>be me>wish i had a nice computer>resurrect ancient dell machine that i got for free>i7-920 oh my>computer is a massively shit>dont care lol still having a great time>look inside>standard atx motherboard, unused power cables>upgrades, gentlemen>trawl through about a million listings on ebay trying to find something cheap>second hand gtx960>gaming.wav>extremely pleased with myself>pc of theseus all the way up to an i7-6700k and rtx2070 over the next few years>always find the best deals>only things i ever bought new were a psu and a case>still got them massively discounted>computer isn't great, i barely paid a cent compared to what it would have all cost new>suddenly have disposable income>upgrades, gentlemen>buy new shit this time>new cpu, new mobo, new ram, new gpu, new case, new ssd, new monitor, new new new>build it, it posts, boots into windows, but the second monitor doesn't light up>is it broken? no, turns out the new gpu doesn't support the dvi standard, even over an adapter>old monitor that i had been using as a second monitor for years suddenly not compatible with new pc parts>it's the monitor that i got with that free dell machine all those years ago>it has served me so faithfully>suddenly feel intense sense of loss>realise i had excised the soul from my pc completely>see every fault, every glitch, every stutter>used to just ignore all my pc's flaws because it was a lovable shitbox>hate myself, realize i should have never 'upgraded'i'm never upgrading again, i hope that some day i can look on these new parts with the same affection that i did my old monitor, i hope that it will come in time, don't make my mistakes
Getting attached to objects is autism
>>107836676not op but some objects are simply superior to others
>>107836676op here, some objects are simply superior to othersi am autistic, please be patient
>>107836442It's the same way you keep an old car alive. You learn to drive around its faults . It's one of a kind . You replace everything yourself. You cut yourself working on it . You maintain it. Its yours you know everything about it. Then one day you have something new and it's perfect but it's just like everyone else's . Indistinguishable from the rest . Lost in a sea of mediocrity. I get it OP you put unrecoverable hours into it. It became a work of art. Now something is handed to you and it's worthless because it was too easy.
>>107836806>It became a work of art.i think this is it, i just couldnt put it into words
>>107836442Old PCs will be New Gold.
>>107836676>t. slop groveller
>>107836442Thesuses ship
>>107836442>>realise i had excised the soul from my pc completely>>suddenly feel intense sense of lossHappened to me too when I upgraded to a 9800x3d, it's too good to be a fun machine
>>107836442>is it broken? no, turns out the new gpu doesn't support the dvi standard, even over an adapterWhat's up with that? I have a monitor on DVI using a HDMI to DVI adapter connected to a Zen 5 IGP.Works perfectly.
>>107837531not op but some of those 'adapters' are pretty random, you might need to kiss a few frogs.
>>107837572Well mine's a few dollar poverty cable, so it's definitely not the premium videophile stuff.
>>107837531There is digital dvi and analog dvi.
>>107837733Yeah but surely he isn't using a CRT. Everything else is either DVI-I or DVI-D, and would work with DVI-D.My monitor is from 2002 by the way.
>>107836442I unironically understand your sense of loss, you're not crazy. But you should reimagine it. Instead, think of it as your old pal in a set of new clothes. He's still your same old companion. Your KITT just got an upgrade, be happy for his sake. Rekindle the friendship.
>>107836442Once you have it all, you have nothing, back when I was a kid I used to be obsessed with computers and upgrading from one shitty GPU to another shitty GPU felt massive and adding more ram unlocked new possibilities, now that I have a pretty beefy PC, I don't feel like upgrading because it runs everything I want, I literally don't care about new hardware because it doesn't offer me anything, modern games are all shitty slop not worth playing, modern windows is a bloated clusterfuck made by jeets and modern hardware is a joke, an expensive joke thanks to AI, crypto and manchildren
