Recent content by Andrew Harding

I I'm using a 2009 cpu (phenom x4) with a 2014 ssd & gpu (750ti)... I'll probably replace the system this year, more due to it starting to be unreliable than incapable. I need a pc for work anyway so it's as easy to financially justify adding a GPU to the PC as a console to the TV, even...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.videogamer.com/amp/features/pc-gaming-is-dead I'd look for something older but 12 years will do :)

$1500 is plenty but by the time you've upgraded the cpu (hence motherboard, hence windows), gpu and memory you're not keeping many components. The ssd and case are fine and the power supply and hard drive can be argued either way. Given $1500 to spend I'd sell / hand down / keep as a spare...

'Parametric filters' PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: *ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($68.69 @ Amazon) Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($66.53 @...

Oh god. This, so much this. Though in my case it was VGA, I went from an office surplus 286 with a CGA to a 386DX with VGA, having saved a whole year to make the purchase. Totally worth it.

From one perspective (tracing one of the rays?) there wasn't really a price increase. The 2070 has about a 1080's conventional power and costs about the same as a a 1080, for instance. It doesn't have the big generational uplift that previous generations have had, but if shopping in that range...