I've had my current bundle for 5 years now. It was purchased 2nd hand (already 3 years old) for £280 in early 2015. Gigabyte Z97 (Z97X-Gaming 7) motherboard, Intel i7 4790k thats runnig @4.5ghz & 16GB Kingston HyperX RAM.
It's still coping pretty well but showing it's age with things like my limited speed NVMe drive running at slower speeds in the m2 onboard slot. Gaming wise it's seems to be holding out but not sure how how long.
Everything I read points to waiting for the Ryzen 5 (3600XT?) before upgrading, but why? I never get the most recent up to date CPUs as they usually cost a bomb.
Can a 2nd hand bundle of be had for £300-£500 that would last another 5 years? Maybe like an earlier Ryzen that clocks high or an i7 / i9 that clocks to 6ghz? I have no idea what CPUs even clock to nowadays but i've ben running the i7 @4.5ghz since 2015
It's still coping pretty well but showing it's age with things like my limited speed NVMe drive running at slower speeds in the m2 onboard slot. Gaming wise it's seems to be holding out but not sure how how long.
Everything I read points to waiting for the Ryzen 5 (3600XT?) before upgrading, but why? I never get the most recent up to date CPUs as they usually cost a bomb.
Can a 2nd hand bundle of be had for £300-£500 that would last another 5 years? Maybe like an earlier Ryzen that clocks high or an i7 / i9 that clocks to 6ghz? I have no idea what CPUs even clock to nowadays but i've ben running the i7 @4.5ghz since 2015