im looking to build a new pc, which will last me till i die. can you see if i made the right choice

[Graphitect designs]

Budget (including currency): $20000

Country: india

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: video editing, 3d animation, animation. everything imaginable.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LpxG8J

[Jumballi]

Any pc you make today will only last 5 years max, best not to overspend and reallocate budget on software or other life necessities. 

[mr cheese]

8 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

Any pc you make today will only last 5 years max, best not to overspend and reallocate budget on software or other life necessities. 

Even though I'd be more generous than this, that PC is still not going to last you any more than 10 years tops. in 7 years it'll be sluggish compared to modern components and in 10 it'll be a relic of your poor financial decisions. If you really have this much disposable income put it into a savings account and save up for a car or something that might actually last you your entire life. Computers don't age well, this is just a fact of the progression of technology.

 

If you want a computer that can do "anything" you can do it with $4,000 and have it be a good ass computer in that same time. Even at the highest-end bleeding-edge of tech, longevity plateaus. Eventually the basic necessities of intensive software will outpace even the fastest hardware today. Don't expect an A100 accelerator to be usable for more than 2 or 3 years after a 3090 is considered entry-level used hardware. This is just how it works. No computer will "last you until you die".

[TheBean]

there is no such thing as future proofing. as hardware gets faster, software gets more bloated and slower. so over time, new programs/games will run slower than older ones. anything you build will become slow after 6+ years. save yourself money. buy a good one that will last 3 years, then upgrade it instead. you will save money and you get the latest hardware. 

 

eg:

spend $1000 now and then spend $500 every 3 years to upgrade is better than spending $5k now and then becoming slow in 7 years. 

 

also, when you upgade to newer hardware, you get newer features like how DLSS was introduced in 20-series. 

 

Edit: you can also sell your old gpu if you upgrade to a new one.. you can save even more money this way. 

 

 

Credit: this advice is something i learned from linus actually. 

[Eigenvektor]

31 minutes ago, DaJakerBoss said:

If you really have this much disposable income put it into a savings account and save up for a car or something that might actually last you your entire life. Computers don't age well, this is just a fact of the progression of technology.

Or put it into a savings account and buy a new $2,000 machine every 3–4 years. You'll have new computers for 30–40 years this way. A $2,000 computer may not be the best possible machine right now, but a few generations down the line that new $2,000 machine will be much faster than any $20,000 computer you can buy right now.

 

If $2,000 isn't good enough, go for a $4,000 machine (when done every 4 years, your money will last you 20 years).

[Moonzy]

If you die in the next 10 years, then sure

 

Another "hehe look at me I can sort by price and throw a list together" thread?

[Chris Pratt]

Dumbest build ever. Typical throw in the most expensive parts possible and it's got to be good right???

[Kilrah]

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