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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today -1 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

i built a monster pc in 2024 and maxed out the RAM and CPU the motherboard could handle. New 4k monitor and a 32gb RTX video card. I think I spent about $1.5k

no way could I get that stuff for the same price. I could probably sell the parts for more

it's still a monster and in Linux, I can tweak it just a bit more to get everything it can give.

I'm thinking that the way games have progressed in the last 5 years, there's nothing on the horizon that says prepare for the new technology that will blow my mind

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 14 hours ago (8 children)

32g vram gpu for less than 2k is unlikely. A 4090 itself would be close to 2k

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

“Oh yeah I got the video card for free”

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

That's honestly the only explanation for that build at just 1.5k. More likely they're just a stinking liar 😅

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

With the specs they’ve claimed and that price, they either got much of it for free or are.. yeah, straight-up lying. That price will get the case, mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, and storage, probably. Maybe not even that much, if it’s all high-end stuff, before prices inflated. GPU and high-end monitor? Nah.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

A high end monitor alone cost third the 2k budget. (Edit: edited, Edit 2: edited part 2)

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

For real, especially a few years ago. Now though, the 1440p/OLED/240hz version of my Acer Predator 27” is like 350 or less! Incredible deal.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago

I can currently just barely figure out how to do a 9070 (non XT), 24gb DDR5, 1TB SSD via an AOOStar Gem 12 (soldered on 8745hs, iirc) total setup for the rig, at just a bit above $1500 before tax.

Without a monitor, of course.

That's like the absolute most bang i can figure how to squeeze out of the least bucks, and its a non tradtional setup that works via a dock/cradle and Oculink (cost of that is included).

Doing the same specs in a traditional PC just ends up being more expensive, though its debatable as to whether the approximately 10% to 15% max performance hit on the GPU that OcuLink incurs in highly demanding scenarios makes that 100% true.

So yeah, this... this person is like, hilariously out of the realm of reality.

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