Changing or Upgrading your PC every 2 years

[shafirpl]

10 hours ago, Scruffy90 said:

Somewhere in the middle. Ive been over building my pcs for a while and it isnt always the best idea for the avg user. Just don't make the mistakes I did when I built my first rig and blow your budget on cpu and gpu, and skimp out on the rest.

Yes, I do agree somewhere in the middle is the best option.

[crazyndalazdayzz]

The way I see it, and this is completely my opinion... Never build a computer or buy components with the mindset of "future proofing". I honestly don't believe in "future proofing" when it comes to electronics and technology. Future proofing is a marketing scheme.

 

Ideally, I'd say the sweet spot would be something like a Ryzen 7 1700 or 7700k, paired with a 1070. That setup deff going to be good for 2 years. But then it really comes down to what you need in a computer. Are you going to be content creating AND gaming? Or just gaming? If you're actually going to benefit from lets say a Threadripper or X99/X299 platform, then by all means go for it. 

[Princess Luna]

For instance overclocking mainstream Intel CPUs is extremely expensive for very small return, get the cheapest h110m board you can find and throw the locked i7 7700 on it using stock cooler, if this is just for gaming 8gb of Value Select 2133mhz ram will be more than enough, then get the cheapest GTX 1080 because they all perform close to the same.

 

If you don't care about aesthetics or noise and just want the best performance for your money you can do "miracles".

 

Take my rig for instance it was dead cheap in comparison to going i7 7700k or Ryzen 7 1700 full enthusiasm build but it performans close enough to them in gaming which is the main purpose for the machine, every thing in the build was cheap enough so I could make a high end gaming computer for almost half the price people would pay for this kind of performance, why? because I don't care about the noise and looks of the metal itself only to how good my games look on the screen.

 

The TITAN X Pascal was second hand, got someone to sell it for the same price 1080ti FE goes, it was only 2 months used any ways and I did feel exotic and funnier with a Titan card

[baconborn]

Incrimental upgrades. I built my pc almost 15 years ago and just upgrade a part or 2 every year or so to get my current rig today. I've developed a upgrade schedule to upgrade graphics every other year and cpu (with motherboard and ram if needed) every 3. Plus pc parts is on my birthday and Christmas wishlist every year. 

[GoodBytes]

@Ster123_, remember something. When you get a mid range PC, after 2-3 years, assuming you want a certain level of graphics and performance you want to maintain,  you'll change just the GPU. Your CPU and the rest is most likely remain perfectly fine, especially if you get a 6+ core CPU now (which you should be able to get with AMD new CPUs and Kaby Lake mid range CPUs i5's). Games don't push CPUs anymore. People with Sandy Bridge system still plays the latest and greatest games at very high visual setting having just a powerful GPU. And for them they probably upgraded their RAM from 8GB to 16GB. Their whole computer was not replaced.

 

So my suggestions is wait for Kaby lake, and based on that pick the latest AMD Razen (if anything comes out until then) or Core i5 Kaby Lake (which should be 6 core, and cost the same as now). A mid to mid-high end range GPU (depending on screen resolution that you have now and plan to get, and budget), 16GB of RAM, Decent PSU, decent air cooled cooler for the CPU for quietness and overclocking if you care about that, a decent SSD 256GB (get a HDD if you have a lot of games you want installed at the same time or have lots of data). Decent case, and that is pretty much it. 3 years from now, assuming games continues to get fancier and not stall due to console, expect to upgrade just the GPU, and then another 3 years later, your system would be 6 years old, and now you you can change your system.

[Sauron]

20 hours ago, Ster123_ said:

Sure? 

Yes, the correct move is always buying what you need now.

[Herorush]

Hi，i bought my 400dollars pc，and i felt pretty regret which is because i didn't bought a great cost performance. Maybe a new motherboard(help you upgrade your PC ),  then buy some other used parts(which is expensive) .that is a good method for your first step to build your pc. And i think 400dollars is enough， that's all(g4560 r51400nothing better than these two guys )

[Mira Yurizaki]

54 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Yes, the correct move is always buying what you need now.

Or rather, buy what exceeds your current requirements.

 

If I built a machine that just met my requirements, I'd probably be piddling around with a Pentium and a GTX 1050 Ti.

[Bananasplit_00]

i went with, build a super over spect computer and keep throwing money at it for no reason beyond fun. im closeing in or have breached 2K for my rig now lol

[Sauron]

3 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Or rather, buy what exceeds your current requirements.

 

If I built a machine that just met my requirements, I'd probably be piddling around with a Pentium and a GTX 1050 Ti.

Well, if you don't need anything else, why would that be a problem? I don't mean the bare minimum that will let you tag along, I mean what will allow you to do what you need as well as possible without being underutilized.

[LogicalDrm]

Building from scratch is hardest part. But there I agree that midrange is best. Something you can upgrade fairly cheap when there's need. Even if it means just GPU and used CPU.

[ErickS89]

2 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i went with, build a super over spect computer and keep throwing money at it for no reason beyond fun. im closeing in or have breached 2K for my rig now lol

Once the i9 7980xe is released my cpu will surpass that  

[PianoPlayer88Key]

My preference would be a combination.  Get a motherboard, CPU and case that will last a long time, as (I believe) they're the most labor intensive parts to replace.  Then, replace the other parts (that are easier to swap/upgrade, like CPUs, storage, RAM, GPUs, etc) periodically, as needed.  (Unfortunately motherboard/CPU socket makers (especially Intel) seem to like to make different generations of CPUs incompatible with different generations of motherboards.  AMD might be a bit better there, but I still would like wider compatibility.)