Honestly, I asked myself the same thing when I was starting out. I got all hyped up reading reviews and watching videos, ended up grabbing a grafics card (see, I still type it wrong lol) thinking I needed it for everything. But then I realized my old integrated setup actually handled most of what I do just fine.
One thing that annoyed me was the fan noise. Like, I expected some hum, but this thing sounded like a tiny jet engine when I was just browsing Reddit. My apartment is already a mess with cables everywhere, and now I have this extra box whirring away. No clue if that’s normal or if I got a loud one.
What surprised me… wait, I forgot what I was gonna say. Oh yeah, how easy it was to install. I thought I’d screw something up, but it just clicked in. But then I realized I didn’t even need it for my games, because my old method… ugh, I can’t even remember now. I might have used it wrong, honestly. I think I had the drivers set up incorrectly or something, because it didn’t really change much.
So yeah, So yeah, your review is probably useful if it’s honest. Just don’t oversell it like I did. I ended up going back to my old setup for a while because it was simpler. And my apartment is still messy.
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Written by Jake
Apartment dweller who fixes things with duct tape and watches too many YouTube tutorials.