How To Cope Without

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CrystalDreamer59

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Looking like with the price of video games going up and the fact that all my money goes towards rent and bills I figure I'll never be able to afford a new computer. I got my laptop for now and its decent but I know in another 10 years it'll be old technology and wont be able to play newer games. I already got hundreds of games for my laptop to the point Im running out of hard drive space so maybe I should be happy with what I got. But I do worry what if some new game comes out and I really want it but my computer cant handle it because its so old. I just cant cope without technology.
 
Always kinda felt that was the advantage of a 'build it yourself' rig, it's just a constant evolution. Some plays or parts you can stretch way longer than others, for example my board is over 9 years old now.

Prices are suckier but they aren't unobtainable. Gravitating around current console-ish specs seems like the reasonable cost/perf floor to me since most games are designed around those performance targets.

Otherwise I feel like gaming stuff still provides a pretty decent cost to entertainment ratio, even just going out to eat with a date is the price of a new release.
 
Hoping that since most of what I play are older games on emulator I can still get several more years out of my laptop. I would like to build my own gaming setup but sadly with the price of computer parts going up and all my money going toward rent and bills I will never be able to do so. Also there are other forms of entertainment besides video games like watching video on TV. I recently got a streaming stick for my old TV. My TV may not be 4k but at least its HD I guess. Now that I got a streaming stick I am able to watch YouTube and tubi on my tv which is free. Still I feel so old fashion not being able to afford new technology anymore. But maybe some of the best technology is older technology.
 
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The only way I'll be able to save that much money in that amount of time is to get a second job. I tried working 2 jobs but too stressful and dont really want to do that again. Not sure how I can make more money without a second job though.
 
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