How often do you upgrade your PC?

I like to keep up to date, but tend not to go overboard..

I have a 2600k at the moment and I expect that to last a good few years yet. I will be upgrading my GPU soon simply because it can not keep up with the demanding games I wan't to play in the coming months.

I bought an SSD due to the BIG speed increase over HDD's.
 
First proper upgrade was what I bought today, an after market cooler for my 7970. I used to upgrade all the time, but now I have a car, I spend more on that because I enjoy it more.
 
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I replace my main iMac every 4-5 years depending. The MacBook Pro on an alternating schedule.

When I used to have self-built PCs I'd do them every four years. Go all out and make it last (the advantage of owning a Mac in this case...)
 
Depends really. The last two were due to my sister wanting an upgrade 18 months ago (hence the purchase of Sandy Bridge) & the replacement of my Phenom II 'gaming rig' with a Trinity PC for media duties & everyday use last Xmas. I'll see what kaveri brings to the table at the end of this year, but I have no interest what Intel has planned right now. I've just put some quicker RAM in the trinity rig & I bought a Richland APU, but that ran a bit too toasty for my liking & kept the trinity instead.
 
I have been using a 2010 Macbook air for almost 2 years and have no need to upgrade.. it is silky smooth and a lovely machine. Will only upgrade when they have higher res displays
 
Since the i5 came out ive stopped bothering to chase the bleeding edge, so my i5 2500K/GTX470/P8P67/8GB DDR have been untouched for the last 2 years 4 months, & will probably remain so until atleast this time next year.
 
Got two C2Qs with 6970s in my house. I just run slightly lower graphics settings on the latest games.

If I ever have £500 sitting around burning a hole in my pocket, I might upgrade it, but with kids it's likely that it won't be for a while, by which time I'll no longer care about PC gaming I imagine.
 
I can't believe how many people are still rocking older c2d's etc. I think that shows that they are still capable of the modern day computer tasks like gaming still. I have an i5 2500k with a GTX580. And it is still more than capable with an SSD also.

I upgrade when I get the bug which has been around every two years. And when I upgrade I do a full re build.
 
MattHep said:
I can't believe how many people are still rocking older c2d's etc. I think that shows that they are still capable of the modern day computer tasks like gaming still. I have an i5 2500k with a GTX580. And it is still more than capable with an SSD also.

I upgrade when I get the bug which has been around every two years. And when I upgrade I do a full re build.
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I also have a new iMac i7 with all the trimmings - Fusion drive, 32G ram, GT680 blah blah blah. I also have a 3 years old core2duo MBP that I put an SSD in over Christmas. That has 8G of ram and yes the iMac boots up faster (due to SATA3 v SATA2 mostly) but once it is up, doing your web surfing, launching Mail and watching videos and what not, the difference in speed is negligible and as far as user experience is concern, it is not worth upgrading to the i7. I only did it because Adobe makes their software needing faster hardware every year.
 
MattHep said:
I can't believe how many people are still rocking older c2d's etc. I think that shows that they are still capable of the modern day computer tasks like gaming still. I have an i5 2500k with a GTX580. And it is still more than capable with an SSD also.

I upgrade when I get the bug which has been around every two years. And when I upgrade I do a full re build.
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Just played through Metro Last Light almost maxed with a C2Q, 6970 and 8GB of DDR3. They're fantastic chips, though slightly long in the tooth now for the best framerates.
 
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but once it is up, doing your web surfing, launching Mail and watching videos and what not, the difference in speed is negligible
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Sure, and that's all most people need a computer for (hence the rise of popularity of tablets like the iPad) but if you actually push your computer then it's night and day.

My rMBP crunches video astronomically faster than the 2009 iMac I have. I suppose video editing (or other CPU heavy creative work) and gaming are the two main reasons you need to upgrade sooner rather than later.
 
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