brandonkick
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I've been running my first generation Ryzen 7 build from the fall of 2017. I just haven't had a reason to upgrade. Most of my gaming is done on switch, PS5 or my CRT / retro consoles. I DO play some rocket league, and Diablo 4 on my PC only because the kiddos tend to "consume" the TV's a lot.
My R7 X1700 XT CPU and GTX 1080 GPU are more than enough for that. My monitors are only 1080p so it's fine. I did upgrade from my cheaper Sata 3 SSD to a 1TB PCI-E NVME SSD about a year ago.
I've often thought about rebuilding or replacing. But it just keeps doing what I need. So I keep running it. It's been running a little "buggy" and I've recently had to relocate my home office. In doing so, I did the long overdue "blow out" of the insides. Yeah, no wonder. The heatsinks and fans were CAKED. I too have become my clients
I wish Dell still made those mid 2010's chassis optiplex machines. Those things were so so reliable once you got rid of the WD Blue spinning drive. I swear I could drag one behind my truck down the highway and not hurt it. Not insanely cramped inside to work in. And they must have sold a billion of em because they were so reasonably priced second hand.
My R7 X1700 XT CPU and GTX 1080 GPU are more than enough for that. My monitors are only 1080p so it's fine. I did upgrade from my cheaper Sata 3 SSD to a 1TB PCI-E NVME SSD about a year ago.
I've often thought about rebuilding or replacing. But it just keeps doing what I need. So I keep running it. It's been running a little "buggy" and I've recently had to relocate my home office. In doing so, I did the long overdue "blow out" of the insides. Yeah, no wonder. The heatsinks and fans were CAKED. I too have become my clients

I wish Dell still made those mid 2010's chassis optiplex machines. Those things were so so reliable once you got rid of the WD Blue spinning drive. I swear I could drag one behind my truck down the highway and not hurt it. Not insanely cramped inside to work in. And they must have sold a billion of em because they were so reasonably priced second hand.