Many Hardware.Info readers are probably still using an Intel processor from the Haswell generation, such as a Core i5 4670K or 4690K, or a Core i7 4770K and 4790K. 2017 was a year of unprecedented competitiveness on the processor market. Is an upgrade to AMD Ryzen or Intel Coffee Lake worth it, or should you stick with Haswell?

The video card is usually the most popular PC component to upgrade. With all these high-res monitors and increasingly beautiful games, this part is subject to higher demands at a rapid pace. After two or three years a new video card means a serious upgrade in graphics capabilities, while the rest of your system can often last for a few years.