"Future Proofing" DOESNT EXIST

[x Relentless Xx]

Future Proofing DOES NOT exist with PC's. Plain and simple, you cannot "future proof" technology that doesnt exist and when technology continues to evolve. The technology today is obsolete tomorrow. Please for your own sake, get the phrase out of your head because it doesnt exist. Please dont take this the wrong way, im not saying that "you" are stupid, im not saying you are an idiot for saying it. Im simply just putting your mind right because it simply does not exist. Future Proofing literally means "the ability of something to continue to be of value in the distant future" and that absolutely does not exist in our industry. So please, again, get that phrase out of your head.

 

         Thanks for Reading

[XTankSlayerX]

We know...

 

Thank you for reassuring us.

[zlolslavez]

cool story bro

heard it many times tho

[TheSLSAMG]

That depends on what the end user's idea of "distant" is, but you're not exactly wrong. Most people tend to know this now around here, but it doesn't hurt for the new guys and girls to get a refresh.

[Cactu]

i definitely agree with you and the term is very misleading but from my interpertation is that when people say "future proof" they mean on (or near) the bleeding edge of technology and can therefore most likely run most if not all future games/ programs without breaking a sweat.

[Comessy]

The thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when people get a 1000watt power supply when they only need 300 because "it's future proof"

 

Like are you serious?

[Cactu]

definitely a misused term all around though

[x Relentless Xx]

That depends on what the end user's idea of "distant" is, but you're not exactly wrong. Most people tend to know this now around here, but it doesn't hurt for the new guys and girls to get a refresh.

Exactly, this is a simple post for the new guys and girls, not for the people that are already aware

[Cactu]

The thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when people get a 1000watt power supply when they only need 300 because "it's future proof"

 

Like are you serious?

 

what.....the.....literal.......f*ck

[Syntaxvgm]

Get a game console bruh you can be future-proof for 5 years using technology from the distant past
 

 

 

 

see?

 

he games on controller

[DimasRMDO]

The thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when people get a 1000watt power supply when they only need 300 because "it's future proof"

 

Like are you serious?

If the person wants to play safe then it's okay to get bigger PSU like 600W but 1000W????

[x Relentless Xx]

If the person wants to play safe then it's okay to get bigger PSU like 600W but 1000W????

typically you get double the TDP of your system only if you are dead set on adding SLI later but 1000W when a system only requires 400W is pretty oblivous

[Statik]

I think to an extent it does. Like an x99 Titan X SLI and 5960x is going to hold you off for quite a while. But the people who want to future proof their machine on a budget, or want to have their machine be top of the line for the next 10 years are stupid.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

This thread will most probably forgotten and someone else will create the same thread some time later...

Future proofing is widely debatable though

[Geralt]

So I was talking to my friend about this topic the other day.

"Dude. Wtf did you get a 960 for? It won't last 2 days in this age haha. Should have gone with 4 way GTX Titans and you won't need to upgrade your computer till the day you die man haha"

Me:

[x Relentless Xx]

I think to an extent it does. Like an x99 Titan X SLI and 5960x is going to hold you off for quite a while. But the people who want to future proof their machine on a budget, or want to have their machine be top of the line for the next 10 years are stupid.

a TITAN X and a 5960X will be obsolete in 2-3 years, next best thing will be out. Every PC component loses value after a few years and becomes obsolete

[Statik]

a TITAN X and a 5960X will be obsolete in 2-3 years, next best thing will be out. Every PC component loses value after a few years and becomes obsolete

A 5960x and Titan X will not be obsolete in two years. A the 680, and 780 are still valid cards that can still drive modern games great. The 8320 and 8350 are 3 years old, and they're not obsolete. 

[QueenDemetria]

I wouldn't say that it doesn't exist, but I wouldn't "plan" a build for the future either. To say that future proofing doesn't exist is like me saying todays PC's won't work tomorrow. Lets face it, the "ancient" Sandybridge Core processors, FX "Bulldozer", HD 6000 series, and Fermi and up are all old, but still hold up well today(in fact, you could go a little older with some of those). If they were truly obsolete, they would not function at all(like you cant run a game because of "X") and would be worthless. It also depends on the task too, tasks like gaming hold up fine with older generations making "planning for the future" a viable thing, but for things like rendering there is never enough power so "future proof" isn't that smart of a thing.

[ForsakenLive]

Ok, this looks a bit ranty, and most of us already know it. However, newcomers sometimes get the 'future proof' term, mixed with the 'upgradeable' term; they get bashed for using those words when in fact all they want is something that has some sort of upgrade path, which is possible.

Getting a larger PSU to support another GPU that you want to add like 6 months later is perfectly feasible. Going for 4 ram slots instead of 2, to be able to increase the system memory is totally doable as well. Case that supports a cooler you don't yet have, an extra SSD for raid 0 added down the road, etc. Even the people that got the G3258 + Z97 once they launched to fit the budget, and are today rocking their 4790Ks are the proof there is some way to buy smart today and upgrade tomorrow. It's the term 'future proof' that is just wrong, so just don't use it so new users don't make the mistake.

[NumLock21]

In term of technology like SATA Express or NVMe, then you cannot future proof as newer ones will be faster then what it was right now. Same with SATA, when it first came out it's 1.5Gb/s, now it's at 6Gb/s. I think what most meant by future proof, is they hope their machine will last them longer down the road, without having them to upgrade almost constantly just because a new game or software.

[Unlikelyjoker]

The thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when people get a 1000watt power supply when they only need 300 because "it's future proof"

 

Like are you serious?

What if they want overkill for the lols?

Money to burn.....

[kajirye]

The thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when people get a 1000watt power supply when they only need 300 because "it's future proof"

 

Like are you serious?

I somewhat did that, but not because it was "future proof" but because the PSU was better than every other PSU for around the same price. of course, it wasn't nearly as extreme (quite a bit less than 1000W) and just in case in the future I do something insane that would need the wattage, albeit not likely. It was mostly because it was the best PSU for the money.

[Poster]

Future proof and bottleneck are two of the most overused phrases out there.  Ranks right up there with the AMD vs. Intel debate.  It's just dumb.

[IlDuceSaint]

it doesnt and everyone knows it doesnt, just like at the silly nvidia, saying ohh, titan x best ever wow, then says that pascal next year is going to be 10x times better, thanks nvidia

[DimasRMDO]

Future proof and bottleneck are two of the most overused phrases out there.  Ranks right up there with the AMD vs. Intel debate.  It's just dumb.

Bottleneck is pretty important, but if talking about "Future Proof" then I might disagree with that :3