Why so little progress in the last 3 years?

[avi8tir]

I usually do a new build every 2 - 3 years. This time around I was told repeatedly that I wouldn't any beneficial performance increase by getting a new mobo/cpu/ram. Its been over 3 years since I did the original build. This is surprising. Did I miss something?

Here is my current build.... mobo/cpu/ram are the only original components.

i7-4770k - ORIGINAL
Asus Z87 Deluxe - ORIGINAL
Asus GTX 1080 Strix - NEW
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - ORIGINAL
Corsair H75 cooler - NEW
Samsung 1TB SSD - NEW

 

[Multipack]

You aren't going to improve your gpu much obviously, but yes there's a lot of progression from your current board/cpu, including M2 NVME, extra Pcie lanes, DDR4 and 14nm technology. Depends how you define progression, as you still have a system that would hold it's own.

 

[NormH]

They haven't been building faster parts, they are now focused on efficiency (less power usage).

 

[USAFRet]

The performance curve is flattening out.

Used to be, you could change every 6 months and see a significant benefit. Now, it is years.

 

[Multipack]

Maybe it's a case of them not being able to progress as quickly due to Moore's law? And yeah efficiency seems to be the latest thing, especially with Intel. Guess it's to encompass people's hunger for smaller devices, handhelds etc. One thing I cant help wishing is that my system didn't have to be so... huge... so can kinda see the point.