How often do you upgrade your gaming PC?

How often do you upgrade your gaming PC?

  • Every 6-12 months

    Votes: 2 5.9%
  • Every 1-2 years

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Every 2-3 years

    Votes: 9 26.5%
  • every 3+ years

    Votes: 22 64.7%

  • Total voters
    34

Jamie McKane

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PC gamers, how regularly do you purchase a new component for your desktop gaming rig?
 
Every 2nd year I upgrade components.
I got 3 desktops. But usually a PC component lives for 6 years(Desktop 1 old parts go to desktop 2, desktop 2 goes to desktop 3). If a component fails, I buy a new one for my main PC.

I just waiting for GPU prices to drop, my GPU overdue by 1 year. DA*N THOSE MINERS!
 
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2 - 3 years.

I used to replace them when they failed but (touch wood) I have not had a hardware failure since I built my PC back in 2011 besides a duff RAM module that was replaced under warranty
 
Every year I try to get what is needed to get the older machine to stay up to date. This year I would probably only do new monitor and KB+mouse. Next year SSD.
 
It depends on the component, but I suppose given that the question was basically how often do you buy ANY component for your gaming rig, the answer is probably 1-2 years.

But, if we are talking about major upgrades, generally those are done every 4-6 years.
 
It depends on the component, but I suppose given that the question was basically how often do you buy ANY component for your gaming rig, the answer is probably 1-2 years.

But, if we are talking about major upgrades, generally those are done every 4-6 years.

Agreed regarding major updates 4-6 years
 
Probably 3+ years for me. I was using a R9 270X since 2014 and the only reason why I upgraded was due to the card dying. As long as my games look okay at 1080p and runs at a framerate of at least 30 then I'm okay.
 
I think mostly every 6-12 months. Either an SDD, new HDD, same ram, or GPU or whatever. I still have a CPU and mobo from 2011 though.
 
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