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I match the average stated in the article. 5 years for a new build (CPU socket change is how I define that) since 2002. 2-3 years for GPU. Not counting 90's family computers since that wasn't my own money. Or laptops/mini PC.
Today I've reached my usual upgrade period but I didn't this time. 5-6 year gap since my last builds last done in 2020 and 2021. The GPU remains the most frequent upgrade I still do. The rest dropped off...sort of. I bought a NAS that changed how I deal with storage. Gets complicated. Anyways, I don't think I would've done a new desktop build for another 3 years at least even if things hadn't gone to shit. Now with corpo AI bubble and daily global fascist tantrums jacking up prices? Hard to say. 8-10 years looks realistic?
Just comes down to performance and I'm not feeling any pinches yet with the two towers, a Ryzen 5800X in the office and Core i5 12600 in the living room. Office PC only gets living room hand-me-downs from now on. My gaming habits have changed a lot I'm primarily a couch PC gamer now.