i5 3450
Asus P8Z77-M
8GB DDR3 Value Ram
Corsair GS600
Cooler Master 431 Plus
24X LO/LG DVDRW
1TB WD Caviar Blue
C3D 2GB gtx560ti

As the topic stated, will my gaming rig maintain its performance in let say 5 years or less? i dont do ultra graphic,just high. Any opinion will do thanks smile.gif

My rig is only RM2700. on budget -.-

It will last about 3 years depending on the games you play. Do note that this is not a high end PC to begin with

agreed. it will last 3 years but not 5. If you want it to last 5 years, the last few years you will be running at lower resolution and low settings for graphic intensive games.

Those that last for 5 years (not guaranteed) is high end, like when I bought 8800 GTX. Now, it gets minor lag every now and then if I play Left 4 Dead 2 @ 1920x1080 high settings (Those times use 1280x1024). Note: resolution is higher than it was intended for. Those times not many use Full HD. @ 1280x1024 can play GTA4 with very minor lag every now and then(around 2 sec lag every 10-30 mins after playing for more than 1hr).

This post has been edited by scaler: May 9 2012, 03:01 AM

aww.then i can just upgrade my gpu when the times come. but will my mobo support better gpu than my gtx560ti?

well sure. Unless newer tech come out and your mobo cannot use the gpu to its best capability. If I want I can install GTX680 with my now 5-7year old mobo(and every1 will throw rotten eggs @ me)

sum1 correct me if i'm wrong
P.S my prev post was edited after your post.

This post has been edited by scaler: May 9 2012, 03:04 AM

Mobo is not an issue. Your CPU will bottle start bottlenecking in the future. Which is why we recommend customers to get K series cpu and OC it whenever possible. You gain 140%-150% performance increase for a little more money and will last a lot longer than stock CPU. Non OCed CPU is barely enough for high CPU demanding game like BF3.

Putting a v8 engine in a WIRA does not make it a better car than a GTI

don worry, it can support...

It's not going to be an issue. PCIE 3.0 is the newest technology yet GPU has not even used up till PCIE 2.0's bandwidth. The "real thing" that will make even a GTX680 obsolete today is Direct X 12

This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: May 9 2012, 03:06 AM

waaaaa i'm noob at this.yeah i think so, but people said if oc things will get hotter or sometimes unstable. my casing cant handle it maybe what do you think?

That really put a smile on my face some how.

Not sure about their bandwidth, not a very technical person. Comparing against what happened to my 8800GTX, Direct X 12 will make it obsolete in terms of visual. Power(graphic rendering) wise should last till Direct X 13/14.

ooh you are using same mobo too

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Added on May 9, 2012, 3:13 amyeah nowadays pc cant last long.with all the new tech coming every week -.-
in 1 year 5 new gpu come out and all this that thing, then next 2 years what? dx20? i'll be damn

This post has been edited by huahuarider: May 9 2012, 03:13 AM

Personally I avoid OC-ing. But if you have limited budget and you're desperate to get better performance, that's the only way. Heat, stability and risk depends on how much you OC it. Many things you can do to minimize risk/heat (even on limited budget) adding more fan to the chassis(case) including use those taking AC power(direct from power mains, they are faster and noisier) improve air flow(movement) for the room. Example: I have a fan blowing air into my room from outside, and another blowing towards my bathroom(exit through the window there) but this is not good enough, just that this is max I can do @ a rented apartment(open window = free insect for breakfast).

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Added on May 9, 2012, 3:18 amNew tech comes out but don't mean old parts can't use anymore. I'm sure my PC can still play BF3 if I'm willing to reduce resolution and quality.

This post has been edited by scaler: May 9 2012, 03:18 AM

for the time being, just use your current GC..and save some money at the same time..
as time goes, latest games required powerful GC, then you might change it later on if it doesnt serves you well anymore...

so far im still inclined with my current GC, serves well...but im still thinking to change it later on..

In the hands of inexperience "people" yes, it will be unstable. Careful with where you ask your questions, you don't want the blind leading the blind. We clock every PC we sold with K series CPU in the range of 4.5-5.0ghz. There's no stability issue and if there is, we won't even release the PC to customers.

It's rather ignorant to say that "if you drive at 200KM/H, sometimes you will crash and die". That's pedestrian-talk, not F1-driver-talk. So it depends on who you talk to.

haha..i really like the way you put 'real-life example'...

2 years only

Sometimes people understand and relate better with analogy.

agreed...

review has shows that 2500 at stock or = Nehelem 3.8-3.9GHz can use up a GTX690 no problem. So if OC +40-50% we gonna need 2.5x of GTX680 to feed the 2500K @ 4.5GHz. Assuming GTX780 = 1.5 of 680, GTX880 is 1.5x of GTX780 = I think we gonna need something like GTX880 on a single card to max out 2500K OCed.


and BF3 is known for taking on GPU more than CPU.

Sos here.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-690-review/12

A CPU can last for a very long time as the games nowadays require more graphical power rather than CPU computing...quad core already enough....and newer CPU not overclock-friendly...
But once graphics cards break the PCI-E 3.0 barrier then only the bottleneck will really appear for the ivy bridge processor...
But judging from the latest graphics cards, PCI-3 can provide sufficient bandwidth even using PCI 4 cards in SLI/CFX