Post your system specs or PM them to me. And which components seem to be going belly up. I will see if I can help you out.
Thanks for the offer, for as much as I complain I still have a hard time accepting.
I'm fairly sure it's the MOBO that's failing.
If I recall: Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H
Losing USB, audio, and if I recall it had a SATA chip that went bad.
I've been able to work around the issues by using different ports for now.
Also had to reduce clocks and adjust voltages etc. to keep it stable
I'm fairly certain I would also have to replace the OS if I changed the MOBO.
I know I did the free upgrade to Win10 when it was offered.
Can't recall if it was Vista or 7 at the time, and it was likely not retail.
Just hasn't been worth the expense or hassle to replace parts.
A while back I thought I had saved "enough", but I waited to long to buy.
I thought "I'll just keep saving until Ryzen 5th gen and the new GPUs are out".
Well that went to crap fast.
I feel like the first mining craze screwed with me as well.
Then I thought, maybe I'll just use an APU and finish the upgrade later.
But since the first Ryzens it seems like AMD has a loathing for APUs.
Sure, they'll pretend to make some crap tier sympathy APUs...
But that feels like a downgrade, and stock/prices aren't good either.
I suspect AMD won't be keeping AM4 any longer, but it already has a 5950x.
Wonder how that will hold up, and if it can be acquired "cheap" in a few years.
So how about Intel with IGP?
It seems they are actively trying to make their CPU's worse.
Fewer cores and higher prices, and no future to speak of.
I'm not sure what the future of CPUs will look like.
Will we need more cores, or is 8 enough?
Will we go back to frequency wars?
Oddly, I feel like more has changed in the last couple years than the decade prior.
Will progress grind to a halt again like it did when we first hit 2 and 4 cores?
I know most don't keep their PC's as long this, and rarely actually upgrade them.
I sure wouldn't mind it if I could upgrade to a new high end every ~3 years or so.
Now I've been considering getting some crapo prebuilt for the time being...
But to me that's almost like throwing away money, since it's not upgradeable.
I guess I just like complaining, in the scheme of things I do have options.
It's not like I'm stuck in a third world and/or war torn country.
Doesn't stop me from feeling like I missed out on a bunch of stuff though.
And seeing the things people have already moved from/tossed out...oh the feels.
Like one YouTube channel that got a bunch of good i5-i7s to scrap for "art"
Or complaints about the chip shortage and having to use their "old" stuff.
All of which are multitudes faster than what I got for a primary rig.
And because of the crazy market, stupid ancient stuff is crazy expensive too.
Seriously, why is the RX580 still a thing and why is it going for $500+
That GPU is basically an R9-290x after a few minor speed bumps.
Fastest thing I've ever used was a friends rig with a 4790k and GTX970
Even that GPU is pretty much a 290x/RX580, and a friggen scam (still mad).
You could pretty easily get a 290x under $250 back in like 2014/2015.
It feels like there has been zero improvements in affordable GPUs for so long.
I feel like I should be able to buy a vanilla 2070 for $200 by now.
Those should have been under $350 to start with.
CPU progress for a long time was crap too, 2011-2018.
That's probably the reason my PC doesn't feel horridly slow.
Programmers working for the lowest common part, dual core i3s.
Now the minimum seems to be quad core, and typical is 6-8 core.
Wow, scrolling up through my post...clearly I've gone on a rant.
I guess I'm just lamenting my relative American poverty, wishing I had greater things.
Like somewhat modern electronic toys...and my own place (or more than 100 sq ft).