How much money for a DDR5 kit??? I've needed a lounge PC since last year. Should I get something like Nvidia Shield instead?

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I know this has probably been said a lot now, but I've been needing a third PC for the last year while also upgrading my main PC.

Due to the GPU shortages already having been a problem, I was already going to keep my 1080 Ti for the lounge PC and was initially interested in pairing it with something like one of the new Alder lake 12400 - 12600K, keeping my current 10900K for my main PC.

Now with all the ongoing shortages and pricing issues, it seemed a better idea to eventually move the whole 10900K build to the lounge with a 4K screen, and consider a 12900K main PC with my 1080 Ti until I manage to get a new GPU (waiting like an idiot for RTX 4000s now).

I just saw DDR5 pricing - £750 for 2x16 Gb and instantly NOPED out of that idea.

I just wanted a couch PC gaming setup, and cant get that.

My second PC is a mere Pentium g4560 & Radeon 550 spec for a backup / test bench / dual boxing spec, initially I was going to stick that in the lounge and use Steam remote play, but this induces a lot of latency and I still need a dual box rig.

Oh the number of people that have said to me - 'A PC in the lounge? With a keyboard and mouse? Why not a console?'

Because Steam OS with big picture mode and where can you even get any of the new consoles?

No ray tracing still. No 4K lounge gaming still. My lovely new couch and media units are sitting untouched and neglected.

I know this has probably been said a lot now, but I've been needing a third PC for the last year while also upgrading my main PC. Due to the GPU shortages already having been a problem, I was already going to keep my 1080 Ti for the lounge PC and was initially interested in pairing it with something like one of the new Alder lake 12400 - 12600K, keeping my current 10900K for my main PC. Now with all the ongoing shortages and pricing issues, it seemed a better idea to eventually move the whole 10900K build to the lounge with a 4K screen, and consider a 12900K main PC with my 1080 Ti until I manage to get a new GPU (waiting like an idiot for RTX 4000s now). I just saw DDR5 pricing - £750 for 2x16 Gb and instantly NOPED out of that idea. I just wanted a couch PC gaming setup, and cant get that. My second PC is a mere Pentium g4560 & Radeon 550 spec for a backup / test bench / dual boxing spec, initially I was going to stick that in the lounge and use Steam remote play, but this induces a lot of latency and I still need a dual box rig. Oh the number of people that have said to me - 'A PC in the lounge? With a keyboard and mouse? Why not a console?' Because Steam OS with big picture mode and where can you even get any of the new consoles? No ray tracing still. No 4K lounge gaming still. My lovely new couch and media units are sitting untouched and neglected.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Ignore all this Gaming PC bs, and buy an average performance notebook with SSD or NVME, that's all you need. I also had gamer PCs, but then discarded it, now I use a notebook with low performance graphics and play old games, which are good enough.

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Grab any piece of shit you can plug the 1080 in and stop being a bleeding edge faggot pissing away money.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

What does your lounge PC need to do? If it's anything like what I use for that purpose, the main function is to be able to stream/play HD/4K content.

The PC I use for this purpose is quite old, motherboard was purchased back in 2006. The video card was bought just before the scamdemic, a mid-grade. It doesn't have to be a beast. It really doesn't even have to be able to do 4K.

I could throw together a perfectly well suited lounge PC out of my pile of old PC parts. All I'm getting at here is you don't need to spend an arm and a leg to put this thing together.