BrikoX@lemmy.zip to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoRAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC buildersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkRAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC buildersarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square34linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI did the same thing. With how things are going that 5800X3D, a used high end workstation mainboard and some DDR4 RAM are going to carry me for a very long time. I’m GPU bottlenecked in 99% of cases anyway.
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI slept on swapping my 5800X to a 5800X3D, now I’m just kinda stuck until prices come down and I can upgrade to whatever socket AMD is on by that time.
I did the same thing.
With how things are going that 5800X3D, a used high end workstation mainboard and some DDR4 RAM are going to carry me for a very long time.
I’m GPU bottlenecked in 99% of cases anyway.
I slept on swapping my 5800X to a 5800X3D, now I’m just kinda stuck until prices come down and I can upgrade to whatever socket AMD is on by that time.