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>It's also nearly 2025 - for a desktop gaming rig, 32GB of RAM isn't really that unusual, and neither is 16 cores. /r/USdefaultism Plenty of people all over t

>It's also nearly 2025 - for a desktop gaming rig, 32GB of RAM isn't really that unusual, and neither is 16 cores. /r/USdefaultism Plenty of people all over the world can't afford or don't want to spend so much money on a new gaming rig every few years. I just upgraded from: - core i5 2500 (from 2011) - 8GB of DDR3 - nvidia 9500GT to the following config: - Ryzen 5 2600x 6 cores from 2018 - 16GB of DDR4 - Radeon rx570 8GB - 550W PSU Cost of the operation: 80€ for second hand mainboard + CPU + 650W PSU 40€ for new Corsair dimms 15€ for a second hand case (went from mini-ITX to microATX mainboard) That is 135€ in total and there is no way I would have spent much more on a gaming computer right now. I have enough to spend on a trip on the other side of the atlantic, fixing my house, go solar + some bicycle and motorbike parts and maintenance.

Alupis 2y ago
I dare say you are not the target audience for 4K gaming then - which is where those recommended specs came from. The price of a GPU that can game in 4K is many multiples more than your entire system upgrade cost. Your hardware will dictate what kinds of games you can play. People who enjoy AAA titles and want everything on max settings - 32GB of ram and 16 core systems are not abnormal. On the high end, some folks are even starting to use 64GB of RAM.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  Fair enough I have been staying off hidpu on purpose on all my devices[1] and don't necessarily look for the newest games: I only recently bought Red Dead Redemption 2 for instance and haven't launched it yet. When you don't want to spend a lot of money on gaming, it is better living in the past and play games from several years or a console generation before. If you don't try the new ones and only keeps being loosely aware of new releases, you never feel frustrated and actually benefit from games that are finished and fully patched, decent offers for games + DLCs and sometimes well made mods. [1] funnily enough except my mobile phone which has the biggest resolution of them all

Alupis 2y ago

I dare say you are not the target audience for 4K gaming then - which is where those recommended specs came from. The price of a GPU that can game in 4K is many multiples more than your entire system upgrade cost. Your hardware will dictate what kinds of games you can play. People who enjoy AAA titles and want everything on max settings - 32GB of ram and 16 core systems are not abnormal. On the high end, some folks are even starting to use 64GB of RAM.

prmoustache 2y ago
Fair enough I have been staying off hidpu on purpose on all my devices[1] and don't necessarily look for the newest games: I only recently bought Red Dead Redemption 2 for instance and haven't launched it yet. When you don't want to spend a lot of money on gaming, it is better living in the past and play games from several years or a console generation before. If you don't try the new ones and only keeps being loosely aware of new releases, you never feel frustrated and actually benefit from games that are finished and fully patched, decent offers for games + DLCs and sometimes well made mods. [1] funnily enough except my mobile phone which has the biggest resolution of them all