Is it a good time to upgrade my CPU?

[Iormlund]

I've ditched Nvidia and gone with the 9070 XT for my new build, paired with a 9800X3D.

Should be here next week.

[Josquius]

Well. Looks like I don't have a desktop anymore.
First, et everything up, turned it on... But zero display. Not even a bios error.
Did some weird qflash thing without even turning it on and hurray, I have bios.
But now it recognises my hard drives exist but doesnt recognise them as boot devices.

[Grey Fox]

Secure boot? TPM2.0?

[grumbler]

Well. Looks like I don't have a desktop anymore.
First, et everything up, turned it on... But zero display. Not even a bios error.
Did some weird qflash thing without even turning it on and hurray, I have bios.
But now it recognises my hard drives exist but doesnt recognise them as boot devices.

Sounds like the typical post-build frustration phase.

[Josquius]

Had to do a totally new windows install on a random hard drive, turned out not the one I would have chosen.

I wonder if this was typical of computer setup these days, as have to say its quite a swerve back towards difficult compared to 10 years ago- nothing on 20 years ago and setting pins and all that of course.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Man, I'm still using the same MacBook Pro I've had since 2014 as my daily driver. My kids use it too, for Minecraft and YouTube.

I'm starting to get nagging warnings that my shit is too old to support the latest version of X software, but so far there have been workarounds. 

Had to do a totally new windows install on a random hard drive, turned out not the one I would have chosen.

I wonder if this was typical of computer setup these days, as have to say its quite a swerve back towards difficult compared to 10 years ago- nothing on 20 years ago and setting pins and all that of course.

That's why I keep around my Apple II GS and play around with that from time to time. Nothing like working with really old stuff to make the new stuff seem simple.