Upgrade or Skip

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about when an upgrade actually makes sense. Today we need to talk about the thing that makes people upgrade when it doesn’t. Upgrade anxiety. That little voice that shows up right after you build a PC, buy a GPU, install more RAM, or … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about future-proofing. Or more accurately: How people turn a perfectly reasonable PC build into a financial incident by adding “just in case” to every part. Very efficient. Very expensive. Today we need to do something important. We need to admit something the internet … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about the hidden cost of chasing Ultra settings. Because nothing says “smart PC ownership” like spending several hundred dollars so a puddle can look slightly more emotionally damaged. Today we move to one of the most overused phrases in PC hardware: Future-proof. The … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about why most gamers do not need a new CPU. Because apparently every stutter, every frame drop, every weird PC port, and every bad day your computer has is now called a bottleneck. Very convenient. Today we move to something even more expensive: … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about VRAM panic. 8GB is dead.12GB is safe.16GB is comfort.24GB is future-proof, bro, trust me. Naturally, the internet cannot survive with only one panic button. So today we move to the next one: Your CPU. Apparently, if your processor is not brand new, … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I argued that before buying a new GPU, most people should try something radical: Lower a few settings. Very brave. Very controversial. Somewhere on the internet, a benchmark chart just fainted. Naturally, the internet did not approve. Now we move to the next panic trigger: … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. So far, we have talked about an “obsolete” PC that still works, a GPU that refused to die, and why the internet loves declaring perfectly usable hardware dead. Now comes the uncomfortable question: Do you actually need a new GPU? Or do you just need to stop treating the … Read more

The most common PC upgrade panic might not be a real problem. Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I said your PC might not be obsolete. Your expectations may have changed. Or, more likely, they may have been changed for you by benchmarks, thumbnails, spec sheets, and the usual internet choir … Read more

Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last few posts, I talked about my own PC and the RX 6700 XT that powers it. But those articles were never really about one CPU or one graphics card. They were about something bigger. Maybe your PC is not obsolete. Maybe your expectations changed. Or more … Read more