anons who spent $1,000+ on a desktop: was it worth it?

yes in time savings alone

>>105592363 (OP)
Never skip out on a quality desk

>>105592363 (OP)
Hell fucking yes. I can do in a day what my last computer took FIVE MONTHS. I'm not even fucking joking - it's literally 145x faster for the task.

>>105592363 (OP)
>made the same thread on v

>>105592363 (OP)
Nah there is nothing to play it's all worthless, all you need is good laptop, either one of those upcoming new Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 arm devices or macbook 16 inch.

>>105592501
What's the task

>>105592363 (OP)
it's comfy, yes. the $1k+ I spent on the GPU alone kek (1020€, 4080 Super, 7 months ago)

>>105592363 (OP)
Absolutely. Time savings, headache savings, I won't say to go for shiny stuff all the time, but like ensuring that your machine is capable, stable, fast, quiet. Ugh I can't stress enough how much better it makes life, I'm pretty sure I'm getting better grades in part just due to having a non-shit computer setup now. I can't even stress this enough. I don't know exactly where the upper limit for spending is, but there is definitely a lower limit, and it is drastic if you need it for doing anything critical.

>>105592574
Impregnating your female relatives.

>>105592608
How does a desktop computer help that?

>>105592604
wouldnt a macbook air do all of that

Not really because all I do is goof off and play some games. Still, I only had a shitty 8th gen Intel laptop before and its not like I went for an x3d CPU so I don't feel as if I overspecced and just straight up wasted money. Was fun to build though :) Except the Intel cooler. Whoever designed the stock intel cooler can get nuked by Iran.

>>105592640
Not x86.
No good storage upgrade path.
Will be dieded as soon as the battery starts inflating.
And while I don't like Windows, very rarely ocassionally I need it.

If you're gaming, doing 3D modeling and analysis, or heavy video editing, around $1000 is literally the entry point and yes it will be worth it.

If you don't do any of those, you don't need more than a laptop.

Yep. Spent a lot of money on a Threadripper.

>>105592613
You know how women recoil when they see your 14yo generic mintower with lots of lbtqa+ stickers on it running arch?
They don't do that when its a good quality and fast machine in a recent case running windows.

>>105592660
yeah you're right. imac fixes the battery problem but the rest is still unavoidable

>>105592640
>ARM

>>105592688
But I don't run Arch.
And I don't run Windows.
And I don't have lgbtqa+ stickers on my computer.
And women have never seen my room.

>>105592363 (OP)
I didn't spend that much but it still wasn't worth it. I just play classic early to mid 2000s video games on my laptop. The gaming PC is just for collecting dust.

>>105592767
Sounds like you have low impulse control.

$1k is nothing for a pc. You should have asked about $2-3k or something moar specific than the fucking price.

OP is underage (and a faggot) and thinks 1k is a lot.

>>105592363 (OP)
in 2025 if you want to have a gayman machine or home ai slop, then 1k is going to be a starting price just for the gpu itself

That's like a mid range pc in trumpbucks.

>>105592886
2000 is 1000+ retard

>>105592640
Meh macbok air has no cooling and it's small, 16 inch MacBook Pro has 100w battery.
>>105592693
Imac is ass if you need desktop buy Mac Studio it has the best cooling, also storage is not an issue just get external network NAS or just thunderbolt 4 drive.

>>105593227
Literally forgot all about the Cyrix 6x86. Had to look it up. They optimized the instruction pipeline for integer arithmetic and then got left in the dust when it couldn't run Quake. Interesting history.

>>105592363 (OP)
for me it is even if i barely game on it anymore, i think that when i upgrade to a new machine i would get mid range hardware but high end everything else(case, psu, fans etc)

>>105593744
>mid range hardware in high end case
kek

>>105593773
Considering that most cases are objectively just complete garbage either in terms of build quality, airflow or most often both, I can't say I blame him.

>>105592363 (OP)
Yeah it was well worth it since I like playing vidya in 4k.

>>105592363 (OP)
I make $8000 a month after tax ($5000 after mortgage/taxes/utilities/HOA) so yeah

>>105592363 (OP)
Always start with your use case first, look at the things that you actually do every day that you can’t find alternatives for, then spec your hardware that gives you the performance you want.

I got caught up in the shiny new shit and probably use 20-30% of my systems capabilities max.

Certain things are worth the money like a quality standing desk (more so to get the exact ergonomics right), monitor arm for more space, good OLED monitor, etc, but I find people really over spec performance just to play league of legends or some random stream indie game.

Spec to your use case.

>>105592363 (OP)
Yup, I got super into gpu programming and ML/CV and the difference between my PC and my shitty old laptop is staggering.

>>105594881

I spent like 2800€ on my main PC and 3100€ on my gaming PC. No regrets.

>>105594973
I'd give it all to her to have an AOC gf

A brand new gaming PC that can play most games at high 1080p60fps doesn't even cost $1000

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CWKf4p

And you have the ability to sell your parts and upgrade in the future to 90% of the power of an AM5 build because the 5800X3D is only 10-15% slower than a 7800X3D.

>>105592363 (OP)
that's what I spend on a gpu

>>105592701
>And women have never seen my room.
based.

>>105592363 (OP)
Bought it in 2019, in 2025 it still just werks, does everything, plays everything. I'm glad I got a 2080 before GPU prices became retarded.