How often fo you upgrade?

[Adul]

How often do you or have you upgraded?

 

[murphy55d]

Whenever money allows.

I told myself I would wait for Clawhammer to upgrade my cpu and mobo however I am getting that upgrade itch.

 

[Adul]

<< Whenever money allows.

I told myself I would wait for Clawhammer to upgrade my cpu and mobo however I am getting that upgrade itch. >>



just use a cpu to scratch it then

 

[ROJAS]

I try and upgrade every 2 years. You can get pretty good prices by waiting a little. Most bugs are usually worked out before I jump in and upgrade my system.

 

[Instagib]

I haven't upgraded my cpu/mobo in over a year but as for other upgrades:

Here ya go Adul:

1 Adaptec 29160 SCSI adapter: 165 (retail box) Bought it from FS/FT forum. Included all cables.

1 Seagate 18gb U160 15k drive: OEM 200 bucks Cnetpc.com

1 Gainward GeForce4 Ti 4400 300 google gear.

This is within the last 2months. So I probably wont be upgrading for a while.

I also obtained a Dell P3 750 for free. I'm using that for ICS.

Take care

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

9-12months on a CPU. 4-6 Months on a vid card.

800mhz Athlon a couple of years ago > XP1800 in Jan >P4 1.6A in April > CH when it comes out

GF2 GTS > Ultra 4 months later > GF3 Ti200 4 months later > GF4 Ti4400 5 months later > Will get a GF5 or whatever they call it when it comes out

Was a longer wait on the athlon to the xp1800 this time. Normally each year will upgrade.

 

[Speedy3D!]

Where's the option for everyday?

 

[tekmachine]

Where's the "just before you fear your current hardware will be worth zero on the second-hand market and/or obsolete because so-and-so is introducing a new product utilising a new technology called blah, blah" option?

 

[Adul]

ummm how about whenever the itch strikes option.

 

[microAmp]

4 times a year, next one will probably be a CPU upgrade, the 1.2 GHz is almost a year old now

 

[oldfart]

Way too often (according to Mrs. Oldfart anyways). Ti4600 will be here by the end of the week.

 

[ObiDon]

What do you condsider an upgrade? Any part? I guess I'd have to vote for once a month or maybe 9 times a year! :Q

 

[Wolfsraider]

my itch option major upgrades are every three years for myself not the rest of the family

and if something truly intrigues me i save for it and then look again when i have the money

 

[BFG10K]

I usually upgrade something in my system or add something to my system every 6-9 months.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Too often.

 

[FrustratedUser]

What is 'Upgrade'?

:Q

 

[Muadib]

Whenever the Itch strikes. I just got a new monitor, thanks to hot deals.

 

[McCarthy]

How about a catagory "Whenever I hit the Hot Deals forum"?

Getting so I have to just avoid it entirely

--Mc

 

[hopeless879]

I usually upgrade every other generation in technology or in chipset.

 

[madthumbs]

If we're talking individual components, I upgrade as I see fit which could make 12 upgrades a year, though for this I considered an upgrade being a mobo/ cpu upgrade.

I try to buy around 2nd or 3rd best cpu, and best mobo. The reason is because the price on cpu's have stabilized to a point that you can upgrade down the road, and sell the old cpu for very close to what you paid for it. IE; Buy a 1700xp now for $120, wait til the 2100xp gets down to $120, sell the 1700 for ~$100. I tend to upgrade mobos when the cpu I want to upgrade to has a feature not supported by the current mobo.