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[Magic Carpet]

I just bought a prebuilt with an RTX 5080. I'm still paying for it.
Hopefully will last me all the way to PS7 and Helix 2.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Unless things change drastically, this will most likely be my last PC.

I'll most likely stick with a PS6 and Nintendo from here on out.

 

[Leonidas]

No changes whatsoever.

Upgraded CPU/MOBO/RAM in 2024. Upgraded GPU (RTX 50-series) & storage (+10 TB) in 2025. Added a peripheral that was unaffected by pricing in early 2026. So every year there was something new added to my PC.

Was not affected by the RAM situation and I don't have any more upgrades planned. Next upgrade will probably be an RTX 60-series GPU whenever those launch if I am able to continue getting the cards at MSRP like I have been for the past 10 years.

 

[bender]

I'll upgrade my Deck whenever Valve releases the second iteration of the Deck 2.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Oh, and if anything breaks in my PC, then I'm throwing the rest of it into the garbage

 

[Celcius]

No changes whatsoever.

Upgraded CPU/MOBO/RAM in 2024. Upgraded GPU (RTX 50-series) & storage (+10 TB) in 2025. Added a peripheral that was unaffected by pricing in early 2026. So every year there was something new added to my PC.

Was not affected by the RAM situation and I don't have any more upgrades planned. Next upgrade will probably be an RTX 60-series GPU whenever those launch if I am able to continue getting the cards at MSRP like I have been for the past 10 years.

Which CPU and GPU models did you go with?

 

[meliodas]

I am running low on storage space but I guess I will stick to uninstalling older games that I haven't touch in a while to save some space & cash

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

No because I bought RAM and NVME SSDs way before the prices went skyrocketing.

 

[Hoddi]

I try to see this as an opportunity. The high memory prices are starting to (very slightly) push down the prices on motherboards and CPUs in my country so I might upgrade my old 9900k and simply reuse the DDR4.

I can now get a 14600k + DDR4 motherboard for slightly above the equivalent of 300USD. This would also get me access to PCIe 4.0 plus an extra NVMe slot and 2.5gbit Ethernet and a native VGA port. I don't really use that PC a whole lot but it would scratch the upgrade itch so why not?

The only reason I haven't is because I kinda want that PC to last 10+ years as a gaming system just to prove that it could.

 

[Leonidas]

Which CPU and GPU models did you go with?

I went with the platform that offered me the best features and best overclock-ability at the best price. 265K+MOBO+48GB RAM for ~$470. The RAM alone might cost that much today.

I disregard reviews of 265K entirely since I don't run at stock. My experience has been completely different. For instance, with my CPU/RAM overclock I've seen some games improve performance by over 15% vs. stock, but few places look into these things, and I get it, RAM overclocking is time consuming, but something that was definitely worth me taking the time doing. My 265K might already be on par with next-gen CPUs stock performance (non 3D/non bLLC).

GPU is RTX 5070 which I also overclocked and its now 10% faster in some games (on par or slightly faster than 9070 in raster, and likely faster than 9070 XT in RT and definitely faster than both with Path Tracing enabled).

 

[Deficit]

If the Ram-crisis pricing is the "new normal" I'll just buy a PlayStation.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

No, I would have bought a new PC. I just don't like spending any gaming time futzing, and I even get trapped by brightness sliders in most games.

On PC I would be a goner.

 

[March Climber]

I'm still upgrading

Spoiler

To Xbox Project Helix

The plan has not changed. If anything, current events have solidified my plan even further.