What is the longest you have flogged an aging system for?

[ZakkWylde]

I am still running a PIII with 512mb of RAM and a geforce 5200, which was built in 2000. Still runs fine, kinda slow for even some basic tasks but it gets the job done. Can even play some battlefield 1942 if I feel like it. Finally got a new comp just after christmas last year, a Q6600 is kinda a big change from a PIII @ 866Mhz. Change is good. I guess that's 8 years with the same comp, and still going after 9, that's a pretty solid period of time I've gotten out of it

 

[D007]

was nice when manufactures built parts to last..lol.
I'd be lucky to get a mobo that lasts 2 years and doesn't start falling apart now a days.

 

[Braveheart]

i just found my 10 year old socket 370 system, hooked it all up, put ubuntu on it and it works! im so happy :O

 

[DComander1]

3 years

Ive used a PIII based Compaq Presario for 3 years, before completely replacing it with a Celeron 4 based Compaq Presario, and if i get a P4 socket 478 based IBM, it will last me for 10 years, as a workstation

 

[ex-dohctor]

I am still running an AMD 700MHz Duron on an ELite KSA75A Motherboard with an Nvidia Gforce2 64MB. It's basically my legacy gaming machine and backup file server. Been around since around December 2000 and still going strong.

Recently got a RAM and H.D.D capacity upgrade to cope with its new role as file/game server.

 

[Error 404]

My laptop im my sig, 9 years old and still going! Most laptops would be falling apart and broken by now, and this is no exception; pieces are falling off, parts are cracked, the CPU is really hot, and one of my RAM sticks recently decided to die on me.
I use it for schoolwork and legacy gaming.

 

[inf3rno]

My first rig I built in 2001/2002 with a Pentium II 400 MHz, With intel 440 BX2 chipset MOBO, ASUS Riva TNT 16 MB video card and 256 MB RAM. That PC worked for me since 2005 when I replaced it with PIII 1 GHz with 815 chipsets mobo.

 

[sweeper]

The system I'm using now in my sig. LOL. I have the first of the Thermaltake Xaser Towers also that this system is in. I just recently put in the 3.2 'E' Prescott. I had a 2.4C @ 3.2GHz since 2004 when it came out new. I still have 'at that time' the overclockers dream Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4C ... it was still running at 3.2GHz when I pulled it for this Pres'HOT' 3.2.

My mom has a Gateway, 400MHz Celeron, 396MB Sdram PC100, 8GB HD, ATI RAGE 'Onboard' graphics, CDROM, 14" CRT Monitor she is still using today that she bought in '98.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I still have a functional Pentium II (266 MHz I think) machine with ISA audio. I use it to play Earth 2140.

 

[1Kurgan1]

I see everyone running thee as 2nd computers, none of you got anything on u2k. Plus his is fast!

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Still have a Pentium I 90mhz model running. It runs, without HS, and on a motherboard on my desk. Looks quite cool, (it is cool too, pun intended!) It does no major work, but it make a great emulator of old games, mainly some old Dos ones I am fond of.

 

[Marineborn]

im still running dedicated server on this old, system well its the oldest one i have with me right now i have older that i own but its a

asus a78nx deluxe motherboard.
1 gig of pc3200 400mhz
either radeon 9800pro or radeon x850
35gig harddrive
400watt alliance psu
Barton 2500+ oc to 3000+ TAKE IT!!! Thats right i went there YOU CANT HANDLE THE BARTON!!!!!!

 

[insane 360]

my grandmother recently got an upgrade to a dell gx240 (1.7ghz of power)

the pc she was using was my second pc i ever built. built it in 1998.

celeron 300a that was overclocked to 450mhz for the first 6 years of its life. the last 4 years it was overclocked to 500mhz and it was still running as of last week when we swapped it out.

it had my hercules tnt2 64mb agp card in it...that brought back some memories...and a full 192mb of ram! woo she was a screamer!

 

[JrRacinFan]

I still have some socket 7, socket A, & slot 1 systems alive and kickin'. Just sitting in storage without any use.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Well I will toss in my oldest system and last time I checked it does work, I just didn't have a keyboard for it then. It's an old Apple, I haven't looked at the thing in probably a decade as it was probably like 15 years old even then. It's the boxy ones, probably like a 7 inch monitor and a floppy drive on the bottom. It has a GUI, all in black and white though.

 

[Marineborn]

Well I will toss in my oldest system and last time I checked it does work, I just didn't have a keyboard for it then. It's an old Apple, I haven't looked at the thing in probably a decade as it was probably like 15 years old even then. It's the boxy ones, probably like a 7 inch monitor and a floppy drive on the bottom. It has a GUI, all in black and white though.

APPLES DONT count CHEATER!!!

 

[H82LUZ73]

I have an old 486 dx2 66mhz AMD running fine (my first computer).

 

[ShadowFold]

I have a 1.6ghz pentium 4 box that still works lol

 

[CyberDruid]

I was running my S754 Clawhammer for evah. I still have it...just needs a new AGP card

 

[sweeper]

Does the Kaypro II count as a computer? LOL. I still have it and it works but it's all on 5 1/2 floppies...

 

[Zeta_30K]

The computer that would not die!!!

BCM BX Motherboard 1998
Celeron 1.4ghz
Radeon 9700 pro
768 mb ram
80gb hard drive on promise ATA100 controller
SB Live

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Does the Kaypro II count as a computer? LOL. I still have it and it works but it's all on 5 1/2 floppies...

NO. I have one of those too! It does not count! Nobody runs those anymore!

 

[cdawall]

i have a clawhammer s754 and some ancient K6-2 600mhz machine sitting at my gparents house i loved that thing lol

 

[Wile E]

I still have a working Coppermine Celeron 850Mhz machine here. Needs a PCI card tho, as the on-board called it quits. I can still ssh into it if I want tho.

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I am still running a PIII with 512mb of RAM and a geforce 5200, which was built in 2000. Still runs fine, kinda slow for even some basic tasks but it gets the job done. Can even play some battlefield 1942 if I feel like it. Finally got a new comp just after christmas last year, a Q6600 is kinda a big change from a PIII @ 866Mhz. Change is good. I guess that's 8 years with the same comp, and still going after 9, that's a pretty solid period of time I've gotten out of it

Wasn't the geforce 5200 released in like .... 2004?