How long do pc gaming pcs last in average ?

[johnblack663]

I know some people get their pcs working for 10 years or 50 years.

Is it because they manage it well or is it because they don't

use the internet at all ?


Is it all about temperature ?
So buying a cooler is a must ?
And cleaning.
Nothing more ?
I don't overclock. I don't even know how to.
And never just kept on playing a game that was lagging because my pc
lacked.
It just seems to lasts about 2 years.

So it be great to buy cheap pcs considering I'd need to
buy pcs every 2~3 years.

 

[Logan finch]

People upgrade their pc once it it outdated, I personally once a month clean my pc of dust, make sure their is no virus and upgrade when needed, you don't need to buy a whole new pc if you take care of it and but new components when needed, also using internet does not effect the lifespam

 

[Mark RM]

As games get more complex they demands greater CPU and GPU power. We haven't really had many great advances in CPU for a while except for adding more cores, but GPU upgrades are common.

For example my oldest son has an older gaming unit built on a 4690K i5. The Haswell is running at 4.8Ghz. The first video card he paired with it was an R9 270, he went to an R9 285, and now an RX 580 . The rig is 2.5 years old and composed of good quality components - Asus Z97 mobo, Seasonic PSU, water cooling loop , SSD and a pair of striped hard disks.

Aside from the video card upgrades to push higher frames or add new features, he can't see a single real reason to upgrade his basic platform... nor do I see one.

He has a great mid range gamig platform, I can't really see anything coming out in the next few years that won't run on his 1080p gaming rig. Buying decent components up front saves a lot of hassle down the road.

 

[King_V]

Do you mean only lasts 2-3 years as in hardware failures occur, or that it's simply not useable anymore, and gets too slow.

Also, are we talking a laptop, or a desktop/tower PC?

 

[jankerson]

I know some people get their pcs working for 10 years or 50 years.

Is it because they manage it well or is it because they don't

use the internet at all ?


Is it all about temperature ?
So buying a cooler is a must ?
And cleaning.
Nothing more ?
I don't overclock. I don't even know how to.
And never just kept on playing a game that was lagging because my pc
lacked.
It just seems to lasts about 2 years.

So it be great to buy cheap pcs considering I'd need to
buy pcs every 2~3 years.

It really depends on how much MONEY you spend on the machine when you build it, higher end machines tend to last longer as far as performance goes than lower end ones do.

For example I still use my 1st Generation i7 870 machine today that I built almost 8 years ago. Yes there was some upgrades over the years like the graphics card, hard drives, case and a new PSU because the original one was aging at almost 8 YO. No, it's not my main PC, that's in my sig, but I still use it and it still runs extremely well. But it was a high end machine when I built it about 8 years ago.

The thing is don't cheap out on parts if you really want something to last, however nothing lasts forever, but it's possible for a machine to last a long time. High quality parts and keeping it clean matters also.

So the bottom line is if you have to build or buy new every 2 years you are doing it wrong from the start.

This is how it looks today and yes it will play modern AAA games at good frame rates.

i7 870
Noctua NH U12S (Original was OEM HSF)
GB GA P55M UD2
12GB DDR3
XFX RX 480 8GB (Original was HD 5850)
Sandisk 240GB SSD
Seagate 2TB Constellation (Original was 1TB Seagate Constellation replaced after 60,000 power on hours)
ASUS DVDRW (Original was a Lite On DVDRW and Lite On DVD)
Seasonic G-550w (Orginal was Seasonic M12ii 620w replaced due to age of almost 8 years)
Fractal Design Focus G (Orginal was a CM Cav3... Replaced as it was 12 YO)

 

[King_V]

I've got, for some retro DOS/Win9x gaming, two PCs that are near to two decades old, though they go months at a time without being powered on.

My daily-use computer is one month short of 3 years, though it's video card is inadequate for native-resolution gaming on the bigger monitor I now have.

The one I used twice a week for remote connection to work is 3-1/2 years old.

The PC my son uses almost daily for gaming is a Sandy Bridge based system that is approaching 6 years old, but I put in an upgraded video card, and it handles just about every game my son plays at 1080p.

I also have an almost 9 year old PC that I just toy around with occasionally now, but was a high end system in its day. Its performance by today's standards probably place it as being an entry-level gaming PC.