I'm 120% sure I won't own this in 3 years. LOL I upgrade my CPU / Mobo as frequently as Intel updates them, every year to 18 months. My 860 / p55 was about a year old. My Q9550 went 18 months. I don't even really consider this a problem, I'm using 4 of the SATA 3GB/Sec. 2 x Sammy F3s in Raid 0, a WD black 640gb for storage and DVD RW.