What's your CPU upgrade cycle?

[almoststew1990]

errr

AM2 dual core system in 2008
1156 i7 in 2010
1150 i7 in 2014
AM4 3700X in 2019
AM4 5800X3D in 2022

So every 4 years usually with a platform switch. GPU seems to be every 3 years. Not sure there is much to swap a 6800XT for at the moment though!

 

[edgedemon]

<Hangs head in shame>

AMD K6ii -> Athlon64 -> Bulldozer -> i7 3930K -> err nothing since!

Ive been saving for most of the year, I have enough cash for a reasonable specced machine, but as I am so slow to refresh builds I have set myself a target of 3.5K which I should hit around March/April and then Im going for my first ever ITX build with as much top end HW as I can get inside

 

[mdixson]

Mine has always been slow - but I always really feel the upgrade when it comes. Tend to swap a GPU mid-cycle once or twice

Athlon64 - Q6600 - i7 7700k - 7800X3D

 

[Helios1234]

AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Intel i7 920
Intel i7 3930K

So I'm definitely due for an upgrade at some point. I'd like the longetivity again.

 

[HeX]

Oh man, if we're listing main rig CPU upgrades over the years I've had oh so many:

Intel DX2 50
AMD K5 PR133
AMD K6/2 300
AMD K6/2 380
AMD K6/2 500
AMD Duron 650
AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz
Intel P4 1.6A
Intel P4 2.4A
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (Palomino)
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (T-Bred B)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
AMD Opteron 144 single core
AMD A64 3400+
Intel P4 HT 640
Intel E6300
Intel Q6600
AMD Phenom II X4 965
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Intel i3 2120
Intel i5 2500K
Intel i7 2600K
AMD 1800X
AMD 2700X
AMD 3800X

I think that's the lot, might be a bit muddled in the middle. I switched platforms a lot to try out new stuff for a while. I'll certainly be dropping a 5800X3D in at some point, crazy that the X370 platform will have taken me through 4 generations of CPUs.

 

[Bradmax57]

used to be as soon as something better (or newer came out......) but now i think around every 2 to 3 years

 

[Manbatius]

Ermmm,

Dell system Pentium 4 2ghz 2001 Gaming pc

Pentium 4 640 2005 ish Uni self built pc
Feel like I upgraded this to another lga775 chip...

Athlon 64x2 6400 second machine

I5 3570 k Launch 2012 back to pc gaming
I kept this for an age!

Ryzen 5 3600 B550 launch 2020
Ryzen 5 7600 just built alongside GPU upgrade this year

I tend to have a second machine I mess about with, current one son built was a am4 A10 (mega cheap in case he knackered it), 5600G, then 2400G

I upgrade on need really, switching to AM5 was after going vega 64 > 6800. I really like changing parts in and out though, so theres stacks of changes, primarily on the second machines!

In my mind I plan to upgrade cpu every 3 years now, planned cpu on am5. We shall see hah.

 

[jimhaumman]

i5 3570k. 2011
i7 4790k 2013
ryzen 5 7600 2023
I love my current upgrade, nice performance boost.

 

[marinersfan]

I've just upgraded for the first time in 10/11 years.
I've been running an overclocked i5 2500k.

 

[Doughnut007]

I've just upgraded for the first time in 10/11 years.
I've been running an overclocked i5 2500k.

Nice jump

 

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[mercyless]

Every 2 to 3 years, sometimes longer, i tend to upgrade.

From AMD Athlon XP to Opteron days, then core 2 duo, many intel cpus and sockets since.

 

[Sone]

486 SX 25mhz (hand me down)
486 DX 33mhz (upgrade)
486 DX4 100mhz (bought from comp fair for about £20)
P100 (bought from comp fair for about £30)
P3 600mhz (first "decent" PC; present for a few years christmas / birthday)
AMD Duron 800mhz (first decent PC I bought myself; got board and CPU off MM; think swapped for a dreamcast)
Athlon XP 1500+
P4 2.4ghz
Athlon X2 3200+
Pentium E2160
Core2Duo E8600 (Sold this as moved back to UK hence sideways after)
Core2Quad Q6600 (in board from E2160)
Xeon X5650 (cheap upgrade in a Dell T3500, no OC , Q6600 had a poor mobo and was bit unstable)
I5 4570k (never liked this.. just didn't feel as nice as the X5650 hence going back to 6c/12t after)
i7 4930k (got off facebook in alienware R4)
3700X
5900x (upgrade)

 

[Mick-1965]

Not very often any more.
It was too many to list between 1991 and 2015, thats when I got a i7 5820 oc'd to 4.4GHz
and that just kept trundling along, untill about 6 months ago when I upgraded to an AMD 7900. Hopefully that will last just as long

 

[sgoaty]

I can't help myself. I was more than happy with my am4 system but new and shiny always gets me so went AM5. There will need to be 20% plus improvement on the 8000 series for me to swap from my 7950x

 

[DHR]

Man I can't remember most and there are times I've had two systems running like now, ones I can recall though...

DX20
Pentium MMX 166
AMD K6/2 500
AMD Athlon 2400+
AMD 64 3500+
AMD 64 X2 4200+
.....something I can't recall then finally an Intel i5 6600k (Still running this today)

I had a P4 2.4 and I'm using a 4790k for some living room TV based games but they have all been secondary systems for one purpose or another.

The said truth I realise here is that realistically as soon as I started working at a desk all day, I stopped PC gaming in the main and went through all of the Xbox platform from the 360 above. Do sometimes wish I'd not gone in to work with tech so I could enjoy it more in my free time!

 

[ChocAndGray]

I upgrade every generation.

PC gaming (and technology in general) is my only vice so that’s where my spending money goes.

It used to be on modifying cars.

I tend to suffer from fomo so regardless of how small the gains are, if there’s an improvement I want it.

 

[dave28]

What one, I have about 3 in laptops and several in desktops. I have bits of PC all over my room lol

 

[dazzlaa]

My first PC was an AMD Athalon, circa 2001, then I changed to a
Q6600
4770k

Since then I’ve had 2 PCs that get upgraded on similar time lines. I like to have a main rig and an ITX system.

8600k and 8400
9700k and 11400f
13600k and 5600X (current)

 

[sHo0sH]

Whenever I get the itch previously but as I predominantly have a PC for work and gaming, it will now be when my computer no longer can output the FPS that I want in the games I play. Screen refresh rate is 175hz and the 5800x3d hits that easily for me so could be a while before I upgrade.