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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Wed Dec 3 18:31:54 2025
    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?


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  • From tenser@21:1/101 to Utopian Galt on Fri Dec 5 01:39:34 2025
    On 03 Dec 2025 at 06:31p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

    If Im not really a gamer should I buy a new rig due to the Data
    centers/AI eating up the Memory/SSDs?

    Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine
    that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.
    If not, then why bother?

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Tenser on Thu Dec 4 22:15:06 2025
    BY: tenser (21:1/101)

    |11t|09> |10Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine|07 |11t|09> |10that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.|07 |11t|09> |10If not, then why bother?|07
    my idea was to buy a 9060 xt and a 750 watt power supply and just weather it out for the next 18 months.


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  • From tenser@21:1/101 to Utopian Galt on Sat Dec 6 00:48:56 2025
    On 04 Dec 2025 at 10:15p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

    BY: tenser (21:1/101)

    Is there something you think you could do with a newer machine
    that you cannot do with your current system? If so, then yeah.
    If not, then why bother?

    my idea was to buy a 9060 xt and a 750 watt power supply and just
    weather it out for the next 18 months.

    Heh, go for it.

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