How often do you guys upgrade your components?

I'm still on my original i7-3770S, original motherboard, and original RAM. I've upgraded the SSDs to 1x 1 TB and 1x 2 TB, and gone from a GTX 780 Ti to two Titan XMs, plus a PSU to match. I've switched the case to a FT05.

So yes, I've done a lot of upgrading.
 
I upgrade around the 50% performance bump mark, or if there is a seriously good deal going on. Usually around 3-4 years. The only real gains these days come from GPU's to be honest.
 
When there's a decent enough performance jump for the price.

Q9550 -> 2700K
GTX480 -> GTX680 -> GTX970

HDD -> SSD

Have thought about NVME SSDs but it doesn't seem to make much of a perceivable difference.

Also thought of going to 6700K but it didn't offer much so it's mostly the GPU that'll be upgraded.

Thinking of upgrading my FT02 case to a smaller one but I do love the top I/O ports system which aids the heat exhaust. Seen the FT05 which is smaller but don't really like how the top looks.

FT03 seems a nice choice but then I'd need an mATX board.
 
moogle said:
Thinking of upgrading my FT02 case to a smaller one but I do love the top I/O ports system which aids the heat exhaust. Seen the FT05 which is smaller but don't really like how the top looks.

FT03 seems a nice choice but then I'd need an mATX board.
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I had exactly the same thoughts, the top I/O is brilliant. I may go for watercooling once I move house and I really like the look of the Define S.
 
When I can't play the games I like comfortably with max settings I look to upgrade.

Last big upgrade was 2014, so I can see an upgrade on the horizon in the near future.

Predicting an expensive upgrade this time around because it'll be going from 1080 to 1440 or possibly 4k so practically everything will need replacing :eek:
 
I upgrade far too often given the limited performance increases each new generation provides these days.

I really should learn to keep my stuff a bit longer but I've been upgrading once or twice a year for so long now I think it's become a habit and I still find it hard to resist the latest shiny new tech :(
 
When finances allow for it and I can see the point of doing it.
Should imagine it'll be a new GPU next year to replace the 970

Last one was nearly 2 years ago when I added the loop. All my old parts (not even old, some were less than a year) became my missus PC as she wanted one. She has the VR on hers so the 780 was replaced by a 1070
 
In the old days (2006-2011) I used to upgrade every six months or so - especially for graphics cards. I even went between different steppings of Q6600 and i7 920 just incase it'd lead to a higher overclock (it wasn't worth it). I'd buy motherboards just because they looked nice and then rebuild my custom water loop just because.

Now I've been running an i7 2600K for the past 5.5 years. In that time I've been through three graphics cards and a couple of SSDs but that's it. The performance gains just haven't been great in terms of platform and I wasn't that interested in changing up my rig. I'm thinking of a Kaby Lake upgrade or Ryzen soon though, because of the extra motherboard features and performance increase.
 
Had a AMD X2 something or other from 2006 - 2014, then upgraded to a 4470k and the rest of the system too.

About to build another system, but it will be for more NAS like operation, and heavy video encoding. Or I turn the 4770k into that machine, and go for a less powerful daily machine.

But I don't intend on going for a proper "upgrade" until something actually breaks. No point. I keep more up to date with consoles. I'd rather spend less on a current generation console that will last 4+ years than twice as much on a gpu that lasts 18-24 months.
 
Had my 4770k setup four years now still no need to "upgrade". Although got a 1080 at launch from a 780 and that was three years.
 
Usually when I'm bored & change something just for the sake of it.

Although I've been pretty good recently & managed to talk myself out of "upgrading" the cpu, mb & ram.
 
Mikey C said:
I upgrade far too often given the limited performance increases each new generation provides these days.

I really should learn to keep my stuff a bit longer but I've been upgrading once or twice a year for so long now I think it's become a habit and I still find it hard to resist the latest shiny new tech :(
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I can relate, I change my systems almost on a daily basis, I even change them mid-build!!!!!
 
I used to upgrade more regularly. I still change GPUs fairly often but motherboards and CPUs I normally do every 5+years (i5 750-i3 6100) it's more for motherboard features (NVE) than anything else!
 
Only when needed, HD 7850 crossfire to a R9 290 and now on a GTX 1070. Added an extra 8GB RAM to my build 2 years ago and it runs fine but the CPU is starting to show it's age, if Ryzen is decent I'll go for that otherwise I'll wait until something better arrives at a decent price, X99 seems too expensive atm and not all boards have the BIOS for Broadwell.
 
Only when needed really...

I am currently running the following:
  • i7 4770K.
  • Gigabyte Z97 Gaming.
  • Corsair 750D case.
  • GTX970 SLI.
  • BenQ 1440P monitor.
This quite happily runs everything I throw at it without really trying hard for the most part. I do keep toying with the idea of throwing my 970's on the MM and upgrade to the 1080 but I don't know if it's worth it or not.

Stoner81.
 
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