thing i hate is if you want to upgrade a part of your pc, say cpu for example, all the other technologies have moved on so much you also need a whole new motherboard and then maybe psu and ram etc as well
I only ever buy mid-range stuff, but the only things I've ever really upgraded were graphics card and adding more hard drives over the life of a PC. Previously I would build one, replace the graphics card after 3-4 years if necessary, then replace the whole PC in another 3-4 years. My gaming tastes have swung hard towards less demanding indie games in the last few years, so my next build may never get a GPU upgrade.
Also AFAIK the newer graphics cards tend to be more energy efficient.
Thats why I don't upgrade unless i find slightly shinier trash that fits. For about 4-5 years, my windows install was on a shitty old laptop HDD, I ran windows 8.1 embedded that I got for free. Finally bought a cheap SSD and used a windows 10 education license I also got for free.
Unless you're doing actual work on the machine, ie 3d rendering, photo work, building kernels, etc, you're set for 7-8 years with a CPU thats 1-2 below whats considered high-end.
thing i hate is if you want to upgrade a part of your pc, say cpu for example, all the other technologies have moved on so much you also need a whole new motherboard and then maybe psu and ram etc as well
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I only ever buy mid-range stuff, but the only things I've ever really upgraded were graphics card and adding more hard drives over the life of a PC. Previously I would build one, replace the graphics card after 3-4 years if necessary, then replace the whole PC in another 3-4 years. My gaming tastes have swung hard towards less demanding indie games in the last few years, so my next build may never get a GPU upgrade.
Also AFAIK the newer graphics cards tend to be more energy efficient.
Stop buying Intel and you won’t have this problem.
Thats why I don't upgrade unless i find slightly shinier trash that fits. For about 4-5 years, my windows install was on a shitty old laptop HDD, I ran windows 8.1 embedded that I got for free. Finally bought a cheap SSD and used a windows 10 education license I also got for free.
Unless you're doing actual work on the machine, ie 3d rendering, photo work, building kernels, etc, you're set for 7-8 years with a CPU thats 1-2 below whats considered high-end.