So how long did you get from you last build?

T3RM1N4L D0GM4 · Jan 22, 2018

2007: Pentium E2160 (upgraded to Q6600) + Radeon HD3850 (Upgraded to HD6850) - to date, it's my sister's build
2013: AMD FX8320 + GeForce GTX760 - already running flawlessly

Red_Machine · Jan 22, 2018

I'm going by motherboards here, because I carried over parts from my last build to my current built for a while.

ASUS M4N98TD EVO (nForce 980a SLI)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB

I put this system together in late 2010, carrying over the RAM from my previous build. I replaced the motherboard, CPU, and RAM with what I have in my current build back in mid-2013. My current build has lasted the longest, though I did upgrade the GPU.

Sasqui · Jan 22, 2018

2013: i5-3570k in a UD5H... 2015: won an MSI Z97 board here on TPU, slapped a 4790k in it, and now it's my primary rig after parting out the 3570k setup this past fall, so about 4 years.

I don't plan on upgrading the 4790k rig till there's a compelling reason... and DDR4 RAM prices simmer down.

Also, I added two x58 / X5670 crunching rigs to my lineup last year.

trickson · Jan 22, 2018

RealNeil said:
^^THIS^^

Spend time finding a great PSU and Case, and you'll be paid back with years of use without problems.

Agreed, I actually am still using the SAME PSU 9+ years and still going strong in fact it powers my new rig! TX850 is a MONSTER PSU!

Deleted member 67555 · Jan 22, 2018

I change a lot...
Since 2009..q9650, phenom x3 8650, phenom ii 920, phenom ii B55-b65, phenom x2 550-560 Athlon x2 245, AMD apu's- 3300, 6850k and 7850k, Intel I5-3570k, 4770, Pentium G4400 and a Ryzen 1400... I am sure there is a few more... But I can't remember...

yogurt_21 · Jan 22, 2018

get a new rig ~ every 4 years or so. Though case, psu, and some other things usually stick through several rigs. But the CPU/Mobo/Mem/GPU get changed around that. Used to do more than that but now I seem to be able to tolerate performance loss better than I used to.

Of course this may stretch to 5 years and beyond this time. With prices where they are I can't afford a full rig re-work for the usual 1000$. Which means I may go 5 years or more this time.

FreedomEclipse · Jan 22, 2018

my 3930k is starting to feel very very long in the tooth at this stage... still a beastly CPU but it aint runnin with the big boys no more.

Keullo-e · Jan 24, 2018

Upgrading something every year.

2007: Pentium D 805, 1GB, Asus P5P800 SE, GeForce 6800 LE @ vanilla
2008: Core 2 Duo E4300, 2GB, Asus P5B, GeForce 6800 GS
2009: Core 2 Duo E6400, 8GB, MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Radeon HD 4890
2010: Core 2 Duo E6400, 4GB, Asus P5KPL-AM EPU, Radeon HD 4850
2011: Phenom II X6 1055T, 12GB, Asrock M3N78D, Radeon HD 4850
2012: Phenom II X4 965BE, 16GB, Asrock M3N78D, GeForce GTX 470
2013: Celeron G550, 16GB, Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, GeForce GTX 470
2014: Core i5-2500K, 16GB, Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, Radeon R9 280
2015: Pentium G3258, 8GB, Asus Sabertooth Z87, GeForce GTX 670
2016: Pentium G4400, 8GB, Asus Z170 Pro Gaming, GeForce GTX 780 Ti
2017: Core i5-7600K, 16GB, Asus Z170 Pro Gaming, GeForce GTX 980
ATM: same as above, for now

Athlonite · Jan 24, 2018

Parts of my PC are old as fuck like the CHVF and FX8320 and Thermolab Baram HSF other bits are newer like the 2 Kingston SSD's and the DRR3-2400 and RX580
I was going to replace it all last year with a Ryzen 1700X and DDR4 last year but prices were ridiculous here for just a Mobo CPU and ram

System Name	NERV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard	ASROCK B450M Steel Legend
Cooling	Artic Freezer 33 One + 2x Akasa 140mm
Memory	2x8 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2993 MHz
Video Card(s)	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Storage	Crucial Mx500 500GB + 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung C34H892
Case	CM Masterbox Q300L
Audio Device(s)	ALC892 + Topping D30
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Mouse	CM Mastermouse Lite S
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	No bech, only game!

System Name	Chachamaru-IV \| Retro Battlestation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	Ryzen TUF.
Processor	AMD Ryzen7 3700X
Motherboard	Asus TUF X570 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Noctua
Memory	Gskill RipJaws 3466MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF 1650 Super Clocked.
Storage	CB 1T M.2 Drive.
Display(s)	73" Soney 4K.
Case	Antech LanAir Pro.
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S750H
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	Optical
Keyboard	K120 Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 bit Home OEM

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

So how long did you get from you last build?

T3RM1N4L D0GM4

Red_Machine

Sasqui

trickson

OH, I have such a headache

Deleted member 67555

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yogurt_21

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Athlonite

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)\|WD SN770 (Gaming)\|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300\|2x 2TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop for CPU & GPU
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080 TUF 10GB
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer XV273K 4K120 + Lenovo L32p-30 4K60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)