What Makes Sense to Future Proof

[Johnny-Boi]

So I'm looking at a budget gaming setup, (around $1,425 USD), and have one problem, I don't what makes the most since to future proof. If someone could help me out, and tell me how much I should be spending on each thing, (including peripherals) that would be great. Here's my existing parts list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3tMmsk

 

[Slottr]

Future proofing doesn't exist. No one can tell what kind of technology or software is being released 3 years from now. 

 

Your build looks fine regarding upgradability, but then again- who knows if you'll even want to. 

[xdeathshot20]

2 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

So I'm looking at a budget gaming setup, (around $1,425 USD), and have one problem, I don't what makes the most since to future proof. If someone could help me out, and tell me how much I should be spending on each thing, (including peripherals) that would be great. Here's my existing parts list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3tMmsk

 

you really cant future proof anything in a pc as all the components are constantly changing.  Theoretically the only thing that you can maybe say can be future proofed would be a psu as they probably change the least often

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Slottr said:

Future proofing doesn't exist. No one can tell what kind of technology or software is being released 3 years from now. 

 

Your build looks fine regarding upgradability, but then again- who knows if you'll even want to. 

Yeah, I'm here with a CPU and motherboard nearly as old as I am and it still works perfectly fine. Plenty fast for me. Future proofing is super hard to tell, as it completely depends on what you'll be doing.

 

 

The only change I'd make is to drop that SSD to a 128-512GB and a 1TB+ hard drive.

[Statik]

"Budget" and "future proof" don't belong in the same sentence. I also don't believe in "future proof" at all. We can't predict technology in a few years. That is a decent 1080p build at best.

 

IMO Get rid of windows, and just buy an eBay key for $10, then get 3600Mhz ram, and get a better SSD than the P1. You can pay $30 more for an SX8200 from ADATA and get double the speeds. That's a decent 1080p build, but not "future proof" by and standard.

[vanished]

I agree with the sentiment about "future proofing", but in the interest of not getting too hung up on the wording, I'll just interpret this as asking about which parts it makes sense to "invest" in rather than consider to be nearer the "disposable" end of the spectrum.  I'll answer this in an inverted fashion since I think that's easiest.  Linus has talked before about how things that change and improve quickly (like storage for example) should be bought with the mentality of just getting enough for now, because it's easy to add more later and by the time you'll want to, it will be cheaper to do so than if you'd just bought a lot more to begin with.  Therefore, I suppose the answer is stuff that can be expected to last a long time, both in terms of reliability/durability, and in terms of not going obsolete.  If you're looking at a kind of part that improves and changes quickly, don't spend more hoping to make it last longer.  Just accept that it's something with high turnover.