Dead End Enthusiast

[Plermpel]

Hello guys,

 

I think this is the right place to talk about my worries.

I've beed watching tech youtubers since I was a kid, mostly LTT and der 8auer, back then I was running a Phenom X6 and an 8800GT.

I allways was a bit jelous of the (back then not so big) tech influencers with all the top end hardware, me stuck with my sucky system chasing fps.

So I got influenced and here I am now as an adult, lately build two balls to the wall gaming setups worth way above 10 grand, which is still a lot of money for me. And honestly I don't know what for, I work so much, I hardly have time to play games even 8 hours a week and now I wonder if I am so impressionable that I just built those systems because I thought I need this because the tech youtubers have it.

Could have bought a 530d for that money...

I also could scalpe my systems and make even more money with them, but I don't want to because especially as an electrical engineer I still love the tech.

But why does one built two PCs, if a PS5 and my old System 3700X and 1080ti would just had been fine?

 

Anyone else feels like that?

[Plermpel]

You earn 111$ per month?!

[Sarra]

16 hours ago, Plermpel said:

But why does one built two PCs, if a PS5 and my old System 3700X and 1080ti would just had been fine?

I'll trade you two brand new systems for an old Haswell based Xeon in a consumer grade board with a GTX 980. Trust me, it's not fast for rendering.

[Beerzerker]

17 hours ago, Plermpel said:

Hello guys,

 

I think this is the right place to talk about my worries.

I've beed watching tech youtubers since I was a kid, mostly LTT and der 8auer, back then I was running a Phenom X6 and an 8800GT.

I allways was a bit jelous of the (back then not so big) tech influencers with all the top end hardware, me stuck with my sucky system chasing fps.

So I got influenced and here I am now as an adult, lately build two balls to the wall gaming setups worth way above 10 grand, which is still a lot of money for me. And honestly I don't know what for, I work so much, I hardly have time to play games even 8 hours a week and now I wonder if I am so impressionable that I just built those systems because I thought I need this because the tech youtubers have it.

Could have bought a 530d for that money...

I also could scalpe my systems and make even more money with them, but I don't want to because especially as an electrical engineer I still love the tech.

But why does one built two PCs, if a PS5 and my old System 3700X and 1080ti would just had been fine?

 

Anyone else feels like that?

I have asked myself the same question many times over.
You have no idea how many pieces I've got around here, boards, CPU's, GPU's, sticks of RAM..... I mean I could literally open a computer store.

I've stopped buying stuff (More or less) and riding it out with what I've got and I've even sold some of it off.
TBH it's really a hobby once you get into it at the level I am, if it makes you happy then I guess it's worth it but if not, find something that does.