2017 Hardware Thread

copiertech25 said:

How much life do you guys think an i7 3770K and GTX 970 have left in it? I almost have all the parts for this build. Just waiting for the PSU and 970 to come in.

Until yesterday ?

copiertech25 said:

How much life do you guys think an i7 3770K and GTX 970 have left in it? I almost have all the parts for this build. Just waiting for the PSU and 970 to come in.

Josey, I can't really give you an answer. I have a backup rig with a 3770K in it and it still runs anything I want it to. It is still a good machine and more fun that this 5930K machine.

So it comes down to keep this rig as my primary for at least 2 years or sell it and buy a Ryzen 5 system. Not sure what I want to do yet.

copiertech25 said:

How much life do you guys think an i7 3770K and GTX 970 have left in it? I almost have all the parts for this build. Just waiting for the PSU and 970 to come in.

essenbe said:

Josey, I can't really give you an answer. I have a backup rig with a 3770K in it and it still runs anything I want it to. It is still a good machine and more fun that this 5930K machine.

It just really comes down to what you want the machine to do. If you're just doing basic stuff like web browsing / forum posts, I suppose the machine will last forever. If you want to run the latest games and apps at performance levels, then it may be past it's prime.

I gave my uncle an Core 2 Quad Q6600 machine a few years ago that I upgraded to Windows 10. As far as I'm told, the machine is still running to this day. All he does is web browsing, email, and word docs. (also gave him Office 2010).

Other than the aging motherboard and CPU still in use, things seems to be running just fine.

sygnus21 said:

It just really comes down to what you want the machine to do. If you're just doing basic stuff like web browsing / forum posts, I suppose the machine will last forever. If you want to run the latest games and apps at performance levels, then it may be past it's prime.

I gave my uncle an Core 2 Quad Q6600 machine a few years ago that I upgraded to Windows 10. As far as I'm told, the machine is still running to this day. All he does is web browsing, email, and word docs. (also gave him Office 2010).

Other than the aging motherboard and CPU still in use, things seems to be running just fine.

My uses are older games, web browsing, Photoshop, video editing, and converting video from 1080P to 4K. I do realize a newer i7 would be better for converting and also a Ryzen 5 probably would be great also.

copiertech25 said:

My uses are older games, web browsing, Photoshop, video editing, and converting video from 1080P to 4K. I do realize a newer i7 would be better for converting and also a Ryzen 5 probably would be great also.

Did you mean you are downsampling video from 4K to 1080P? Or are you actually converting 1080p to 4K? If that is the case, what is the point of that?

Either way...those components will last quite some time still. Unless you are in a hurry with your conversions, then it might not be enough.

I can still convert or compress movies on my i5-2410M and GT-540M....it's very slow but is doable..:).

@copiertech25, my take on it is any of the newer 'old' CPUs will do anything the newer ones will, just not as fast.

pparks1 said:

Yep, I agree.

My desktop was built in 2009, and it's a Core 2 Quad 9550 running a 240GB SSD, 1 TB WD Black and an Nvidia 570GTX.

My primary machine is now just over 3 years old, it's a core i5 dual core at 2.4Ghz. It's got 8GB of RAM, a 256GB PCI-Express SSD and is a (gasp), MacBook Pro.

My son (10) has the newest PC in the house, it's about 8 months old, runs a Core i5-6500, with 16GB of RAM and an EVGA GeForce 1060 FTW+ with 6GB of RAM with an Intel 600p NvME drive.

All of my machines are just fine for everything I throw at them. My wife has a Samsung Series 7 Ultrabook with a Core i5, my daughter has a 12" MacBook with the Intel Core M3, my son has a Dell laptop with a Core i3, and I have a home file server running a core i3.

Your not the only Mac user here. My primary mobile devices are a MacBook Air and iPad Pro 12.9". I like then for what I use them for. Also, I work on Windows systems all day, I just want to my personal devices to work well when I'm at the coffee shop or at home on the couch. Haha

essenbe said:

@copiertech25, my take on it is any of the newer 'old' CPUs will do anything the newer ones will, just not as fast.

Thanks for the reply my friend. I think it will rock for my needs. I'm going to keep it and build a Ryzen system next year.