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The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] snooggums@piefed.world 22 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That is part of why I have avoided them, far easier to mix and match AMD stuff to meet my price points since their sockets stick around so long!

Each PC lasts me at least 5 years. I am three or so years on my 5800x3d with a 7090XT I picked up last year and the whole setup will probably still be rocking games past 2030.

[โ€“] eletes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Hah I just upgraded to that setup at the beginning of the year from a 2017 ryzen 1700 and GTX 1080 build.

It increased the longevity of this system by so much