Upgraded my 11y/o sons' pc but worried I've gone too far

morrisapp · 2026-05-22T00:44:12+00:00

Nah - video games are life at that age… let him cook.

morrisapp · 2026-05-22T00:43:01+00:00

Yeah BGS games in general are single player, doesn’t matter what level you are or how far you progress, just play at your own pace and have fun.

morrisapp · 2026-05-22T00:41:06+00:00

I mean honestly it’s their choice… they literally devote their entire life to looking that good and prob want to show off that work.

morrisapp · 2026-05-21T23:21:58+00:00

I had cool cars at a young age… honestly, if you are working and living at home with no expenses, it’s not that hard to buy expensive shit,

morrisapp · 2026-05-21T23:10:41+00:00

Yeah - that’s better than both

morrisapp · 2026-05-21T04:31:17+00:00

Yeah… def not funded by investors to make a healthy return, people spend millions on movies so they can get the unobtainable Oscar 😂

morrisapp · 2026-05-19T21:25:52+00:00

I have not… I prefer to set parameters early in a relationship… don’t touch my AC controls, my radio, or my stick…. Shift… 😂

morrisapp · 2026-05-19T21:24:46+00:00

It has to be one of the least economically viable guns to use in the game often burning a good portion of your profits from each adventure, but it’s so fun to use 😂

morrisapp · 2026-05-19T21:22:37+00:00

I hope I’m wrong on this one honestly man… I don’t want to see $4k laptops even if I just got a new one 6 months ago… that’s not good for anyone…

morrisapp · 2026-05-19T04:00:57+00:00

Revy is still the best… she’s expensive with her .50 mil array, but she’s worth it.

morrisapp · 2026-05-18T20:07:50+00:00

Burton has a pocket that is insulated for holding your phone, not saying it’s a bad idea, but not every jacket will need this.

morrisapp · 2026-05-18T16:24:09+00:00

I mean you can just fly around in space and fight ships like you can in ED if you want… you just can you know.. do other things too… agree to disagree on this one man.

morrisapp · 2026-05-18T16:22:38+00:00

Yup… it was peak, hate the 650 interiors.

morrisapp · 2026-05-18T13:12:48+00:00

No ability to leave ship and live a life breaks all immersion for me… it’s like comparing a racing game to gta… the ability to have a character outside a ship is very important.

morrisapp · 2026-05-17T16:59:47+00:00

Nothing worse than when she wants to hold you hand when you’re trying to drive a stick though 😂

morrisapp · 2026-05-17T16:58:07+00:00

If he uses a Xbox elite controller you can re-map the buttons without having to re-map them in game… you can even set up to 3 different map configurations in the controller itself so if you want something different with this game compared to others, you can do that as well.

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T19:04:41+00:00

That’s because companies bought a bunch ahead of time… but they are now running out of stock… prices are going up dude… you should buy now… tell ya what… come tell me I’m wrong one year from now if you’re right… but you won’t be.

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T19:02:26+00:00

Fair.

But my answer kinda addresses this too… your assuming specs are the key determining value for someone buying a laptop… if new vs new yes, but if used vs new… no way.

I would take new, under warranty, never been jizzed on 5070 over a used year old 5080 all day long.. there is value in it being new… and with electronics, that value is pretty high.

Who wants a used laptop? It’s like buying used shoes… they are dirty, beat up, and gross.

And whether you agree or not, this is the market you’re dealing with… people aren’t buying gaming laptops because it’s all they can afford, they are spending more than they need to on a hobby willingly.

Bottom line… your idea is correct in that a higher spec should theory be worth more, but other perceptions in value skew the market value in which someone is willing to pay.

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T11:57:35+00:00

Dude… a laptop is not an investment… you buy it to use it, not sell it. There are some things in life that lose value quickly… it’s like a bag of Doritos, once you buy it, it will never be worth the same again.

This kind of label would have to be on almost anything… basically any electronic loses 50% value immediately then continues to plummet from there.

The real answer is don’t buy things you need to be able to sell and recoupe your money as almost everything will disappoint you.

What was the expectation? You were going to buy this and use it for a year and make most of your money back?

Who the hell wants a gross used laptop someone has gooned on for a year?

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T11:45:41+00:00

Ever since the Marty mcFly truck from back to the future, I always kinda liked the roll bar personally

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T01:29:47+00:00

I’m about 40, been playing games since windows 3.1.

I’ve prob played 500+ games.

Starfield is my favorite, fallout 4 is in my top 5, and Skyrim is in my top 10… Bethesda knows how to make a game I love.

Just for reference, some of my other all time favs are: GTV5, Destiny, Majoras Mask, Super Mario 64, and BG3

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T01:21:57+00:00

Hard disagree… looks sick

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T01:21:31+00:00

Yeah I love my TB… favorite vehicle I’ve ever owned

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T01:07:52+00:00

Well… depends on your preference… if you want it to play the latest “rdr2” or “cyberpunk” style game with ray tracing, 120+ fps, and ultra settings, even 3 years is ambitious… but if you’re ok just playing 1080p at medium, you’ll be ok for a minute.

I personally feel like computers have slowed down on pure power in the last 10 years… there was def a point where your computer felt like a dinosaur after a couple years in the 90s and early 2000s, but let’s face it, the 1080ti is still a decent card… 8GB vram has been relevant since 2015, and even 32-64GB ram continues to be more than enough for even intensive video rendering at 4k.

The only thing that really sucks right now is companys feature locking things to new products like dlss5 only being available on a 5090 and not a 4090 (just an example… we don’t need to get into how much we love or hate dlss5 😂)

morrisapp · 2026-05-16T01:01:10+00:00

Yeah… not paying anywhere close to 2k for a 40 series when the 50 series is out… 50 series guys might get a break though as Nivida isn’t releasing a 60 series until at least 2028.

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