Games

Dwarf Fortress

Control got me to build a new PC. I had an average laptop before, but sold the laptop and built a PC with a 3080 in it for the sweet raytracing. Managed to pick the 3080 up at RRP before all the Crypto boom started, so I was stoked! Still going very strong after almost 3 years.

Star Citizen. Later refunded as it is a hot mess.

For me, it was Cities:Skylines. My old PC couldnt play it (first game i wanted to play that it couldnt run), so i upgraded.

Now that Cities:Skylines2 is coming out in a few months, i anticipate needing to upgrade again lol.

For me I originally built my PC 6-7 years ago because of Rainbow Six Siege and the leaning without ads and to be more competitive. Only upgrade I have done is the GPU and honestly should've waited but here we are.

My old system was already 10 years old. When Hogwarts Legacy came out, I was able to set a goal for my future system. Being able to play the game on ultra settings on a 1440p Monitor with 144 FPS.

My old PC was able to reach about 33 FPS on the lowest Settings possible. Next week I should have the last part for my new PC. 🤩

For me, it was Cyberpunk 2077. I wanted to run around Night City with ultra graphics and raytracing. Too bad it launched in such a badly optimized state.

Back in the day, Cube World... RIP...

I tend to build a new PC every time a new Diablo game drops

Just wanted to mention that I've had the 6800XT for a little while now, and I am very happy with it. Runs the majority of games great at 1440p/144FPS, and I've never had any issues with temperatures or drivers. I will mention, however, that the 6800Xt is a big, big SOB and barely fit in my case, so make sure you measure your case a bunch.

My old system was already 10 years old. When Hogwarts Legacy came out, I was able to set a goal for my future system. Being able to play the game on ultra settings on a 1440p Monitor with 144 FPS.

My old PC was able to reach about 33 FPS on the lowest Settings possible. Next week I should have the last part for my new PC.

While I just needed an upgrade in general ( Went from a 1060ti/i7 8gen to a 3070ti/i7 12gen), I was in the middle of God of War and the improvement was incredible. Didn't realize how much better games could run. 😅

While I just needed an upgrade in general ( Went from a 1060ti/i7 8gen to a 3070ti/i7 12gen), I was in the middle of God of War and the improvement was incredible. Didn't realize how much better games could run. 😅

Do not buy parts for Starfield until it releases and reviewers report in.

I most recently upgraded due to no mans sky constantly struggling. But upgraded enough to get cyberpunk and path tracing. With it being out for iver 2 years when i upgraded, those hardware targets were known.
This machine should cover me for starfield though.

Starfield is unknown.

Alyx.

Never had a gaming PC before so I bought due to pandemic boredom and New Vegas running like crap on my Surface Pro.

Path of Exile lol.

My old system was already 10 years old. When Hogwarts Legacy came out, I was able to set a goal for my future system. Being able to play the game on ultra settings on a 1440p Monitor with 144 FPS.

My old PC was able to reach about 33 FPS on the lowest Settings possible. Next week I should have the last part for my new PC.

I assembled my current workstation with an RTX 3080 to coincide with Cyberpunk 2077 release.

Now I was lucky I bought it right before prices got gouged by scalpers, and to this day its considered a high end PC. 2 years with 0 issues and easy customization.

In hindsight that piece of trash scam of a game was a blessing in disguise.

God of War for single player games and Apex Legends for multiplayer.

I had never been a playstation guy but really wanted to play the new God of War and knew for a fact that my computer was not good enough. I used to be into Apex for a good couple years and could barely run it. Had to turn everything all the way down just to hid a semi decent FPS.

Now I don't even play Apex but I'm glad I got to play God of War on the highest settings and enjoy the game to the fullest. Still one of my favorite games and I'm definitely gonna get Ragnarok when it comes out on PC

It was Battlefield 3! The moment I got in a helicopter with under 20fps I knew it was a need and not a want anymore. I had to get a gtx 480 and a new power supply to support it. Followed by a pci slot fan to help it out a little more

I always build a new PC whnen there is a new Diablo game

Cyberpunk 2077, bought it on sale and my 125 gb SSD, FX8350 and rx580 weren't terribly happy. Grabbed a used ryzen 3600 and used 2080 super for $200. Board, ram, and m.2 drive for about the same new. Now I'm debating the 5600xcd or just hold off till I want the AM5 chips, that'll depend on how Starfield runs.

My first PC ever was built because I really wanted to play modded Skyrim, Minecraft, and Metro 2033. i3 3225 and a 7750, later upgraded to a 2500k with a 7950. That machine was insanely badass. When the i5 and 7950 were overclocked, they outperformed my brother's 4th gen i5 with a 970.

A few games have gotten me to do that over the years.

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition was what finally convinced me to fit a 1TB SSD, and Control was what convinced me it was finally time to get a ray-tracing card.

Gonna date myself a bit but Diablo 2 was the first time I really needed to upgrade our computer. Needed more space.

Then games like Crysis (shoutout 5970) and most recently cyberpunk

Csgo then valorant. Lucky for me these games are very budget friendly.

Even though the game was already a decade old at the time, Skyrim. I realized that mods could bring it up to modern game graphics and gameplay, then built a gaming PC to support that. And in a few months, it'll be used for Starfield.

I upgraded because my previous PC was a dead end. It was a retrofitted XPS workstation I got from my father - I had slotted a SATA SSD and a somewhat improved GPU, but I couldn't push it much further due to the proprietary PSU form factor. There weren't even extra PCIe slots, which became a huge issue when I switched off Windows and wanted to get an Intel Wifi/BT card.

Nier Automata made me do my first upgrade since I got my PC back around 2010. I was very excited to play it, loaded it, and slugged below 10 fps in the opening scene of the game. I was incredibly sad, but undeterred in playing what became one of my favorite games of all time. Got a 1070, came home, and forgot about power usage. So I had to go out again and get a new power supply. Then it became smooth sailing. Nowadays I'm looking to upgrade my whole PC since my I7 is probably slower than today's i3 maybe ( I know it's worse than an i5 now) but no game has given me issue right now (except D4 making my computer into an airplane.)

Funny you should mention Starfield, my previous rig (up until 2020) I built specifically for Fallout 4, anticipating that I'd need something reasonably beefy for all the mods (4790k, R9 390). Didn't really gel with F4 but enjoyed Witcher 3 a lot at the time.

Skull and bones! Thought and set my own deadline to last autumn, but it still isnt out

iRacing has driven (heh) the vast majority of my PC upgrades over the past few years. Changing from monitors to an Oculus had me upgrading GPUs back in 2017, I got a 3080 two years ago which let me upgrade to a Reverb G2, then realized I was getting CPU-bound fps drops so I ended up with a 5800X, all in the interest of higher settings and more cars on track at once. Unless someone comes out with a worthy upgrade to the Reverb, I think I'm set for a bit.

Jedi Survivor, it was a buggy release.

When the demo for RE4 Remake came out and it was just a total slideshow, I uninstalled it and began my journey. My i7 lasted well over 10 years, it got the full 10 gun salute

My next computer is being built for Cities: Skylines 2 for sure.

While this wasn’t the sole reason (I was just kinda due for an upgrade anyway), I was interested in playing Half-life Alyx and Star Wars Squadrons in VR.

guild wars 2. it's always guild wars 2 I come back to...