How often do you think/do buy a new pc / laptop

[Richie]

How often do you think you should and why?

How often do you buy a new one and why?


Edit: The reason why I made this thread is because ive had my laptop about 1 year and 2 months and its starting to slow down, ive tried many things such as updating ram, removing unwanted programs, disk cleanup, disk defragment and basically everything. (Any tips to speed it up please add)

Is my laptop ready for the bin?

[GoldenMerc]

Every year. because i just do lol.

[Calvin]

Whenever I need a new one.

But 12-16 months.

[Black_Apalachi]

I have never bought one tbh. This is the only laptop I've had really which I've had for a couple of years and my mum got it free with a phone contract or something.

[xxMATTGxx]

I would say 12 months - 16 months to be honest. But with my current one, I will just be upgrading the parts when I need to etc.

[Recursion]

My custom built is coming up to 2 years this Christmas, all I need to do is upgrade the graphics card.

[Stephen!]

I don't buy complete PC's, but I will list how often I usually upgrade the components;

CPU - Every 2 Years
Motherboard - Every 2 Years
RAM - Every 2 Years
PSU - Every 2 Years
GPU - Every 6-8 Months

[Firehorse]

well mine usually last me a good 3 years i'd hope. if you buy a pc as little as £100 more then usually the extra power you get will future-proof you for another couple of years = more value for money.

[GommeInc]

Every 3 years. Why waste money buying a PC every year when you can buy an above average one and have it last for years? This one two years old I think, coming up to three in August. Never really had a problem with slow down syndrome so never felt the need to get a new one. If anything, this will need a RAM upgrade, but the HDD is fine, the CPU is fine and the Graphics Card is fine.

So same as Stutoman I guess

[mat64]

The PC I built last year is now 1 year old and I may consider some upgrades during the next year, although unless I have extra cash around that probably won't be the case. As long as it works and performs well, I don't really see the point in getting a new one or upgrading any components, if it isn't essential.