BrikoX@lemmy.zip to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agoRAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC buildersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkRAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC buildersarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days 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-up3·10 days 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.