Sythgara t1_jad5pf5 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Only with PC upgrades you don't have to buy a whole new pc and sell the old one. They can do what they want but I'm happy using my pc and buying a new console when they offer enough new things to justify buying one. I skipped ps4 since my brother had it. We all know how PS5 was a fiasco with accesibility and now I'm kinda over it. I settled on switch and pc for time being. Switch and steam deck allow me to play on my couch which was sometimes a downside with playing on pc, mostly with casual games. I prefer mouse for anything that needs aiming.

Plus, given the leaps in advancement of game graphics I would have guessed console upgrades would be less needed than more? I'm not sure what to make of it at this time if I'm honest.

SaraAB87 t1_jadfe7r wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Intel motherboards have a 2 year lifecycle from what I understand before they change the socket size so you won't be getting processor upgrades unless you buy a new motherboard every 2 years. At this point you may as well be buying a whole new PC because you are going to have to buy new ram because by the time you want to upgrade there will be something faster than DDR 5 plus a new GPU and the ram you have from your old PC probably won't be compatible with the new motherboard. Now if you want to upgrade your GPU every 2 years, just the GPU, that is likely doable but you will need to make sure you have enough watts in your power supply for that to work.

If you are gaming you may as well go AMD, the motherboards have a lot longer of a lifecycle from what I hear.