I'm looking at upgrading my 2010-based PC build to 2020. Specifically, CPU, GPU, & mobo + ram. Preliminary research has me pointed towards what appears to be a current 'go-to' combo: i7 or i9, Z390 motherboard, and 2080 or 2080Ti for graphics. Easy peasy.
However, as I do not actively follow hardware news like I used to, and the consumer PC landscape has changed so much since 2010*, I just wanted to check in with this community on whether there's any value in waiting for some emergent technology that is more or less right around the corner (say, within the next year or so).
Of course all of these manufacturers are constantly working towards the next incrementally better part-- but I'm talking more about how we saw the HDD -> SSD jump which fundamentally changed the game for boot drives back in the day.
What say ye? Anything exciting coming up, or should I pull the trigger on some black friday sales?
*If nothing else, I'm lol'ing at all the of the RBG stuff out there these days. Who knew you could put lights on all of these components!? It's like the Tokyo Drift era of PCs and I'm sitting here in my black '69 GTO. What a hoot!
However, as I do not actively follow hardware news like I used to, and the consumer PC landscape has changed so much since 2010*, I just wanted to check in with this community on whether there's any value in waiting for some emergent technology that is more or less right around the corner (say, within the next year or so).
Of course all of these manufacturers are constantly working towards the next incrementally better part-- but I'm talking more about how we saw the HDD -> SSD jump which fundamentally changed the game for boot drives back in the day.
What say ye? Anything exciting coming up, or should I pull the trigger on some black friday sales?
*If nothing else, I'm lol'ing at all the of the RBG stuff out there these days. Who knew you could put lights on all of these components!? It's like the Tokyo Drift era of PCs and I'm sitting here in my black '69 GTO. What a hoot!