Outdated PC

[New_Zealand]

When would components and or tech become outdated?

 

I currently have a 

 

1080 GPU,

i7 7770 4 Core 3.6ghz 

16gb DDR4 2100hz Ram

750W Gold Standard Evega

Thermaltake 91 View ( Ultra tower)

Fan Cooled,

 

EDIT: A lot of people are asking in regards to context. What I'm meaning is that how long would it for my components not to be able to play AAA games on max setting in 1080p. 

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

Just now, New_Zealand said:

When would components and or tech become outdated?

 

I currently have a 

 

1080 GPU,

i7 7770 4 Core 3.6ghz 

16gb DDR4 2100hz Ram

750W Gold Standard Evega

Thermaltake 91 View ( Ultra tower)

Fan Cooled,

 

 

I all depends on when new components are released and what they can do.

[it_dont_work]

When its no longer useful for what you need it to do. Your question is akin to how long is a piece of string 

 

Most likely 2-5 years when your gpu is showing age compared to new titles at the time. 

[Sprawlie]

When do computer parts become outdated?

 

about 30 seconds before you buy them

 

 

ok, in all serious? They become outdated when they no longer meet your expectations of performance. Or they die.

 

Computer tech is constantly a moving target. Outdated means in our worl when it no longer adequately performs the tasks it is defined to do due to age.

 

if for example, all you do is play solitaire on Windows 98, well, than a Pentium hasn't become outdated yet.

 

But if you are trying to do some fancy number crunching and your numbers have now grown so large that the time to process puts you at a competitive disadvantage to your competition? than it's outdate.

 

[A7XBandJunkie]

15 minutes ago, New_Zealand said:

When would components and or tech become outdated?

 

I currently have a 

 

1080 GPU,

i7 7770 4 Core 3.6ghz 

16gb DDR4 2100hz Ram

750W Gold Standard Evega

Thermaltake 91 View ( Ultra tower)

Fan Cooled,

 

 

Seems more like a flex haha. Can you run Crysis?

[TheBean]

first of all... how tf and *why* tf did you buy 2100 ram???? that is BELOW standard spec of ram. seriously, if you can manage to sell that ram first, for the love of god, buy at least 2666 ram for a high end build like that 

[Enderman]

They gradually become outdated.

It is not instant.

[New_Zealand]

1 minute ago, Saksham said:

first of all... how tf and *why* tf did you buy 2100 ram???? that is BELOW standard spec of ram. seriously, if you can manage to sell that ram first, for the love of god, buy at least 2666 ram for a high end build like that 

Probably will but not till i look at my motherboard i believe one of the parts on my mb is damaged. 

[New_Zealand]

11 minutes ago, A7XBandJunkie said:

Seems more like a flex haha. Can you run Crysis?

No but can run witcher 3 at full 

[aezakmi]

I've had a computer with hardware from the mid 90's I literally took out of dumpsters running until 2013, even played some games on it, the poor CPU fan whined and screeched but I even dared to play online games like UT99 or Counter Strike, I had a ton of fun with that monstrosity, oh the case... it was hideous, yellowish, rusty and had cigarette burns on it

 

it's outdated when you want it to be oudated or when it can no longer open a game without hanging.

 

 

22 minutes ago, Saksham said:

first of all... how tf and *why* tf did you buy 2100 ram???? that is BELOW standard spec of ram. seriously, if you can manage to sell that ram first, for the love of god, buy at least 2666 ram for a high end build like that 

2133 RAM is within the spec btw, it's the original DDR4 speed, all of the others are just overclocked by the manufacturers

[TheBean]

1 minute ago, aezakmi said:

it's the original DDR4 speed

i thought it was 2400 or 2666 depending on chipset. 

jedec has set the minimum speed to be 2133 (set in 2012)

then they made the default to 2400 (idk when). 

anoything above 2400/2666 is considered oc

[LogicalDrm]

When it fails to do things you like it to do. Like I have 4770K, GTX780 Founders, 16gigs of RAM, SSD and working peripherals. This is quite enough for my needs. Only reason for GPU upgrade was that I needed 3gb VRAM for video editing (from GTX 560Ti 1Gb).

 

I don't play with highest quality, and not really play AAA games. I don't play games overall because of looks. So this combo will be good for gaming for another 2 years.

[Mike2001Pro]

2 years.

According to computer users, over the past decade, after about 2 years is when you need to start upgrading your PC.

After 2 years your computer's hardware becomes old and has little value.

<campy> has the text book answer but I agree with more of what <it_don't_work> said.

[Giganthrax]

It all depends how much the next console gen is going to push graphics.

 

So, 2-5 years. 

[TheBean]

6 hours ago, Mike2001Pro said:

2 years.

According to computer users, over the past decade, after about 2 years is when you need to start upgrading your PC.

After 2 years your computer's hardware becomes old and has little value.

 

 

seriously? no!! dont upgrade every 2 years. that is a waste of money and a BIG contributor to the failing environment. you are throwing away computer parts which are perfectly fine which go into dumps. 2 years is not a very long time. i would not say 2 years. i would say more like 3 to 4 generations of a CPU and 2 to 3 generations of a GPU.

[Mike2001Pro]

1 minute ago, Saksham said:

 

seriously? no!! dont upgrade every 2 years. that is a waste of money and a BIG contributor to the failing environment. you are throwing away computer parts which are perfectly fine which go into dumps. 2 years is not a very long time. i would not say 2 years. i would say more like 3 to 4 generations of a CPU and 2 to 3 generations of a GPU.

Of course. Though even 3 to 4 generations apart from a CPU isn't really old, considering that I am currently working on a core 2 duo just fine and I can play some games too. Same with the GPU generations. You can be using an AGP graphics card and still do just fine with work and some games. Just not for those "first person shooter" games like Call of Duty.

My original post was referring to the younger generation of gamers and computer technicians where they do not value used computer parts. You always hear "oh that isn't worth anything" or "you might as well just throw that away and get a new one, there not worth much anyway"....LOL  So yeah, 2 years for the younger generation is what I am being told by them. Maybe minus that 1-2% of the younger generation that actually don't agree. Those guys might have some potential...lol