GPU Inflation: The New Normal

Intel entering the GPU market with a dual-GPU setup is like watching your quiet accountant friend suddenly announce they're becoming a professional skateboarder. The top image shows Intel's Arc B60 dual-GPU with 48GB VRAM—absolute hardware pornography for the tech-obsessed. And that reaction? Pure tech lust. Five hours of uninterrupted staring is actually the minimum recommended viewing time for new hardware. It's the standard unit of measurement for "how badly do I want this thing I absolutely don't need but will convince myself is essential for checking email."

Spent $3000 on a liquid-cooled gaming rig with RGB everything just to play a game that looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint. Meanwhile, the kid with a potato laptop is desperately trying to run Cyberpunk at 12 FPS. The true tragedy of modern gaming isn't bad game design—it's resource allocation. That RTX 4090 is sitting there calculating the perfect shadow on a Roblox brick while somewhere an integrated GPU is literally catching fire.

Kid: "Dad, can I get a Switch for Christmas?" Dad, who's been configuring Cisco routers since the 90s: "Say no more!" The crushing disappointment on that kid's face is what happens when you don't use proper technical specifications in a house full of nerds. Nintendo? Ethernet? Who knows! Next time he'll submit a detailed product requirements document with model numbers and hyperlinks. That's how you learn to communicate with engineers in the wild.

That moment when your trusty coding companion of many years decides it's had enough of your spaghetti code and kernel panics. The emotional attachment is real—you've been through countless all-nighters, Stack Overflow searches, and successful builds together. Now it's just sitting there, refusing to POST, taking your compiled memories to silicon heaven. It's not just hardware failing; it's the digital equivalent of your childhood pet running away. Pour one out for all the terminals that never got to execute their final shutdown -h now .

Seven years of hardware evolution, three operating systems, and that Corsair AX 760 power supply just refuses to die. It's watched your GPU upgrade from a GTX 760 to a 3090 to a hypothetical 9070 XT. Witnessed the rise of Ryzen from Intel's shadow. Endured RAM doubling from 8GB to 32GB. Meanwhile, your motherboard keeps getting fancier hats. That PSU is the IT equivalent of the guy who's been at the company for 25 years and still uses the same coffee mug while everyone around him gets replaced with younger models.

The PC building evangelists strike again! That special breed of tech enthusiast who somehow turns "I built my own computer" into a personality trait. They lurk in forums, waiting to pounce on any innocent parent asking about buying a pre-built gaming PC for their kid. Look, not everyone wants to spend their weekend watching 47 YouTube tutorials on proper thermal paste application or risk destroying a $500 graphics card because they got too enthusiastic with static electricity. Sometimes people just want a computer that works without becoming an honorary electrical engineer. Pre-builts exist for a reason. They're the "I just want to eat the damn cookie" option in a world full of people insisting you need to mill your own flour first.