Just wondering as computers are sorta my hobby and i like messing around with different ones. I havent in a while due to prices going up such as with ram usually. I dont mess with new tech, but i want to know what you guys do with the crazy prices out there? or are you already set before prices went up? Or are you just lucky in some form?
Just curious.
If you like messing around with computers in general, if you keep your eyes open, you can find old, used stuff everywhere. Right now, I am trying to put Core/Libreboot on 10+ year old hardware for fun.
For things that should “just work”… My laptop still runs fine, and hopefully will be the next 5 years as well. Same with my gaming PC. I threw in a used 3060ti right before the AI bullshit took off, and it comfortably runs everything I want it to run with room to spare.
Drives are a bit of an issue, though. Good quality SSDs are hard to get for non-crazy prices, and I don’t want to buy used ones with who-knows-how-many write cycles.