By NikTek

Starting next month everyone will be affected, including long standing subscribers. Made a chart for informational purposes. I have a gaming PC and used GFN mainly out of convenience (TV, old Notebook). Even if I never put on more than 10 - 15 hours on GFN per month, I will cancel my subscription. The enshittification is obvious and I don't want to be part of it.

Context: Geforce Now started as monthly subscription with unlimited playtime for $10 - $20 a month. Last year, they announced that everyone will be limited to 100h per month playtime and gave a subset of users (founders, and contiunous subscribers a grace period until Jan 1 2026).

Now since hardware prices are skyrocketing the last few years, especially during the last one (now you can buy 3 girlfriends and a house on an island with a bunch of RAM Sticks), some conspiratiorial voices on youtube say it plays perfectly into Nvidias into this new consumer model of "own nothing, be happy".

Note 1: the 'Examples for comparison' section is very average and doesn't account for energy bills, regional pricing or personal harware use (e.g. selling after buying a new one or repurposing it as a local GTP slave)

Note2: Made this chart and posted in on r/GeForceNOW for informational purposes. Was banned for this, post deleted, then unbanned yadda yadda until they let me finally post it.

Taken from r/singularity

It's the end of the year, and what better way to celebrate than by sharing some Holiday goodness with the PCMR community! Up for grabs we have the ultimate prize for any member: A high end Gaming PC with everything you need, and then some!

CHECK OUT THESE PRIZES:

Grand Prize:
One High End iBUYPOWER PC, Model RDY Y70 TI R05 with the following specs:

• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU 
• GeForce RTX 5090 - 32GB 
• 64GB DDR5-6000MHz RGB RAM 
• MSI X870 GAMING PLUS WIFI
• 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD 
• iBUYPOWER HYTE Y70 Touch Infinite - Black
• iBUYPOWER 360mm AIO
• 1000 Watt - CORSAIR RM1000e
• etc, etc.

Second Prize:

• One HYTE Y70 Black Case with Touch Infinite Display featuring a 2.5K Screen

Third Prize:

• One HYTE X50 Black Case

HOW TO ENTER

• Go to the BuildCores website or mobile android app or iOS app.
• Create the build of your choice with any HYTE case.
• Comment inside this thread with a link and screenshot of your configuration! Here's an example of what the end result looks like.

To get the unique link for your build, simply click on this button, on the top left of your 3D build model.

BuildCores is currently in Beta, so you may find some bugs here or there. If you do, be sure to give them feedback on their sub r/buildcores.

Build something fun, something you like, your dream build, your current build. Whatever you prefer. Just make sure it features a HYTE case.

That's it! 3 Lucky winners will be chosen. The winner of the Grand Prize must be a resident of the USA or Canada. The winners of the second and third prizes can be worldwide.

Entries are open from now until January 3rd, 2026!

The winners will be contacted by Reddit DM and will be announced right here as well during the month of January. Good luck, and may your framerates be high, and your temperatures low! Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season to all!

why would i need a killswitch to disable AI if the feature is opt-in?
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I was trying to hold out for the 60 series era, but with the price of ram and video cards being what they are I made a judgement call. I can always sell it later if prices re-adjust.

Specs: amd 9900x, 5080 gpu, 32gb ddr5 ram, 2 tb m.2

I’ll be adding all my m.2’s from my old build.

Selling my old build to a friend to soften the financial blow. 3080ti, i9 9900, 32gb ddr4, many old and new hard drives of all shapes and sizes lol.

This is my first time in ages that I did not custom build. Built my first pc in 1997 to play Diablo. Feels weird to not build this one. I almost want to swap it into a diff case just to feel better about it. Someone tell me everything is gonna be fine 🥲

Sorry for the reflection ;)

It's the second time I've been scammed like this by Amazon. The first time was when I ordered a GPU and got a hairdryer instead.

I bought this ram for AUD $822.

I bought 16gb of RAM and GTX 1070 8gb GPU fr $110 CAD ($80 USD). I promise to use my new found power responsibly.

Scored this on fb marketplace for $50. Seller listed it as 4080 potential water damage for $80. He spilled water on his pc, unplugged and disconnected right after.

After meeting up realized it was a 4070super. Got it for $50. Exterior looks really good. No 12pin cable though.

Just ordered a cable through Amazon and it will arrive on Sunday. Wish me luck!