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I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you can’t, here’s our best advice.

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[–] adavis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was on an Intel 7700k. With Windows 10 coming to an end this year my choices were:

A) switch to gaming on Linux B) build a new pc

Given its age I picked b), getting it in January this year. 9800x3d, 32GB ram. It's been 11 months and no regrets.

(I could have gone c) and built a new computer AND switched to Linux, but I often play non steam games and didn't want to deal with WINE myself)

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I play ONLY non-Steam since August and had no problems by using Heroic Launcher.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Lutris is wonderful, they have many scripts to assist in game installs, for when you decide you are ready to take the plunge