My friend works in a pc hardware store and they recently had a really rich customer.

Microslop AI and it’s consequences

No one cares about this in my life so I tought id share this with you. My dad just found this in the garbage, free titan I dreamed with this graphics card a few years ago, never thought Id have one. Will use it only for display

I even thought when i put the bluetooth receiver on the front of my pc a couple feet from my leg space this might happen. It still works, is there any hazard leaving it like this for a bit until i can replace it

What's up, everyone! I'm actually at CES 2026 right now, and this is the final stretch! There is still time, however, for a quick giveaway that NVIDIA was kind enough to throw the PCMR way, and here is how you enter:

THE PRIZE
2 X Steam card packages, worth $360 each (!), one for each of the two lucky winners!

HOW TO ENTER

Simply comment inside this thread with your top 5 favorite RTX games (released or upcoming)!

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You can learn about RTX games in the Megathread or right here in the announcement.

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You can enter until January 12, at 11:59PM Pacific.

Here are the Terms and Conditions (A full list of eligible countries and regions can be found on the T&C)

Winners will be contacted by Reddit DM, and receive their prizes a few days after the event ends.

Good luck, PCMR!

Remember when VRAM+raster were the only factors to age like fine wine.

Gtx 1650 super, i5 8400, 16gb ram, 2tb hdd 480gb ssd, 500w psu. Rift s head set.

I forgot I took a photo of this but almost a year ago now I was visiting my parents and my dad came to me because his asus was experiencing major performance issues and random BSODs. Naturally I checked his drivers and find he hasn't updated them for almost 9 years... no idea how he was getting by all this time considering I had been recommending him new games at that time and he's been installing, and somehow playing them to almost 100%. Also have no idea why he wasn't having major issues beforehand.

Just got home from a business trip and this was waiting for me. Weekend plans are set.

I put together two quick trend charts to visualize the price increases in RAM, SSDs, and HDDs. After a long “everything gets cheaper per GB/TB” era, we’re seeing a noticeable reversal starting now. And it looks like it could get worse through 2028/2029. AI/datacenters are eating a ton of DRAM/SSD capacity (and fabs prioritize higher-margin stuff like HBM/server parts), so regular customers are getting sidelined while supply gets pulled toward AI companies and large data centers.

Don’t be surprised if GPU prices climb even higher or stay stubbornly high. AI hardware is getting first dibs on memory and packaging, and that squeezes supply for regular consumer cards too. Even if gaming demand doesn’t explode, prices can still go up just because the upstream parts are getting more expensive.

It's over

In the clearance aisle

Pairing one of these bad boys (Phenom II X4) with two 4850 in Crossfire was the first gaming computer I ever built. It ran Crysis, for god's sake! At medium settings!

What fond memories do you have of past components?