I would say that these are some of the first dominoes to fall in this collapsing economy, but it kinda seems like a bunch of em are falling at once. Sometimes I wonder if its time to invest in a solar rig for the van so we have power while we flee.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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Solar on a van has been my life for couple of years. Of course, now diesel's expensive enough in Texas that fleeing will run $1/mile.
Dude, we're all so cooked. How's the rig working? No more letting out the "magic smoke" I hope!
I'm sticking with AM4 system for another 4 years.
5800X3D and 7900XTX and have seen no compelling reason to upgrade.
Are you me? 5800X3D and 7900XTX is my exact setup right now.
I check every 6 months or so to see if there is something coming out that would be a worthwhile upgrade for either, and I've been surprised that even the 9800X3D isn't that much better than the 5800X3D, and would be bottle-necked by the GPU in the vast majority of games, and that there simply hasn't been a single (non-Nvidia) GPU announced that is clear step up from the 7900XTX.
Yeah, and even if the raw capability translated directly to performance, a 30% to 40% improvement is still on the minimum side of what I'd want from a full system rebuild. That said, I do expect an X3D chip to grab me within the next couple generations, especially if it's AM6. I tend to keep old PCs running in various roles for decades with parts interchanging some, so if I end up skipping AM5 entirely, that'll simplify part compatibility down the line.
For the GPU, I'm mostly just hungry for VRAM now (without going to the AI/enterprise cards), and the 24 GB in the 7900 XTX was a big part of me choosing it. The only sensible step up from there is 32 GB. I'm not going to jump to Nvidia for that though, and given the whole RAM situation and AMD dropping off the very high-end, they probably won't have viable choices for that either anytime soon.
Same as mine except 7900XT.
I think that is about right. I was on my Sandy Bridge system for 9 years and upgraded because I saw working from home happening. No reason I won't be be fine with my AM4 system for that long. Just did my mid cycle GPU upgrade at the start of the year.
My Haswell 4770k died last year after 13 years in service. I replaced it with a used AMD 5800X with 32GB DDR4 for $100. As soon as I heard about the RAM shortages, I grabbed another 64GB.
Not only am I ready to ride out this bubble, buy I'm fucking around with local LLM models just to be a snot about it.
Fuck these greedy, soulless AIssholes
Fuck SamA, no Mobo prices will not fall because it's all supply on demand, stepping around failed concepts like 'competition'.
Is it time to buy Jingsha mobos?