How bad is your upgrade itch?

Hyderz · Nov 1, 2024

As the title suggest how bad is your upgrade itch?

After 6 years of not upgrading my rig my upgrade itch is getting worse... and i feel i am going to spend lots of money when i do get around to upgrading....
Only thing holding me back from purchasing is i have skipped 14th gen im going to skip Core Ultras... looking at 9800x3d... that is looking mighty tempting....

tabascosauz · Nov 1, 2024

Hyderz said:
As the title suggest how bad is your upgrade itch?

After 6 years of not upgrading my rig my upgrade itch is getting worse... and i feel i am going to spend lots of money when i do get around to upgrading....
Only thing holding me back from purchasing is i have skipped 14th gen im going to skip Core Ultras... looking at 9800x3d... that is looking mighty tempting....

Sounds like a worthy upgrade :toast:

better time than ever to make the jump to a decent 64GB or 96GB kit too

I have like, zero upgrade itch, ever since DCS began rapid fire shooting itself in the foot. Who knew that playing less graphically demanding games = kinder on the wallet

.........or maybe my PC upgrade itch just migrated to other things, lol

Hankieroseman · Nov 1, 2024

I'm upgrading. Money saved and in the bank. Where's my 5090 ASUS? My SAMSUNG DP 2.1 is waiting.... :cool:

Upgrading from X670 EXTREME and 7950X, already Gen 5 maybe not, UNLESS I can get a 9950X3D... :pimp:

Maybe I should sell this old 5950X, Hero8 and 3090 in a NEW Case? Good luck!

umeng2002 · Nov 1, 2024

I have a 4080 Super and no demanding games on the horizon. I don't feel any need to upgrade for at least a year or two.

Tomgang · Nov 1, 2024

My itch is zero. I have recently new hardware, so i can not justify any upgrades right now.

Frick · Nov 1, 2024

A bit, because I may be able to buy a decent am5 board for decent money (MSI x670e Gaming Plus Wifi), so I'm waiting for 9800x3d reviews and how the price of the 9600x will evolve.

inquisitor1 · Nov 1, 2024

Im always buying 1-2 gens back and higher tier components so I always get best bang for buck. you buy newest, you will pay a premium. always when I buy, Ill wait for sales like in christmas ,april tax returns, or black friday although BF has become more of a scam the last few years. they raise price 1 month before then do a "sale" so make sure to follow prices to see if its really a sale. I also love buying used components. many times ill buy used in mint condition with warranty left on the item. thats the best scenerio for buying used and paying the least.

64K · Nov 1, 2024

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest I would say my upgrade itch is about a 12 right now.

droopyRO · Nov 1, 2024

My main issue aside money, is that whenever i keep something for more than 2-3 years, and then i upgrade. I feel nostalgic about the "old" hardware and wish i have kept it a bit more. So whenever i upgrade it's a bitter-sweet thing for me

I would upgrade today, if there would be something worth it. My 12600K and 4070 are good for 1440p gaming.

Outback Bronze · Nov 1, 2024

Thats me

Sithaer · Nov 1, 2024

Currently its minimal, sometimes I toy around with the idea of a new GPU but then I always realise that I'm more than fine with what I have currently for the games I'm mainly playing and in new more demanding games I don't mind tweaking my settings/and or use upscaling. 'I'm not a high refresh rate/fps gamer either'
That and even if I wanted to I can't afford it with my current job anyway. :laugh:

'even a second hand 4070 Super would take me months of saving up at this rate..'
At some point maybe I would like to make the step to a 3440x1440 Ultrawide from my 2560x1080 but thats not happening anytime soon since that would require the new GPU so ye thats just an idea in my head.

Maybe in the second half of 2025 I will do some upgrades depending on various/many things but if I have to stick to what I have atm then thats also alright with me.

QckSilver · Nov 1, 2024

I'm on the verge of becoming a hitman to buy a LG OLED panel

DirtyDingusMcgee · Nov 1, 2024

Fortunately, I get to build decent stuff and use nice network equipment. I can live vicariously through clients, so it keeps my personal itch low.

Vayra86 · Nov 1, 2024

If you scratch itches too often you get a rash and eventually even a scar. Scratching an itch only when its unbearable works better. Feels nice, too. The longer you wait, the greater the reward, too.

GerKNG · Nov 1, 2024

15% faster? 500 bucks? hell no... i'll take two.

taka · Nov 1, 2024

Even if I had one it passes by itself when i remember the new GPU Price/Performance ratio.

_roman_ · Nov 1, 2024

Hyderz said:
As the title suggest how bad is your upgrade itch?

Past 3 years I ditched kinda new hardware.

It annoys me or does not work - I ditch it. I had five different graphic cards in 2023 in use.
My Ryzen 5800X / B550 mainboard / Radeon 6600XT annoyed me so I ditched it after ~1.5 years. I several times changed my DDR4 RAM of that box. I also tested different processors with that b550 mainboard over several months each.

I think I would keep it longer when the quality of certain products, software and firmware would be adequate.

dirtyferret · Nov 1, 2024

When AMD, Intel, Nvidia, etc., offer something worthy of "itchiness" then I will scratch it

Chicken Patty · Nov 1, 2024

No real upgrade itch right now to be honest for me. Really all I wish I could get at the moment is a high end 4K gaming monitor for my desk (I have a good enough monitor on my sim racing rig). My PC is already very good so unless something new releases that's itch worthy as dirtyferret said right above this post, that's it for me.

TheLostSwede · Nov 1, 2024

Did all my upgrading last year, so no itch at the moment and no money for no any upgrades either for that matter...

Hankieroseman · Nov 1, 2024

Remember when you was broke and struggled to pay your brother back for the $1100 computer he built you and you kept downloading crap off the internet and crashing Win98 and then having to reformat and reinstall Windows? I had to learn, old school. Now I'm old and burning through my Pension and begging for a video card that doesn't exist. Yet. One of these days my DCS Flight Sim will be perfect.
Then there will probably be a funeral! MINE!! :peace:

DirtyDingusMcgee · Nov 1, 2024

TheLostSwede said:
no money for no any upgrades either for that matter...

Lol, that helps curb the itch too. I built my new rig not long ago, so my wife and daughter are ahead of me in the upgrade line also. Christmas laptops for them, and i get to pay the bill for remodeling the bathroom.

GhostRyder · Nov 1, 2024

Crazy, I plan on getting a new to me card this year. I was waiting till the new generation then getting a used RX 6950 or 7900 XT/XTX depending on deals. I have a waterblock for a 6950 that I got for super cheap so I will probably do that.

Zyll Goliat · Nov 1, 2024

I guess i am now in that "middle ages" of my life where upgrade fever is not as strong as before so even if I am on relatively older platform(X299/7940x) I have zero Itch to get something newer I added a lot of ram 192Gb in total and RX 6900XT as my main GPU and for things that I am doing on this RIG it's more than good to keep me calm and satisfied for a while.....

GamerGuy · Nov 1, 2024

Scratched my upgrade itch while steadfastly holding on to the AM4 platform, bought an R7 5700X3D earlier this year, to replace my R9 5900X which went into a 2nd AM4 build from some spare parts I had lying around. Plus a few new parts (like mobo, 32GB DDR4 3600 RAM, a couple of NVMe M.2 drives and a SATA SSD) and I was all set....no plans to go with an AM5 setup anytime soon.

Anyway, my rigs are capable of handling newer games with good framerate and High to Max in-game graphics setting, I'm happy, besides, I I'd only consider a newer setup/upgrades only IF the games I'm keen on in the future pique my interest to wanna upgrade. Right now, and for the immediate future, my rigs can handle games pretty well, so no itch on my part!

System Name	Custom
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 arous master
Cooling	corsair h150i
Memory	4x8 3200mhz corsair
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 EX Gamer White OC
Storage	500gb Samsung 970 Evo PLus
Display(s)	MSi MAG341CQ
Case	Lian Li Pc-011 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	850w Seasonic Focus Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G403
Keyboard	Logitech G110

System Name	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

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Processor	AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 4.7GHZ 8-core 120W
Motherboard	ASUS ROG X670E Crosshair EXTREME BIOS V.2506
Cooling	be quiet! Silent Loop 2 360MM, Light Wings 120 & 140MM
Memory	G. SKILL Trident Z5 RGB 32MBx2 DDR5-6000 CL32/EXPOⅡ
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG Strix RTX4090 O24
Storage	2TB CRUCIAL T705 M.2, 4TB Seagate FireCuda 3.5"x7200rpm
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57" 5120x1440 120Hz DP2.1 #2.Ulrhzar 8" Touchscreen(HUD)
Case	be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev.2 Silver
Audio Device(s)	ROG SupremeFX ALC4082, Creative SoundBlaster Katana V2
Power Supply	be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W via APC Back-UPS 1500
Mouse	LOGITECH Pro Superlight2 and POWERPLAY Mouse Pad
Keyboard	CORSAIR K100 AIR
Software	WINDOWS 11 x64 PRO 23H2, MSFS2020-2024 Aviator Edition, DCS
Benchmark Scores	fast and stable AIDA64

System Name	The beast and the little runt.
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X - Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING - ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570
Cooling	Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4a - NH-D15 chromax.black with IPPC Industrial 3000 RPM 120/140 MM fans.
Memory	G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL GOLD/SILVER 32 GB (2 x 16 GB and 4 x 8 GB) 3600 MHz CL14-15-15-35 1.45 volts
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 4060 OC LOW PROFILE - GIGABYTE RTX 4090 GAMING OC
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB + 2 TB - Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB - 2 x WD RED PRO 16 GB + WD ULTRASTAR 22 TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" TUF VG27AQL1A and a Dell 24" for dual setup
Case	Phanteks Enthoo 719/LUXE 2 BLACK
Audio Device(s)	Onboard on both boards
Power Supply	Phanteks Revolt X 1200W
Mouse	Logitech G903 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
Software	WINDOWS 10 PRO 64 BITS on both systems
Benchmark Scores	Se more about my 2 in 1 system here: kortlink.dk/2ca4x

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	MSI X670E Gaming Plus Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell SK3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

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Processor	i7 7700k
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI Plus
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2 x 8 GB Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Temporary MSI RTX 4070 Super
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB and WD Black 4TB
Display(s)	Temporary Viewsonic 4K 60 Hz
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 850 W Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G105
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Raptor Baked
Processor	14900k w.c.
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	w.c.
Memory	48GB G.Skill 7200
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s)	Samsung 34" G8
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

System Name	I don't name my systems.
Processor	i5-12600KF 'stock power limits/-115mV undervolt+contact frame'
Motherboard	Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE 224 XT ARGB V3 'CPU', 4x Be Quiet! Light Wings + 2x Arctic P12 black case fans.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TuF V2 RTX 3060 Ti @1920 MHz Core/@950mV Undervolt
Storage	4 TB WD Red, 1 TB Silicon Power A55 Sata, 1 TB Kingston A2000 NVMe, 256 GB Adata Spectrix s40g NVMe
Display(s)	29" 2560x1080 75Hz / LG 29WK600-W
Case	Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 FX Black
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Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM 500W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Canyon Puncher GM-20
Keyboard	SPC Gear GK630K Tournament 'Kailh Brown'
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Vergil (I NEED MORE POWER)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A
Cooling	EVGA CLC 280mm
Memory	16GB G.SKILL Trident Royal Z Silver
Video Card(s)	Radeon 6800XT Red Devil
Storage	Plenty
Display(s)	Acer RG241Y
Case	Thermaltake VG200
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar STX -> JVC SP-402 / Sennheiser HD58X
Power Supply	XPG 750W Core Reactor
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins Red

System Name	Obliterator
Processor	Ryzen 7 7700x PBO
Motherboard	ASRock x670e Steel Legend
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 G2 LBC
Memory	G.skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000@CL30
Video Card(s)	ASRock rx7900 GRE Steel Legend
Storage	2 x 2TB Samsung 990 pro nmve ssd 2 X 4TB Samsung 870 evo sata ssd 1 X 18TB WD Gold sata hdd
Display(s)	LG 27GN750-B
Case	Fractal Torrent
Audio Device(s)	Klipsch promedia heritage 2.1
Power Supply	FSP Hydro TI 1000w
Mouse	SteelSeries Prime+
Keyboard	Lenovo SK-8825 (L)
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 21H2 / Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 24H2 with multiple flavors of VM

System Name	Tiny the White Yeti
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG Mortar b650m wifi
Cooling	CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Case: Phanteks T30-120 x3
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance 30CL6000
Video Card(s)	ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage	Lexar NM790 4TB + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial BX100 250GB
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case	Lian Li A3 mATX White
Audio Device(s)	Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Steelseries Aerox 5
Keyboard	Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
VR HMD	HD 420 - Green Edition ;)
Software	W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC
Benchmark Scores	Over 9000

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Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 CL30 (A-Die)
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 PRO, 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO XT, 1TB WD SN850X, 4x4TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Streacom BC1 V2 Black
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S
Software	~2000 Video Games

System Name	Phat Cat
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700x3d
Motherboard	MSI B550 Pro
Cooling	ID Cooling SE-224XT with 120mm Noctua, 2x200mm Noctua front, 2x140 Noctua back and inside
Memory	32GB Kingston Fury 3200mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC
Storage	Kingston NV2 256GB boot + Kingston NV2 2 TB storage
Display(s)	Dell G3223D
Case	Thermaltake Commander C32
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 5/RX for optical SPDIF out to Audigy 2 Bay + Sennheiser HD569
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF1-750W
Software	Windoze 11

Processor	faster at instructions than yours
Motherboard	more nurturing than yours
Cooling	frostier than yours
Memory	superior scheduling & haphazardly entry than yours
Video Card(s)	better rasterization than yours
Storage	more ample than yours
Display(s)	increased pixels than yours
Case	fancier than yours
Audio Device(s)	further audible than yours
Power Supply	additional amps x volts than yours
Mouse	without as much gnawing as yours
Keyboard	less clicky than yours
VR HMD	not as odd looking as yours
Software	extra mushier than yours
Benchmark Scores	up yours

System Name	Overlord Mk MLI
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE with offsets
Memory	32GB Team T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz @ CL30-34-34-68
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS
Storage	1TB Solidigm P44 Pro, 2 TB Corsair MP600 Pro, 2TB Kingston KC3000
Display(s)	Acer XV272K LVbmiipruzx 4K@160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Virtuoso SE
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Max
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/yfsd9w

System Name	SnowFire / The Reinforcer
Processor	i7 10700K 5.1ghz (24/7) / 2x Xeon E52650v2
Motherboard	Asus Strix Z490 / Dell Dual Socket (R720)
Cooling	RX 360mm + 140mm Custom Loop / Dell Stock
Memory	Corsair RGB 16gb DDR4 3000 CL 16 / DDR3 128gb 16 x 8gb
Video Card(s)	GTX Titan XP (2025mhz) / Asus GTX 950 (No Power Connector)
Storage	Samsung 970 1tb NVME and 2tb HDD x4 RAID 5 / 300gb x8 RAID 5
Display(s)	Acer XG270HU, Samsung G7 Odyssey (1440p 240hz)
Case	Thermaltake Cube / Dell Poweredge R720 Rack Mount Case
Audio Device(s)	Realtec ALC1150 (On board)
Power Supply	Rosewill Lightning 1300Watt / Dell Stock 750 / Brick
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Logitech G19S
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows Server 2016

System Name	Minotaur
Processor	Intel I9 7940X
Motherboard	Asus Strix Rog Gaming E X299
Cooling	BeQuiet/ double-Fan
Memory	192Gb of RAM DDR4 2400Mhz
Video Card(s)	1)RX 6900XT BIOSTAR 16Gb***2)MATROX M9120LP
Storage	2 x ssd-Kingston 240Gb A400 in RAID 0+ HDD 500Gb +Samsung 128gbSSD +SSD Kinston 480Gb
Display(s)	BenQ 28"EL2870U(4K-HDR) / Acer 24"(1080P) / Eizo 2336W(1080p) / 2x Eizo 19"(1280x1024)
Case	NZXT H5 Flow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek/Creative T20 Speakers
Power Supply	F S P Hyper S 700W
Mouse	Asus TUF-GAMING M3
Keyboard	Func FUNC-KB-460/Mechanical Keyboard
VR HMD	Oculus Rift DK2
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Fire Strike=23905,Cinebench R15=3167,Cinebench R20=7490.Passmark=30689,Geekbench4=32885

System Name	DaBeast!!! DaBeast2!!!
Processor	AMD AM4 Ryzen 7 5700X3D 8C/16T/AMD AM4 RYZEN 9 5900X 12C/24T
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme/Gigabyte X570S Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO/Thermalright PA 120 SE
Memory	2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 3600C16/2x 16GB Patriot Elite II DDR4 4000MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX 24GB/Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT 16GB
Storage	500GB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe PCIe 4x4 + 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe PCIe 4x4 + TG Cardea Zero Z NVMe PCIe 4x4
Display(s)	Samsung LC49HG90DMEX 32:9 144Hz Freesync 2/Acer XR341CK 75Hz 21:9 Freesync
Case	CoolerMaster H500M/SOLDAM XR-1
Audio Device(s)	iFi Micro iDSD BL + Philips Fidelio B97/FostexHP-A4 + LG SP8YA
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum/Enermax MAXREVO 1500
Mouse	Logitech G303 Shroud Ed/Logitech G603 WL
Keyboard	Logitech G915/Keychron K2
Software	Win11 Pro/Win11 Pro