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Example: I am currently on Devil's Canyon LGA 1150 (i5-4690k), May or may not upgrade to Skylake to take advantage of DDR3/4 or possibly wait for the version after that. 

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I have a gtx 970 3.5GB and I'm still on a sandy i7. Working fine for me, I feel the squeeze doing VMs and other stuff, not gaming really. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Still going strong on Z68 Sandy Bridge and I don't feel any need to upgrade any time soon.

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When I finally finish my pc I'll hopefully use if for about 4/5 years. I used to play for years on a PC with an athlon 64 2400+ and a Radeon HD4670 and the only thing I upgraded was the ram (from 1 to 4 gb)

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I'm still running my 3570k on my beloved Sabertooth Z77, paired with a 660ti. The CPU still holds up, but the GPU soon needs an upgrade, but it'll work until the next Nvidia refresh comes around

Yeah, right guys? Guys?

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When I buy a PC I try to max everything at the moment at 60 ultra. Then in the next couple of years I'm forced to lower the settings to a mix of high and medium, and after that -> new GPU.

So a whole new platform comes even one step after that. I'd say at least 5 years can be expected of a given chipset.

CPU: Ryzen 3 3600 | GPU: Gigabite GTX 1660 super | Motherboard: MSI Mortar MAX | RAM: G Skill Trident Z 3200 (2x8GB) | Case: Cooler Master Q300L | Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 250G + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB | PSU: Corsair RM650x | Displays: LG 27'' G-Sync compatible 144hz 1080p | Cooling: NH U12S black | Keyboard: Logitech G512 carbon | Mouse: Logitech g900 

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Still going strong on Z68 Sandy Bridge and I don't feel any need to upgrade any time soon.

If Sandy bridge appears to be that strong then I may just stay on my current platform for a good couple years and just upgrade the GPU to ensure I'm on the competitive edge. 

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Still also on sandy bridge. Unfortunately got a locked 2500 non-k (one of those brain-afk moments^^), boosts to 3.4 / 4Ghz (all / one core). I tend to wait as long as possible before upgrading, my former CPU was a pentium 4 clocked at 4.1 GHz and I currently see no reason why I should be burning for Skylake. The 2500 is still going strong and grafics-wise I just retired my 6870 for a 970 since I also got a 1440p monitor. 

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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Ivy Bridge I5 2500k(4.2GHz) on second Vid card need to upgrade card again (currently 650ti boost) cpu and 8GB ram holding strong!

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Once every five years with a new platform, unless something really nice comes along....like Intel 750 NVMe SSD's O_O

LanSyndicate Build | i5-6600k | ASRock OC Formula | G.Skill 3600MHz | Samsung 850 Evo | MSI R9-290X 8GB Alphacool Block | Enthoo Pro M | XTR Pro 750w | Custom Loop |

Daily | 5960X | X99 Sabertooth | G.Skill 3000MHz | 750 NVMe | 850 Evo | x2 WD Se 2TB | x2 Seagate 3TB | Sapphire R9-290X 8GB | Enthoo Primo | EVGA 1000G2 | Custom Loop |

Game Box | 4690K | Z97i-Plus | G.Skill 2400MHz | x2 840 Evo | GTX 970 shorty | Corsair 250D modded with H105 | EVGA 650w B2 |

 

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Still on P55 here, making this PC over 5 years old. I'll upgrade eventually, probably to Skylake.

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I'll probably upgrade when Intel has consumer line 6core CPUs. (re: not x99)

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I'm still rocking a 2500K @4.7Ghz on the z68 platform. It does all i want it to do, but i was fairly close to grabbing a x99 - 5820k when that was released.

Main Rig: Intel Core i5 2500K @4.7Ghz, Noctua NH-U12s, Asus z68 V-Pro, Evga GTX 970, Samsung EVO 250Gb, Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB,fractal design define r3, XFX XXX 850W

Laptop: Clevo w230st, 13.3" 1080p screen,  CPU intel i5 4200M(Someone want's to donate a i7-4700qm? :P), 8gb ram 1600Mhz, Geforce gtx 765m, SSD: mSata Evo 120Gb(still room for one more), HHD: 1Tb 7200rpm, 

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My pc before this one was with an athlon 7750be. Sooo... about 5 years....

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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