I mean, why not? If you’re not necessarily a gamer or need computing power for dev stuff, why buy the latest and greatest?
In the end, buying new hardware every other release is also just consumerism. The performance of a modern day mid range CPU is absolutely overkill for everyday use
I’ve upgraded pretty much everything on this PC since I built it in 2010. Upgrading the CPU means getting a new motherboard and rebuilding everything. Basically it’s the last thing that isn’t easy to upgrade.
I don’t play too many super graphically demanding games, it wasn’t until Elden Ring that the CPU bottlenecked the graphics. For context, I played Shadow of War and the the new GPU gave me better graphics and fps. Cyberpunk ran like shit but I got it on sale and wasn’t expecting anything really. Modded Minecraft and Cities Skylines had some problems as well but that’s only the CPU’s fault. For whatever reason Elden Ring is the first one for the CPU to bottleneck the GPU I guess.
I have stuff in a PC parts picker list but I’m just lazy lol. I’m playing through Tears of the Kingdom on my switch right now anyways and occasionally playing Loop Hero on my PC so upgrading isn’t urgent.
It’s mostly that I don’t want to build a new PC or pay someone to do it.
Wow, and also why?
I mean, why not? If you’re not necessarily a gamer or need computing power for dev stuff, why buy the latest and greatest?
In the end, buying new hardware every other release is also just consumerism. The performance of a modern day mid range CPU is absolutely overkill for everyday use
I can’t argue with that. It’s not power efficient, but it doesn’t matter much if it’s not running 24/7.
I’ve upgraded pretty much everything on this PC since I built it in 2010. Upgrading the CPU means getting a new motherboard and rebuilding everything. Basically it’s the last thing that isn’t easy to upgrade.
I don’t play too many super graphically demanding games, it wasn’t until Elden Ring that the CPU bottlenecked the graphics. For context, I played Shadow of War and the the new GPU gave me better graphics and fps. Cyberpunk ran like shit but I got it on sale and wasn’t expecting anything really. Modded Minecraft and Cities Skylines had some problems as well but that’s only the CPU’s fault. For whatever reason Elden Ring is the first one for the CPU to bottleneck the GPU I guess.
I have stuff in a PC parts picker list but I’m just lazy lol. I’m playing through Tears of the Kingdom on my switch right now anyways and occasionally playing Loop Hero on my PC so upgrading isn’t urgent.
It’s mostly that I don’t want to build a new PC or pay someone to do it.