How many of you will also not be upgrading your PC

[Locut0s]

I upgrade in bits and bits pieces here and there. Honestly, for what I actually use my PC for, I probably don't need to upgrade as often as I do, but I just can't help myself. :\

KT

You would get much more bang your your buck if you saved up that money and spent it all at once every 3 or 4 years on a new PC like I do.

 

[Aikouka]

I'll probably be upgrading to a Sandy Bridge-based CPU and Motherboard when it comes out. Since I mostly play Blizzard games, the performance increase at similar clock speeds is quite a nice perk (over a 10% boost).

 

[Locut0s]

I'll probably be upgrading to a Sandy Bridge-based CPU and Motherboard when it comes out. Since I mostly play Blizzard games, the performance increase at similar clock speeds is quite a nice perk (over a 10% boost).

Would be nice if Intel planned ahead more than one or two CPU revisions when designing their sockets. Maybe that way we wouldn't get a new socket / mother board with every single CPU release.

 

[RPD]

Would be nice if Intel planned ahead more than one or two CPU revisions when designing their sockets. Maybe that way we wouldn't get a new socket / mother board with every single CPU release.

Well they do make boards too....:hmm:

 

[Locut0s]

Well they do make boards too....:hmm:

Yes they really rake in the profits that way. The whole hardware industry in some ways is dependant on a new socket / motherboard revision coming out every year or so. Companies like ASUS and Gigabtye also rely on this to some extent. Would be nice for the industry to be forced to stick with one socket for a few years though.

 

[RPD]

AMD had a great thing going, my last build used Intel so I don't know just how far they've continued that tradition.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I upgrade something every six months or so. Been almost 2 years since this build, and there isn't a game I like that I cant play. I think I'll just upgrade my ram to 8GB and keep this build for a couple more years as my primary computer. I can see this being used for 7-8 more years for sure in some capacity.

Video card upgrade will probably be next.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I upgraded my FX-55 rig 12 months ago to i5-750 etc. Once I have a SSD I'll be set, but I'm waiting for the intel refresh before purchasing. Sandforce is so tempting though...

 

[Locut0s]

I upgraded my FX-55 rig 12 months ago to i5-750 etc. Once I have a SSD I'll be set, but I'm waiting for the intel refresh before purchasing. Sandforce is so tempting though...

Sandforce 2, potentially 500MB/s!

 

[Kroze]

I was going to build a new pc to play games...I had a Intel Dual Core e2160, 4gb ram, 8800gt

But then I decided to upgrade the CPU & Vid Card for $200 total (E8500 & ATI 4870) and was able to play games like Modern Warfare 2, Resident Evil 5, Black Ops with pretty much maxed out settings @ 1680x1050

There's absolutely no major benefit in building the greatest and latest PC right now. The days where upgrading your PC every 6 months are over. Spending $1000 for a new PC wouldn't get me a PC that's twice as fast as my current one. Why even bother?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I built my computer in Jan this year. Happy with it: i5 750, 4GB, Radeon 5850, 2TB of storage (just ordered drive #4 - a 2TB drive). Also satisfied with my Dell U2311H display. Not the best but it was the best I could find in my budget (and region).

Currently don't see any need for more RAM. The motherboard will probably die before the CPU bottlenecks me. If/when that happens, I will probably have to buy new CPU+Mobo+RAM because the current stuff memory/motherboard standards will probably be EOL. Might need a graphic card by the time Radeon HD 8000-series or the Nvidia equivalent come out.

I am incredibly tempted to get the OCZ Vertex 2 90GB SSD though. Not sure if I want to spend the ~$185 for it or not. I told myself I wouldn't get an SSD until they hit the $1/GB range but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

 

[TecHNooB]

I was going to build a new pc to play games...I had a Intel Dual Core e2160, 4gb ram, 8800gt

But then I decided to upgrade the CPU & Vid Card for $200 total (E8500 & ATI 4870) and was able to play games like Modern Warfare 2, Resident Evil 5, Black Ops with pretty much maxed out settings @ 1680x1050

There's absolutely no major benefit in building the greatest and latest PC right now. The days where upgrading your PC every 6 months are over. Spending $1000 for a new PC wouldn't get me a PC that's twice as fast as my current one. Why even bother?

I only did a video card upgrade but pretty much this. Fuck black ops

 

[sdifox]

Would be nice if Intel planned ahead more than one or two CPU revisions when designing their sockets. Maybe that way we wouldn't get a new socket / mother board with every single CPU release.

shit, what do the MB companies do at that point?

 

[roguerower]

Upgraded when I moved here. Moved my desktop PC to an HTPC case and installed a X-25M 80gb SSD as my boot drive. Probably won't touch it again until it dies other than to install another storage HDD.

I might go and splurge come summertime and build another desktop rig. We'll see what Sandy Bridge brings.

 

[JimmiG]

My current system is good for a while. Got a new video card this summer. Next spring I'll finish school, and one of two things will happen. Either I will get a job, and make more money than I'll know what to do with.. or I won't find a job, in which case I have to move to my parents' basement and won't be able to afford a single upgrade.

 

[PingSpike]

Yeah, since the majority of games are at least designed to be easily ported to consoles, or are outright ports from console games upgrading has been semi pointless for probably four years now. The only reason you really need more power is when some one does a really bad job porting a console game...but chances are you would want to just skip that game anyway. My last 3 video card upgrades were pointless.

A SSD drive is the only thing I'm really planning. I may get a cheap dual core s775 to replace the e2160 @ 2.9 I have but the quads are to expensive and I really wouldn't make much use of them. I'd planned to a big upgrade before we had kids, but it just isn't worth it.

 

[chedrz]

My computer's getting a bit long in the tooth (4 years old now), but it's not getting anything new anytime soon. I replaced my video card this summer because my 8800GT died, but I just picked up something cheap to hold me over until I graduate in the spring. I'm waiting until I have a job to do anything else, and then I'll probably be starting from scratch.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

I won't be either. Upgraded to quad-core 2 years ago and haven't felt the need to improve.

 

[sourceninja]

I almost built a new computer last week. I ultimately decided my macbook pro would suffice for at least another 2 years.

 

[dquan97]

I'm currently upgrading my pc (see sig) to an i7 920