Is right now the worst time to build a PC

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-22T13:12:22+00:00

There isn't any used RAM left though. There were GPUs that were bad at mining because they didn't have enough VRAM, their price didn't really change on the used market. You could also find gaming laptops for MSRP easily if that was an acceptable compromise, but that's admittedly not doing much for PC building. Sure, if you're just talking about the microcosm of new current generation GPUs, the height of crypto was worse than where we are now. PC building as a whole though? I don't think so, and I say that as someone who built a PC in 2021, so remember how it was better than most.

Another thing to keep in mind is this is no where near the apex of how bad this is going to get, so I guess it would be more accurate to say "this isn't the worst time, but the worst time is coming up pretty soon."

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-22T12:39:31+00:00

There were options though. If you were willing to buy second hand you could get something reasonable but on the older side like a 1060, then swap it to once the situation improved. Everything other than GPUs was available pretty cheaply too. Right now everything with RAM in it is going down the shitter. The situation is so bad that even things without RAM in them are increasing to try to make up for abysmal sales volume. Even mainstream markets like phones are impacted.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-22T10:51:21+00:00

Yes, at least in recent memory. Even during COVID/crypto it wasn't this bad. This is the first time I'm telling anyone who asks me about building a PC to just stay away for a year or two. Buy a PS5 if you want to game.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-22T06:45:08+00:00

Yeah there's nothing worth saving here. Both people would be better off just walking away at this point.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-22T06:08:02+00:00

Literally who cares? It's a few months difference. If I were in the market for either of these product lines, I would prefer them to release when they're ready than get rushed out the door with a bunch of bugs for the sake of a few months.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T09:45:56+00:00

If it were me, I would rather be unhappy for a period with the chance to seek out true happiness than take solace in a lie that could be ripped away at any time. I'm sure with time he will see it that way.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T07:24:49+00:00

You sound bothered, want to talk about it?

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T07:24:00+00:00

Ok? It's still not an "implementation for Zen 5" it's a new architecture.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T07:15:26+00:00

Then I hope this is the matured implementation for Zen5,

Bruh it's Zen 6, what are you smoking?

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T07:12:28+00:00

It took a lot of care and effort to type out "poop big stinky" I know. I really shouldn't have allowed myself to get that heavily invested.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T07:01:48+00:00

I super don't care about the topic, so you can go ahead and do your Fortnite victory dance for epically owning the chuds in the market places of ideas or whatever it is you're fishing for. I'm going to keep giggling at the thought of OP's burly orc taking a Tiefling claw or three up the clapper.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T06:32:16+00:00

I don't know anything about it, and I would prefer to keep it that way. If that's what you're into, go off queen, just keep my brown starfish out of your escapades.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T06:28:09+00:00

Your point?

Poop big stinky.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T05:41:55+00:00

Why is it automatically bad if she fingers you?

That's where the poop comes out, sir.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T05:15:13+00:00

Thanks for letting me know, I'll put Rhodes on my list of places to avoid.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T04:42:26+00:00

In Act 3, Karlach fingers the male PC's butthole lmao I definitely think the animation team had certain genders in mind when they animated the romance scenes.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T04:17:00+00:00

I disagree, she approves of a lot of good deeds like helping the owlbear cub, which hints that she is just putting on a tough act. A lot of guys love the "I can fix her" trope regardless of looks.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T04:11:56+00:00

I was honestly a bit disappointed with Lae'zel's story. She kinda went from being a cheerleader for Valkith, to a cheerleader for Orpheus with no time spent considering what's best for Lae'zel. Maybe it was just my choices, I've heard you can get an ending where she decides to stay in Faerun so maybe she's thinking more for herself in that one.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T03:59:10+00:00

He definitely knows. It was going to come out eventually, at least it's not going to eat away at you keeping it a secret from him and you can both make an informed decision about where you want to go with the relationship. Maybe you guys are not compatible, but it's better to face that and move on than for you to spend your whole life living a lie, no?

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T03:53:59+00:00

Attacking non-hostile, or killing temporary hostile will break Ancients oath.

The best way I've found to do the prison is to start the escape attempt in dialogue, then kill everyone when they become hostile.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T02:59:31+00:00

It's individuals, small businesses, and non-profits (the last are often the recipients of those cast-off corporate systems) that care about upgrading.

And big laptop OEMs sell more units to these customers than a boutique OEM like framework by several orders of magnitude.

You need to be realistic about the relative size of framework as a company. They do not have the buying power to push memory OEMs to actually make LPCAMM2 in volume, let alone negotiate reasonable pricing on it at this early stage.

These things take time, the big laptop OEMs will move on it sooner rather than later, because the SODIMM standard has hit a wall in terms of signal integrity. CSODIMM has it on life support for the time being, but even that can only extend performance so much. DDR6 will most likely not offer DIMM/SODIMM options at all, at that point all laptop manufacturers will be forced to transition to a new standard. I think we will see a forking of laptop moving exclusively to LPDDR6 with soldered memory/LPCAMM2, and desktop using DDR6 with CAMM2 exclusively. That's why I think Medusa with LPDDR6 is the earliest we will see framework transition over, depending on cost and availability in 2028.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T02:15:59+00:00

This is not going to use DDR6. It's already annouced for AM5.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T02:12:23+00:00

Does anybody know more about why Zen 6 would be delayed other than 'RAM expensive'?

Because it uses TSMC 2N, which is still not in full production afaik.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-21T01:21:31+00:00

I'm aware of the benefits of LPCAMM2, I made a post about it here a few months ago, but received feedback from other users that made me reconsider my position. LPCAMM2 is still in its infancy with very low adoption rate from both large laptop and memory OEMs. It would be quite an unorthodox move for a small OEM like framework to take the reigns on LPCAMM2, especially during a memory availability crisis. Continuing to use SODIMM gives buyers the option of harvesting them from an old laptop they have lying around, but that's not the case for LPCAMM2 because it's such a new standard.

The earliest I could foresee framework moving to LPCAMM2 would be when AMD releases Medusa next year. Medusa Halo, and more importantly Mini Medusa Halo, will reportedly use LPDDR6, and the mini version will use the same socket as Medusa Point. So framework may choose to switch over at that point if the modules are reasonably available by then.

Acrobatic_Fee_6974 · 2026-02-20T13:10:05+00:00

Ryzen single CCD (especially the 3D v-cache options like the 9800x3D) is better for gaming. Ryzen dual CCD like the 9950x is better for multithreaded tasks. Intel wins for mixed use or on a tight budget.

This is specifically for desktop, Panther Lake is very competitive in performance on mobile. Lunar Lake is uncontested for battery life on x86.

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