I Just Realized Something

So I went from not knowing much about pc's, to checking benchmarks on three different sites. Making spreadsheets, with links to product pages. Compared cpu's. Fans. Ddr4 vs ddr5.

Calculated frame per dollar for each gpu, looked at dozens of product pages, felt like i won a lottery for seeing a used 3080ti for 366$. Excitedly told people around me(non pc-enthusiasts) that i was gonna get a gpu that's "top 20 in the world"

Spent 4 damn days obsessing over it.

Today i'd narrowed my choices, to the 3080ti, or a new 6900xt. So i googled how DLSS factored to the equation.

Then it fucking hit me.

I don't like any of these games. I'm not excited about cyberpunk, or god of war, or spiderman. My favorite games are hades, skyrim, minecraft and monster hunter. The reason of me wanting an upgrade to begin with, was to run no mans sky and age of wonders 4 coz my laptop couldn't. Maybe minecraft shaders.

Fuck, i dont need all this. I realize now, my excitement wasnt on the games i wanted, and more about the idea of having a really nice machine. Like wanting a nice car, not to drive it, but to have the feeling of having something shiny.

Anyways, im gonna cut my pc budget in half, and get a switch or go on a trip or something. Coz ive been itching to play zelda&pokemon.

Moral of the story is: know what you want lol. I sure as hell didn't.

So I went from not knowing much about pc's, to checking benchmarks on three different sites. Making spreadsheets, with links to product pages. Compared cpu's. Fans. Ddr4 vs ddr5.

Calculated frame per dollar for each gpu, looked at dozens of product pages, felt like i won a lottery for seeing a used 3080ti for 366$. Excitedly told people around me(non pc-enthusiasts) that i was gonna get a gpu that's "top 20 in the world"

Spent 4 damn days obsessing over it.

Today i'd narrowed my choices, to the 3080ti, or a new 6900xt. So i googled how DLSS factored to the equation.

Then it fucking hit me.

I don't like any of these games. I'm not excited about cyberpunk, or god of war, or spiderman. My favorite games are hades, skyrim, minecraft and monster hunter. The reason of me wanting an upgrade to begin with, was to run no mans sky and age of wonders 4 coz my laptop couldn't. Maybe minecraft shaders.

Fuck, i dont need all this. I realize now, my excitement wasnt on the games i wanted, and more about the idea of having a really nice machine. Like wanting a nice car, not to drive it, but to have the feeling of having something shiny.

Anyways, im gonna cut my pc budget in half, and get a switch or go on a trip or something. Coz ive been itching to play zelda&pokemon.

Moral of the story is: know what you want lol. I sure as hell didn't.