Comment by tim-projects
2 hours ago
The last time I built a PC was almost 25 years ago. The gaming card seemed expensive at the time at $250.
I don't understand what's happened to PC building since. It's like it's a sport now or something. What's with the RGB crap? I remember wanting my PC to be quiet and out of sight. The screen and speakers were what mattered.
Now everyone's wearing crappy headphones. Everything is about how it looks. :/
It's a gamer subculture, I think originally from showing off your build? The irony is that people in the Western culture are generally lonelier than ever, and definitely going to fewer LAN parties than in the past. And this showcase thing established itself mostly _after_ Internet making us physically lonelier.
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I view it like the automotive world - lots of people like to buy a car and trick it out in some way. Same with PCs. Just think of it like that.