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Do you buy lower end computers or do you buy higher end computers?

Any of you into high end tech or high end consumer PCs in the $2,000+ realm?

I spent over $3,000 (don't care to much saying this, but not fun to admit I guess to) on my PC this last time round. It's basically the best you can get for 1 Graphics card (since you can't stack much of the stuff anyways when it comes to multiple cards plus I'm not rich either).

I own a $100 phone though and I don't spend money on TV or cable for that matter. So $50 a month over 3 years alone is $1,800 that I can put into a computer anyways or it pays for over half my computer alone. Plus the fact that a TV can be $500 to $1,000 or so. So that's basically $2,300 to $2,800 alone. I use all this money to put into a nicer higher end PC though, so I'm definitely not rich I just manage my tech / technology in a really strange way.

Add this to as well. If I get a new computer every 4 years (roughly).

Cable Subscription - $50 a month ($2,400 over 4 years) TV - $500-$1,000 No Netflix / Hulu on the side. $10 a month or so ($480 over 4 years) Cheap cell phone plan $35 a month instead of $55-$65 a month - ($960 over 4 years)

$2,400 + $480 + $960 = $3,840

$3,840 - over 4 years alone

This alone to make it easy. I spent $3,100 (around here) on a computer, but I didn't spend $3,840 on the other stuff though. Not saying it's better financially and/or anything like that just showing that I put more weight into my PC and don't have cable or a TV myself right now or hulu / netflix and I have a cheaper cell phone plan. People like to think or assume I'm rich at that point.

I spend $1500 to $2,000 for a PC when I buy myself though to as well so I just took about a third of that $3,840 ($1350) or so or did $1750 (pc originally) then added $1450 from the $3,840 at that point which came out to be about $3,100 for a new PC.

Do you buy lower end computers or do you buy higher end computers? Any of you into high end tech or high end consumer PCs in the $2,000+ realm? ----- I spent over $3,000 (don't care to much saying this, but not fun to admit I guess to) on my PC this last time round. It's basically the best you can get for 1 Graphics card (since you can't stack much of the stuff anyways when it comes to multiple cards plus I'm not rich either). I own a $100 phone though and I don't spend money on TV or cable for that matter. So $50 a month over 3 years alone is $1,800 that I can put into a computer anyways or it pays for over half my computer alone. Plus the fact that a TV can be $500 to $1,000 or so. So that's basically $2,300 to $2,800 alone. I use all this money to put into a nicer higher end PC though, so I'm definitely not rich I just manage my tech / technology in a really strange way. ----- Add this to as well. If I get a new computer every 4 years (roughly). Cable Subscription - $50 a month ($2,400 over 4 years) TV - $500-$1,000 No Netflix / Hulu on the side. $10 a month or so ($480 over 4 years) Cheap cell phone plan $35 a month instead of $55-$65 a month - ($960 over 4 years) $2,400 + $480 + $960 = $3,840 $3,840 - over 4 years alone This alone to make it easy. I spent $3,100 (around here) on a computer, but I didn't spend $3,840 on the other stuff though. Not saying it's better financially and/or anything like that just showing that I put more weight into my PC and don't have cable or a TV myself right now or hulu / netflix and I have a cheaper cell phone plan. People like to think or assume I'm rich at that point. I spend $1500 to $2,000 for a PC when I buy myself though to as well so I just took about a third of that $3,840 ($1350) or so or did $1750 (pc originally) then added $1450 from the $3,840 at that point which came out to be about $3,100 for a new PC.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

I did the same thing myself, but I got out a while back or right after ryzen 3000 series had been out for a few weeks.

I haven't had any problems with the AMD Ryzen 3000 series or my 3700X yet myself. I can't comment yet since I've only been using AMD CPUs for a short time. It's only been 4 months (roughly) and never had an AMD CPU before.

Reliability has been just fine, but power and price was definitely there. So what you are saying definitely checks out though (maybe somewhat - too good to be true, but IDK). I just don't know myself yet.

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Don't get me wrong, the computers worked great, but then at around 4-5 years, it would be like someone would flip a switch, and the damn thing would just stop working, forcing me into a new build. At that age, buying replacement parts isn't even an option, as by that point you're probably 2 sockets down the line. I used AMD for probably 6 builds before switching to Intel. I probably would have used AMD again, but at the time of this build, Intel was just so much better that AMD wasn't even an option, even for brand loyalists.

Sounds like AMD is definitely the way to go right now, I'd just like for them to be able to design something that lasts longer.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

intel has had the gaming (especially since they can hit 5+ GHz on many CPUs if not 4.9 GHz and such) CPU market for a few years alone, but I can't put up with their bullshit anymore. I always bought intel and just left like that and many of us did alone. I'd bet people would call me an intel CPU fanboy (somewhat at least) or an intel fanboy just because I bought them every time, but no more intel for now at least if not every time from now on. Out the door like nothing ever happened. they still do have the gaming market at 5.3 GHz on 8 cores on the i9 9900k (unlocked & overclocked) alone if not 5.2 GHz (roughly) on all 8 cores.

I do other 4k stuff myself though to as well so intel (plus the bullshit to) just wasn't there at all for me anymore to as well. 4k video editing alone for silver coins (starting a small collection at some point, but had a few coins before that) and such.

AMD shouldn't (mostly) be a problem for me then since I'm around the 3.5 year mark myself, but that isn't fun for people that want to get a longer lifespan out of their AMD CPU though. I usually don't buy high end though and I had an i5 6600k CPU before I got the AMD R7 3700X CPU. I had a GTX 1070 with that build to as well not anything in the realm of an RTX 2080 TI didn't even have a GTX 1080. I wanted to enter the 4k gaming market so I just decided to go down that road and/or route though for once.

4k video editing with an i5 6600k was a pain in the ass to as well. It was like 35-45 minutes for anything over 5 minutes and that was just starting out. If I wanted to do something over 10 minutes It's going to take hours (somewhat joking) or something like that at that point.

(((they))) destroyed intel alone to me personally.