How oftern do you upgrade

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:41

Hello Guys,

I'm currently upgradeing once a year could be somthing small or could be a complete rehaul of the PC,

How long do you leave it before upgrading any part of youre pc?

RJC · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:43

I am always changing something, but my current board, cpu & memory are not far short of 2 years.

Paul11 · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:43

complete new pc every 3 or 4 years

might add a HD (ssd) or similar now and then

SeraphX · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:43

when ever i have spare money and something that i dont have grabs my eyes, usually about every 3 -6 months lol

Danny091 · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:44

Whole new pc? 3-4 years but i sometimes update graphics or something like that when needed.

Marvin · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:45

Far too often. Every month or two there's something new to be tried out.

cmndr_andi · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:47

I generally replace the core system (motherboard, CPU, RAM) every 2-3 years.

Graphics card is more like every 2 years.

Then I buy a specific upgrade maybe every 3-6 months (often when there is a good deal, or something new and shuny has caught my eye). Sometimes this is something small like a new fan controller - other times it is something big like a new monitor.

Every time I upgrade - I usually either give the older parts to my sister/parents/grandparents or do a deal with a friend.

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:51

I would upgrade a lot more if I had the money thats for sure, but I guess I'm a lot like you guys main upgrades motherboard, g-card, monitor stuff like that if every 2/3 yers while Ram, HDD,SDD are every January for some odd reason

BlackCoat2k10 · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:55

I do a total rehaul of my main pc once every few years.. Apart from that it may be every several months Id buy little bits as required / wanted. Ive had my main pc now for 2 years and have in the last year brought Q acoustic 2020 speakers, razer mamba and a 24 inch panel + new keyboard.

Judgeneo · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:58

Bought this desktop entirely new 6-7 months ago, have since added a third drive, second monitor and extra fan.

Those were sort of planned as I didn't have the funds at the time of buying. Nothing planned for the foreseeable future though

Culinia · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:59

Pentium 4/5500fx > Core 2 Duo/7950gt > i7/gtx295sli

Complete rebuilds, 'normally' skip a couple generation of gpu/cpu's - might be longer this round since I went OTT on the gfx front lol ^^

I have pencilled 2013 as my next upgrade due to Nvidia Maxwell/Intel Haswell and hopefully I can pick up a good ssd at that time or whenever they come in abouts ~

smiley1987 · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:02

Usually when the pc no longer gives a playable experience of the games i want to play .

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:03

Culinia said:
Pentium 4/5500fx > Core 2 Duo/7950gt > i7/gtx295sli

Complete rebuilds, 'normally' skip a couple generation of gpu/cpu's - might be longer this round since I went OTT on the gfx front lol ^^

I have pencilled 2013 as my next upgrade due to Nvidia Maxwell/Intel Haswell and hopefully I can pick up a good ssd at that time or whenever they come in abouts ~

nice steady upgrades there,

Culinia · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:13

umboma said:
nice steady upgrades there,

temptation is there, I have resisted thus so far hehe... Actually the only thing I would currently consider replacing is my 6yr old analogue 22" monitor

I was wondering smiley - since that depends on your definition of playable experience - do you like to keep the gfx max out or do you lower the gfx to keep the frames higher to keep it running for longer?

Admiral Huddy · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:10

Used to upgrade GC aver 16 months and CPU every 2 years.. but since tsoftware and games aren't as demanding as they ionce were, I've found that upgrades are less frequent.

I've not long upgraded my 8800GTX and my Q6600 is nearly three years old now.. Recent SSD was a good investment though .

chainy · 28 Jan 2011 at 11:06

Im always adding new parts but generally a full new build every other generation. Im currently running a core 2 quad rig so I would like to upgrade to SB in a few months but the temptation is there to wait for Ivy.

M1k3H · 28 Jan 2011 at 11:34

Every 5-6 years I build a new pc. (previous pc was a pentium D

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Every 2-3 years I add another GFX ore I buy another.

SPG · 28 Jan 2011 at 11:34

Usually miss a generation so its time to upgrade for me, big investment for me last year was a 700D case and 40gig SSD for the OS oh and add to that the H50 replacing all the fans in the 700D with vipers. At least the case should see me out for another 10 years or so, damm i spent some money

Currently on a e8400 @ 4ghz stable with a H50 cooler, DFI lan party, and a GTX 295. So a i5K seems to be on the cards i think. Thing is the e8400 still rocks and setup can play most things on high detail. so its a tough call really.

dammit dammit i dont know what to do now

pcAnywhere · 28 Jan 2011 at 12:52

See my sig!

My first build was based on the 3700 single core and X800GTO (I think..). Upgraded the CPU to 3800x2 and the GPU twice. New PSU and new HDD added along the way, as well as moving to 4GB ram and Win 7 (from XP).

Next step will probably by SB but only when I start to swamp my 3800x2 on a regular basis.