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How often do you upgrade your PC? (www.techspot.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    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.

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