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How often do you upgrade your CPU and Motherboard

still running my Asus Crosshair Vi X470 mobo with 32GB of 3600 RAM that I bought in 2018. Originally used an 1800, then a 3800XT and now a 5800x3D. No plans to upgrade atm, it does all I need and I don't game that much.

Meanwhile my previous PC ( Sandy bridge 2500K on a GA-P67A-UD4-B3) is still running fine under my TV as my media PC, recording TV shows and hosting my music library in Roon. I think I built that PC around 2011/2012.
 
Still running my Asus Pime Z390-A & i7 9700K that i built back in 2019, every 3 years or so i upgrade the gpu, currently got a 3070 in it, but other than that i don't really feel the urge to do anything major to it.
 
Likewise I don't bother overclocking. I've got a 5800X3D and a 6800XT, currently running 4K but about to switch to 1440p. I imagine this setup will see me for a couple more years yet. The mobo and RAM were originally bought in 2020, paired with a 3600 and a 2060S but upgraded them to the current CPU and GPU last year. I could potentially stretch another year or two more out of the CPU and RAM with another GPU upgrade next year.
 
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I'm the type of person who will usually use something till it's run into the ground. Car, phone, PC etc.

Before my current system (sig) which I got just before lockdown in Mar 2020, I was still running a Q6600 up till that point.

Having said that, while I'll happily drop my settings down to lowest to get more FPS, 60fps has replaced 30fps as my bare minimum, especially since getting a 144hz monitor, so I've been eyeing up a 5800x3d as an interim upgrade soon, and will take a look at what Nvidia's 50xx-series offers when they release.
 
I do a major upgrade around every 5 years, I re-use one of my Silverstone FT-02 case's and maybe a PSU if it's not to old. Once a computer is stable I try not to change anything.

I like to install a lot of memory, as this saves the hassle of upgrading memory later.

Something I do is re-use the motherboard / CPU in a HTPC sitting on the HiFi stack downstairs, so my main computer gets the latest hardware, and less important computers in my house are constructed from the older parts.
 
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squerble said:
Likewise I don't bother overclocking. I've got a 5800X3D and a 6800XT, currently running 4K but about to switch to 1440p. I imagine this setup will see me for a couple more years yet. The mobo and RAM were originally bought in 2020, paired with a 3600 and a 2060S but upgraded them to the current CPU and GPU last year. I could potentially stretch another year or two more out of the CPU and RAM with another GPU upgrade next year.
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Why you downgrading your resolution, I'm thinking of going 4k?
 
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Why you downgrading your resolution, I'm thinking of going 4k?
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Higher native frame rates if the monitor has a higher refresh rate.. Stuff runs cooler /less power consumption (maybe).

Higher resolution isn't the be all and end all.. Higher spec monitor at 1440p for same money as 4k.. There's a lot of factors to consider, resolution just being one consideration.

I find 1440p absolutely fine on an OLED 4k LG telly.. And my 1440p Dell gaming monitor.. 4k looks slightly better but it comes with overheads, so there's no right or wrong answer really.

For me the need to have a better gpu isn't really worth the cost when I can run 1440p with everything maxed out on a good quality screen /high frame rate.

Edit... Also In my case, my LG telly can only do 4k at 60hz.. With my 6800xt.. If I knock it down to 1440p I can run it at 120hz.
 
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Why you downgrading your resolution, I'm thinking of going 4k?
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Just as @mattyfez guessed, it's giving me the option of higher frame rates. 4K has 2.25x the amount of pixels as 1440p, so that's a lot of extra work for the GPU! I've now got the option of either just leaving 60Hz on the monitor and having the benefit of less power consumption and running cooler (even accounting for being able to run higher settings), or getting all the way up to 144Hz by tweaking a few settings etc.

I've kept the 4K monitor, I just bought a new stand and it's now permanently plugged into my MacBook, running at 4K60, but 200% scaled (so effectively 1080p but looks beautifully sharp).
 
I'm still running a 5900X at the moment, I'm waiting for the 9800X3D to upgrade. The only intensive thing I use my PC for is gaming, so the 9800X3D will be perfect. Not looking forward to the combined cost of replacing, cpu, motherboard and RAM! I'll probably swap my 3080 for a 5080 around the same time, so add in a GPU and maybe a PSU too!
 
I am just in the process of switching from my 12600 non k, MSI Z690 Edge, 2x8Gb of 8Pack DDR4 3600C14 to a 7800x3d, Asus ROG Strix B650E-F, 2x16Gb Klevv Bolt V DDR5 6000 C30 which has just been delivered. I got the 12600 a couple of weeks after launch and while it has been excellent and doesn't really need upgrading for 1440p gaming I have had "the itch" since February and what with Intel's current farce I don't trust them anymore so have no upgrade path to a cpu that is power efficient and 100% won't develop a fault so I jumped ship and went back to AMD for the first time since Core2Duo launched. That will be me busy for the next week or so getting used to a completely new platform to me.
 
I'd usually (/previously) do basically 1 system upgrade per DDR generation, but since Ryzen it's been more often...

i.e. q6600/DDR2 to 2500k/DDR3 and then R7 1700/DDR4, but then went 3700x and 5950x on the same platform/motherboard. I've since replaced the motherboard (because my x370 Taichi was getting flaky) and upgraded RAM to 64GB for the hell of it - If it had meant a full platform upgrade in one go I probably would have waited longer.

Another factor has been that I've had more disposable income in that time!
 
Usually do a major upgrade about every 5 years, or so. I moved to AM5 platform at the start of this year ; before that my last significant change was in late 2019 when I transitioned from Intel to an AM4/3900X.
 
I recently got a 5800x3D upgrade. Was using a 3900x that I was using since 2019 which is nice. I normally don't have a time frame but about every 5 years or so I start eyeing up parts for upgrading.
 
had few other system before this but ill start from here and what I can remember tbh

Pentium II 233mhz MHz
Pentium III 500mhz
Pentium III 700mhz x 2 dual CPU on Abit vp6
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon XP 3200+
Athlon 64 3200+
Intel q6600
Intel 920D
Intel Xeon X5675( this stayed with me for over ten years, still using it for games today an amazing platform X58 is) - From this point onwards spent many years with just laptops and moved away from desktops.
AMD Ryzen 3700X
AMD Ryzen 3960x thread ripper
AMD Ryzen 7950X3D
AMD Ryzen 9950X3D - waiting for this to release.
 
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