<i>It&#x27;s funny you consider 2011 vintage, my most recent computer being from 2009 and I find it modern</i><p>Well, that&#x27;s because I bought my i5-2500K desktop in 2011. I just chucked in a new hard drive and it&#x27;s about to get another 8GB of RAM ;-)<p>My previous tower lasted 8 years. I&#x27;m not a gamer, but that one got a graphics card upgrade as well....