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How Long Has Your Current Gaming PC Lasted?

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I realized my main desktop PC, which is also my gaming PC, is well over 5 years old.  It's still handling most games quite well, and for something I built for around $600 I can't complain at all.  

The basics:

  • AMD Quad-core 3.0ghz
  • ATI HD5700 video card
  • 8GB RAM
  • SSD for mostly OS and most used apps
  • HDD for data and everything else

I really haven't done much for upgrades aside from the SSD, which was a great improvement.  I'm thinking about putting together a Mini-ITX system, but definitely in no kind of rush to do another build.

How long has your current PC lasted, and do you have any plans to replace?

 

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Reply #51 from Sins Forums Top

nvm

Reply #52 from Sins Forums Top
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And you did indeed well. I stepped into the future in 2010 with Core i7 980x, the first Intel sixcore to be had, and even though i ultimately never really used it to its full capacity (bought it to do archviz, but year later switched to GPU based renderer), i dont regret it one bit, even though it was expensive as hell. But at the time it felt really good for a while and even now, after more than four years, its basically still going strong. After all, the sixcores became a mainstream thing only now with the latest CPU refresh from Intel, before the cheapest one was IIRC at least 500... OFC current sixcores are indeed more powerful, but i dont think the difference is so massive to warrant the replacement of the old one. Especially in situation, when it would require new mobo and RAMs.
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Reply #53 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

My current pc is old, about 7 years old but I am replacing it this Christmas as time has now come where I am struggling to run games.

Current Spec

3.0 Pentium 2 core Duo

8GB Ram

evo 600gt Graphics card

Windows 7 ultimate edition

1Tb Hard disk

Christmas Computer

4.5 ghz 8 core Amd 8350

8 gb ram (To start will be going to 32 when I can),

Amd 7 250 2gb graphics initially - I will be going with 2 amd R9 280x eventually but do not have the power supply for that currently so will be going bit by bit.

An additional Tb hard disk drive (keeping my old drives and operating system. I would like to go with a SSD drive for the operating system but cannot deal with windows 8 so wont be for a while.

Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top

Well, boss says I'm allower this.....

....so it looks like I'm in for some more building fun....;)

 

Reply #55 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 54

Well, boss says I'm allower this.....

....so it looks like I'm in for some more building fun....;)

 

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Original 600 x 580


Sahweet!  Tech peer pressure strikes again!  

That thing looks like one of the buildings on the surface of Elysium!

Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top

Of course....once you start out with a fancy [expensive] case you get 'carried away' and end up with a total build that'll be about $6300 excluding a few 'bits' I pinch from my existing [couple of 2TB drives...DVD, etc].

Gotta see how much I can pick up... but when I've got it all I'll post the specs....;)

Reply #57 from Sins Forums Top

I bought my current PC in 2007, so thats what... 7 years?
I'm at the point where I need to upgrade my graphics card and RAM and that should buy me a bit more time before a new machine is required.

Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top

Pockets are now a little lighter...but...

Here's the specs of stuff on the way....

 

Thermaltake Level 10 Limited Edition Case

Corsair AX12001 1200watt PSU

ASUS Rampage Extreme X99 MoBo

i7 5960 3.0 Socket 2011

Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 4x8 32Gig Ram [still room to double up]

ASUS GTX980 GPU

Corsair 240Gig Neutron SSD x 2

WD Caviar Green 3TB HD. [already have a couple of 2TBs to add]

 

Should have a little get-up-and-go ...;)

 

I expect it'll have a bit more zing than my current i7-920.  I'll chuck Win 7 on it for now...until 10's released [cleverly bypassing 8]....;) 

 

Reply #59 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 58

Pockets are now a little lighter...but...

Here's the specs of stuff on the way....

 

Thermaltake Level 10 Limited Edition Case

Corsair AX12001 1200watt PSU

ASUS Rampage Extreme X99 MoBo

i7 5960 3.0 Socket 2011

Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 4x8 32Gig Ram [still room to double up]

ASUS GTX980 GPU

Corsair 240Gig Neutron SSD x 2

WD Caviar Green 3TB HD. [already have a couple of 2TBs to add]

 

Should have a little get-up-and-go ...;)

 

I expect it'll have a bit more zing than my current i7-920.  I'll chuck Win 7 on it for now...until 10's released [cleverly bypassing 8]....;)  

 
/Gulp

/Drool

Reply #60 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 58

Pockets are now a little lighter...but...

Here's the specs of stuff on the way....

 

Thermaltake Level 10 Limited Edition Case

Corsair AX12001 1200watt PSU

ASUS Rampage Extreme X99 MoBo

i7 5960 3.0 Socket 2011

Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 4x8 32Gig Ram [still room to double up]

ASUS GTX980 GPU

Corsair 240Gig Neutron SSD x 2

WD Caviar Green 3TB HD. [already have a couple of 2TBs to add]

 

Should have a little get-up-and-go ...

 

It`ll be a Monster!!

Quoting Jafo, reply 58
I expect it'll have a bit more zing than my current i7-920.  I'll chuck Win 7 on it for now...until 10's released [cleverly bypassing 8].... 

 

 

Good move!

 

 

Reply #61 from Stardock Forums Top

My main rig has lasted 3 years. I went outside of my norm and didn't go desktop. While I don't regret it, since the wife and I have a house we aren't planning on moving from soon, I'm going back to a desktop.

  • Asus G74Sx
  • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 560M
  • Memory: 12.00 GB RAM

However, I am planning on upgrading. Right now I have the case picked out, and I know I'm going to go with an Intel CPU, and nVidia GPU again. My previous rig was an AMD CPU and GPU, but I've really liked Intel and nVidia this time, hence why I am more than likely choosing them again on my next build.

Reply #62 from JoeUser Forums Top

Update...

Still waiting on the ram ...and the PSU ... so have essentially done everything I can prior to them turning up... including cannibalizing the existing for a couple of HDs [platters] and a burner.

The OS [and primary games] will live directly 'on' the MoBo via an M.2 512gig 'stick' that doesn't use a PCIe slot....only it's through-put.

Only other change from the spec was that since the Case isn't designed for the eATX I've gone for a standard ATX ... the ASUS X99 Deluxe ...

not a lot different to the Extreme... and in a couple of ways - better ...;)