What will the average mid-high range PC look like 5 years from now?

[minervx]

I adjusted many of my claims to more realistic expectations.

 

However, its not necessarily true that the past 5 years can predict the next 5.  The RAM and GPU shortages are temporary issues and have more to do with economics than technological progress.

 

I dont think 4K will be standard for gaming because the jump from 1440p isnt that large.  And other features make more of a difference.

 

Ill concede that any build thats not focused on form factor or silence will use a HDD 5 years from now.  Why?  Because high end builds could afford to put whatever they want.  And budget builds will still look to save as much money as they can

[themctipers]

6 hours ago, minervx said:

Case: Aluminum with tempered glass panels.  Sized like Metis Plus.  

Motherboard: Mini ITX with 1200 MBps AC wifi, Bluetooth 5 and a good sound chip built in.

CPU: Similar to the lower end i9 or Threadripper.

Video Card: 1.5x as strong as the GTX 1080, while consuming slightly less power.

Memory: 32 GB RAM

Storage: 2TB of M2 SSD.

Power Supply: Modular, Gold-rated, SFX, Fanless.

Monitor: 1440p, Ultrawide, 144 Hz, OLED panel, small bezels.

 

Going to say something along the lines of:

-What a nice case today looks like, assuming it goes out of style

-Similar to a 8 core i7

-Around Titan Xp (the second one, not the first Titan X Pascal)

-32GB DDR5 @ ~3600MHz?

-1TB M.2 NVMe + 4-6TB 7200RPM

-1440p 144hz, or a nice 4k 60hz IPS OLED. 

 

OP does say mid-high end. Not budget or low end.  

[LienusLateTips]

Octa/deca Core, higher IPC than Kaby Lake, 5nm, lower power consuption than Ryzen

16-32GB DDR5 @ 3600+

2x 1080 Ti in SLI equivalent

1-2TB NVME SSD + 4-8TB HDD 7200 (maybe 10000) RPM

1440p 120hz+

 

[hajnal]

• 8c16t at low TDP but a nice IPC*clock speed combination,
• nice and quiet stock cooler,
• 16GB DDR4(?) RAM (possibly 24-32),
• cheap compatible board with built-in headphone amp,
• at least one (possibly two) M.2 slots filled with a single 4TB drive at respectable speeds,
• something in the neighborhood of a 1080Ti with HBM of some form
• 4K HDR display that may or may not come pre-calibrated if pre-calibration to take more advantage of HDR becoming a thing
• bare minimum 10Gbps LAN,
• a handful of USB-C ports (maybe one Thunderbolt) next to a lot of USB-A ports of all significant kinds 
• dynamic refresh of whatever sort succeeds implemented on card and monitor
• Solid low-to-midrange mechanical keyboard, probably with Reds or Blues/Browns (not necessarily Cherry, since some off-brand switches are glorious and extremely cheap)
• a JonnyGuru-approved mid-low wattage (350-450) 80+ PSU.
• a mid-small case, possibly cuboid if the builder is cool
• Out-of-the-box wireless

[lobster_zoidberg]

11 hours ago, minervx said:

Which aspects do you think are off?

CPU, there has been almost no change in the last 5 years, and there is really no reason for much change in the next 5 either. 

[vanished]

2 hours ago, JDE said:

Octa/deca Core, higher IPC than Kaby Lake, 5nm, lower power consuption than Ryzen

16-32GB DDR5 @ 3600+

2x 1080 Ti in SLI equivalent

1-2TB NVME SSD + 4-8TB HDD 7200 (maybe 10000) RPM

1440p 120hz+

 

That's such a strange way to state the GPU power

and I highly doubt you'll see HDDs like that.  The trend has been toward lower rpm, not higher.  Many drives these days are 5900, and they can get away with that because with higher data density comes increased bits/second flying under the needle, even at lower rpm.