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I just upgraded my build. The original build was done 6 months before the Nvidia 10xx series came out (do the math yourself.).
The original disk storage setup was a disaster so that got changed a few years in. Three years ago, I inherited a GTX 970 from a friend (up from my 960).
And now I finally actually upgraded Mobo, CPU, GPU and Ram.
Still a AM4 socket from Asrock, basic DDR4 16GB. Intel B570. Less than 500 euro upgrade.
Can’t upgrade; too poor.
I generally like to aim for 5-7 years and then build for an “upper/mid” range trying to keep it below $1500 with a GPU update in the middle of the timeframe.
I got insanely lucky and decided to rebuild just before the ram crisis, so I’m set with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 64GB ddr5 ram, and a 4070ti. I really really really wish graphics cards weren’t so damn expensive… I hate being vram starved so often but with the way things are now I’m probably skipping my mid timeframe GPU upgrade :/
I’m usually on roughly a 5-6 year cycle. I typically aim for one or two notches below the best available and that tends to get me about 3 years on high-ultra, and another 3 on medium-high.
I usually go around 7 to 10 years before building a new machine with usually one GPU upgrade in-between.
I’ll keep the computer going until the frame rate on a modern game hits less than 40 on a game I actually want to play which may be longer now since I’m not exactly clamoring to play the next AAA game.
Same. And to be honest my 7 year old PC is doing fine.replaced the graphics a year ago. I’m still running 16 GB ddr4 but I have room for two more. Motherboard is fine. Case is fine. Added cooling. Linux helped out a ton.
It handles everything I want. I game casually , maybe on the higher end of the bell curve. I’m not bleeding edge but I’m far from suffering performance wise. and my wallet has thanked me.
Don’t fall into the rat race. Upgrade as needed. Hell if I looked at what I’m “getting by with” a decade ago, past me would absolutely shit himself.
Whenever my old one can’t run a game I really want to play. Last time it was stalker 2. It had been about 6 years since I’d built a pretty much top of the line PC. The 1080ti was one of the best purchases I’ve ever made.
10 years
When I can’t play a new game I want to play, I’ll upgrade. This varies. My last computer i7 920 with a GTX 470 lasted me for a long time – around 9 years. I have a Ryzen 2700x with a 3060TI that I built in 2018 and added the newer GPU in 2021. I’ll probably upgrade next year so around 7-8 years. Before that I had a Pentium 4, Pentium 2, Pentium 1 so those are roughly 4 years between but progress was more impactful back then.
Averaging things out – I’d say 6-7 years between major builds.deleted by creator
I normally change my computer when it breaks, “every 4 years, tops.”
I just replaced my desktop with a gaming laptop. A 2026 g16.
My desktop was an i5 from 2018 that had a 980 in it until last year when I put a 6650 xt in it.
I didnt “need” to upgrade. It was a gift to myself and a way to consolidate laptop and desktop into one more powerful unit.
