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CPUs, like smartphones, don't really need an upgrade every year, but the manufacturers feel the need to come up with a new lineup each year, even when the chang
by orthoxerox 3y ago
CPUs, like smartphones, don't really need an upgrade every year, but the manufacturers feel the need to come up with a new lineup each year, even when the changes are minimal at best and cosmetic at worst. Most desktop CPUs are already very good enough at their job and don't need an upgrade. There are exceptional workloads where CPU speed is a bottleneck, but I think we have run out of easy ways to improve it.
I upgraded from Intel 3570K (a 2012 CPU!) to AMD 5600X two years ago simply because the old motherboard had no M.2 slots and honestly didn't feel any difference in CPU speed.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoGPU manufacturers at least got out of that mentality.
- HPsquared 3y agoThe nice thing with GPUs is that the performance actually scales quite linearly with price.
- ericpauley 3y agoLove the 3570K. I recently added an M2 SSD to a machine using a PCIe adapter. The board even supported booting from it after an update. Thanks ASRock!
- serf 3y agomost CPU upgrades in my household now only occur either due to 1) missing chipset features that newer games/media want to use, or 2) patches to fix security holes have slowed the thing to a crawl. On a disconnected PC without specific CPU feature requirements i'd keep the things forever, it hasn't been a 'speed' or 'cores' thing for quite some time it feels.
- kubik369 3y agoJust as a heads up, you could have used a PCIe m.2 riser if you had the empty slots for it. You might not be able to directly boot from it with an older BIOS/UEFI, but that is easily workaroundable.
- reisse 3y ago> CPUs, like smartphones, don't really need an upgrade every year So don't upgrade, what's your problem? Releasing new product each year gives an opportunity to upgrade hardware on your own schedule, being sure that the CPU you buy this year will last for a fixed number of years more. There are very few people always living on the bleeding edge, most just buy PCs when they feel necessary. For manufacturers this means steady revenue stream and good supply/demand balance, without shocks when everyone wants to upgrade (see how it goes for game consoles, for example).
- MangoCoffee 3y agoCars, like smartphones, don't really need an upgrade every year, but the manufacturers feel the need to come up with a new lineup each year, even when the changes are minimal at best and cosmetic at worst. Most cars are already very good enough at their job and don't need an upgrade. its not about getting you to upgrade. if you are happy with your current desktop/laptop then don't upgrade. its targeting people who either love to play with the "newest" cpu or people who is looking to upgrade because their desktop/laptop is really old just like car
- neogodless 3y agoTo simplify this, it's a competitive marketplace, and there's always someone ready to buy. They will look at the available options, and pick the better one (for their needs). If smartphone, CPU and car companies sit on their butts, their competitors won't, and they'll eat their lunch.
- suprjami 3y agoI upgraded from a 2500K (2011 CPU) to a 12400F solely because the motherboard had started to go flaky and wouldn't power on unless it had warmed up. The CPU was fine for what I do but nobody sells new LGA1155 motherboards anymore. (at least nobody good, I'm aware there are no-name Chinese vendors making new old-socket boards, no thank you)