How much longer will my Pc Last.

JamesRausch22 · Mar 31, 2014

Hello Toms Hardware,
My dad and I(When i was only 10 or 9, I'm 13 right now) built a computer 3 years ago. The specifications of the computer is a i7 2600K a intel motherboard with only one pci-e slot

8gb of crucial memory, and 2TB and it was a hd 5450 which 2 days ago i upgraded to a gtx 770 2gb evga super clocked. It has a 128 GB samsung pro SSD as the boot drive and a 2tb seagate drive.Its got a cooler master full tower case. I was wondering how long this will last till i will be required to update it. I am a heavy gamer :3 and mostly play games such as eso online, sky rim and bf 4.

TechCIDLC · Mar 31, 2014

JamesRausch22 :

That's an excellent computer for gaming, I would wait like 3 years more to update it.

RazerZ · Mar 31, 2014

around every 4 years is usually the time of a upgrade. Really depends on what settings you want to play on and what games. That's a sold build though.

patrick47018 · Mar 31, 2014

Well I would assume you are playing at 1080P>. So I would say playing modern games for a few more years before you need to upgrade your GPU, assuming you are alright with medium/high settings and not MAX EVERYTHING

techgeek · Mar 31, 2014

I would say that the CPU will be good for awhile. As long as there isn't a new slot interface introduces that phases out PCI-E any time soon (not likely) then you should be good for at least a couple more years. In most cases as long as you can upgrade your GPU and the motherboard hangs in there, it'll last years.

Most games aren't pushing more than a couple cores, the most strenuous push three.

mouse24 · Mar 31, 2014

That systems still extremely relevant. If I had to guess I would say a year and a half at least. But I have absolutely no idea what games/advancements in hardware will come out in that time.

JamesRausch22 · Mar 31, 2014

Ok, I game on only one monitor currently but am moving soon and will get 2-3 monitors. Since i am unable to do SLI cause of my mobo how frequently am i looking at updating my Graphics Card. Thanks in advance

theonerm2 · Mar 31, 2014

I don't know how long it will last but I'll tell you that the newer CPU's from Intel aren't that much better than what you've got. Also the Core i7 920 CPU from 2008 is still a very strong processor for gaming. I would give it at least 3 maybe even 5 more years before you build a whole new system. If you were to upgrade right now you'd see almost no benefit unless you looked at benchmark scores. And then again I wouldn't care much about benchmarks unless you're in some kind of competition for overclocking.

patrick47018 · Mar 31, 2014

JamesRausch22 :

Every few years likely, pushing triple monitors for gaming will require a high end card with lots of VRAM

JamesRausch22 · Mar 31, 2014

Oh mine only has 2gb of vram

patrick47018 · Mar 31, 2014

You will need quite a bit more for multi-monitor gaming, in the last gen of graphics cards Sapphires 6GB 7970 was a fan favorite

JamesRausch22 · Mar 31, 2014

Hmm well then i have another question (Execuse me if I'm going full retard)So if i have two monitors my gtx 770 will not be enough?

patrick47018 · Mar 31, 2014

It will be alright, just don't expect max settings and 60FPS

theonerm2 · Mar 31, 2014

Here's a short video of a GTX 670 playing on 3 monitors and it does very good. Your GPU is even better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNpHjAWKjx4

patrick47018 · Mar 31, 2014

theonerm2 :

BF3 is decently GPU intensive, also CPU intensive, F1 2012 not as much of either. But while yes he can do multi-monitor setup with his current GPU he will soon be wanting more VRAM, especially if he is modding skyrim, and PC skyrim without mods? Really??

leeb2013 · Mar 31, 2014

2 years. 1 month, 5 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds. But seriously, it's a good build and should be ok for 2-3 years

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