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When Is A Good Time To Upgrade?

Posted by timothy on from the why-it's-nice-of-you-to-ask dept.

Andru Edwards writes "In an article which looks at the techie's mindset as it pertains to upgrading, Hector Martinez takes a deeper look at what makes us want to buy the latest gadgets. What are your options, and when should you actually just keep what you already have?"

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  1. Rule of thumb for me by PoderOmega · · Score: 5, Informative

    To fight the urge to constantly be upgrading the last 6 years my rule has been I can upgrade motherboard and CPU every other year and on the off year I can get a new video card. Also, never spend more than $150 on a video card, or $200 on a motherboard and processor. Of course some upgrade require new RAM, so it isn't a perfect rule.
    Other than that I get a new hard drive about every 3 years and I've had to get a new power supply in there somewhere. This has worked well for me.