Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Gamgee
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Nov 01 2022 09:10:08

  Re: Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
  By: Gamgee to Matthew Munson on Mon Oct 31 2022 07:57 am

 MM>> Since Windows 11 does not accept my Ryzen 1700x, should I upgrade

 Ga> Wipe that virus-laden "OS" off the computer, install Linux, and keep on 
 Ga> moving forward. Cost = 0.

What do you mean by virus-laden?  I'd think it's only really easy to get a virus if you're going to sketchy web sites and/or downloading sketchy stuff.

 MM>> Also is a 1070 Nvidia card still ok for this, or should I go for
 MM>> the gusto and get a 3060.

 Ga> Not sure if it's changed, but you can't find/get high end video cards 
 Ga> these days.

I started to see graphics card prices coming down and stock returning to stores months ago.  People were starting to joke that scalpers were trying to return their graphics cards to the store because they couldn't scalp them anymore.

Nightfox
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