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Yes, It's Still Possible To Build A Good Value Gaming PC (www.digitalfoundry.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@piefed.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] artyom@piefed.social 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That all depends on your perception of "good value". I don't agree.

The fact that they say "still" leads me to believe that they're referring to, as compared historically. Which, I mean, "possible" if you're a savvy buyer who comes across a not-savvy or otherwise-motivated seller (like a divorcé), but not really something you should expect at all.

[–] misk@piefed.social 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They suggest hardware that’s still sort of good value mostly because it’s overlooked. Intel really saves the day here with an affordable 10GB VRAM GPU. It reminds me of time when I had to buy GPUs like S3 Savage 4 (with S3TC!) because I couldn’t afford comparable Nvidia or ATi offerings. S3TC was so good it became a standard even S3 went tits up shortly after.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 33 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, if your concept of value is building a computer that costs quite a bit more than a better system a year ago.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Except for the hard drive, ram, and video card.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You will rent computer time off the cloud and you will like it.

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nope, we will run some unix-like exclusively through the cli on the cheapest possible single board computer if it comes down to it.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

possible until someone shares how then all the items involved get scalped. most recent memory would be the build your own steam machine something something compute blade that was chump change but jacked up the moment it hit socials

[–] murvel@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago

The 1 TB SSD (at 80 £) cost less than the 16GB RAM stick

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I bought my pc in October, I really regret only taking 32GB of ram now lol