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Topic | Why is building a computer these days so god damn hard? |
Kuuko 04/19/24 4:31:00 PM #31: | It is easier to build, as everyone else is saying. But I agree there is a fuck ton more marketing right now than there used to be and that can make it kind of overwhelming when you dip your toe in. I know dudes who will not shut up about whatever latest GPU came out any given month and yet wouldn't have the slightest idea what a PCI-E slot is.
Conveniently, the rule of thumb in computing is that there are diminishing returns the more expensive you go. Which is to say, whatever super high-end thing is being advertised everywhere is probably marginally better than something half its price. So you can fairly safely ignore a lot of the nonsense. The nerds proselytizing the tenets of their new GPU are much louder than the nerds doing benchmark comparisons. I think the former category of people also likely have some weirdly asymmetric computers, where they fell for the marketing on the super high-end stuff and probably skimped on the other components. I have always liked the logicalincrements builds (google them). For 99% of usecases they'll probably get you something very appropriate for your price point. --- https://i.imgur.com/dzGMd.png ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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