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Karnage | 8 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +11 
 It’s amazing that a pc I built 5 years ago will work fairly well if I just upgrade the video card. 

All those advancements in CPU and RAM don’t really mean much in the grand scheme of things. For gaming a video upgrade would do just fine.
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wyhtbbdt | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 True until you need 32Gb+ RAM
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Karnage | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Already have 32 but ddr4 is cheap now. Can get 64gb under 120 if not mistaken
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Karnage | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And the diff. Between the newest stuff is negligible
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Karnage | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I would not upgrade beyond 32 at this point. Id want a whole new board at that point. Id only do video and save cpu board and ram upgrades for later. Ok, maybe I’d upgrade to 4tb ssd since that’s future-proof
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rieger_san | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 We are at a point where the limiting factor is the distance between the components. That’s why we can see a trend to SoC computers.
The problem is that you are no longer able to upgrade single components.
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Karnage | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I would not like not being able to upgrade individual components unless price on the new stuff drops a lot over time