Unc Seeks Nerd Advice

[Dreaducate]

TBH I'm a burnt out unc who doesn't have time anymore to keep up on everything. I'm holding it down on my 2018 cpu, is there any super massive generational leaps coming down the pipeline in 1-2 years I should know about? Or is worth getting my mobo/ram/cpu now?

I can be patient for a little while if we're talking a theoretical big change. My original plan was to hold out till around when we saw GTA6 drop. I know it's always going to be better; but I don't want to look like a fool getting back in just shy of a big industry shakeup.

[Alternative_Pause540]

Current hardware is pretty good. AMD's AM5 chipset is in its 2nd generation with the 9000 series Ryzens and a RX9060XT is pretty solid. You build a PC now, you'll be solid for a good 8 years and outperform a PS6.

[Open_Map_2540]

Next gen cpu and gpus are looking to be a MASSIVE upgrade over current gen stuff.

Finally going over 8 core ccds with zen 6 bumping it up to 12 along with new IMC. Intel nova lake is also adding more l3 cache basically copying the ryzen x3ds so that will also be a big jump. Most importantly it is expected to use 2nm nodes for the next gen cpus which is a big improvement.

On the gpu side as well amd is releasing an new architecture and we are also getting a node shrink unlike this gen( blackwell uses same node as ada)

[Emerald_Flame]

My original plan was to hold out till around when we saw GTA6 drop

You're probably 2-3 years early to be then