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What is the oldest piece of continually running hardware you currently use with your rig?

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main rig :
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(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

edit: also the main OS drive that survived all overhaul since 2013~
1589714405448.png
soooo much for OCZ SSD's aren't reliable ( 97% life remaining according to CrystalDiskInfo) and i bought it second hand for 30 chf back then.


retro rigs:
1589714200834.png
(plus a tons of other i use from time to time buuuuuuut .... well not specially currently :laugh: )
 
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(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

That's good to know, my seasonic is just only about a year old now and expect it to live on for many more years.
Did yours have in-wire capacitors?
 
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I have to say this MSI X58 motherbard. This thing has been used every single day since 2009, overclocked from day one. The 2 onboard lan ports fired, the sound is fried and 4 of the 6 ram slots do not work. I have sound card, lan card and SSD overclocked X5560 to 4.0 and still works amazing. Also my Logitech G-15 keyboard 2008 ish...only one I use and MX518 mouse same time 2007-2009. I so want to build a new computer but I am cheap also..and this PC works so well I can hot justify the money. I keep telling myself when this PC dies I get to build a new system...but it will not die...and its not like I am nice to it. I only dust when needed and paste every few years. And the OCZ 700 power supply from 2009 also..they will die one day..And I will build a Ryzen25 or Intel Core I50 lol.
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
I have to say this MSI X58 motherbard. This thing has been used every single day since 2009, overclocked from day one. The 2 onboard lan ports fired, the sound is fried and 4 of the 6 ram slots do not work. I have sound card, lan card and SSD overclocked X5560 to 4.0 and still works amazing. Also my Logitech G-15 keyboard 2008 ish...only one I use and MX518 mouse same time 2007-2009. I so want to build a new computer but I am cheap also..and this PC works so well I can hot justify the money. I keep telling myself when this PC dies I get to build a new system...but it will not die...and its not like I am nice to it. I only dust when needed and paste every few years. And the OCZ 700 power supply from 2009 also..they will die one day..And I will build a Ryzen25 or Intel Core I50 lol.
If that isnt dead already, it's certainly in life support considering all the add in cards for functionality. :p
 
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Benchmark Scores bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o
That's good to know, my seasonic is just only about a year old now and expect it to live on for many more years.
Did yours have in-wire capacitors?
nope no in wire caps as far as i see (completely flat cable ) usually good PSU have their ripple suppressor cap on the PCB where the modular connector are (afaik i never had any PSU with in wire caps )

oh and 4 rig meant at last (i have her since mmhhhh ~ 2013 just like the Vertex III) almost 2yrs continuous use per rig
 
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If that isnt dead already, it's certainly in life support considering all the add in cards for functionality. :p
I would agree except..the onboard sound and lan fried in the first week. I had the first revision of the I7 the 920 and did not go past 3.9...and I tried and tried to get to 4.0 so the board has been on life support since 2009.
 
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I'm still using my Cambridge Soundworks FourPoint speakers which throw out a surprisingly good sound and I've never found a good reason to change them.
Picked them up in a PC World (Hereford, UK) bargain bin in 2000 for £10 and have moved house five times since then with no issues at all.
Cambridge-SoundWorks-FPS1600 -41-Four-Point-Surround-Sound.jpg
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
I would agree except..the onboard sound and lan fried in the first week. I had the first revision of the I7 the 920 and did not go past 3.9...and I tried and tried to get to 4.0 so the board has been on life support since 2009.
Brain dead since the first week.. oof.
 
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main rig :
View attachment 155542
(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

edit: also the main OS drive that survived all overhaul since 2013~
View attachment 155551
soooo much for OCZ SSD's aren't reliable ( 97% life remaining according to CrystalDiskInfo) and i bought it second hand for 30 chf back then.


retro rigs:
View attachment 155549
(plus a tons of other i use from time to time buuuuuuut .... well not specially currently :laugh: )

Same with my 850w, M2II Bronze. Awesome PSU. Now that I've said that, mine will probably fail or something :roll::nutkick:
 
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I have some pretty old gear just lying around and also in use in my retro PCs, but the oldest component in my main Ryzen 2600 rig is my 2TB storage disk. It’s a Seagate Barracuda from about 2011/12.
 
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A 500GB WD Blue Caviar HDD - had it for the duration of my last build and my current....so, about 10 years now.

Otherwise my keyboard is older since I've had it before I got married.....got it sometime around year 2000:

(image is not my actual keyboard)
MS Natural Keyboard Elite

Best ergonomic keyboard I've found and used. I've tried a handful of others over the years, but they all suck in comparison. I even tried the newer Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 - what a POS.
 
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My mouse, a Logitech Wheel Mouse model M-BJ58 (early optical mice). Replaced the buttons because they were doubleclicking. It's my second mouse that used to belong to my very first pc which I bought with my own salary in 1997. I'm planning to replace it with a wireless one, probably a M720 Triathlon, but I don't like the rubberized coating, so I'm still waiting if some manufacturer would come up with something better.

Oldest thing INSIDE the PC is a shucked 500GB WD Greenpower drive with manufacturing date Jan 8 2008. It's making sounds, a little slow to wake up after it spins down, but it's still working.
Next oldest thing inside the PC is a 2.5" Hitachi 160GB IDE drive hooked up with an IDE to SATA adapter. It was the reserve drive to my ASUS notebook, which died 3 years ago. I bought it maybe 2010.

Other old stuff are mostly 2.5" external drives.

The newest is a WD Blue 4TB drive.
 
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In my daily I believe it would have to be my Evga 1300 G2, in a few months I will have had it for 6 years.

Ah forgot about my Tt Challenger membrane keyboard, think I've had it for around 7 or 8 years, got it when I built my first PC.
 
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Display(s) X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s) Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD Medion Erazer
Software Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o
Same with my 850w, M2II Bronze. Awesome PSU. Now that I've said that, mine will probably fail or something :roll::nutkick:
knock on wood ;) as long as she doesn't whine you're fine (ohhhh and it rhymes).
And Seasonic PSUs are fine wine ..... oh my dog, i couldn't resist ...

ah, you made me double check for my SSD tho ....
seems fine ...
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actually, i found out some gear from some years back are more resilient than newer hardware, which is why i have a lot of old hardware laying around the livingroom and some use worthy retrorigs for fun
 
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Have a few that I just retired recently and missed your cutoff that deserve honorble mention.

Nanao FX-somethin somethin 1600 x 1200 CRT that has been used for CAD for 22 or 23 years ... sitting on floor cause its heavy and to lazy to drag out. Was $2200 when i bought it

Wang APC w/ green screen monitor and 8088 CPU. We used it to design the structural members for a national home greenhouse company and continued using it from 1986 to maybe 2018 for that purpose, also sitting on floor.

Have 4 sets of Logitech LS5500s ? Kids were little when we bought ... 30, 29 and 24 now.

Several Logitech G sumethin sumethin LCD KBs.

Focus 9000 series KBs circa 1991

Bunch of SCSI csanners, CD changers, Omega Zip drives and stuff I cant remeber names oof just sitting on desk... functional but not used.

Water cooling components all about 8 years old still in use

One box all circa 2013 ... one Monitor circa

To 560 Ti's circa 2011, 2600k and Asus WS MoBo, Muskin 2 x 8GB, Antec CP-850 PSU, Antec D85 case
 
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Antec 900 case i've had since 2009. It's heavy, has terrible cable mangament, and the front panel connectors don't work but all 4 fans work and my temps are fine so i'm still rocking it.


My parents have a near 10 year old computer in there den that still works fine. Oldest component in it is the 8400GS which was from 2007. Case, powersupply, and processor (Phenom X4) are about 10 years old. Recently upped the ram for free and switch to an SSD and it's still a solid office computer
 
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Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus
Memory GSkill 8GB Dual Channel DDR4-2800
Video Card(s) MSI GamingX RX580 4GB
Storage Kingston V300 240GB SSD + WD Green 2TB
Display(s) ACER K212HL 27" + Haier 55" + Lenovo Explorer Mixed Reality Headset
Case Enermax Ostrog (Red)
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA B2 750W
Software Win10 64bit
Microsoft digital media pro keyboard I bought in 2004 when I first moved to Taiwan. It has English and Mandarin on the keys. It's the only keyboard I've used since!
 
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System Name New compy
Processor AMD Ryzen 5800x3D
Motherboard MSI MPG x570S EDGE MAX WiFi
Cooling Noctua NH-D15S w. FHP141 + Xigmatek AOS XAF-F1451
Memory 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V Samsung B-Die Dual Rank F4-4000C16D-32GVKA
Video Card(s) ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070ti
Storage 17tb (8+4tb WD Black HDD's, 2+2+0.5+0.5tb M.2 SSD Drives) + 16tb WD Red Pro backup drive
Display(s) Alienware AW2518H 24" 240hz, Sony X85K 43" 4k 120hz HDR TV
Case Thermaltake Core v71
Audio Device(s) iFi Nano Idsd Le, Creative T20 + T50, Sennheiser HD6Mix
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 1000w
Mouse Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
Keyboard Corsair K68 RGB + K70 RGB + K57 RGB Wireless + Logitech G613
Software Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores https://valid.x86.fr/s2y7ny
I think my desktop speakers might be 6 or 7 years old now, and my dac is 5 years now too. I have some flash drives as small as 2gb on my desk. Also have lots of retired hardware kicking around like old ide drives and heatsinks.
 
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