Time to build a new PC? Or wait for 9th gen Intel?

[Amin]

Although to me backups are things that get put in the safe or offsite asap.

The photos I've been working on recently are on the SSD. When I import new photos to the SSD, I also import a backup copy of those photos to the primary 4TB HHD. That HHD has all my photos every on it, so it's really the "primary" copy for my photo library, though I don't access older photos very often except on Flickr. It gets backed up to two additional HHDs within the machine in case of drive failure(s).

Then I also have backups of that drive at another physical location as well as in the cloud. So different levels of backup, in the primary machine, out of the machine, etc.

 

[Amin]

Okay, one final upgrade. I figured it was going to be a while before I could get my hands on an RTX 2070 or 2080 at a good price, and I probably won't be able to make any use of ray tracing. And Microcenter just dropped the price on this 1080 TI.

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So now my build is really done, and my other son is very happy with his GTX 1070 .

I'm not a gamer, but I like to try a game or two once every PC build. Downloading The Elder Scrolls Skyrim and American Truck Simulator right now. If anyone has other recs for non-shooter games with great graphics, please let me know!