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

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I upgrade when my computer can no longer do what I want it to do, and its usually a full system upgrade.

(by the time I upgrade a new memory standard is out, so then I have to upgrade CPU, board, RAM, and GPU is obviously uber-slow at that point so gotta get a new one of them, and at that point you may as well just grab new case, psu, drives, especially as those would be worn to shit.)

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I have just had 1 computer myeselves for 2-3 years, before that I was using crap family computer and xbox 360. but what I plan for is to buy a GPU in half a year, and then probably a full new computer (maybe except case and PSU) 3 years after that, and then probably GPU 3 years after that and so on.

 

but what products that come out may change what I do, but thats it what I think probably will happen.

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Probably wait 5-6 years since I will be starting college and will also need a vehicle right out of college. So not spend ANY MORE MONEY on my PC... Even though I just got the Asus ROG Swift...

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

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Probably wait 5-6 years since I will be starting college and will also need a vehicle right out of college. So not spend ANY MORE MONEY on my PC... Even though I just got the Asus ROG Swift...

 

Lets say you did have the money, would you do a small upgrade in 3 years, or just buy all new components

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Lets say you did have the money, would you do a small upgrade in 3 years, or just buy all new components

Well it all depends on what the future has to bring. You never know if 8 core hyperthreaded CPUs will be the norm and Titan X speed GPUs will be the norm. If that is so I would get all new parts. If not then do a small upgrade.

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

Current PC: 

http://i.imgur.com/ubYSO3f.jpg          http://i.imgur.com/xhpDcqd.jpg

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

Probably Sky, then Cannonlake E.  Seriously Intel and their names...what's next Skyocean?  Super Rainbow Ocean Extreme

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probably only upgrade to bigger ssd/ more ram and if a 4k high settings GPU Comes out in the $400 dollar range cause im Assuming my I5-4690k  will be good for many more years i just game here and there and mainly web browse i have a i7-2630qm that still feels as fast as my I5-4690k for 95% of my use only reason i dont use it is i cant obviously upgrade the GPU that is lacking  Dumb gaming laptop decisions.

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Probably Sky, then Cannonlake E.  Seriously Intel and their names...what's next Skyocean?  Super Rainbow Ocean Extreme

 

 

There was a rumour about Icelake, I guess you will keep your PSU and RAM for a long time then

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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

There's no sense in even really thinking about it until you're ready to buy... because there's no way to tell what will be around in three years other than "something better."
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It seems no one does a full system upgrade then after a certain amount of years

 

I did a completely new build earlier this year, down to the keyboard and mouse (kept the 360 controller though). To be fair my old PC was a socket 775 affair so there wasn't much I could have possibly carried over anyway. I will probably look at changing the GPU in another 12-18 months, then another completely new build 18 months or so after that, depending on bank balance and how much performance has moved on from my PC.

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Upgrade graphics every 3 years or so.

 

New CPU/Moboabout every six years.

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well 3 years ago i bought a crappy prebuilt pc, so last week i bought a new one from scratch, its probably going to be more than 3 years before i even begin upgrating parts, concidering i got something that used up 10% of my entire money

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I think that I'm going to get an NH-D15 and upgrade to 32GB of DDR3 and get a better PSU. I think that I can ride along with the 4670k for a good amount of time, as long as games generally don't become incredibly CPU-bound in the next few years.

I'll probably upgrade my graphics card whenever I feel it's necessary and in a few years I'll probably want to get  a new display setup.

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I don't see a reason of fully upgrading after just 3 years.. seems like a waste of the previous components.

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Upgrade graphics every 3 years or so.

 

New CPU/Moboabout every six years.

I've upgraded my CPU every year, and they are always i7.. I blow way too much money.. I had 2 i7 CPUs sitting in my basement, just 1 now, but 2 motherboards still... I waste a shit ton of money...

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

Current PC: 

http://i.imgur.com/ubYSO3f.jpg          http://i.imgur.com/xhpDcqd.jpg

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I upgrade every component at the same time.

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Going t turn it into a file server to store all the stuff I'm going to use in the future. Have over 1tb of data on my drive right now and my YouTube channel have yet to hit the ground 

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I've upgraded my CPU every year, and they are always i7.. I blow way too much money.. I had 2 i7 CPUs sitting in my basement, just 1 now, but 2 motherboards still... I waste a shit ton of money...

Holy crap.

 

Of course, I have golf buddies who buy a new set of clubs almost every year.  Not me, I just 'upgraded' to a new set of (used) clubs, my last set were over 20 years old. 

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Holy crap.

 

Of course, I have golf buddies who buy a new set of clubs almost every year.  Not me, I just 'upgraded' to a new set of (used) clubs, my last set were over 20 years old. 

I work at a golf course so I just steal them from the lost and found xD I get free balls too!

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

Current PC: 

http://i.imgur.com/ubYSO3f.jpg          http://i.imgur.com/xhpDcqd.jpg

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Just a few components like the GPU and the entire network... i have a high end network.

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I work at a golf course so I just steal them from the lost and found xD I get free balls too!

 

What do you do to the old components, do you sell them on Ebay

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As soon as I get paid. I'll be changing the CPU. From. The i5 4690 to the Xeon 1231v3. Need it for my video editing. New case as well.

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What do you do to the old components, do you sell them on Ebay

I sold some on ebay , I have 2 z77 motherboards and an i7 3770 in my basement. 

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

Current PC: 

http://i.imgur.com/ubYSO3f.jpg          http://i.imgur.com/xhpDcqd.jpg

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Upgrade each part as it is needed. I would switch motherboards & CPUs every 3 years

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