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Anon's PC works (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I also have a 2014-ish desktop. Over the years added an SSD and replaced the graphics card around 5 years ago.

I can still run most games on medium settings, even some new ones if they are properly optimized, but nothing crazy, 1080p.

I just started to feel that my rig is getting slower and even AA games become more demanding.

I fully support using hardware as long as possible to minimise e-waste and see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.

Edit: typo

[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago

Similar story. The only upgrades I made to my 2014 desktop were a 1TB SSD and a used RTX2070 to play BG3 in 2023. I don’t care much for the latest multiplayer shoot em ups with simulated leg hair growth, but I can play most other titles from the past year at the highest graphical settings.

[–] DuckBilledMongoose@lemmings.world 2 points 3 days ago

I've never had a desktop PC. I have always wanted to build one but never had the money/time for it. I've been using the same laptop since 2016 until it recently started breaking (mostly due to toddlers). I casually mentioned this to a friend and they offered me their kids old PC for free. It was some 4th gen i3 with a 1050ti so pretty old spec. I've uograded with a ssd, a i7 4790k and 980ti all for around $130. It is pretty decent for gaming and ive never had a game run poorly as of yet. Very happy with my 10 year old hardware!

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.

Like as in upgrading a component everyone few years? Sure.

Updating the entire rig everything few years? For the average user, very little point. It used to be you literally had to, to play them newest games. Around 00's I'd say. Games are way more backward compatible nowadays. I had a rig from 2012, to which I updated GPU to a 1060 6gb in 2016. Now I updated the entire rig last year, except for the GPU, which I plan to updated in a few months when 5070/5060ti comes out.

For the average gamer I don't think there's really much need to update more than every five years and that's still being pretty fresh. I can still play on the 1060, even Marvels runs although... eh. My GPU is clearly the bottleneck currently.

With a 5060/5070 I hope to manage till 2030 at least.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

My old builds go to the wife and her old PCs upgrade my NAS. By the time I'm done using the hardware it's 10-12 years old. Wife only plays sims anyways. 2080 super is her upgrade to an AM4 3900x and 64gb of ram and 2) 2TB nvme drives. She will get plenty of life from that and then in 5 years, get my current rig. Cycle continues.