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Only 4 years? I was hoping for another 8, though my needs are low so I maybe that will help it stay alive longer.Only game I really might play at this point is that Evil Dead Game.
I can't say I agree with this, I use my desktop all the time, it was top of the line when I built it, and it is starting to struggle with the easy stuff. I think it also depends on how long you have used your computer, parts wear out. So if your laptop is your main computer then it's more likely you care about the usefulness of your desktop less.
What's it struggling with? The two things that slowed down my 14 year old desktop was the HD, a SSD fixed that. And it not being able to play modern high resolution video. The CPU lacks the instructions used to accelerate video encoding/decoding. Using a GPU enabled codec fixed that. Which is what I use it for now. It's my transcode box.Something to watch out for is thermal paste on the CPU drying out. Even on my 2 year old desktop, it slowed down dramatically because of that. The paste dried out and it was thermal throttling. It only benchmarked at about 10% of what it should have during computationally intensive tasks. I cleaned off the old pad and put on some new grease. It sped back up.The only stuff that should wear out and be less capable are mechanical. The fans. The HD. The optical drive. The floppy if you have one. Things do break. The PSU being the big culprit. All those things are easily replaced. The digital components should last pretty much forever. I have computers that are 40 years old that work as well today as when I first got them. Whether they can doing anything useful today, is another matter. The big thing to watch out for in a 40 year computer is leaky caps.
I got a 12700k last month and happy with it. But what are the specs on your old computer and what do you use it for? It might be fine and like what chocolateshake said it just might need some cleaning and repasting.
Also, can we talk about how clean You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login desk is? It would take me an hour of cleaning before I could send a picture of mine.
We were suppose to debate AMD Ryzen versus Intel Processor, not what does NCDS actually need. Since so many have mentioned it, before I came here I had already evaluated my alternatives to trying to survive on this computer longer, and I have decided against it. As Alyssa said I am on a 3rd generation chip and in 2025 Windows won't support it anymore. Yes, I could try and wait until then but I don't want to! Think consensus here is AMD Ryzen and Intel are both good processors. The AMD Ryzen build seems to be a little more bang for the buck so I am going to go with that. The only real decision now is should I step a bit out of my budget and get the same processor as Michael knowing it's way more than I need or do I stick with a lower price knowing I may need to replace it a couple of years earlier. My wallet is thinking on it.Also, can we talk about how clean You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login desk is? It would take me an hour of cleaning before I could send a picture of mine.