It would be easier to build an 3000 dolla PC when you dont have a mortgage and bills and have to pay for your own food.
the_Real_Romak
These posts always make me giggle. I’ve been a penniless student before, and let me tell you, at that point in your life, getting a >€3000 PC with all the bells and whistles is the *least* of your worries when you can barely afford to hang out for one night a month with your mates.
Now that I’m an adult with a full stable income (including having to pay back a property loan)? my next PC is gonna be *lit*.
R4GN4R0K_
What else do you expect 14 year olds to spend money on? Rent?
Hauntedshock
“Again, your still not being honest, those parts didnt exist 30 years ago”
Kitchen_Part_882
I did the maths.
In 1994, a “dream pc” might have come with a 75Mhz Pentium CPU, 4MB of EDO RAM (Windows 95 and the bump to 8MB was a year away still), and an ATI Mach64 graphics card…
Storage might be a 250MB hdd, and you might have a double speed CDROM drive.
Internet access was dialup with most people probably using AOL or Compuserve.
I was still rocking my 486SX 25, overclocked to 40Mhz back then, if someone told me that, 30 years later, my graphics card would have a RAM capacity 80 times the size of my hdd…
I’d have said they were talking bollocks.
Invoker_Enjoyer
Nah, the real answer is always: it’s the parents. Rich parents.
JgdPz_plojack
It took about 3 years to replace the 2013 GTX Titan 6 gb ( retail price) with the 2016 Nvidia Pascal 10 series. Having a midrange msrp pricing (200-300$) for a 6 gb card and above (GTX 1060 ti 6gb and Radeon RX 580 8gb card).
Wait for 3 or 4 years to get RTX 4090 equivalent with midrange pricing.
FloppyVachina
I wanted to buy a 4090 a few days ago on a whim. A guy on reddit said, “why dont you get a new mobo, ddr5 ram 64 gigs and a 7800x3d?” so I did.
lexsanders
I’m actually 33, it’s pretty accurate.
Can’t wait for Ryzen 9950x3D and RTX 5090 in just few months.
Pajer0king
Congrats. It’s a greater achievement than many!
J05A3
I’m in college, still in early 20s, no opportunity in part time because every job offering is a joke when they’re requiring diploma for a basic job. Barista part time is so saturated. I don’t want a call center part time. Hoping for a paid internship later that could save me for my 2025 PC build.
I got to upgrade from a cheap model 1070 to a basic model Palit 3060 ti with savings from allowance from when I was in high school and freshman days and that was during the peak of cryptomining for $600 converted. Now, I got to buy an $800 gaming laptop out of my allowance again, gonna be used for virtual machines and laboratory homeworks, I study network and security. My 7 old laptop is struggling, also pledged to my family that I will be spending on my own gadgets and devices because I don’t want to burden them on expenses for my wants or even needs that are out of their budget.
Guys, it’s possible. Just save at least from $5-10 a day when relying on allowance or $80-100 a week if you’re working, you’ll end up having money for a PC in about a year. My allowance for a week? $35 converted.
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It would be easier to build an 3000 dolla PC when you dont have a mortgage and bills and have to pay for your own food.
These posts always make me giggle. I’ve been a penniless student before, and let me tell you, at that point in your life, getting a >€3000 PC with all the bells and whistles is the *least* of your worries when you can barely afford to hang out for one night a month with your mates.
Now that I’m an adult with a full stable income (including having to pay back a property loan)? my next PC is gonna be *lit*.
What else do you expect 14 year olds to spend money on? Rent?
“Again, your still not being honest, those parts didnt exist 30 years ago”
I did the maths.
In 1994, a “dream pc” might have come with a 75Mhz Pentium CPU, 4MB of EDO RAM (Windows 95 and the bump to 8MB was a year away still), and an ATI Mach64 graphics card…
Storage might be a 250MB hdd, and you might have a double speed CDROM drive.
Internet access was dialup with most people probably using AOL or Compuserve.
I was still rocking my 486SX 25, overclocked to 40Mhz back then, if someone told me that, 30 years later, my graphics card would have a RAM capacity 80 times the size of my hdd…
I’d have said they were talking bollocks.
Nah, the real answer is always: it’s the parents. Rich parents.
It took about 3 years to replace the 2013 GTX Titan 6 gb ( retail price) with the 2016 Nvidia Pascal 10 series. Having a midrange msrp pricing (200-300$) for a 6 gb card and above (GTX 1060 ti 6gb and Radeon RX 580 8gb card).
Wait for 3 or 4 years to get RTX 4090 equivalent with midrange pricing.
I wanted to buy a 4090 a few days ago on a whim. A guy on reddit said, “why dont you get a new mobo, ddr5 ram 64 gigs and a 7800x3d?” so I did.
I’m actually 33, it’s pretty accurate.
Can’t wait for Ryzen 9950x3D and RTX 5090 in just few months.
Congrats. It’s a greater achievement than many!
I’m in college, still in early 20s, no opportunity in part time because every job offering is a joke when they’re requiring diploma for a basic job. Barista part time is so saturated. I don’t want a call center part time. Hoping for a paid internship later that could save me for my 2025 PC build.
I got to upgrade from a cheap model 1070 to a basic model Palit 3060 ti with savings from allowance from when I was in high school and freshman days and that was during the peak of cryptomining for $600 converted. Now, I got to buy an $800 gaming laptop out of my allowance again, gonna be used for virtual machines and laboratory homeworks, I study network and security. My 7 old laptop is struggling, also pledged to my family that I will be spending on my own gadgets and devices because I don’t want to burden them on expenses for my wants or even needs that are out of their budget.
Guys, it’s possible. Just save at least from $5-10 a day when relying on allowance or $80-100 a week if you’re working, you’ll end up having money for a PC in about a year. My allowance for a week? $35 converted.