I've recently seen a trend in tech communities on lemmy where people have developed this mentality that computer hardware is as disposable as a compostable cup, and that after 10-15 years you should just chuck it in the bin and get something new. If someone asks for tech support, they'll just be told to buy new hardware. If someone is saddened their hardware is no longer supported by software they are just entitled, need to pull up their bootstraps, and "only" spend $100 to get something used that will also not be supported in 5 years. It doesn't matter if there is actual information out there that'll help them either. If the hardware is old, people will unanimously decide that nothing can be done.
I've seen this even in linux communities, what happened to people giving a damn about e-waste? Why is the solution always to just throw money at the problem? It's infuriating. I've half a mind to just block every tech/software community other than the ones on hexbear at this point.
The g*ming tech community sucks because of this. I used to keep up with all the info about the new hardware releases and such until a couple of years ago. And even then it was this bad. Generation after generation there was price hikes and little gain, yet everyone would swear that you had to have the top tier stuff.
I have a Ryzen 5 5600X and a RX 5700 XT and it honestly serves me well enough. The only exception is on UE5 games, but I'm not sure the issue is the engine itself or the fucked up deadlines developers have that makes it impossible to optimize it.
Honestly the only upgrades worth in my case would be a better GPU and more RAM. But hardware is very, very expensive here and I couldn't make full use of it with my current MOBO. And changing that would basically mean I have to change everything, so fuck that. I'll probably keep using this config for at least a few more years.