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I follow a system for many years (since ~2008) now, where I upgrade parts of my main pc every 2 years.
phase 1 changes the graphics card(s) to something more up-to-date, 2 years after i change motherboard+cpu+ram... 2 years later again the graphics card...
thats it more or less. so the case of my pc is 8 years old in the meantime, but none of the components inside is older than 3.x years. costs way less money and avoids lots of setup time sink.
harddisks are changed when needed - doing a monthly image of the system partition - so i never risk much.
all my data is in the cloud, nothing stored locally, so I have no fear to lose anything to a hdd crash - makes changing very easy.
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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About every 4 years I build a new machine but usually keep a couple parts from the older system like a DVD or a case. (70-80% new machine though)
Also about every 2 years I reload from scratch to keep the OS fresh and fast.
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Me too. I just built a new machine because my motherboard died (first time that has happened). I reused an old case, my old ram, and my hard drives. Otherwise, everything else was new.
Stuff I replaced:
motherboard
processor
power supply
dvd drive
I'm not a gamer, so I just used on-board video (Intel core 4th gen processor).
I use Linux, so it doesn't seem to slow down over time like Windows...I didn't do a thing to my install, just booted up off the old system hard drives.
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