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minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNot to mention in 5 years you can replace one part on the pc and increase performance. You don’t need to upgrade every part every time
minus-squareBlackAura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhile this is technically true, in practice I’ve found there’s always something the old PC is missing, tech wise. Socket change. Ram version change. New version of PCIe. Effectively you need to do mobo/cpu/ram all together. The only other components are GPU and storage, which I agree are generally transferable, but depending on age you may want to upgrade too. I guess PSU but that is thankfully something you almost never need to upgrade, unless your new GPU sucks down a lot more watts. Maybe if I had an AM5 board I would be in a better state, but currently on AM4 so my upgrade paths are limited (already on a 5000 series chip).
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoMy current PC was at the end of AM4 from AMD, and now it’s nearing end of AM5. I gotta break out of this cycle if I can wait until am6, I think I can though.
Not to mention in 5 years you can replace one part on the pc and increase performance.
You don’t need to upgrade every part every time
While this is technically true, in practice I’ve found there’s always something the old PC is missing, tech wise.
Socket change. Ram version change. New version of PCIe.
Effectively you need to do mobo/cpu/ram all together.
The only other components are GPU and storage, which I agree are generally transferable, but depending on age you may want to upgrade too.
I guess PSU but that is thankfully something you almost never need to upgrade, unless your new GPU sucks down a lot more watts.
Maybe if I had an AM5 board I would be in a better state, but currently on AM4 so my upgrade paths are limited (already on a 5000 series chip).
My current PC was at the end of AM4 from AMD, and now it’s nearing end of AM5.
I gotta break out of this cycle if I can wait until am6, I think I can though.