• theshatterstone54@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      15 days ago

      Not THAT far. But 32GB RAM is getting more common, though I haven’t heard of many people using 64, let alone more than that.

      Also, storage is usually not that extreme, though multiple terabytes are also getting more common on the higher end.

      Just this month, I upgraded to 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD so it isn’t that extreme for most people.

      CPU and GPU - wise, most people aren’t running the best of the best, and there are still plenty of people using 10-series Nvidia GPUs, with most people seemingly using 20-series or 30-series GPUs, (and usually not the best cards for these generations)

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        15 days ago

        I just now upgraded to 64GB of DDR4 from eBay. But that’s because my Blender projects were getting really big and I’d crashed a few times. Linux is awesome but is really scary how it just hard-freezed or mercilessly thrashes when low on memory. 😬

        …That and I finally get glorious RGB RAM lighting up my case. :D weee!

        For gaming? I haven’t seen that much RAM be usedul yet. And in Blender… likely because I have a crazy amount of undo levels enabled and have Firefox open…a few tabs…maybe more than a few tabs…maybe a lot of tabs…

        • cally [he/they]@pawb.socialEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          really scary how it just hard-freezed or mercilessly thrashes when low on memory.

          That’s what the swap partition is for?

          • MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            Hey I wanted my RGB sticks okay?! Jk hahaha.

            You’re right! I think…I don’t have a swap partition on this machine. I think I was gonna set up a swap file but that was a bit more involved post-install than I wanted to delve into at the time…

            …but I did get ZRAM working, and that’s pretty amazing! It feels like getting more RAM for free haha.

            It wasn’t the most absolutely necessary upgrade in the world, but I feel like it gives me more room to get away with dumb things and course correct in things like Blender, and might come in handy down the line since I don’t see myself upgrading much for a while.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    15 days ago

    I bought my son a computer for Christmas and put an i9 in it. Not a great graphics card, but it gets the job done. Bought him some games on steam that play great. He was playing a first person shooter on chrome today.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    162·
    15 days ago

    I need a new CPU… that new Marvel game has shown me two things

    1. Western Developers still have open contempt for the concept of Optimization
    2. I’ve upgraded EVERYTHING over the years… except for my CPU
  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    321·
    15 days ago

    YouTube is usually the first thing I open on first boot of a new machine. That way I know if the sound is working, network is working and video drivers are ok all at once.

  • magikmw@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    15 days ago

    He heck is HHD+? Is this some new fangled storage tech I’m too SSD to understand?

    • Abnorc@lemm.eeEnglish
      15·
      15 days ago

      I feel like building a top of the line PC cost less than half this just one generation ago. What on earth happened?

      Edit: maybe the specs in the comic are just crazy.

        • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
          131·
          15 days ago

          “AI heavily increased GPU prices” Nvidia one of the greediest companys around increased the prices of GPUs, not necessarily AIs fault because nvidia is in direct control of their card prices.

          Take a look at Intel’s new GPUs, they are actually priced in a way that isn’t fist fucking the consumer.

      • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
        2·
        15 days ago

        The specs in the comic are just crazy. The top of the line option has expanded a lot too. In the past Nvidia wouldn’t have bothered making a 4090 because the common belief was nobody would pay that much for a GPU… But seemingly enough people are willing to do it that it’s worth doing now.

        AMD also revived CPUs in desktop PCs from extreme stagnation and raised the bar for the high end on that side as well by a lot.

        So it’s a mix of inflation and the ceiling just being raised as to what the average consumer is offered.

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        15 days ago

        The SSD is what’s jacking up the price so much.

        I built a similar PC in 2022: Ryzen 7700X, 4090, 32GB of DDR5 6000, 4TB NVME and 6TB HDD; it was $4400 including tax. If you spec the same PC today, it’s under $3K now.

      • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        Just built a server and a PC and they were fine. I had a couple of delivery issues and they sent replacements no questions asked. Even ended up with an extra 4 TB HDD because UPS fucked up, they sent me another, then UPS came by with the original.

        Only issue now is a backordered SSD that they keep pushing the release date back on, but $180 for a 2TB nvme pcie Gen5 x4 ssd is worth the wait, I think.

      • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
        3·
        15 days ago

        I still order from them although it’s definitely gotten worse and the website feels like It was designed exclusively by the marketing team and high-up executives instead of web engineers.

        Honestly, I typically gravitate towards Amazon over Newegg these days, but Newegg does have a lot more options for computer hardware, so I still order from them. I just ordered an ITX motherboard and SFX power supply from newegg yesterday actually because amazom didn’t have the products I wanted.

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
    17·
    15 days ago

    I upgraded to a new GPU a few weeks ago but all I’ve been doing is playing Factorio which would run just fine on 15 year old hardware.