Let do it.... How to calculate an upgrade budget

[TFU] Thegoon84

[TFU] Thegoon84

[TFU] Thegoon84

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Yes yes, "Its how much you can afford"....

Anyways.... What is the best calculation to work out justifying an upgrade?

Basically as a married man with 2 young children, i identified £800 i could use to upgrade. However, i shuddered at the thought of using that money for a GFX card and a monitor..... Especially when i could use the money to take them to pepper pig world for the 30th time this month.

A friend pointed out, "but mate, look at the cost and divide it by time spent gaming"... True, i thought... But is that the case........................ Maybe?

There are no doubt many mathematicians on this forum, so i'm throwing it out there:

QUESTION: "What % is it worth me upgrading based on my personal info?".

Factors:

Income
Disposable income
Upgrade cost
"Future proofing"
Time spent gaming
Free Time
Family Time
Likely performance increase (1-100)

I'd say:

( Free time - Family time) / (Upgrade cost / disposable income) x Time spent gaming =

Maybe make it a % of work the upgrade or something?
 
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pooley said:
get a console then job done ;)
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Pooley lets not take this lightly my friend... This formula could change the world.... CHANGE THE WORLD I TELL YA!

I'm patenting this as:

Thegoon's Target Score (T.T.S).

Just think about it..... You go to upgrade, do your research have 2 or 3 options. You simply use T.T.S and gives you a USP to each! Tell you OCUK need to jump on this, hell i'd even use the formula on the front page!

Naturally single guys/girls on decent income will have a super high % suitability.... Where as guys/girl in families will vary!

You know that's not appropriate. I've edited it, rather than delete the whole thing - EVH
 
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if you looking at justifying it then maybe you doing it wrong.

but...i see it like this.

if you get your enjoyment from it just get it.

afford the best you can be happy.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
if you looking at justifying it then maybe you doing it wrong.

but...i see it like this.

if you get your enjoyment from it just get it.

afford the best you can be happy.
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God sake DG! Such a party pooper........ Mr "i can spend all my income on PC's"... Pfft!

[TFU] Thegoon84;29941792 said:
Yes yes, "Its how much you can afford"....
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This is super serial yeah! Please, do a calculation, the best will make it into a pole... which will no doubt be on the front page of OCUK within 6 months!
 
[TFU] Thegoon84;29941871 said:
Clearly you have you no wife or children!

Anybody else who has a life outside of gaming?
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i have 3 kids and a women if that counts :D

why so defensive im just saying get something enjoy playing
 
I generally only upgrade when my current kit is struggling to do what I want it to do, as a natural result of this I don't upgrade often (went from 1366 socket to Haswell) and that in turn means that every upgrade is a boost in performance since they are so far apart.

As for spending I build the machine that I want but within "reason" as in I generally won't pay £300+ for a video card (he says running 2x 970's O.o at a cost of £500 is total) and I just go from there really. Rough ball park figure is about £1,500 or so but if I can do it for less then that's gravy.

Stoner81.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
maybe you should look at AMD :D
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Weeeyyyyy, there's me Google what a joke was amd there's you cracking them out.

FYI "
a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
"she was in a mood to tell jokes"
synonyms: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry; More
verb
1.
make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
"she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"
synonyms: tell jokes, crack joke
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Stoner81 said:
I generally only upgrade when my current kit is struggling to do what I want it to do, as a natural result of this I don't upgrade often (went from 1366 socket to Haswell) and that in turn means that every upgrade is a boost in performance since they are so far apart.

As for spending I build the machine that I want but within "reason" as in I generally won't pay £300+ for a video card (he says running 2x 970's O.o at a cost of £500 is total) and I just go from there really. Rough ball park figure is about £1,500 or so but if I can do it for less then that's gravy.

Stoner81.
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Same Bro, but Im more after a formula to work out what percentage of a **** I am....

Inb4 100%
 
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