Are you content?

The longest ive kept a system has been about 4 years. My second setup, X58. I7 930, 6gb ram and an asus p6 x58 de board. The shinobi xl case it's housed in used to be the one for my main system, but i never really liked it much tbh. Gpu is a 650ti, like the core parts it was bought on members market. Only switching out the main system core components as im wanting something else to mess around with.
 
My rig before last was built in 2006, Replaced in 2014. Just replaced my 2014 rig with a laptop because I had to downsize the desk xD. The laptop has very slightly lower spec than the old rig (2x 760s vs 980m). The one I had before 2006 was bought (not built :( ) in 2002

So yeah 4 years, 8 years & 1 year. Screw consistancy.

EDIT: I should probably add the 8 year rig was updated twice, once in 2008 for GPU and up to 4gb for RAM, again in 2012 for a 500gb SSD
 
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I've been thinking about a new monitor recently one a bit more stylish than my big beast of a QNIX. but we will see. All in all, i am happy with my rig. It looks good it runs good.

If I get bored I just clean it.
 
Just upgraded my 6 and a half year old gaming machine from this:

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 mobo
Intel i7 920 CPU (OC'd to 3.8GHz)
12GB DDR3 RAM
Corsair H50 AIO cooler
Gigabyte 7970 OC 3GB GPU
Creative SB Z soundcard
OCZ 120GB SSD
2x Samsung 500GB HDD
Antec 1200 case
Tagan 900W modular PSU

to this:

MSI X99A SLI Plus mobo
Intel i7 5820K CPU (currently OC'd to 4.2GHz)
16GB DDR4 RAM
Sapphire R9 295x2 8GB GPU
Corsair H100i GTX AIO cooler
Creative SB Z soundcard
OCZ 120GB SSD
Crucial 500GB SSD
Crucial 1TB SSD
Zalman H1 full tower case
OCZ 1250W fully modular PSU

My other machine, also 6 and a half years old, is going to be changed from this:

ASUS P6T SE mobo
Intel i7 920 (OC'd to 3.8GHz)
12GB DDR3 RAM
HIS 6950 2GB GPU
Corsair H50 AIO cooler
Creative SB Z soundcard
OCZ 120GB SSD
4 internal HDDs ranging from 250GB to 1TB
Antec 902 case
Thermaltake 750W PSU (this is actually older than the PC itself, I believe!!)

to this:

Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK mobo
Intel i7 4770K
16GB DDR3 RAM
HIS 6950 2GB GPU
Cooler Master Seidon AIO Cooler
Creative SB Z Soundcard
OCZ 120GB SSD
Crucial 1TB SSD
2x Seagate 3TB HDDs
Zalman Z9 midi case
Thermaltake 750W modular PSU

Both machines did get various parts changed over the years. Mainly GPU, soundcards and HDDs. But I see these major changes as starting from scratch. I will be changing the HIS GPU eventually. Just need to find a nice R9 290 for the right price.

I used to be impulsive, but anytime I had the money to buy new parts, I ended up just doing more research and at times would buy some parts 2nd hand.

I was very happy with both machines and probably could have gone another year or two with them. But I got myself a bit of a windfall recently and thought why the hell not eh? :)
 
Having wasted thousands of pounds so far this year, enough is enough! So yes I'm content with my system, apart from two things...!
 
I've had mine a year and I'm content. My cpu is still better than 6700k price/perf, there is no other Gpu that would fit in my case that I would ever buy and I'm not bothered about DDR4.

If I was building today I might even build exactly the same (but would probably go 6700k as like new stuff).
 
I've had mine since start of the year and I'm very happy still got my old 3930k though does 5ghz so no need swapping it :D
 
6 years is impressive!
I'm feeling a lot better about my build and now settled (apart from my GPUs but will fix that soon) then just going to occupy myself with fetling (learning to overclock properly using BIOS etc)
 
I usually make few dozens of projects on paper and calculate eveyry penny hundreds of times before I pull the trigger - so looks like I am your polar opposite.
Until recently I used to spend a lot on building a rig of my dreams, changing this, changing that, a bit of modding.
It probably cost me over 4k, so I had to pass for some time with the 'upgrade rush' :)
 
I tend to be very 'flighty', one week it's PC stuff, the next it's photography, the next it's car stuff, then Gym... keeps life interesting! PC-wise my last build was in 2008, distracting myself after my dad died. Just building an X99 setup right now, so I'm in 'excited about computers' mode at the moment!
 
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