The never ageing PC
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I don't think by doing this that you would actually save money nor would you have a "never aging PC".
The money thing: It's like paying a penny a day or $3.65 at the end of the year. It equals out. Therefore, you would spend the same amount of money.
The aging thing: Upgrading little-by-little is a pretty good idea, if you are very wealthy, that is. If you upgraded every 2-3 years, you would have that much time to save up your money. With upgrading it every month or so, you have limited time to gather your legal tender.
Either way, I doubt you can ever have "a never aging PC". You will always be behind in something, technologically.
The money thing: It's like paying a penny a day or $3.65 at the end of the year. It equals out. Therefore, you would spend the same amount of money.
The aging thing: Upgrading little-by-little is a pretty good idea, if you are very wealthy, that is. If you upgraded every 2-3 years, you would have that much time to save up your money. With upgrading it every month or so, you have limited time to gather your legal tender.
Either way, I doubt you can ever have "a never aging PC". You will always be behind in something, technologically.
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Adrien C said:
That is what I'm doing with my PC.
Year 1 - Upgrade video card
Year 2 - Upgrade processor/motherboard
Year 3 - Upgrade video card/power supply
Year 4 - Upgrade processor/motherboard/RAM
So on and so forth. They goal is to make sure you have money. Your computer will never be top of the line. But it will be more than enough to play computer games.
Most gaming computers have a life cycle of 2 to 3 years.
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If you buy a new PC every so many years you will have a brand new PC one year, midrange PC the next year and it will be considered entry level in the next couple years.
If you buy parts you can wait for the price to drop on the good parts and the components in your system will be made up over a year or two. Might have a 9700 Pro and a A64 for instance. Then upgrade to a X800 when the 9700 Pro doesn't cut it anymore and the price dropped on the X800's.
I think you might save a little here and there doing it that way and never have a lagging system. I should do the math for my system since that's how mine was built. Most of my changes happened within a year though.
If you buy parts you can wait for the price to drop on the good parts and the components in your system will be made up over a year or two. Might have a 9700 Pro and a A64 for instance. Then upgrade to a X800 when the 9700 Pro doesn't cut it anymore and the price dropped on the X800's.
I think you might save a little here and there doing it that way and never have a lagging system. I should do the math for my system since that's how mine was built. Most of my changes happened within a year though.
