Would you fully upgrade your PC in 3 years or just upgrade a few components

[Metro]

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[Guest]

I upgrade each part at a time.

[Mohenjo]

i would keep the power supply, case, (maybe ram) and hard drives and upgrade from there 

[TheCaptain53]

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I only built my PC about 7-8 months ago, but at this point, upgrade each component.

I like to tinker. 

[plsno]

No. I would upgrade each part as it's needed.

[Praesi]

I only upgrade if and what is necessary.

[HumbleMobo]

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Unless there is a new Titan card and a SkyLake extreme CPU then I'm keeping my my 5960X and Titan but I have gone through MANY upgrades

[pwn_intended]

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Hard to tell, it totally depends on what new stuff come out over those 3 years and what sort of compatability there is for components. Now with skylake, you are kind of forced to upgrade everything (CPU, MOBO + RAM) at which point, you may as well just build another pc instead of bringing over the  other components.

[mikat]

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when i need something, i will buy it, soon ill buy a second monitor because i really need it. i won't be upgrading anything unless something dies

[Metro]

Unless there is a new Titan card and a SkyLake extreme CPU then I'm keeping my my 5960X and Titan but I have gone through MANY upgrades

 

So what do you normally keep when you upgrade, case, PSU and storage?

 

Also how often do you upgrade then, every time a new CPU or GPU comes out

[iamdarkyoshi]

I seem to keep upgrading and upgrading. Its getting kinda out of hand, but I still havent owned anything newer than a sandy bridge, and

<-- Here is why.

[HumbleMobo]

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My main rig had 2 780Ti's then I upgraded to two 980 Hybrids I think, then I built my LAN party machine with a 780Ti I had from before, then I replaced it with a 980 ASUS 20th Anniversary Gold Edition.  I still use the gold in my LAN party machine and I don't see a reason to get another Titan X for that rig because it would just be plain Overkill.  I had two of the Zotac 980ti Arctic Storms and then I switched them out for 2 Titan X hybrids, then I decided I didn't want water cooled Titans so I switched them out for the Titans I have now.

[Metro]

 

My main rig had 2 780Ti's then I upgraded to two 980 Hybrids I think, then I built my LAN party machine with a 780Ti I had from before, then I replaced it with a 980 ASUS 20th Anniversary Gold Edition.  I still use the gold in my LAN party machine and I don't see a reason to get another Titan X for that rig because it would just be plain Overkill.  I had two of the Zotac 980ti Arctic Storms and then I switched them out for 2 Titan X hybrids, then I decided I didn't want water cooled Titans so I switched them out for the Titans I have now.

 

 

So what did you do with the old Titan X, did you sell them on Ebay

[smeek14]

just my cpu and gpu.  I am planning a 5-7 year lifespan.

[HumbleMobo]

So what do you normally keep when you upgrade, case, PSU and storage?

 

Also how often do you upgrade then, every time a new CPU or GPU comes out

Well, I once had two upgrades within a year.  I usually upgrade as new hardware comes out to meet my needs, but I don't upgrades that I don't think will be absolutely necessary.  I know I'll get flak for upgrading from the 780 to the 980 but the 980 ran cooler and it's faster, so how could I not upgrade?   I also would recommend getting a new CPU before a new card because your CPU can be a serious bottle neck to your card.  PSU is something I upgraded just because I wanted a total overkill but generally I don't upgrade the PSU.  The case you upgrade when you want, that's personal preference.  The storage you will want to upgrade to what you can and that is why I have two WD black 2's and a 750 series PCI SSD because I wanted lots of fast storage.

[HumbleMobo]

 

 

 

 

So what did you do with the old Titan X, did you sell them on Ebay

 

I sold them on ebay for 100 under retail.

[HumbleMobo]

I seem to keep upgrading and upgrading. Its getting kinda out of hand, but I still havent owned anything newer than a sandy bridge, and

<-- Here is why.

Sandy bridge was nice man, but I'm going to relax pool side with my 5960x a little bit longer.

[Metro]

Thanks, all good responses, just wondering what to do with my next upgrade, it would be in 2018

 

So that would be Cannonlake E and Volta, was just wondering as I would need to replace CPU, Motherboard, GPU, AIO and some SSDs, did not know if it would just be easier to buy all new components

[killers993]

I upgrade one part at a time. I won't really need to upgrade for a while though since I just upgraded ( I might get a gtx 980 though ). 

[Metro]

Sandy bridge was nice man, but I'm going to relax pool side with my 5960x a little bit longer.

 

WIll you be getting Skylake E or wait for Cannonlake E as you have a 5960X now.

[abt]

I've had my PC for just over 3 years now, and I found that it was best to upgrade individual parts over time rather than dropping a massive amount of cash on a new system all at once. Just me, though.

[Lethal Seraph]

Probably just the GPU. But if the new architecture is a huge improvement, I'll probably look at a full system upgrade.

[Jade]

I upgrade part by part; but only when there's big performance gains. Next planned upgrades (not all at once, probably) GPU->144hz monitor->Cannonlake. Other than that, I don't think I'll be doing any upgrades in the near future.

[Centurius]

2-3 years for GPU and 5 years for CPU is my personal upgrade timeline.

[Metro]

It seems no one does a full system upgrade then after a certain amount of years