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Old 01-27-2022, 04:38 PM   #3554
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The thing about tech is....that shit gets outdated a year after you get it.

the chip makers were for the longest time on a 6 month cycle (new gen > 6 months later a refresh > 6 months later a new gen). It might have stretched out to 1 year cycles nowadays but im not so sure.

So you can have your 5000 dollar Ryzen 3 threadripper based CPU and Radeon 6900XT and in a years time its all completely obsolete because now a 6 core Ryzen 4 series CPU and a Radeon 7900 non XT is faster than your 5000 dollar build at half the price.

Obviously with that much horsepower it'll realistically last like 10 years before its actually obsolete....but you get my drift.

So you pretty much jump in whenever you want...and not try to wait for the "latest and greatest"......just cuz theres new stuff right around the corner and discontinued product might see some nice discounts.
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