nah seriously lol. like why?? i get upgrading to maybe play some games at higher settings or higher fps, but like… just bc its new hardware???
Nurple-shirt
Don’t worry, they also shit on you when you get the new stuff 😂
Firther1
Funny how all my friends that say they’re waiting for the ‘good deals’ on new hardware are still using the same potato-powered pc 2 years later
Bigdoga1000
At most it’s maybe worth waiting 2-3 months, if you know a new release is coming, and will likely reduce the price of the mid tier stuff.
duckyGus
So true lol! And seeing other builds here in pcmasterrace doesn’t help at all.
I waited a month to buy a Merc 310 7900XTX which I thought was a good deal. Two weeks later I could spot the Sapphire Nitro+ for almost the same price and the Merc 310 drop in price.
It’s either waiting endlessly for the best deal or best/better hardware.
Cheesi_Boi
Depends on the budget, if someone has $1000 to spend, get some newer stuff. But if you’re really tight, around $600 or less, you should just grab what you can.
cheap-meta-rider
I always buy one generation behind, best price and bugs are ironed out.
Kiryln
I just upgraded my computer the rest of the way, AMD 7000 cpu, new motherboard, 32 gigs of RAM an M2 1tb ssd. Honestly, it would’ve been better to just completely buy a new computer and turn my old one into a server but whats done is done. Im set for the next 8 years, hopefully, so long as we don’t have any major tech advances in the next 8 years which is unlikely.
Zero-godzilla
I recently got my first pc, rx6600 and AMD CPU 5600x with 16 GB ram, it’s not top tier yes; but man the satisfaction of actually owning YOUR personal computer is something man
daishozen
While I generally find the raven there to be annoying, I did have the misfortune of buying an AMD 270 graphics card for like $250,l or something ,only for the 400 series to be released 2 days after delivery of my 270, for $100 less than I paid for my now 2 generations old one…
Eoganachta
A lot of of us replace parts gradually as needed – rig of Theseus style. The big upgrades requiring a new MB, CPU, or case are only needed every 5 years or so.
Toiletpaperplane
Seeing my overclocked 13900K match a 14900K in Cinebench makes me feel real good about my purchase.
Captobvious75
All my friends are console gamers 🤷♂️
CompetitiveWelder607
Im just hoping my rx6600 will be able to run gta6
DaveCalzone
This is how I felt after buying that 12900k bundle at microcenter.
John_Smithers
Saw someone on here call a 3060 underpowered and uselsess a little while back. To some people anything below brand new/top of the line is just trash. Feel really bad for those people, must suck to stress out every couple months and think your e-peen isn’t big enough anymore.
GoldfishDude
I buy mid tier hardware every 3-4 years, and slowly swap it when there’s a good sale and I notice my hardware starting to lag behind. In the end, PC hardware does nothing special other than give FPS and look decent inside of my case
apachelives
Its always good to wait. Now to wait for my Pentium 1 system to start up.
GoingMenthol
Truly the best PC build it the one yet to be built
roguevoid555
think like that and you’ll never upgrade because “what about the future”
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nah seriously lol. like why?? i get upgrading to maybe play some games at higher settings or higher fps, but like… just bc its new hardware???
Don’t worry, they also shit on you when you get the new stuff 😂
Funny how all my friends that say they’re waiting for the ‘good deals’ on new hardware are still using the same potato-powered pc 2 years later
At most it’s maybe worth waiting 2-3 months, if you know a new release is coming, and will likely reduce the price of the mid tier stuff.
So true lol! And seeing other builds here in pcmasterrace doesn’t help at all.
I waited a month to buy a Merc 310 7900XTX which I thought was a good deal. Two weeks later I could spot the Sapphire Nitro+ for almost the same price and the Merc 310 drop in price.
It’s either waiting endlessly for the best deal or best/better hardware.
Depends on the budget, if someone has $1000 to spend, get some newer stuff. But if you’re really tight, around $600 or less, you should just grab what you can.
I always buy one generation behind, best price and bugs are ironed out.
I just upgraded my computer the rest of the way, AMD 7000 cpu, new motherboard, 32 gigs of RAM an M2 1tb ssd. Honestly, it would’ve been better to just completely buy a new computer and turn my old one into a server but whats done is done. Im set for the next 8 years, hopefully, so long as we don’t have any major tech advances in the next 8 years which is unlikely.
I recently got my first pc, rx6600 and AMD CPU 5600x with 16 GB ram, it’s not top tier yes; but man the satisfaction of actually owning YOUR personal computer is something man
While I generally find the raven there to be annoying, I did have the misfortune of buying an AMD 270 graphics card for like $250,l or something ,only for the 400 series to be released 2 days after delivery of my 270, for $100 less than I paid for my now 2 generations old one…
A lot of of us replace parts gradually as needed – rig of Theseus style. The big upgrades requiring a new MB, CPU, or case are only needed every 5 years or so.
Seeing my overclocked 13900K match a 14900K in Cinebench makes me feel real good about my purchase.
All my friends are console gamers 🤷♂️
Im just hoping my rx6600 will be able to run gta6
This is how I felt after buying that 12900k bundle at microcenter.
Saw someone on here call a 3060 underpowered and uselsess a little while back. To some people anything below brand new/top of the line is just trash. Feel really bad for those people, must suck to stress out every couple months and think your e-peen isn’t big enough anymore.
I buy mid tier hardware every 3-4 years, and slowly swap it when there’s a good sale and I notice my hardware starting to lag behind. In the end, PC hardware does nothing special other than give FPS and look decent inside of my case
Its always good to wait. Now to wait for my Pentium 1 system to start up.
Truly the best PC build it the one yet to be built
think like that and you’ll never upgrade because “what about the future”