine
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Because you’re the lemming who isn’t running off the cliff. It pisses them off.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 days ago
I’ve upgraded pretty much everything in my 2009 PC and only just finally bought a new CPU. I just need a new case.for everything. The last straws were Elden Ring being CPU bottle necked at 20 FPS and Helldivers 2 requiring some instruction that wasn’t on my CPU.
Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Gamers on Discord are “normies”? What a take, lol
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yeah it’s pretty normal…
A lot of people use discord to hang out with their friends.Not me though, I have no friends.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
A lot of people have forgotten gaming and talking about gaming on discord is not the norm. However, in 4chanspeak, “normie” just means “not an incel”.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 days ago
it all depends on what you want to do with it, if it works for your use case all the better!
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Still have a PC after 12 years that my brother is using
oascany@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah I’m daily-ing a laptop from 2019 with an i7-9750, a GTX1650, and 16 gb of RAM. No upgrades except storage. The GPU is the only thing that sometimes makes me go “hm.”
Acters@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m daily driving a laptop with i7 9750h and 1660ti. Unfortunately I had to convert it to desk only as battery is dead and removed, and touch pad seems to have also broke. Still CPU and GPU work fine. I still wonder if I will upgrade and if I can afford it ever anymore.
oascany@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My old guy’s battery is still fine (for reference, fine means about 2-4 hours of screen time, which is about the same as new) but that’s only because I keep it locked to 60% and use it as a desktop. I also would want to upgrade to a framework but god they’re pricey. Especially the dGPU ones.
Kitathalla@lemy.lol 4 days ago
I’ll do you ~one~two better: my computer’s from 2012. I can play even modern games on high settings sometimes. It wasn’t even a high specced one at the time. I think I put about $1200 into the actual components AND monitor/keyboard.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Everyone’s different. Maybe for you playing a game on “high settings” in 1080p@30 is enough but others might prefer 4k@60 or 1440p@100 or more fps. Also, define “modern”.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 days ago
I built my current rig like a month before the COVID lockdowns. Still runs everything on high/ultra even without DLSS (because my 1660 Super is too old to have it) or FSR (in fact, turning FSR on usually makes things worse).
Really, the only game recently released that hasn’t given me full 60FPS@1080p consistently is Starfield. But it does run, it runs at 30-40 most of the time and can get 60 in interior cells and I never had it crash on me the whole way through my one, solitary playthrough. Which says a lot considering the track record of stability and performance of Bethesda’s games and the fact that my hardware isn’t even supported; it’s technically below the minimum requirements.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 4 days ago
My friend why are you acting like 5 years old is old. That’s pretty much the same console generation, never mind a serviceable age for PC hardware.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 days ago
My friend why are you acting like 5 years old is old
My brother in Christ, the meme itself is talking about a 6 year old machine.
Sharp312@lemmy.one 3 days ago
Here’s my ass with an i5-9400 and an RX 580 playing all the games i want at medium. Love this PC lol
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 days ago
My $90US AWOW mini with Celeron J4125, 8 gigs of shared memory, 128gig SSD seems to run FreeDoom as good as any of the other potatos them GamerBoi fancy water cooled custom boxes have…
Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 days ago
Who needs more than freedoom?
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’m still rocking the 4790K. It’s been a damn good CPU.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
My computer needs an upgrade now, but really what’s happening is I’m getting GPU bottlenecked, the CPU is still okay actually.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Upgrade the GPU, reveal the CPU bottleneck.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s where I was a couple years ago. Originally, I had an R9 290. Amazing card circa 2014, but its 4 GB of VRAM aged it pretty badly by 2020. Now I’ve got a 4070, which is way more than good enough for the 1080p60 that I run at. I’ll upgrade the rest of the PC to match the GPU a little better in the future, but for right now, I don’t need to. Except maybe for Stellaris.
But I just ripped a bunch of my old PS2 games to my PC because I felt like revisiting them. And my PS2 is toast. RIP, old friend. :(