I’ve still been mostly happy with my 3080 / 5800X and was going to hold off on any upgrades until a more complete rebuild, but seeing the writing on the wall I decided to pick up a 9070XT while prices are lower just to make sure I can really stretch out this platform as much as possible.
Statistically speaking, RAM is the most likely part to fail and I’d rather be in the market for DDR4 than DDR5 if that happens.
When the RAM and SSD prices started shooting up I bought 2 spare (used) sticks of DDR4 and an SSD and put them on my shelf as potential replacement parts for my 5950X/RTX3080 PC. I don’t anticipate changing anything except replacing what breaks, for the foreseeable future. I was always a tech enthusiast but I’m getting old and don’t know how long I can stay employed, so if the prices stay high this may be where my tech journey stops.
I’ve still been mostly happy with my 3080 / 5800X and was going to hold off on any upgrades until a more complete rebuild, but seeing the writing on the wall I decided to pick up a 9070XT while prices are lower just to make sure I can really stretch out this platform as much as possible.
Statistically speaking, RAM is the most likely part to fail and I’d rather be in the market for DDR4 than DDR5 if that happens.
When the RAM and SSD prices started shooting up I bought 2 spare (used) sticks of DDR4 and an SSD and put them on my shelf as potential replacement parts for my 5950X/RTX3080 PC. I don’t anticipate changing anything except replacing what breaks, for the foreseeable future. I was always a tech enthusiast but I’m getting old and don’t know how long I can stay employed, so if the prices stay high this may be where my tech journey stops.
I have a 3070 but same. I was mildly tempted to pick up a 9070xt as well but decided against it.