How often do you upgrade/replace your build

[steelo]

14 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

Prior to this build last winter, I had a next to worthless Mac Mini for a good 5 years. Lately though, it's every 5-6 months I talk myself into needing to upgrade SOMETHING...

 

I built this PC ~ December 2018

Upgraded RAM February 2019

Added SSD March 2019

Upgraded GPU to RX 5700 a week ago

 

I have a problem...LOL

[dizmo]

Whenever a game comes out I want to play.

[Yogi_DaBear221]

Just kind of whenever as long as my PC meets my needs I don't typically upgrade unless I have to, or maybe something a bit better is on sale.

 

[RonnieOP]

Kinda depends.

 

Normally i go all out on my main build and have it go for 4 years or so.

 

But recently with AM4 i have upgraded more frequently. Mainly because it cost so little. Got my 1700x for dirt cheap. Sold it and got the 2700x. Cost me maybe $40. Then sold that and got a 3700x which cost me maybe $100.

 

I cant really justify it other then getting suckered in by a good deal. I did upgrade to a 144hz 1440p display recently so the improved ipc is nice but honestly if i had stayed eith the 1700x i hardly would notice.

[Jarsky]

I generally get the best CPU of a generation and plenty of RAM so I dont really change those much. About a year ago I upgraded my i7 3770K/Z77 board to a 2700x/X470.

 

GPU's I tend to upgrade the most often, gone from GTX 680 SLI, to 980 SLI, to 1070 SLI to RTX 2080 Super, so about every couple of years. SSD's I upgrade about every 3 years so far because of cost/gb improvements, and for reliability. 

 

I havent done a complete new build since 2012 for my gaming PC

[ShadesOfGrey]

I have a laptop, so there's not a whole lot of practical upgrading to be done.  But the answer is: Whenever I have the money, and desire new hardware.

 

In the 2.5 years I've owned this laptop, I've upgraded the primary and secondary storage drives, and RAM.  I don't anticipate affording a new PC of similar caliber for some time now.  So I hope to get as much use out of my current primary laptop for as long as I can.

[butre]

I don't think I've ever gone more than a week without making some kind of upgrade.  maybe not throwing money at it, but improving things like cable management or redecorating it.  as far as throwing money at it goes though, probably about once every other month.  I've only ever completely replaced one of my systems 3 times, so that'll be about once a decade

[Jonny Wolson]

I buy new parts about once every 2 years.

[IdlePX]

Every four score and seven years.

 

I jest, but since 1999 I've had 2 PCs and 2 laptops. One laptop lasted a year. The other I got 4 years ago and still use alongside my bits'n'pieces PC I built last year.

[mr mans]

My goal is always to buy system components (except the GPU) to last at least five years, and GPU upgrades in between as necessary. GPUs have thus far had much greater leaps in performance than CPUs in the past ten years

[JoBales]

On 1/2/2020 at 8:28 PM, 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

I'd been replacing about every 3-4 years but computer hardware has matured to the point I'm now going 5-6 years on a build. It may be sooner than that if new software warrants it. Otherwise, I like building computers so by about the 5 year point I begin getting the itch to build a new system. I'm currently running an Intel i5-4590 system but have begun buying parts to build a new Ryzen 7 system this year just for the hell of it. Figure that will take me at least to 2025 (barring a major tech disruption that makes the Ryzen a dinosaur!)

[XR6]

I upgrade/replace my computer if I'm unhappy with the performance and I can afford to do it.

[rudinextup]

I upgrade when it just can't in normal games. I have a i5-3470 and a GTX 1050Ti, the 1050Ti serves me well but there will be a day soon when i will change the i5, and when I change it, I will change the motherboard because this motherboard has a socket that no newer processors have, and I will buy a new case.

[Reytime]

Whenever I feel like it, honestly. It's a hobby of mine so I never really need a good reason to upgrade other than getting enjoyment out of doing so.

 

This year I'll upgrade my 2080 to a 3080 ti and my 8700k to most likely a 10700k. Do I need any of it? Not really.. but again, it's a hobby.

 

Do people really need cars going 200+ MPH?

[Anomnomnomaly]

On 1/3/2020 at 2:28 AM, 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

I used to upgrade parts every few months back in the 2000's. Back then tech was moving really, really quickly... faster than it seems to these days. I'd add more ram, a video card, swap out the CPU and so forth... and probably replace the motherboard, case and so forth every 18 months. At one point I had at least 2 systems running side by side and a third as a backup.

 

But in the later half of the 2000's I started spending my money on a sports car... doing up a mid 90's Mazda V6 coupe... that eats up a lot of money.

 

So I ended up keeping one system for almost 5yrs and selling the rest... after that I got a more basic build and then from 2010 until 2019 I was building and upgrading incrementally as I could afford it (I gave up work to help care for my late father)... But from 2008 to 2013 I was on the AMD Phenom based platform and then on the AM3+ AMD FX platform, often using 2nd hand parts and amazon warehouse deals for upgrades... Until I finally built a brand new system from scratch in 2019... The first completely new build in around 10yrs.

 

Since I built it in Jan 2019... I've upgraded the GPU, added a new 144hz 1440p gaming monitor a new corsair mouse and mechanical keyboard... as well as some other minor things like a 512GB portable SSD.

[EmoRarity]

I finally changed my build which I've had since 2011. So about once a decade I'd say.

[oeci]

Parts like storage, card reader etc. are constantly adapted to my needs. But the major parts like CPU, graphics card and mainboard stay the same for several years. My last build for example, based on an AMD FX-8350 CPU, had been serving me for almost 7 years before I retired it last October.

[Crunchy Dragon]

I build most of my PCs with the main idea being that they'll last me a good 3-5 years before I'll have to start thinking about upgrades again.

 

I'm currently running an i7-5820K and a GTX 1070, so I should be fine for all my usual tasks for another few years, and once I need more power I can pretty easily just upgrade the CPU and GPU without having to change much else(my board will support Xeons in addition to Core i7s, so I can fairly realistically go up to 22 cores if need be).

[AlexTheGreatish]

I only upgrade when I can get a really good deal on something.  This normally involves finding something broken on the used market I think I can fix.  Now that my system is pretty great and GPUs are expensive I don't plan on upgrading anything soon, but when someone is selling a 2080Ti without a cooler or something I'll be all over it.