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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Wednesday, December 03, 2025 18:31:54
    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?


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  • From tenser@21:1/101 to Utopian Galt on Friday, December 05, 2025 01:39:34
    On 03 Dec 2025 at 06:31p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data
    centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?

    Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine
    that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.
    If not, then why bother?

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Tenser on Thursday, December 04, 2025 22:15:06
    BY: tenser (21:1/101)

    |11t|09> |10Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine|07 |11t|09> |10that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.|07 |11t|09> |10If not, then why bother?|07
    my idea was to buy a 9060 xt and a 750 watt power supply and just weather it out for the next 18 months.


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  • From tenser@21:1/101 to Utopian Galt on Saturday, December 06, 2025 00:48:56
    On 04 Dec 2025 at 10:15p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

    BY: tenser (21:1/101)

    Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine
    that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.
    If not, then why bother?

    my idea was to buy a 9060 xt and a 750 watt power supply and just
    weather it out for the next 18 months.

    Heh, go for it.

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  • From neoshock@21:1/150 to Utopian Galt on Sunday, December 07, 2025 22:59:46
    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data
    centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?

    Unfortunately I feel that this is going to be the case for quite some time. If you are in need of a new PC I would say yes, as prices may continue to go up. I feel it may take a couple of years to come back down.

    Lloyd (neoshock) sysop @ Classic Computing BBS
    bbs.classiccomputing.net

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to neoshock on Thursday, December 11, 2025 08:53:35
    neoshock wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    Unfortunately I feel that this is going to be the case for quite some time. If you are in need of a new PC I would say yes, as prices may continue to go up. I feel it may take a couple of years to come back
    down.

    I have a 9th generation i7 with 64 GB of RAM and an NVMe slot -
    I'm planning on this holding me over for some time.



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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Utopian Galt on Sunday, December 14, 2025 18:06:38
    Re: pc buying question
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Wed Dec 03 2025 06:31 pm

    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?

    My opinion is "no."

    I mean, the price scalation is affecting comparatively recent hardware. If you have hardware that works for you *now* I don't think there is a reason for you to upgrade, specially considering the videogame market is in the process of crashing hard this year so I don't expact game requirements to skyrocket.

    If your concern is you won't be able to replace your computer when your actual one gets done for, I am sure you will be able to buy a used one for peanuts by the time that happens.


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