I over-spec... not sure it is worth it.... Do we all and is it a waste of cash?

martin363

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I am very lucky, I have 4 working Pc's used regularly;

9700k + 2080 (home)
Xeon 1231 v3 +1660ti (office)
4790k + GTX 780ti (daughter)
2500k + 970 ( holiday home)

I use for emails, office, WOW and light gaming. Whilst I accept that the 1st 2 machines run 1440p, the other 2 run 1080p, sitting here, typing on the 4th machine, which was originally built in 2011 and then the graphics updated in 2015... I can't really tell the difference between any of them - even with games. In a blind test I would honestly struggle to guess which is which... therefore I think I am a fool, I get on the band wagon, and overspec...… I certainly don't stretch the 2080. Yes maybe there is future proofing, but the 2011 2500k is still fine for what I do, including WOW at 1080p. (it isn't even overclocked!)

Maybe I need to start buying lower spec components and save some cash. Do we all get caught up on the best and shiny bandwagon?
 
Overspeccing might actually work out cheaper if it means you keep a PC useful for several extra years. Just look at how many people are still getting good life out of a Haswell. No, it's not as fast a today's CPUs but for most things it's "fast enough".
 
It honestly depends what you use it for, if all you do is literally very light gaming and check emails, then you probably are over spec'd, but then again you could probably use components from 10 years and still not see a major difference.

Most people can happily use very old equipment for their light use, the only part that'll need changing is bringing in a SSD to replace the old HDD and everything will feel speedy for general small tasks
 
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