How long do you expect your rig to last?

[MeatFeastMan]

Mine's lasted longer than most people thought it would. At the time I built my system everyone was hating on the fx 9590 every time I mentioned it. I also used an air cooler (NH-D15) which everyone was saying wasn't good enough for the 9590. The doomsayers were predicting that my pc would have overheated and failed within a few months.

 

2 years down the line and it's still working like new, without a fuss. 9590 is dangerous? I disagree! I know everybody is getting ready to get their weaponry out and their pitchforks arguing their '9590 will kill us all, blow up in flames and destroy everything else with it' hate, but my personal experience completely disproves the FX hate that it gets.

[SenKa]

Built my system in late 2017. In it's current state, it will be lucky to last until new years. My next build tho? Planning on keeping it for the rest of my college education, sooo... 6 years, give or take.

 

Upgrading my i5-8600K, 16GB RAM, and RX580 to this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$84.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	Asus - ROG CROSSHAIR VI EXTREME EATX AM4 Motherboard	$175.46 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$315.98 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - PM961 128 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	Purchased For $20.00
Storage	Crucial - MX300 1.05 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $220.00
Storage	Western Digital - Red 8 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $120.00
Video Card	PowerColor - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card	$699.99 @ Amazon
Case	Cooler Master - Cosmos ATX Full Tower Case	Purchased For $20.00
Power Supply	be quiet! - DARK POWER PRO 11 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$185.99 @ SuperBiiz
Optical Drive	Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer	Purchased For $62.00
Optical Drive	Lite-On - iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Sound Card	Syba - SD-PEX63034 24-bit 48 kHz Sound Card	$22.99 @ SuperBiiz
Wired Network Adapter	Syba - SD-PEX24009 PCI-Express x1 1000 Mbit/s Network Adapter	$11.89 @ OutletPC
Case Fan	Noctua - NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM 140mm Fan	$27.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua - NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM 140mm Fan	$27.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua - NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM 140mm Fan	$27.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua - NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM 140mm Fan	$27.95 @ Amazon
External Storage	Seagate - Backup Plus Slim 2 TB External Hard Drive	Purchased For $20.00
Other	Ryzen 9 3850X	$500.00
Other	Generic DVD-ROM X2	Purchased For $0.00
Other	HD5450	Purchased For $0.00
Other	Optane Module	Purchased For $20.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2691.09
	Mail-in rebates	-$100.00
	Total	$2591.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-12 18:07 EDT-0400

 

(Note, the pricing for the CPU is a direct conversion from supposed Taiwan pricing and may be incorrect. I also changed the 850W to 1000W, but it didn't reflect here for... reasons.)

[jiyeon]

7 hours ago, maxtch said:

How old are your current rigs, and how long do you expect them to last?

My PC is coming up for 10 months now, I've spent £1,000 on it so I hope to get the most out of it before it dies or there's something out there one day that is a worthy upgrade. It could be incremental upgrades such as CPU (which I can only go up to a i7-9700K...) or a new graphics card, but overall I'm happy to use this system for the next perhaps half decade or so depending on where technology goes.

[jones177]

My computers were built in 2011 and 2016 but they are upgraded constantly. 

The 2011 build replaced my 2006 build and the 2016 build replaced my 2008 build.

 

                               2011 build & upgrades.

    CPU         GPU                   PSU                 Ram                        Storage

i7 2600k    GTX 570             750 watt         8gb DDR3           600gb 10,000rpm HDD 

i7 8700k    GTX 670             860 watt        16gb DDR3            1tb 10,000rpm HDD 

i7 8086k    GTX 680 4gb                            16gb DDR4            1tb SATA SSD

                  GTX 970                                                                  2tb M.2 SSD

                  GTX 980

                  GTX 980 ti

                  GTX 1080

                  GTX 1080 ti SLI

                  RTX 2080 ti

      

                               2016 build & upgrades

    CPU          GPU                     PSU                 Ram                        Storage

i7 6700k      GTX 980 ti SLI    1000 watt       16gb DDR4                 1tb SATA SSD

i7 8086k      GTX 1080 ti

                    RTX 2080 ti

 

 

The 2011 build will probably get a another GPU and another 16gbs ram.  I have no date to replace it.

The 2016 build will get a 2tb SSD and it will be done with no replacement planned. 

 

 

                 

 

 

 

[Guest]

previous system 

i7 920, asus p6t motherboard, 6 ( 3x2gb ) gb ddr3 memory, started with a gt card from around 2007/9 bought in 2007/8 the i7 was just released can't remember the year.
in 2014 i believe, the 970 was just released the gpu changed to a 770 2 gb, i believe had i spend 100 euro's more ( 700ish ) i still would have used the card by this day but i replaced the 770 early 2018 ( for a 1050Ti (planned on solely playing tbs games )) . In 2014 the psu was replaced too, to accommodate for the gpu ( be quiet something 700W ). Halfway 2018 replaced the i7 for a xeonx5650 and added extra ddr 3 memory + a new air cpu cooler. in october decided on placing an order in  China for a p6x58 asus board. And in december ordered a new system ( just for Christmas )
this system has known an yearly increasing amount of gaming-hours for the period of 10/11 years

Current system: r5 2600, 32 gb's of ram, aorus ultragaming x470, 1050Ti    
Life expectancy: 5 to 8 years
replacements: Gpu within 2 years
 

[TetraSky]

I bought it in 2010. Did some upgrade on it along the way like RAM, GPU and storage, but everything else is from way back then.

Since I'm expecting to buy a new computer by the end of the year, it will have lasted nearly 10 years.

[Virus__]

Honestly my 6600k & 1070 are more than enough for what I do these days, so pretty much until components start to die. I rarely get time for gaming & I don't do a lot of media production or creative stuff any more. If anything my server gets more of a work out than my actual PC so I expect to be replacing that sooner than my rig & then i'll probably transfer my PC into my server & use that & get a new rig for shits & giggles.

[NineEyeRon]

My previous rig lasted as long as the AIO... which emptied itself all over the MoBo.

 

I bought it in 2009 and it gave up 9 years later in 2018 while still being a capable 1080p rig,

 

Mu current one has just 5 years planned but I will pass it down to my children to play with, take apart and rebuild etc.

 

I do plan to take my current rig up to 1440p from 1080p but only for the games I play now. I have no plans to buy new games for a few years as the games I have now are fine.

[it_dont_work]

Mostly parts from 2010-11, gpu upgrade in early 2017. Does everything I want/need it to atm, can't see myself upgrading because I need to for at least another couple years. Want to upgrade that's a whole other story

 

[Lathlaer]

17 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

As soon as Intel gets to 10nm and nVidia gets to 7nm.

Same here. I got a bit lazy though so I REALLY hope that monoblocks and GPU blocks for new hardware will have inlets/outlets in the same places

 

Anything to avoid busting out a dremel again.

[DumbAsshole32]

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[Just Monika]

I built mine in late June 2014 when it was popular to buy the cheapest 4 core Intel i5 CPU with a x70 or x80 series Nvidia card for gaming purposes, but I am really feeling the CPU bottleneck happening with the latest releases like Division 2.

 

I'm planning on a new build later this year after the release of the Ryzen 3000 series, though my GTX1080 is still working great so I plan on keeping the GPU for now.

[dDave64]

My only rig right now is an ASUS GL702VM. I did some upgrades to RAM and added an SSD since it was new in late 2016.  It’s a 17” gaming laptop with a GTX 1060, a quad core i7, 24GB DDR4, and a 1TB SSD. I always use it on a fan cooling pad because it heats up pretty good under load otherwise.

 

I expect it will last a long time but I’ve been thinking more and more that I should sell it and move back over to a tower. I could make do with a much weaker laptop since I really have no reason to need a gaming laptop.

 

My thing when I build towers is that I don’t skimp on the processor. The reason why is that you can upgrade other components later like RAM and a GPU, a CPU is much harder because in many cases it requires a complete motherboard replacement as well.

 

I’ve never bought anything less than an i7 in any of my computers I’ve built since 1st gen i7 and I have been happy with the results every time for years. I’ve done this for others as well and they’ve been very happy with it as well.

[bradwiggo]

I have a rig with an i5-8600k and a 2070. I don't plan to upgrade for at least 3 years, and when I do it will just be CPU and GPU, don;t plan on a total rebuild for at least 6 years (unless I win the lottery or something). 

[Tristerin]

My FX lasted for over 6 years in use and didn't NECESSARILY need replaced.

 

I expect both of my Ryzen rigs to last me 4 more years in terms of gaming - and beyond if possible.  The only thing I see in their future upgrade path is GPU's.  And only because they are already lagging behind in that department.

[Boarder]

I've built all of my PCs since the 386 days and I can be sure of one thing, at least in my case, the motherboards died in between 4 to 6 years. I had one or two boards that lasted 8 years.

 

I have audio, video and modem cards that still work but no longer supported.

[Slurs Gang]

I expect mine to last till I have enough for a brand new rig. Currently, I am rocking roll with 2014 parts. i7 Haswell with GTX 970.

[8uhbbhu8]

Had mine about 3.5 years now. Will probably upgrade the ram, cooling and gpu one more time before i go to a new platform. 4790k, 16gbs 1600mhz ddr3 ram,  and an RX 480 right now. Maybe max it out to 32gb as my workloads can easily get surpass my 16 right now. Better cooling and i can OC  the cpu more, gpu not sure. Maybe that new vega thats being  teased coming in the fall.

[BigRom]

The old i5-4460 warhorse that was built in 2015

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor   
CPU Cooler: Silverstone - AR06 40.2 CFM CPU Cooler   
Motherboard: ASRock - H81M-HDS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard   
Memory: Kingston - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  
Memory: Kingston - 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 Memory   
Storage: Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  
Storage: Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB Video Card 
Case: Cooler Master - Elite 361 ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - Elite V2 550 W ATX Power Supply   
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter   
Case Fan: Silverstone - AP122 42.58 CFM 120mm Fan 
Case Fan: Silverstone - FQ81 27.53 CFM 80mm Fan  
Case Fan: Silverstone - FQ81 27.53 CFM 80mm Fan   
Mouse: Logitech - G402 Wired Optical Mouse  
Other: TESORO Excalibur V2 
Other: AOC M2060SWDA2 
Total: 
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-14 21:01 EDT-0400

 

The new Ryzen build thats just barely a month old

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($76.21 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX500 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.48 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Mini Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - Elite 361 (Black) ATX Mini Tower Case  ($15.00) 
Case Fan: Silverstone - AP122 42.58 CFM 120mm Fan  ($12.32 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Silverstone - FQ81 27.53 CFM 80mm Fan  ($14.54 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Silverstone - FQ81 27.53 CFM 80mm Fan  ($14.54 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Logitech - G610 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($90.00) 
Mouse: Logitech - G402 Wired Optical Mouse  ($35.00) 
Other: AOC M2060SWDA2 ($85.00)
Other: Super Flower Leadex Silver ECO 600W Full Modular PSU ($80.00)
Total: $956.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-14 21:11 EDT-0400

I just upgrade the whole damn thing when I feel my parts are too old or the upgrade path is dead. LGA1150 chips and boards are pretty much almost used market exclusively these days, so I went Ryzen with an eye on the Zen2 later this year or picking up a higher end Zen chip for cheap once the price (hopefully) crashes

[Ravendarat]

My current computer is like 3 months old, and will be getting an update once ZEN2 comes out provided it lines up with the rumours, my secondary computer is a 2009 macbook pro, which I keep trying to justify replacing but I upgraded to a ssd and the thing works great still so I cant justify it

[OtterlyDumb]

I'm hoping for mine to last at least long enough for me to save up for a new one. It's a modified Dell T7400, to put in perspective how old it is.

[fluxdeity]

Had an FX-8350 and HD 7950 built in 2013. Upgraded GPU to RX 580 in 2018, and Ryzen 2600/DDR4 system in February of this year.

 

Hopefully I won't have the urge to upgrade for a few years at the minimum. We all know how that works out though.

[Ja Krispie]

Well I just built it this year and I expect I'll get 4-5 years with no upgrades too it. Longer with an upgrade

[jake9000]

year 2012: 

Intel 3570K

AMD RAdeon 5850

Samsung EVO 128GB

8GB DDR3

ASRock z77 motherboard. 

 

The 5850 has been replaced with a 1070 in 2016 and I upped the mem to 16GB when my 8gb kit started throwing bluescreens. All said it's been decent, but the 3570K is starting to show its age in newer titles. Playing div2 right now on medium-high with the fps limiter set to 50 and it's still pegged at 100% most of the time. 

 

I'd like to build on Zen2 later this year and get similar mileage, but we'll see. 

Oh, I bought a Ducky mech keyboard in 2012 as well, and that thing is still clacking like a champ

[handymanshandle]

I built mine on December 22nd, 2017

Realistically all I wanna do is add more ram and more storage

Then maybe in like 2021 or 2022 I'll get a new GPU