PC Upgrade Path/Future Proofing For The Next 3~4 Years

[minguekwak]

I am in 9th grade (high school). I currently have a gaming system with used/very slightly outdated components, and plan to upgrade my current system once I get to college or when I am a senior. My current system is an i5 6600k with a GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte Windforce GPU, as well as a Crucial m.2 and a Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard. Do you think that this is enough for me to keep playing at 1080p 100+ FPS for the next 3-4 years? I plan to save up around 2000 dollars in the next few years to build a more premium/well planned system. Is this a good idea? Any tips for making money for a 15 year old? The thing is... The place in which I reside, there aren't many summer jobs/chores to do. I am guessing that by the year 2021 there is gonna be two more generations of Nvidia and AMD, as well as the golden 60$/16GB RAM pricing. I just want some feedback on what I should be doing...

Also. Can't believe that when the 980Ti came out, you could get 64 gigs of ram for 250 bucks... I paid $240 for 16GB... I don't know what I am saying in this post anymore.

 

[minguekwak]

And yes I do my homework

 

[COLGeek]

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Question from minguekwak : "PC Upgrade Path/Future Proofing For The Next 3~4 Years"

I am in 9th grade (high school). I currently have a gaming system with used/very slightly outdated components, and plan to upgrade my current system once I get to college or when I am a senior. My current system is an i5 6600k with a GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte Windforce GPU, as well as a Crucial m.2 and a Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard. Do you think that this is enough for me to keep playing at 1080p 100+ FPS for the next 3-4 years? I plan to save up around 2000 dollars in the next few years to build a more premium/well planned system. Is this a good idea? Any tips for making money for a 15 year old? The thing is... The place in which I reside, there aren't many summer jobs/chores to do. I am guessing that by the year 2021 there is gonna be two more generations of Nvidia and AMD, as well as the golden 60$/16GB RAM pricing. I just want some feedback on what I should be doing...

Also. Can't believe that when the 980Ti came out, you could get 64 gigs of ram for 250 bucks... I paid $240 for 16GB... I don't know what I am saying in this post anymore.

 

[COLGeek]

Your current rig should be fine for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't sweat this too much.

Saving for a future rig is also a mature thing to do. BTW, you are correct, memory (and GPU) prices are crazy right now. This too shall pass.

 

[jvc21]

The best piece of advice is to save that money up for college savings. The fact that you are aware about saving and the opportunities available shows that you have a well-intended plan in place. I just wouldn't spend it on a premium PC if I was 15 years old.

If you have an odd talent or something marketable (like correcting papers / translation work / ESL conversations), you can make side jobs available to customers like Fiver.

Good luck! Keep at it!

 

[ARICH5]

you have a better computer than i do, heck its better than most of us have. id wait. youre young yet and youll probably blow it all on a girl anyway.

 

[minguekwak]

thank you for the responses.