I've had my computer so long I had to change the CMOS battery :p

[kalniel]

Actually not all that long in the grand scheme of things - the motherboard should only be 7 years old or so (as opposed to some other components nearly twice that age), so they must have used an old battery or something, and the computer is only isolated from power completely during the odd holiday. But it started reverting to default bios settings after power cuts etc. which isn't even noticeable on windows 10 (it's just a bit slower/more power hungry), but the secure boot/TPM stuff isn't on by default so when I finally move to win 11 it'll probably stop booting by default.

But it got me thinking.. has any one else slowed down their upgrading? Part of it's financial in my case, but also I'm not really noticing much push to upgrade from game/software requirements. Maybe The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077 sequel might tempt me into something with a bit more raytracing umph, so it'd depend how much of a limitation PCIE 3.0 is still (which unfortunately means avoiding the lowest tier cards with only x8 physical connectors).

[AGTDenton]

What CPU do you have in there?

At the moment I just don't have enough time to game so upgrading is pointless. But on the whole my computer isn't feeling slow yet for it to be a concern.

Yeah it's been a long time since I changed a CMOS battery. So much so that I've had a couple of spare batteries in my arsenal for a decade and I finally got to use one in a digital thermometer. Good news is it was still working but I have no idea what date it expired so it may not last very long.

... secure boot/TPM stuff isn't on by default so when I finally move to win 11 it'll probably stop booting by default.

It won't let you install Windows 11 in the first place automatically anyway so don't worry that your computer won't boot.
When you're ready to upgrade there are plenty of methods to bypass these requirements.

[Ttaskmaster]

I've done a couple where something got borked, or the batteries were naff. Also changed some on second-hand boards that had been left in storage for a while. But never my own rig due to lack of use.

I last upgraded about 18 months ago, when the 4090 was pretty new. Generally I only upgrade when someone else is passing on their old kit.

[kalniel]

What CPU do you have in there?

A 9900K, so plenty good for a while.

... secure boot/TPM stuff isn't on by default so when I finally move to win 11 it'll probably stop booting by default.

It won't let you install Windows 11 in the first place automatically anyway so don't worry that your computer won't boot.
When you're ready to upgrade there are plenty of methods to bypass these requirements.

Well that's the thing - I have enabled secure boot/TPM so it does keep trying to install win11 - except when the BIOS loses it's settings and suddenly it's not eligible. What I was concerned about was it letting me install it fine, but then when the BIOS resets, it not being able to boot.

[Kanoe]

Slowed down a lot in the last 4 years, partly cause the great parts shortage, not feeling like there is sufficient value for money in most major components (CPU, GPU, Motherboard), not having the time anymore to game.

I got an email last week saying that my 3 years of Game Pass Ultimate is coming to an end and realised I actually never got around to using it

I think for the moment I would rather keep the money till I get to a point in time that I can start to game again and then splash it on the latest and greatest at that time rather than trying to keep up until then.