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[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (6 children)

After building my first pc I will never buy a pre built again. I might never buy a pc again (pc of thesius!)

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At some point if you decide you want a significantly newer or more powerful CPU or GPU (for example), there's a solid chance you'll need to replace the motherboard or the power supply. At that point, we're playing Theseus.

Then again, mine was a 10 year old budget build and my hobbies changed significantly, so you might not actually need to upgrade at all if your computing needs aren't hungry.

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

Yeah, replacing the motherboard is when I begin to consider building a new one and repurposing my current one. Because if I’m replacing the mobo, I’m probably going to have to replace the CPU and RAM, because the sockets will be different. And at that point, I might as well just go ahead and replace the PSU too, so the rating is up to date. Now I can rip out my old GPU and move it over, but that would leave my old build without one… And what if I wanted to use it for something that would potentially need a GPU, like a 4k Plex/Jellyfin server? My cooler can probably be repurposed, at least?

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 1 year ago

I might as well just go ahead and replace the PSU too, so the rating is up to date

A good PSU will have an 8-10 year or longer warranty so that'll should a couple of refresh cycles or more usually. Especially if you're upgrading every 3 years (I'm on a 5-10 year cycle, or more accurately a "whenever a key component dies or is truly no longer up to the task at hand" cycle)

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