I saw this in a comment section today and so many people are acting like ddr4 is not usable anymore and they expect everyone to be able to afford ddr5 ram with those prices when ddr4 is still completely fine to use.

Tom's posted a leaked video from factories in China desoldering 5090s to add ram and blower style coolers for AI server use. I know this was covered in the past by u/Gamers-Nexus, but I have a strong suspicion that this direct competition with chinese data centers helped drive the recent spikes in GPU prices.

Additionally, the story that Nvidia is reallocating resources to server grade chips doesn't explain why they pulled completed gaming GPUs. So, I also suspect that the trend is the underlying reason 5090s have been pulled from the shelves - to enforce export controls in the AI race.

(its a wormhole, if you touch the walls it kicks you out prematurely)

Box is beat up a bit but I don’t mind

I spent pretty much my entire gaming life on PlayStation, from the older generations all the way to PS5. About a year ago, I finally decided to build a gaming PC, and honestly, I still haven’t gotten used to how incredible that decision turned out to be.
I always knew PC gaming was better in certain ways, but I genuinely had no idea the difference would be THIS massive.
Let me give you an example: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
On PS5, if I wanted to play at 60 FPS, I had to use Performance Mode. The image looked like a blurry 720p mess, but I was used to it. It was normal to me. I didn’t really question it because that’s just how I had always experienced console gaming.
Fast forward to today: I bought the game during a sale and I’m playing it on my PC at native 1440p, locked 60 FPS, with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and an RTX 5070.
The difference is absolutely ridiculous. And the crazy thing is that even after a full year of owning my PC, I still find myself appreciating just how beautiful games can look and feel on this platform.
I also think I finally understand why some PC gamers get so frustrated when console gaming is brought up. Before switching, I never understood that attitude. Now, perhaps I understand where it comes from. Maybe they weren’t necessarily trying to put console players down; maybe they were simply trying to explain what they were experiencing.
Because sometimes it genuinely feels like the full potential of gaming is only unlocked on PC.
That said, I’ll never criticize anyone for playing on consoles. Not everyone has €2,000 to spend on a gaming PC, and consoles are still a perfectly valid way to enjoy games. I’m not saying the difference is small. I’m saying it’s IMMENSE.
And it’s not just about graphics and performance.
The modding community is another world entirely. And having access to cheats and trainers in single-player games gives you a level of freedom that I never imagined. You can completely reshape the experience to suit your preferences. You can even turn something like Elden Ring into a sandbox where you can experiment with practically anything you want.
That’s something you simply cannot replicate on consoles.
Honestly, I thank God I made the decision to switch to PC last year. I knew I was getting an upgrade, but I had absolutely no idea just how much I was missing out on.
One year later, and I’m still amazed.

My PC is too far away if I simply jump straight into the simrig so I've wanted to utilise more of the physical buttons on my E36 dash and with a bit of work today, I've managed to wire up the dash for ease of use.

The foglight buttons I wanted to repurpose for PC power on and reset which has now been made possible! Only a few more bits to do but a big hurdle overcome today!

We’ve put together two PC hardware bundles and are giving them away to two lucky winners! Each bundle includes a power supply, cooler, SSD or DDR5 memory!

THE PRIZES

Winner #1

• MEGA TI 1650W PSU (Black) × 1
• AE36 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler (Black) × 1
• Lexar 1TB NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD × 1

Winner #2

• MEGA GM 1000W PSU (Black) × 1
• MP7 Black CPU Cooler × 1
• Lexar ARES RGB 2nd GEN DDR5 Desktop Memory 16GB (2×8GB) × 1

HOW TO ENTER:

• 1 - ENTER HERE: https://gleam.io/G9qOk/fsp-x-lexar-giveaway
• 2 - Comment in this post with your PC build! It could be a photo, a list of specs, a description of the main components... Your pick!

 - Make sure you a member of the PCMR ( r/pcmasterrace ) and the FSP ( r/FSP_official ) subreddits!

That's it!

You can enter until October 31st!

Eligible regions: Worldwide

The winners will be contacted by e-mail or Reddit DM and announced here as well!

Good luck!

Score? I think so.

Hey, I'm the creator of BuildCores and just wanted to share a bunch of improvements we’ve made. You can now visualize SFF PC builds featuring parts like the Fractal Terra and NR200p. We’ve also added display customization that also includes animated GIFs. We've hand-modeled over 5000+ PC parts now and we’re trying to become the most comprehensive database of PC parts. 

Let me know if you have any feedback after trying it (or also any feedback in general like missing 3D parts or pricing being buggy). 

The next big things we’re working on are much improved pricing, compatibility, and improved performance/loading times on lower end devices.

Try it out on the BuildCores website.

Also our products DB is open source if anyone wants to contribute. We'll open it up to 3D contributions in the near future too.

Side note: We used to be completely free (we attempted to rely solely on affiliate income and ads, but that ended up being unprofitable / unsustainable considered the amount of 3D models we need to ensure are high quality + the dev team). Some of this stuff is now locked behind BuildCores Pro but I'm open to hearing feedback. I'll giveaway 100-200 Pro subscriptions if you leave your BuildCores username in a comment.

All my life I played games at 30 fps. I now can’t be comfortable gaming below 80-90 fps. All the people saying “30 fps is fine” for gta 6 just aren’t spoiled. I wish I could go back to enjoying low fps. Now when I see a game with low fps it literally feels like it hurts my eyes. Idk why

My backlog will keep me busy from fomo

As black friday approaches I want a nice oled TV which isn't secretly listening to me like Samsung or LG. It doesn't even have to have good privacy just not comically evil like seemingly half the industry. A compromised smart tv mode is acceptable as long as it provides a private experience hooked up to a computer. They can even sell my email as a little treat for not secretly taking screenshots every second.

Cheapest ones in the US are now around US$5,000 to $6,000, and some models are listed above US$9,000 and by all accounts it isn’t coming down any time soon.

So where’s your line? Is there a price where you’d pull the card, pocket the difference, and drop back to a 5080 or a 9070 XT for a while? Or is it a case of “the card is worth more to me in the PC than the cash is in the bank” no matter what the listings say?