| VanceIX said:
You also have to upgrade your graphics card every 4 years or so, but with the money that you save from free online and sales that shouldn't be a big deal, seeing as that some of the best high-end graphics cards start at $299. And after that, you will never have to truly rebuy a new PC. Things like the HDD, case, fan, etc. can be reused for a relatively long time, or at least until they get too worn out. You won't ever have to spend $1000 again after the initial investment. |
Umm, eventually your PC will become obselete and you will have to replace a huge chunk of it (the most expensive parts) if you want to run the latest software smoothly. You will not even be able to upgrade it easily since finding the parts won't be as easy (or cheap) as you might like.
With the fast pace of technology advancement espcially in the PC arena, I would say that 10 years is more than enough. Core 2 Duo (Intel's first 64-bit architecture) is only 7.5 years old but there is not much you can do today to upgrade it or the LGA775 motherboard that comes with it. Running a PCI-e 3.0 card on a PCI-e 1.x port doesn't make much sense. Your SATA III SSD won't run up to spec on the SATA II port on your motherboard (heck, current SSDs are being limited by SATA III). These things matter if you are a gamer. Don't forget PCs are less optimized than consoles. This might change with Steam OS/Mantle/GameWorks, though.
No foreign sky protected me,
No stranger's wing shielded my face.
I stand as witness to the common lot,
survivor of that time, that place.
- From 'Requiem' by Anna Akhmatova
