Hmm prob would notice minor upgrades, but not worth if they were selling it for a high price.

Better efficiency is always the way to go and it’s a big jump from the 7000->9000. 7600x isn’t bad but it can easily reach around 80c, even with a good cooler.

Depends on how much you care about fan noise/heat. Worth it for only $45 imo

Really wish I went with something more efficient. My 14600k reaches 144w under load, feels like a space heater if I play something like Battlefield for a few hours.

In Florida, with a room that faces the sun

RAM prices stopped any hope I had of switching to AM5

wireless mouse and keyboard or is that carcinogenic

Man I remember like 2-3 years ago ram was relatively cheap? Did the prices spike due to tariffs?

Like I always recall ram being an easy upgrade due to price and functionality. Plus ease of installing.

Thanks for the knowledge fam

Imma go with 9600x then i live in a place that can get hot at any time of the year

Went up around the start of October

A 32 GB CL 30 DDR5 kit was 89.99 on average, now around $320+

AI companies are pillaging the market

AI data centers buying up all the stock made the price surge

@ILoveCheeseCake of course it was them. Gonna go rob the nearest SolidGoldMagikarp.

First time I tried building a pc years ago gpu prices were insane cuz of bitcoin, now I’m trying and ram is priced crazy cus of AI datacenters smfh can’t catch a break

The ram that I bought for PC this year jumped in price to £1000 holy s***

Its so over for building PCs man holy f***

RAM prices/steam machine gonna be normal price

Forces at work to make sure console gaming stays in its position

microcenter.com/product/698875/powerspec-g730-gaming-pc

Considering prebuilt at this point might be a better deal than picking parts. Built the same specs on pcpartpicker and it was over $1800

Not sure if the prebuilt has a cooler included though, and brand/quality of the individual parts doesn’t seem to have info available

Edit: this also seems like a solid deal costplusgaming.com/products/m1-flow-eco-tier?variant=51702015459602

These ram prices s*** I bought for $159 in 2023 is $600 now

so glad i bought and built my s*** top of this year f*** those ai companies

Ram I bought for $157 last month is $600 now

Im stuck with my s*** cpu because of these ram prices, feel like the Bugatti in the trailer park meme with my 5090

5070 is getting sold - 5070 ti is being returned. And there’s a 4060 in the 5070 box I need to get rid of

has anyone ever used a 8bitdo keyboard ?

i lvoe the xbox one they dropped but im not sure how good they are

currently have a keychron k2

this one

That looks clean
I have a 8bitdo controller and its been solid, not sure about their keyboards though

yeah since announcement i’ve been eyeing the keyboard like it’s so fire
and my current one the keys just are all messed up and they like don’t press like normal i know i can simply fix it but it felt like perfect time to just upgrade

WOOT have it on sale pretty frequently. I’ve been super tempted a few times but I want it under $80

Also want a full sized version, but it’s a cool enough design I could overlook that