December 21, 2022 at 12:00 am
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December 22, 2022 at 3:55 pm
I just recently updated my home desktop. I thought to myself that I just needed a new CPU to upgrade to Windows 11. Which as you mentioned required a new motherboard and memory. Then I thought to myself might as well get a new video card which meant a new power supply to support that monstrosity...then I might as well upgrade my SSD since I'd have to reinstall the OS. When all was said and done the only part I hadn't replaced was the case itself. lol
Oh well, such is life...I'm just glad I don't deal with hardware at work.
December 22, 2022 at 7:29 pm
That almost happened to me the last time. I kept some storage, but got a new NVMe one for boot. Other than that, MB, RAM, CPU, Video all replaced. 🙁
January 9, 2023 at 5:23 pm
For personal use at least, I feel like CPUs have been 'good enough' for some years. My desktop still has an i5-2500k from 2011, and my laptop has a i3 10300h - 9 generations newer. The laptop is noticably snappier when it comes to loading apps - but we're talking saving a second or so here and there depending on the app. Storage is still the main bottleneck - and the laptop has a nice PCI-E SSD vs SATA3 on the desktop, making up much of the difference I expect.
The hardware nerd inside would like to upgrade for the sake of it, but at this point I'm more interested in seeing how long it lasts!
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