r/gamingpc • u/TrumpetKingAlex • 6d ago
Finally upgrading
I built my PC back in college with an FX-8350 and 8gb of RAM. Over the summer my Uncle got a new job and the old one didn't ask for his computer back. He works remote doing lightning design. He gave me the PC which had a Ryzen 7 5800x, 32gb of RAM and some weird little GPU. I put my GTX 980 in it and it's been nice but I figured it deserved something a bit better.
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u/Bigsparks13 6d ago
Damn man, this is a huge upgrade, congrats! I just saw another guy who went from a 1080 to a 5090 these are huge leaps forward, and I really wish I had that level of patience.
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u/Forbidden76 6d ago
With price gouging kind of forced to be patient with GPUs. I have never played more than MSRP on any tech in my entire life.
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u/Bigsparks13 6d ago
That is actually pretty awesome. I honestly feel like that has probably worked out really well too, since you're not breaking the banik every gen or two.
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u/Forbidden76 2d ago
Yeah I had a 1080ti and then a 3080ti about 6 years later. After selling the 1080ti only had to pay about $300 difference to upgraded. Patience is key.
Probably should of upgraded last fall to a 5080 at $999 I could of bought a couple times before the card market went nuts.
Oh well. I can wait it out.
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u/Tarekss123 6d ago edited 6d ago
You have had some nerves of steel to have managed to stay with the 980 for this long.
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u/Turbo-Chook 6d ago
Wow, my GTX980 bit the dust in 2019 and I've had 3 GPUs since. I couldn't imagine still running one in this day and age, that would be miserable!
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u/Acrasialallthetime 6d ago
I didn’t swing for the fences like you but I had a 2070 super and Ryzen 7 3700x that I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800x3d and rtx 5070ti. I didn’t want to spend the extra 600 for a 5080 nor did I want to change my motherboard / Ram to am5 platform. It’s made such a huge difference. I’ll definitely be able yo play AAA games no problem for the next 4 years. Next upgrade will be generation 6 and 10. Hopefully things will halve calmed down with the price gouging by then. But other than that, happy gaming!
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u/Guilty-Good-5041 6d ago
The graphics card equivalent of. You and the guy she says is just a friend 😂😂😂
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u/VadimMorkva 5d ago
Remember having a gaming Asus rog laptop with 980m. It was a beast. Congrats on 5080!
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u/nickisthat 5d ago
Going from an EVGA GTX 980 to an ASUS Prime RTX 5080 is absolutely insane. Bro skipped like 11 years of GPU evolution in one upgrade. Enjoy the generational leap, that’s not an upgrade, that’s a resurrection.
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u/PearlSugarMuse 5d ago
that ryzen rig from your uncle already gave you a solid base, and the 5080 is a massive leap from the 980. enjoy it.❤️
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u/Vampire-Main619 4d ago
I jumped from a 1050ti to a 5070ti just last January , it was the best decision of my life. Spent 7 years on 1050to, gonna spend another 10 on this 5070ti.
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u/LithiumPhosphate 4d ago
Congrats! Id gladly take that 980 off your hands, the ole 970 needs a break XD
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u/Szymon_Solus64 4d ago
Dont forget about changing CPU
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u/TrumpetKingAlex 2d ago
I don't think I can get much better than a R7 5800X without upgrading my Motherboard and RAM which is also crazy expensive.
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u/aurelius_180ad 3d ago
nice man! just upgraded (didn't want to, but gpu died from a lightning strike lol) wish you all the best
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u/Engineer_DAD2026 2d ago
Not trying to hate at all and I hope you enjoy it, but northwestrepair just made a series of videos of him repairing that GPU. He said they used some bad components or something. I think he fixed like 4 of them. It might be worth checking out.
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u/Ou7num3r3d 2d ago
8gb of ram on a machine like this is very depressing
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u/TrumpetKingAlex 2d ago
I know crazy upgrade right? This is so much better than my old rig.
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u/Ou7num3r3d 2d ago
To clarify, you put the 5080 in the 8 GB ram computer?
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u/Extension-Bat-1911 6d ago
Holy upgrade