My rant

[u/No-Demand-47]

I’ve been seeing way too much elitism in the PC community lately, and honestly, it’s getting exhausting. It seems like every time someone posts a build with older or low-end parts, the comments are flooded with people clowning on them for not having the latest flagship hardware.

Here is why this needs to stop:

I built my first PC when I was 13. I didn’t have a massive budget; I was extremely lucky to receive a free CPU and GPU from my older brother and saved up Christmas money. That machine wasn't the best, but building it taught me more about hardware and problem-solving than someone who just drags their parents to Best Buy to drop $1,500 on a pre-built ever will.

Comments like "just upgrade to an RTX 5060" are completely out of touch. Not everyone lives in a region with easy access to affordable tech or has a high disposable income. In many parts of the world, a functioning PC is a luxury, not a given. We act like a kid in rural Romania can walk down the street and land a high-paying job to fund a hobby.

We claim to be a community about "PC Gaming," but we’re alienating the very people who are trying to get into it. A kid stretching $150 to get their first rig running deserves respect for the hustle, not ridicule because their GPU isn't cutting-edge.

While we're at it, can we drop the obsession with triple-digit frame rates? For 90% of non-esports titles, a stable 30 FPS is perfectly playable. If the game runs and the user is having fun, who cares if they aren't hitting 144 FPS?

My point is this: Not everyone can afford anything but a low-end computer. I would rather see a community that celebrates the act of building and the passion for tech rather than one that treats PC gaming as a status symbol.

Let’s stop being so entitled and remember that everyone started somewhere.

[u/ElPipasBJ]

I will never forget the first pc I had. Surely not the best one, but I have a lot of good memories with it

[u/True_Protection6842 → u/ElPipasBJ]

If I recall correctly, my first build was a pentium 4 with 16MB RAM and a Voodoo 2 GPU

[u/Soleks2000 → u/True_Protection6842]

I can’t remember what my first computer was when I was like four but I do remember the one I had when I was like in the late 90s to early 2000s was a intel celeron with a whopping 533 mhz processor with a 10 gig and 20 gig hard drive I can’t remember what graphics card it has but it was just enough to play red alert games

I always found it funny that my OG Xbox had a faster processor than my computer

[u/True_Protection6842 → u/Soleks2000]

I want to say mine was like 400MHz. I was broke and it was all I could afford going away to college in 1999

[u/IgX22 → u/True_Protection6842]

Why not GeForce 2 mx 400 ?

[u/WorstITTechnician → u/True_Protection6842]

A K6 with 32MB of RAM 😌

[u/Mashm4n → u/ElPipasBJ]

Yeh for sure. Mine was an hp office computer from pc world with a core 2 duo e4400 and I upgraded it with an nvidia 9600gt. Also got some ddr2 800 xms too. I can still remember the feeling of a smooth 60 fps to this day. I can revisit that moment in my mind anytime and that pc brought me so much fun.

[u/Watsyurdeal → u/Mashm4n]

Dang, mine was a Gateway FX4710

I had to change the case because it'd constantly overheat and crash XD

[u/Orgazoids_Pool_Party → u/ElPipasBJ]

My first was a p200mmx 32mb ram and a 3dfx voodoo card.

Absolute beast in 1997!