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How often do you upgrade your PC? (www.techspot.com)

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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

I used to upgrade only every 5-10 years but that's because I used to game on Sega and then PlayStation. But now I use PCs for gaming too (or would if I actually had time 😞) so I upgrade something every couple of years but tend to stagger out the costs. Last time I did a full upgrade at one time was about 2016 with a i5 4k series CPU, DDR3 with a GTX1080 - PC before that was a pre-built one from 2008ish. Improved monitors to triple Dell 2515s. Most of the 2015 PC is still going, or was until recently and will be repurposed soon as my kid's PC.

Next build was over 2020-2021. New case, DDR4 and change of CPU to Ryzen 3600. Same GPU as prices went a bit mad. Changed to 49" monitor and got a RX6800 in 2022-23. Everything second hand though. Went a bit RGB crazy during this time too so did a whole lot of cosmetic changes. Was also WFH too so I blame that as my reasoning.

Most recent upgrades have been in the last year or two. Same case, change to DDR5 and 7800x3d, a 9070xt and a 5k2k monitor (but non-oled as I am 80+% using it for work not play). Still have all my old stuff as it gets passed down to wife and then kids. So when I upgrade, I'm really upgrading multiple PC's at the same time.