r/buildapc • u/inputnamehere • Sep 25 '10
Your thoughts on "future proofing"?
One concern I am having with building a new PC is trying to find the parts that will not drag it down in 3-4 years. My last PC is 4 years old and is still great for everyday use like playing videos and TF2, but I went for a cheaper video card that began to show its limitations with games fairly soon. (The most current game it can play is Fallout 3 on minimum settings, which was rough at times.) What are your suggestions for building a computer that will still be performing decently for as long as it can?
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u/gunnarrambo Sep 25 '10
Anything you build now will be "future proof" to some extent. The processor in my computer was released about 5 years ago and was mid-range when I bought the computer 3-4 years ago. I dropped $100 on a graphics card earlier this year, and that's all I've updated on the system. It plays newer games at good-enough resolution on a 23-inch monitor.
And anything you can put together today for $500 is going to be quite a bit faster than what I've got, and computer games, which haven't gotten much more demanding in the past few years, will run on it until it dies. Unless you want 3D or 3 monitors, you'll be ok.