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Hey friends,

 

I was just wondering how often you guys upgrade your CPU and Mobo. 

 

Currently I'm on Z77 with my 3570k (which performs beautifully) but I was just thinking, it's been a few generations now, should I upgrade?

 

What are your guys thoughts?

 

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I have a 3570k as well and the performance of their consumer lineup has not really given me any reason to think about upgrading. If your thinking of moving to x99 then sure, but Z170 looks like it's not enough to warrant the cost of an upgrade.

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2 years for the GPU, 4 years for the CPU/mobo

 

Ram, storage, case, psu, cpu cooler as needed.

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2 years for the GPU, 4 years for the CPU/mobo

 

Ram, storage, case, psu, cpu cooler as needed.

or and just hear me out here

 

Ram, storage, case, PSU, CPU cooler GPU and CPU as needed.

 

a 3570k is still a great chip especially overclocked. and if someone has a (slightly old) high end card like a 780 or 290x  they are really not in a position that requires an upgrade unless their gaming over 1080. 

 

Upgrading your GPU because its an odd numbered year or because you have had your cpu for nearly half a decade is not the best reason especially if they wont see a marked improvement in what their using it for. IMHO wait untill you have a need then buy something to fill it. For all you know there will be some monster indie game you like next year that scales super well with CPU cores (possibly for unit AI or other reasons) It would be a shame to drop a bunch of money now on an upgrade you don;t really need when potentially a year later that item doesn't actually meet your needs as near as something bought then would.

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I have a 4770k and I dont see myself upgrading anytime soon, maybe in like 4 years or something, also I use 2 R9 280X's in crossfire and while this forum makes me want to upgrade, I really dont need to anymore, I think these R9 280X's will last me a good 3 years at least considering I dont really play games anymore and even run a 1440p monitor, I mean even when I did play a lot of games I played League Of Legends, why on earth did I spend so damn much money on my computer I dont know, but I tell you that its a work of art :)

 

Id say the cycle varies between person, if you play demanding games and plan on playing future demanding games your system will need upgrading more frequently compared to a person who only browses the web or plays games like Age Of Empires haha

 

 

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or and just hear me out here

 

Ram, storage, case, PSU, CPU cooler GPU and CPU as needed.

 

a 3570k is still a great chip especially overclocked. and if someone has a (slightly old) high end card like a 780 or 290x  they are really not in a position that requires an upgrade unless their gaming over 1080. 

 

Upgrading your GPU because its an odd numbered year or because you have had your cpu for nearly half a decade is not the best reason especially if they wont see a marked improvement in what their using it for. IMHO wait untill you have a need then buy something to fill it. For all you know there will be some monster indie game you like next year that scales super well with CPU cores (possibly for unit AI or other reasons) It would be a shame to drop a bunch of money now on an upgrade you don;t really need when potentially a year later that item doesn't actually meet your needs as near as something bought then would.

Obviously if you don't need more performance, keeping your old harware for longer than i described is fine, but if you are keeping up to date with the latest AAA games, that upgrade cycle is more appropriate.

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Upgrade when you need/want to--don't see why you would otherwise.

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Wait for 8th gen Intel and Zen 2! :D

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R20 score MC: 3529cb | R20 score SC: 506cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Case Fan VRM: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: AMD FX-8370 (Base: @4.4GHz | Turbo: @4.7GHz) Black Edition Eight-Core (Global Foundries 32nm) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1866MHz CL8-10-10-28-37-2T (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN951N 11n Wireless Adapter

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Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 95w Thermal Solution / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Display: HP 19" Flat Panel L1940 (75Hz) 1280x1024 / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC 2GB (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: SK hynix DDR3-1866MHz CL9-10-11-27-40 (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter

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Apple A4 - Apple iPod touch (4th generation)
Apple A5 - Apple iPod touch (5th generation)
Apple A9 - Apple iPhone 6s Plus
HiSilicon Kirin 810 (T.S.M.C. 7nm) - Huawei P40 Lite / Huawei nova 7i
Mediatek Dimensity 700 (T.S.M.C 7nm) - Cherry Mobile Aqua S10 Pro 5G
Mediatek MT2601 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TicWatch E
Mediatek MT6580 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TECNO Spark 2 (1GB RAM)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (orange)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (yellow)
Mediatek MT6735 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - HMD Nokia 3 Dual SIM
Mediatek MT6737 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - Cherry Mobile Flare S6
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (blue)
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (gold)
Mediatek MT6750 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - honor 6C Pro / honor V9 Play
Mediatek MT6765 (T.S.M.C 12nm) - TECNO Pouvoir 3 Plus
Mediatek MT6797D (T.S.M.C 20nm) - my|phone Brown Tab 1
Qualcomm MSM8926 (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
Qualcomm MSM8974AA (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Blackberry Passport
Qualcomm SDM710 (Samsung 10nm) - Oppo Realme 3 Pro

 

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When it won't do what I want. My x3 8450e and gt 520 could not run titanfall. Went to A10 7850k

PSU, when they die, which I have never seen a PSU die, or when they change the MB conectors or I need more watts.

The x3 is on its third MB and when I get a blue ray drive will be mated to an old emachines OEM PSU and be my htpc

Titanfall played really well on the A 10 but wow did it suck! Did find out why CS GO is soooo addictive:)

HD....when the die, they always last at least 3 generations of Windoze bloatware

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