How often do you upgrade/replace your build

[Over_Confident]

Hey guys, as pc enthusiasts, I was wondering how often do you upgrade your build/replace your pc?

By upgrade I mean: Changing one pc components no matter what it is by a better one(Not adding a new component)

Just a quick question because I was wondering

[Flying Sausages]

Upgrade when it becomes potato to me. Replace if it dead. 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

until something breaks, usually 4+ years

if that part is cpu/ mobo, meaning a platform upgrade

[SpikeSpiegel]

Well for me it depends on my budget.  So far the only thing I upgraded was my Memory Card Reader.  Since my Vantec one died a few days ago.

[emosun]

Only if I can double a components speed for a reasonable price. not interested in small % upgrades.

Main reason for me not upgrading my 10 year old motherboard is due to the cost of having to double it's speed.

[Over_Confident]

7 minutes ago, emosun said:

Only if I can double a components speed for a reasonable price. not interested in small % upgrades.

Main reason for me not upgrading my 10 year old motherboard is due to the cost of having to double it's speed.

what is the tool you use to mesure the speed of your components ? 

[Damascus]

Constantly lol, but I sell what I was using at a slight profit/slight loss so I'm just recycling the same 2 grand over and over again.  I burnt out in 2019 though, so now I've decided to stick with the ol' 6950x until an i3 equivalent can beat it

[jones177]

Since I am chasing resolution and frames I upgrade as soon as possible.

 

Even though I tried to get away from 4k by having my main gaming PC on an ultra wide I bought a 4k TV last black Friday and now I am back on it.

It is like a drug and I am addicted so I won't stop until I can do 4k with all frames over 120. Then It will be 4k ultrawide so it will probably never end. 

 

[Clearlyyy]

almost never i am broke

[Arika]

when it no longer is meeting my requirements.

[emosun]

17 minutes ago, Over_Confident said:

what is the tool you use to mesure the speed of your components ? 

anything that'll spit out a number and time at the end pretty much

[Mark Kaine]

29 minutes ago, emosun said:

Only if I can double a components speed for a reasonable price. not interested in small % upgrades.

Main reason for me not upgrading my 10 year old motherboard is due to the cost of having to double it's speed.

To be fair, if you need a new mobo because you need a new CPU that's twice as fast as your old CPU you kinda don't have a choice... 

And besides RAM and bus speeds a mobo doesn't necessarily speed things up anyways. 

 

Point is new mobo (+CPU) = double speed!

No new mobo (+ no new CPU) = no double speed!  

 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

Point is new mobo (+CPU) = double speed!

No new mobo (+ no new CPU) = no double speed!  

gee you dont say , and here i thought i knew how computers worked

[Mark Kaine]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

gee you dont say , and here i thought i knew how computers worked

Well I'm glad to help!

[Over_Confident]

If someone can give me a general rule ?

 

Like every ... months replace ...

 

That would be great please :))

 

(I'm addicted shit..)

[vong]

Honestly when I first started building (5ish years ago) it was every few months, either something changed or added. But now, I'm happy with what I've got and turned off by high end gpu prices. I do have a slight itch to upgrade platforms but gonna see how next gen turns out.

[Damascus]

4 hours ago, Over_Confident said:

If someone can give me a general rule ?

 

Like every ... months replace ...

 

That would be great please :))

 

(I'm addicted shit..)

New tech doesn't even come out fast enough for that lol.  Feel free to upgrade as much as your budget/heart desires, there's no real downside other than cost

[SpikeSpiegel]

Basically for me it's little as I can.  Or when my PC dies completely then that's when I move to a better motherboard and CPU

 

Intel Pentium 4 2003~2010

AM3 (AMD Althon x2 250 & AMD Phenom x4 945) - 2010~2018

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 2018~2020

Intel i5 Laptop 2015~2020

[it_dont_work]

When it stops doing what I need it do easily. 

 

I mean im still using an fx and r9 fury, only thing it shows some age with is x4 

[Oppositetoup]

Way to often. I upgraded my PC in February last year.By June I had talked myself into building an entirely new PC from Scratch so that I could go SFF. And I've upgraded that twice since then. You really don't need to do it this often, but I enjoy finding Ways to squeeze a little more out of my system without it getting bigger, louder or hotter. More expensive on the other hand, I struggle to stop.

[Automobili3XF]

Every once in a while, my builds rarely stay the same for more than 6 months.

[Tan3l6]

RAM - all the time, MoBo and CPU after 2-4 years.

GPU lately about after 5 months, not an upgrade always.

[BecauseICanTBH]

13 hours ago, Over_Confident said:

Hey guys, as pc enthusiasts, I was wondering how often do you upgrade your build/replace your pc?

By upgrade I mean: Changing one pc components no matter what it is by a better one(Not adding a new component)

Just a quick question because I was wondering

Probably within 3 years.

Although I just upgraded my 8700k to a Threadripper 3960X, so maybe I'll keep that for longer than 3 years. Maybe.

[biggieweeb]

13 hours ago, Over_Confident said:

Hey guys, as pc enthusiasts, I was wondering how often do you upgrade your build/replace your pc?

By upgrade I mean: Changing one pc components no matter what it is by a better one(Not adding a new component)

Just a quick question because I was wondering

For me every 3 to 4 years or if it breaks a couple years in i might upgrade

[Zando_]

13 hours ago, Over_Confident said:

how often do you upgrade your build/replace your pc?

When I get bored and have available mons, lol. I've ran a bunch of hardware just for the sake of mucking around with it, very little rhyme or reason to it. Like @Damascus said, there's no downsides so long as you can afford it and are having fun.