• Summzashi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    21 hours ago

    Depends on other things as well. It could be a decent deal but a pre built PC rarely is, even pre covid.

    • rbos@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      19 hours ago

      I like to go to the nearby shop and pay the guy to put one together for me. I don’t know nearly enough to keep up with the industry, so I’ll defer to expertise.

    • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      21 hours ago

      I always go for a custom build myself. Got a Thor NAS chassis, I am just waiting for de-dollarization and the AI bubble to pop, so that I can use my Euros to build a top-shelf PC. Debating whether to pick up the motherboard now, since that is more unique component that can potentially stop being available. A Threadripper CPU and the RAM would be more generic.

        • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          16 hours ago

          it’s going to be have like the slowest frequency a DDR5 can have but at current prices, getting your hands on one is already good enough.

          • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            8 hours ago

            Yeah. I actually started building a PC just this week? The timing is horrid, but I felt like, is it actually going to get better? When does that happen in my life?

            Anyway. The RAM I ended up with cost a significant fraction of the GPU. It’s all ballsed up. At least it isn’t covered in stupid LEDs. I bought the cheapest 32gb DDR5 I could find and still spent like £400. All I can say is that Outlook had better run so good that I don’t wonder what £400 of cocaine would have been like instead.