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How often do you upgrade your CPU and Motherboard

jaffveyda said:
My X370 mobo served me well for the last 7 years was just replaced by AM5.
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Similar ... bought B350 mobo (ASUS Strix gaming) + Ryzen 1600 7 years ago. Since then moved to 3700x and now 5800x3d + upped RAM from 26GB 3200 to 32GB 3600. Considering whether to move to AM5 now ... but not sure it's really worth it so may hang around until AM6.
 
Ahh. So many it's impossible to remember them all. Back in the olden days of dx266 and so on it felt like very new chip was a huge leap.

These, however, are the onyl oens I can really recall.

Some kind of Thunderbird
some others
then
Q6600
2500k
6700k
14900k.
Given how long my cycle has become I expect to need a new machine some time in 2035 just in time for my 50th.
 
2 year cycle for CPU generally unless there's little to no improvement - Intel 1st -7th gen I didn't bother as much as they were in their anti consumer phase with poor improvements per generation, was probably every 3-4 years then.
 
So far my cadence has been motherboard every 10 years, CPU every 5 roughly.

* 2009 = X58 & i7-920
* 2015 = X5650 (used)
* 2019 = AM4 X470 & 3700X
* 2023 = 5800X3D

Works well for me. My GPU upgrades have been probably every 5 years too usually.

* 2016/7 = RX 480 (used)
* 2018 = Vega 56 (RX 480 given to other half)
* 2023 = RX 6800 XT
 
I used to upgrade roughly every 2 years. However when I got a 3570k I kept that for maybe 5 years. Since then I guess every 3 years.

I pretty much always upgrade CPU and Mobo together. I don't think I've ever done a cpu upgrade on the same mobo apart from like cheap secondary systems using 2nd hand cpu.
 
Used to update very frequently - until the i5 750. Then sat on that waaaay too long until going to a 3600, which I'm still on. So, about 10 years? Oops.

Edit: Ryzen 5 3600 that is. Just realised my old laptop is still in my sig which had an Intel 3630QM in it. Laptops don't count tho :D
 
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Historically every couple of years at least, nowadays I always want to but rarely need. I can see my year old B550/5800X3D lasting a couple more years at least but we always get the itch; I must stop reading the 9800X3D threads!
I remember the 80/90/00s where every new generation gave noticeable speed benefits, not only to productivity but also to game playability and enjoyment (not just aesthetics). For enthusiasts it was almost a necessity to upgrade both CPU and GPU each time.
 
pewpew said:
Q6600
4770K
TBC - 9800X3D?
Plan is to upgrade early next year, however stock of AM5 X3D is not amazing i am a little worried about availability.
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Availability won't be an issue you'll be able to find it if only from unofficial channels, what will be an issue will be price as it'll be at a premium for the foreseeable future
 
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