Why I Started Upgrade or Skip

Welcome to Upgrade or Skip. A place built around one very suspicious question: Does this actually need upgrading, or is somebody just trying to sell me something? Because according to the internet, everything is dying. Your phone is too old. Your GPU is too weak. Your keyboard isn’t “endgame.” Your browser isn’t optimized. Your charger … Read more

My “Obsolete” PC in 2026: i5-12490F + RX 6700 XT

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the first post, I said this entire site started with one suspicious little question: Does this actually need upgrading, or is somebody just trying to sell me something? Before I start judging everyone else’s hardware, it’s only fair to put my own PC on trial first. My daily … Read more

The GPU That Refused to Die: RX 6700 XT in 2026

Five years later, AMD’s mid-range survivor is still making upgrade marketing uncomfortable. Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I talked about my own supposedly obsolete PC: an Intel i5-12490F paired with a Radeon RX 6700 XT. That article was about the whole machine. This one is about the part that makes … Read more