Building a new PC

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Originally Posted by crayzkirk

This is where I'm at. Prices have really dropped. My old system (Phenom II X6) runs fine and I don't play many games or do much with it so the need for speed isn't there. The HDD speed is getting tiresome; waiting the extra 30 seconds for the system to do all the Windoze stuff when it starts. Plus, it's not Windoze 11 compatible so I'll have to do something about that as well.

The raytracing tech is cool; IMO, not sure how useful it will be in games because while you are admiring the cool visuals, some kid with everything turned to a minimum is sniping you in the head.

It's not either or. RTX has gotten this stigma that it's some unnecessary cosmetic toy that does nothing but impede performance. But that's just sour grapes from people with low end systems. Ray tracing, soon to be replaced with path tracing, is the clear future of gaming. It's the most immersive experience you can get. Anyone with a system capable of actually running it, isn't turning it off for performance reasons. It looks too good, and with a decent system it doesn't impede performance. It's like watching a movie in 4K vs. 720p format. Sure, you don't need 4K format to experience a movie, but once you see how much better it is, standard format feels really lacking.

Kids running cheap systems with settings at minimum aren't beating other gamers because of RTX performance.