I was wondering when people consider themselves to have a new PC. Technically I’ve had the same PC for close to 20 years now, but every part’s been upgraded several times over.
I figure everyone’s got a different mind about it. For me, I’d have to say when all of the big three—CPU, GPU, mobo—have completed a phase, my brain thinks of the previous setup as “the old PC”.
Yeah, i just did due to RAM prices going insane and remaining so in the foreseeable future. Went from B450 to B550 due to old MB being slightly unstable and to squeeze out as much life from the CPU and ram to last out the RAM shortages.
Less viable option with intel, but with AMD I’ve done it before as well, basically to squeeze out as much as possible from a limited budget. Getting a lower end MB and later upgrading it when a decent sale comes up.
I would consider new PC as, upgrading to a new MB with a new socket forcing the upgrade of a CPU and RAM as well.