i fried my alienwares graphics card, so i decided to replace it with a gaming desktop.. nothing fancy, just a system to game on 1080p
ryzen 5k, 16GB, GTX 1060, 500Gb SSD..
costing me a whopping €1400
just the PC, witouth monitor, keys, mouse, extra storage etc etc..
i feel ripped
no wonder that everyone sticks to consoles, and controllers.. and MMOs designed for controllers just cant keep up with MMOs designed for keys and mouse..
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It's not a good time to upgrade now.
It's not going to kill PC gaming btw.
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With inflation he's low, saw a laptop the other day with a base price of $5360 that I would've liked
In pricing what I could live with, $3500 to $4K is still about right.
As there are no games I'm currently interesed in requiring that sort of expense I'm going to hold off unless my laptop blows up as OPs did.
Fortunately my video card blew with 1 month left on the 3 year warranty and I got it replaced for free.
Scotch tape and rubber bands until prices come back down.
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I just bought a PC for one of my kids a few months ago.
7700k
16GB RAM
1070
500 GB SSD
2GB HD
cheap ass KB,mouse etc...including Windows
$1151 with free shipping. And I was disappointed I couldn't get it cheaper (but was still cheaper than buying my own parts which sucked)
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BUT. .
Despite my card fans going I am waiting as long as I can until memory and cards come down.
I think it is pretty subjective. . maybe you should go for that resolution in between 4K and 1080?
Also consoles don't have steam sales. . humble bundles. . easy web browsing. I use my PC all the time for a lot of other things althought it is primarily gaming. The idea of buying a dedicated console just throws me off. I have a Wii U and because it was OLD. . I cant get new games or the DLC for my son for lego games. The PC I use that I bought well before that can still play new games and the old ones just fine.
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Let me get up off of the floor over that one!
We have 4 Desktops, 2 XBOX ONES, a PS4, a Wii and a Switch!
This isn't Highlander... there CAN be more than 1!
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The True beauty of PC gaming is it can be whatever you want it to be unless your a graphics whore that is lol
Always build it yourself and only spend what your comfortable with
I just bought a Xbox One X and a Samsung 40 inch 4K HDR screen for $630 off Newegg a couple weeks ago. 4K HDR looks amazing in games, movies and even YouTube videos that support it.
I will keep pc gaming but the days of me spending a lot on PC parts is over. My next build will be less than $500 but I will be using current parts like my GPU, Power Supply and SSDs.
Because all previous evidence from the last decade states that PC gaming is growing and growing fast. The general PC market is in decline due to the rise of smartphones and tablets, but PC gaming is bucking that trend and the market is growing rapidly.
Just do a quick google and you'll see the results.
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PC Gaming is expensive but it doesn't have to be THAT expensive.
Plus pc controls >> console for some games.
Also, going out with friends is way more expensive
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Try costs of around 200-300+ per expansion of which 3 per year,so easily 500+ for one year of gaming lol.You are forced to immediately spend or have inferior cards and take TOO long to become competitive with all the cards.
Cost of a computer,internet costs,very high here in Canada.Then we see all these people buying gaming chairs,gaming mics and whatever else goes with streaming the games.
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Have fun paying 40-60 bucks for a game title you might not even enjoy.
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