An individual perspective
The fact is that there is no deadline for this disability. Today, there are still many people working with a computer based on Intel's platform Sandy Bridge, was launched in 2011, and still works well with the performance is still excellent. So, the first thing to consider in this regard is an individual perspective.
It's not the same user using PC to play and who always wants to have the latest games, that someone using a PC as a multimedia entertainment tool, or using it to work as a professional tool. In the first case, you will notice that the PC is not running all the time, and in the second case, it can take decades and you are still satisfied with the performance of the equipment. In the latter case of this example, deception is usually determined by software compatibility
If you are unable to update or repair a part, your PC is out of date
The critical point of finding out is that the PC is not working and there is nothing to do when the other part breaks and you no longer find the corresponding parts In stores For example, suppose you have a Sandy Bridge platform and the RAM module is broken. Most of the time we are now getting the only DDR4 RAM on the market, while the platform uses DDR3, and unless we go to a dual-use market and be lucky, it won't be easy to replace the damaged part.
The same could happen, for example, with older tools that use the ATA interface for hard drives and have not been damaged for years, or if the motherboard of a non-modern platform is broken (in the case of motherboards Furthermore, it's hard to get plates even from two generations ago).
Software compatibility is another important factor
Of course, there is no hardware without software, and this is exactly the one that always came up. And this is no longer just in software running, or in programs and games that already support only 64 bits and remove 32 support, but it also affects games and no longer works.
When a developer logs in minimum requirements The game does something for you, and for example, even if you have a team with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE that works well, you can't play today's games because most are already require the SSE 4.1 set of instructions which none of these operating procedures lack.
So, when the time comes when you need to use certain software or that games no longer work for you because they are not compatible with your hardware, you will know that your PC has expired and that the time has come to replace it.
Now when is it time to PC update?
In short: when you need it.
Be that because you already see that to slow down and that doesn't respond to your needs, they it is broken any part and you have no spare parts to replace it, or that the programs or games you need to no longer work for are so not compatible with your hardware, it will be that the time to upgrade the equipment has arrived, since your PC is out of date.
Of course, this is also a matter of understanding as we have explained before. If you are an avid PC gaming user and always like to have the latest games run completely, you may be updating the graph every year or every two years, and changing the PC every four years. Depending on the individual.
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