Gaming pc lifetime

FriedPet

FriedPet

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How frequently do you upgrade/replace your gaming pc?

I'm wondering whether it's worth it to sell my pc (9 months old) and buy a new one or should I rather upgrade? I'm just not keen on having a million old parts lying around....:wtf:
 
Depends how much you spend,R13k PC can last you 3-4 years depending how fast technology is moving.always buy a PC just as a new hardware discovery is made.
 
About 6K around every 3 years. Just CPU and Motherboard, graphics card gets upgraded when needed.
 
i built a phenom II x4 back in 09 and its still going strong same applies to my athlon II x4 that i use as my lan PC
 
If you get the latest hardware about 2-3 months after a new technology/architecture comes out (2-3 months is to fix any possible problems). Then if you spend round 10k on decent components, then i would say that settles you for at least 2-3 generations afterwards which is anything from 2-4 years.

Well that has been the case for me with Intel and Nvidia parts. I found that AMD and ATI tends to age quicker and needs to be upgrade sooner.

Disclaimer: not trying to start a Nvidia vs ATI etc... war. Just my observation over the years.
 
VegOtter said:
If you get the latest hardware about 2-3 months after a new technology/architecture comes out (2-3 months is to fix any possible problems). Then if you spend round 10k on decent components, then i would say that settles you for at least 2-3 generations afterwards which is anything from 2-4 years.

Well that has been the case for me with Intel and Nvidia parts. I found that AMD and ATI tends to age quicker and needs to be upgrade sooner.

Disclaimer: not trying to start a Nvidia vs ATI etc... war. Just my observation over the years.
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I have to say whoever told you that needs a smack in the head.
I have a Intel core i7 3960x and a old AMD Phenom II 965 BE.
They can both max BF3 with a 7950. Heck a mate of mine still has a 5870 and he can still play all the latest games at high to ultra settings only really bf3 that slows it down but even then he is able to run on high settings.
 
The Joker said:
I have to say whoever told you that needs a smack in the head.
I have a Intel core i7 3960x and a old AMD Phenom II 965 BE.
They can both max BF3 with a 7950. Heck a mate of mine still has a 5870 and he can still play all the latest games at high to ultra settings only really bf3 that slows it down but even then he is able to run on high settings.
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Yeah, that was actually not the best comparison. I forgot that AMD and ATI tends to be cheaper as well, which is what makes them so attractive. I'm just very finicky and i went through 2 PC's that were AMD and ATI and had bad experience. So my comment was probably a bit biased. A lot of my friends had their AMD's and ATI's and never had a problem. Also not like i went cheap, but this was still during the Athlon days.
 
My old 965 BE and 6870 aren't doing to badly, I will probably get a newer motherboard and RAM though as I got stuck with DDR 2 and it's more costly to upgrade it to 16 gigs then buying a new mobo and ram.
 
All depends i spent 12k on my pc in 2010 and it still runs majority of games on high detail and 60fps(any slower and it bugs me), I would say wait for tablets to be launched with the new windows 8 apparently desktop machine are going to be completely old tech and on its way out.
 
I rarely ever buy a new PC from scratch. I generally just upgrade parts as the need arises. My Core i7, HD5870, 8GB RAM system is still going fairly strong and can run most games on high without too much issue.
 
b1nd3r said:
I would say wait for tablets to be launched with the new windows 8 apparently desktop machine are going to be completely old tech and on its way out.
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That's what the people making tablets would like you to believe. Show me a tablet that can play BF3 or Borderlands 2.
 
I used to upgrade every chance I could, but it becomes expense and unnecessary for the most part. I don't think I will upgrade again for another 2 years I reckon. When I start seeing I can not play the latest games, then I will consider upgrading.

Peripherals on the other hand, I could upgrade every week :D
 
The Joker said:
I have to say whoever told you that needs a smack in the head.
I have a Intel core i7 3960x and a old AMD Phenom II 965 BE.
They can both max BF3 with a 7950. Heck a mate of mine still has a 5870 and he can still play all the latest games at high to ultra settings only really bf3 that slows it down but even then he is able to run on high settings.
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Only when there is lots of smoke and such does the 5870 slow slightly.
 
McT said:
So what are the specs of the PC you are looking to sell/upgrade?
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PC Case: Bitfenix Shinobi Window Black Gaming Case
Power Supply: Corsair 500CX Builder Series 80+ Power Supply
Processor: AMD FX 8120 Eight Core Bulldozer CPU
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan
Motherboard: ASUS M5A970 970GX AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 MB
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz High Performance RAM
PCI-E Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 192bit DDR5 Overclocked Card
Sound Card: Integrated 8 Channel HD Audio
Primary Hard Drive: Seagate 500GB SATA3 7200rpm Hard Drive
Main Optical Drive: 24x Dual Layer DVD +/- Writer
Network Adapter: PCI 802.11g 54mbps Wireless Network Card
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit

I paid R10 000 for it and it's running everything on max specs.

I'm not planning on selling it. I was just curious how you guys go about keeping trend with technology.
 
FriedPet said:
What do you do with your old stuff? If you sell it, where do you sell it?
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I sell the stuff. I got lucky and sold my last machine to my wife's business and the one before that to a mate of mine, but there are plenty of people on carbonite who will snap up any good deals in a minute.
 
Grimspoon said:
I sell the stuff. I got lucky and sold my last machine to my wife's business and the one before that to a mate of mine, but there are plenty of people on carbonite who will snap up any good deals in a minute.
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I'll give it a try, thank you:)
 
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