Do you keep a backup rig?

[spat55]

I keep having a ponder with upgrading to the 8700k when released, my 3570k is now struggling with some AAA titles although still good for everything. Thought I'd make a poll.

[ProjectBox153]

I have plenty of computers that are just as powerful as my main rig, so yeah, I have a backup. Mind you they're only Core 2 Duos, but hey, they're better than nothing.

[LukaH]

not exactly a "backup rig".... repossessed as a media server/htpc and if my main rig dies i'd use that until i find a fix. 

[TVwazhere]

I got a Samsung S8, other than video games it can do everything my PC needs to do otherwise in a backup emergency

[EunSoo]

I had a couple PCs I could fall back to but I recently sold most of their parts and bought a laptop. But I guess, that acts as my 'backup rig' as I use it whenever I don't have my PC which is quite often and it can handle quite a few games that I throw at it.

[Guest]

Yep. I keep my media center PC powerful enough to edit on should it be necessary.

[Lord Nicoll]

10 minutes ago, spat55 said:

I keep having a ponder with upgrading to the 8700k when released, my 3570k is now struggling with some AAA titles although still good for everything. Thought I'd make a poll.

I mean I have like 3 laptops and a few rack servers, one of the servers is probably more powerful than my current gaming rig but would probably game terribly. 

[Zando_]

I'm getting a Xeon build soon, so I'll be keeping my current i5 rig as a backup/show off rig (It's in an Enthoo Evolv, and no way I'm putting a green server mobo in there). Mebbe pick up a 970 or 980 for it. 

[knightslugger]

16 minutes ago, spat55 said:

I keep having a ponder with upgrading to the 8700k when released, my 3570k is now struggling with some AAA titles although still good for everything. Thought I'd make a poll.

Sort of. I've got enough component to build another computer, but only enough to have one running at a time.

[Forest_Penguin]

Yeah, Sort of, I've got an old i5 750 and gtx 960 lying around, only thing I don't have a spare of is DDR3

[minibois]

I guess my old PC is kind of a backup right now.

But my PC is not critical in my life/job, so it wouldn't be the end of the world to not have a PC for 2 weeks or whatever.

[Hekoki]

i dont have a backup built, but ive got some old parts i keep around for emergencies. but anything that still has any value when i upgrade gets sold

[SpaceGhostC2C]

I don't know if it counts as a "backup", I just have an army of compatible parts (two builds assembled right now, will probably add third one soon).

I also revived my old first laptop (former RIP BGA) and tried Lubuntu on it, so now it coexists with its successor (which now has RIP screen - think it's the backlight) and the work laptop. I think I should just forget about computers and flood everything to ebay

 

The thing with the desktop builds is that they aren't meant as backups of each other, I just build the other one(s) because I had spare parts from experimenting with my PC, and I realized I could use them to run parallel stuff for work faster.

Still, maybe I should just sell everything / go back in time and not buy anything, and now get a single Threadripper or Epyc build  

[Princess Luna]

My back up rig is my brother's computer and vice-versa

 

Aside of course the i7 7500u laptop

[ScratchCat]

I have enough random spare parts to build a backup rig.

However if those parts still work / were made this decade is another question.

[Swealteek]

Got a one drive whit my school and use that for moste of my school projects. dont need more than that

[NinJake]

I don't consider them as backups but I do have more than 1 working computer.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

I threw a pair of 1070s in my old rig (i5-2500, MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming) and put it in a spare room so I'm not too bothered by the noise of it mining 24/7.  If my main rig breaks, I can always put the old one back in the living room. 

 

In a pinch I could always use my laptop, and even that has its backup in the shape of an old netbook.

[PlayStation 2]

I have two laptops I could use if shit gets sour with my rig. Would like to make a backup rig, though.

[Ithanul]

Not necessarily a backup rig, but I do keep two full desktops running 24/7.

Also, keep a hoard of computer hardware on hand.  Which reminds me, I need to buy another backup PSU.

Half the time I am on the laptop for browsing and email (got around three laptops, so if one dies I just smack the SSD into one of the other ones).

[PSUGuru]

I currently have an I5-7500, 16gb of RAM, and a GTX 750 ti, which is my main rig. (Such a huge improvement from an A8 APU)

 

My backup is my laptop. I3-6100u w/ HD 520 graphics and 4gb of DDR4-2133Mhz RAM. 

[Guest]

I kinda have a backup rig? I have a backup MOBO+CPU+RAM+GPU+PSU that just sit without a case so if I ever need to test anything, I can plug it into that rig. Otherwise, I've got a few first gen i5/i3 laptops and my school laptop. 

[Alariel]

I have a handful of different machines that I use for different things, but not sure if any of them would count as backup exactly as they all serve a purpose. They could be, for the most part, if needed.

[SlipperyPete]

kind of. i have backup components but not a functional backup system. i have an extra motherboard, cpu, gpu, ram and hdd

and case

 

[Thimsarpel]

Built two Rigs with parts that i upgrade from my Main .

 

6700k //x2 evga 980ti sc2 SLI//850w psu//corsair h110i//m.2 950pro 512gb

 

 

4790k//EVGA 780ti//psu 750w//Corsair h110//SSD 850 evo 250gb