> Are you really going to pop in a 800$ gpu into 200$ worth of components?
Why not? For the right workloads, the GPU is the important thing anyways. It's not that different from rotating disks through a machine.
Right. At which point, why pay the cost of the rest of the PC being modular? Both the $800 and the $200 would be smaller amounts in the case of an integrated system.
You don’t have the option to pay to upgrade only one of the components in the integrated system…
Sure. But if the entire integrated system can cost a similar amount to the most expensive component you might upgrade in a modular system, there’s little practical difference.
My thought as well. The system is basically integrated anyway because all the components have to be matched at the current gen
Depends how good the original was if it’s worthwhile. GPUs don’t need that much from the rest of the machine as long as it’s somewhat sensible for gaming. Especially at 1440p or 4k the GPU is a huge portion of the performance
My current PC is using an old 4th gen i7 with an RTX 3060Ti and it keeps trucking along just fine, even with my 144Hz display. It used to have a GTX 960 but its 2GB of VRAM were anemic for some ML stuff I wanted to run + the newer Nvenc is a massive upgrade in quality. I don't see any reason to upgrade anything else.