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It's incredible how much the prices have fallen and that's how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering.

The 960 Evo still chugs along albeit it's a new one because a few months after I bought it, I had to RMA it. I guess that's what happens when you are an early adopter. I lost a few hours of work when the original 960 Evo decided to stop working but it also taught me to be more paranoia with backups.

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[–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our first family computer they offered to double the HDD space to 20mb for an extra $500. "You'll never fill it up!" they claimed. My dad, being a practical guy, couldn't figure out why he would want to pay extra for something he'd never use.

[–] squozenode@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My dad got tired of struggling so he just told me the future proof a build.

He said "Max out everything" So I did.

128gb ddr4 ram, ryzen 5600 4.6ghz 12 core hyperthreaded CPU, nvidia 2080. (He wouldn't let me get the 40x card)

[–] crystenn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

curious why you would pair those specs with a mid-range cpu. wouldn't it have made more sense to go with a ryzen 9 if you were maxing everything out?