▲ 1019 ▼ 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 (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 3 months ago by mintiefresh@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 218 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child) That's honestly the only explanation for that build at just 1.5k. More likely they're just a stinking liar 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) With the specs they’ve claimed and that price, they either got much of it for free or are.. yeah, straight-up lying. That price will get the case, mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, and storage, probably. Maybe not even that much, if it’s all high-end stuff, before prices inflated. GPU and high-end monitor? Nah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago I can currently just barely figure out how to do a 9070 (non XT), 24gb DDR5, 1TB SSD via an AOOStar Gem 12 (soldered on 8745hs, iirc) total setup for the rig, at just a bit above $1500 before tax. Without a monitor, of course. That's like the absolute most bang i can figure how to squeeze out of the least bucks, and its a non tradtional setup that works via a dock/cradle and Oculink (cost of that is included). Doing the same specs in a traditional PC just ends up being more expensive, though its debatable as to whether the approximately 10% to 15% max performance hit on the GPU that OcuLink incurs in highly demanding scenarios makes that 100% true. So yeah, this... this person is like, hilariously out of the realm of reality. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) A high end monitor alone cost third the 2k budget. (Edit: edited, Edit 2: edited part 2) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) For real, especially a few years ago. Now though, the 1440p/OLED/240hz version of my Acer Predator 27” is like 350 or less! Incredible deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) With the specs they’ve claimed and that price, they either got much of it for free or are.. yeah, straight-up lying. That price will get the case, mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, and storage, probably. Maybe not even that much, if it’s all high-end stuff, before prices inflated. GPU and high-end monitor? Nah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago I can currently just barely figure out how to do a 9070 (non XT), 24gb DDR5, 1TB SSD via an AOOStar Gem 12 (soldered on 8745hs, iirc) total setup for the rig, at just a bit above $1500 before tax. Without a monitor, of course. That's like the absolute most bang i can figure how to squeeze out of the least bucks, and its a non tradtional setup that works via a dock/cradle and Oculink (cost of that is included). Doing the same specs in a traditional PC just ends up being more expensive, though its debatable as to whether the approximately 10% to 15% max performance hit on the GPU that OcuLink incurs in highly demanding scenarios makes that 100% true. So yeah, this... this person is like, hilariously out of the realm of reality. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) A high end monitor alone cost third the 2k budget. (Edit: edited, Edit 2: edited part 2) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) For real, especially a few years ago. Now though, the 1440p/OLED/240hz version of my Acer Predator 27” is like 350 or less! Incredible deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago I can currently just barely figure out how to do a 9070 (non XT), 24gb DDR5, 1TB SSD via an AOOStar Gem 12 (soldered on 8745hs, iirc) total setup for the rig, at just a bit above $1500 before tax. Without a monitor, of course. That's like the absolute most bang i can figure how to squeeze out of the least bucks, and its a non tradtional setup that works via a dock/cradle and Oculink (cost of that is included). Doing the same specs in a traditional PC just ends up being more expensive, though its debatable as to whether the approximately 10% to 15% max performance hit on the GPU that OcuLink incurs in highly demanding scenarios makes that 100% true. So yeah, this... this person is like, hilariously out of the realm of reality. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) A high end monitor alone cost third the 2k budget. (Edit: edited, Edit 2: edited part 2) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) For real, especially a few years ago. Now though, the 1440p/OLED/240hz version of my Acer Predator 27” is like 350 or less! Incredible deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) For real, especially a few years ago. Now though, the 1440p/OLED/240hz version of my Acer Predator 27” is like 350 or less! Incredible deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent