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AMD's legacy Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips now sell for up to $800, more than a new 9800X3D — AM4 chip costs twice as much as MSRP, as enthusiasts flock to old DDR4 memory (www.tomshardware.com)
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The average Ryzen 7 5800X3D is being sold for more money than a new Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

From my perspective, a high end (at the time of purchase) desktop should still be usable in 10 years.

In 2023 I was working on an old laptop from 2014 with 760M and an i7-4702MQ, it was not the best (although I added an SSD and upgraded to 16GB RAM), but it did OK and could play older games just fine.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I aim for 10 years with a mid-life upgrade. I even do this with my laptops; my Inspiron got a new battery, a new CPU fan and an SSD for its 6th birthday. It's 11 now.

My Ryzen 3600 rig is an HTPC now.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well I think that's stretching it, and my old R5 1600 did get a new GPU, but I also had a period where I had to use an older GPU because the original Radeon 5800 suddenly quit on me just before it reached 2 years. I got a full refund, because the GPU prices were insane at the time, and the Radeon 5800 cost more than twice what I gave originally even as a 2nd hand used card!
I simply refused paying that much, and played retro games on a Radeon RX 560 for almost a year, a card I had bought dirt cheap for about €100 for a media machine.