Sit on your wallet until something comes around that you simply cannot play acceptably on your current setup. Determine what you need at that point and buy it.I didn't need to upgrade my aging quad core for a couple of years this gen. Technically, I now have an aging quad core again. To replace that with an 8 Core / 16 thread + new MB + memory is going to be at least £400 for today's products. Might be lower in a couple of years. It's still a hefty starting point before you get to a speedy SSD and new GFX card.
((*cough*) Or you could have followed Digital Foundrys’ recommendation a month back or so and bought a "future proof" Nvidia card. (*cough*))
LOL, yeah, but then again you might have gained some perspective that saves you money as well. These things tend to even out.The frustrating thing about being in my 40's is that I have loads more disposable income but my family keep disposing of it.
I used to upgrade regularly simply because I liked to stay at, or close to the technological edge. But it ceased making sense long ago, the real world benefits keep getting less and less relevant, the price tags heavier, and the whole shebang gets ever harder to cool quietly, as too much of the performance increases are bought with increasing power draw. Realistically, I’m fine with the gaming PC I already got for the rest of this console generation, and an upgrade wouldn’t make "sense" until the next console generation again has exclusive titles that I just can’t resist playing. And that probably won’t be before 2030.
Spending money and time on your spouse and kids probably yields a better return on your investment anyway. ;-)