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The desktop computer has been turned off, for days even, upgraded, rebooted, all with the same 80 gig drive in it.
The drive held the OS and page space until the most recent upgrade.
The years and years number comes from the S.M.A.R.T data.
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My current w10 install dates back to either w7-64 or vista-64. GPU swap generally every 2 years. CPU/mobo every 5-8. Prior to the last build I'd generally upgrade ram and storage at least once. This time I haven't, but only because 8 years ago I splurged out on 32GB of ram and a 1 TB ssd. The latter cost something like $500 but let me exile spinning rust to my NAS; not having to deal with multiple local storage locations made life so much easier.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Dan Neely wrote: GPU swap generally every 2 years.
You a gamer?
If you primarily use your PC for stuff such as software development, document production, economics, even media production, I am surprised that updating the GPU every two years reflects a 'need'. So I am curious: If you are not a gamer, what are your needs that justifies a new GPU every two years?
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Yes I game.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I like to play games too, and I have bought only 2 GPUs in my life.
One when the built in of the previous pc died, and the second one last year along a full new PC
M.D.V. 
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My work machine is a Mac so it is what it is.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Goes under the first alternative.
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D'Oh! Not my best mental moment.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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My laptop would run much better with a SSD and a fresh battery would be nice too, but I'm not sure if it's worth upgrading the existing one or just getting a new one that has TPM2 support (if I decide that I want W11) and working Bluetooth.
I haven't built up a PC in a while, but I have no problem with swapping out components, it's not that tricky. The tricky part for me would be picking components as I'm a bit out of touch wrt what to pair together, etc.
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Jacquers wrote: The tricky part for me would be picking components as I'm a bit out of touch wrt what to pair together, etc.
THIS!
I rebuilt my desktop in January -- either the MB or the RAM was failing, and at 8 yo it made sense to replace the CPU/MB/RAM. It took many hours of reading to make a decision on what to buy, initially figuring out what the products are and how they compare, and later getting a good balance of price & power as anything good-n-cheap was out of stock.
The list of CPUs alone is daunting.
In your case I'd upgrade to an SSD. Unless you need a really large one, you can get one for under $100 USD and it will dramatically improve your speed.
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Fresh battery? I can't imagine how that would improve you PCs performance.
Old MBs used to have replaceable batteries - but I never had to replace one! Maybe that is why many newer MBs won't let you replace it - or more likely: The battery backed CMOS has bee replaced with flash memory. If your MB still has battery backed CMOS, the battery os recharged whenever power is available, so unless you deprive your PC of power for months or years, it will keep up.
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about half the 3-4 year old MBPs my work bought have had their batteries bulge and require mail in replacement service. 
To minimize disruption, everyone whose battery pops gets given the repaired laptop originally issued to the last victim, then theirs becomes the spare when returned.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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The battery would be for power interruptions, but it's part of the costs I need to consider.
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After the arrival of Win7 - I really believe it goes back to XP, but I am not 100% sure - all my PCs have handled power interruptions without any problems. True enough: I am not running much database applications (some of them have their own DB that I do not see directly, though), but then again, any proper RAID DBMS should be capable of handling power failures.
So the only reason for running an UPS for my computer would be to keep it operational during the power down. My local screens would be black, and the network termination would be out, so there really isn't to many users to serve ... So for my private use, I won't have an UPS until I get that controller for my solar panels into operation. Then I will plug my PC and network equipment into that. But I am not sure that it will be any huge benefit.
Others may of course have much different needs.
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I live in South Africa where we sometimes have load shedding. A battery that can last a few minutes just to let me shut down my laptop safely would be nice. Even better would be one that can last for a few hours. Based on that I should probably buy a new laptop as it will also probably serve me a bit longer than extending this one's lifespan.
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When I built my new PC last year (see message below) I found a couple of websites really helpful.
i.e.
Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast[^]
or
Puget Systems | America's Custom Workstation Leader[^]
And another thing I realized is that the best comparison of individual pieces of hardware mostly was in gaming sites.
M.D.V. 
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When it is possible and needed, I upgrade what it has to be upgraded.
But there are moments when it is not possible anymore, then I build a new machine.
13 years old PC got more RAM (from 4 to 8 GB), an SSD and a new graphic card (built-in died) along the way.
Last year I built a new PC with AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB M.2 SSD, AMD Radeon 5900X, Be Quiet fans and chip tower cooler...
Man... was that a difference...
I now am done for the next 10+ years again (hopefully) 
M.D.V.
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I just "upgraded" my 10 year old Gigabyte Brix (6 core i7, 16B RAM, 512GB SSD, Win7) to an Intel NUC (8 core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Win10) and don't have a need to upgrade individual components, since I'm very happy with the performance of my boxes for development.
/ravi
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The upgrade I need next is a whole new computer. My current one is an Optiplex 760. Yep, it is ancient. With today's bloated software and at maximum memory expansion, it is still slower than molasses flowing up hill in January in Boston. Windows 10 is the end limit of OS upgrades.
Just buy a new one, you may say. It is not that easy when you are retired and running a ranch. Money is always tight. The new equipment we buy is all ranch related - "new" tractor, squeeze chute, chain saw, and stuff like that. Our newest truck is 10 years old and another one is a 2002 model. A new computer for my hobby and former profession is really low on the list.
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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I don't know the specs of your machine, but you can pick up a lower end i5 for $200-$300. At worst you may have to upgrade the RAM in it, but it may handle things better than what your using. It's what I did for my previous machine, and it got me through for a little over a year.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Thank ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) for you reply. I am aware of those machines, but I do not think they are enough.
My favorite application is Visual Studio, but it is a pig. My hobby is developing software for my own use. Some of it is actually useful.
This machine is also used for some of the ranch-specific applications. These days, ranchers are required to keep records on every animal they raise and sell for human consumption. We even attempt to track the egg production of each of our hens. With free-range chickens, this is a challenge. Older hens who no longer produce enough eggs to justify their feed are slaughtered and turned into stew, pot pie, pulled chicken and chicken fajitas: their meat is too tough  for use as a roast or fryer.
Storage-wise, I have hundreds of gigabytes of photographs, ranch records, financial records and letters (many of my old friends still snail-mail me real letters, even though they have my email address - it is on the bottom of every page) on three external drives plugged in to the USB ports.
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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Jalapeno Bob wrote: My hobby is developing software for my own use. Some of it is actually useful
Maybe it could be useful for others as well! Try selling it, to finance your new computer!
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Do you build a completely new PC each time, or do you upgrade parts in between?
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Mostly I try to order exactly what I need to work from. Once in a while. over time. A person has given me something that is not quite what I need/want then I do some upgrading.
Case in Point.
Current work supplied desktop and lappy are more than good enough because they asked me what I needed before I started.
At home computer for freelancing was a hand over from a gamer. I upgraded the RAM and Harddrives but left everything else the same. Imagine that.
and yes I know the question says primary dev machine. But in my case I really do have 2 primary machines.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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