▲ 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
[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children) 40% of PC gamers plan on building an entirely new PC in the next 2 years? That seems like a lot. I thought gamers just upgraded for like 10-15 years. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Just grab a 5800x3d from Facebook marketplace, no need to buy new anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Damn, around my area they're still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Just grab a 5800x3d from Facebook marketplace, no need to buy new anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Damn, around my area they're still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Just grab a 5800x3d from Facebook marketplace, no need to buy new anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Damn, around my area they're still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Damn, around my area they're still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Damn, around my area they're still selling semi cheap. Like $200 cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent