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

ZakkWylde · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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. :respect:

FordGT90Concept · Mar 6, 2009

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

1Kurgan1 · Mar 6, 2009

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

PVTCaboose1337 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

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

1Kurgan1 · Mar 6, 2009

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 · Mar 6, 2009

1Kurgan1 said:
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 · Mar 6, 2009

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

ShadowFold · Mar 6, 2009

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

CyberDruid · Mar 6, 2009

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

sweeper · Mar 6, 2009

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... :rockout:

Zeta_30K · Mar 17, 2009

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 · Mar 17, 2009

sweeper said:
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 · Mar 17, 2009

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

Wile E · Mar 17, 2009

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 · Mar 17, 2009

ZakkWylde said:
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?

System Name	The (Modified) Futureshop Deal/The Machine
Processor	Q6600 @ 2.4 (stock, see mobo)/ I5 3570k @ 4.3
Motherboard	Generic Foxconn/ Asus P8z77-v lk
Cooling	stock/ Antec Kuhler 620
Memory	4Gb@800/ 16gb Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Frostbyte@1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 4850/ Gigabyte 7950
Storage	Hitachi 500GB, WD Blue 500gb/ Kingston Hyperx 3K 120gb, WD green 2tb
Display(s)	Acer 24" 1920x1080/ Benq VA 24" 1920x1080 and HP 24" 1920x1200
Case	Acer/ Antec 302
Audio Device(s)	On Board for both
Power Supply	500w OCZ Modxstream-pro/ Antec Truepower new 750w
Software	W7 Home Premium 64bit for both

System Name	HAL
Processor	Core i9 13900k @5.8-6.1
Motherboard	Z790 Arous master
Cooling	EKWB Quantum Velocity V2 & (2) 360 Corsair XR7 Rads push/pull
Memory	2x 32GB (64GB) Gskill trident 6000 CL30 @28 1T
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gigagbyte gaming OC @ +200/1300
Storage	(M2's) 2x Samsung 980 pro 2TB, 1xWD Black 2TB, 1x SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
Display(s)	65" LG OLED 120HZ
Case	Lian Li dyanmic Evo11 with distro plate
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 x64

System Name	mystie
Processor	intel Q9450
Motherboard	gigabyte EP45 UD3P
Cooling	coolit domino ALC
Memory	4GB DDR3 1333
Video Card(s)	sapphire 4870x2
Storage	250GB barracuda, 1.5TB barracuda
Display(s)	15" phillips, HannsG HD 28"
Case	custom built plexiglass cube
Audio Device(s)	Creative audigy SE
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 700W
Software	Vista home premium 64/ Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 64

System Name	DCovert Computers EcoGamer X1 / HP Pavilion P6000 Desktop
Processor	AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8 GHz
Motherboard	HP OEM
Cooling	HP OEM
Memory	8GB DDR3 (2x 2048 MB, 1x 4GB PNY)
Video Card(s)	EVGA e-Geforce GTX 260 Core 216
Storage	500 GB Western Digital SATAII, 750 GB Hitachi SATAII
Display(s)	21" LG LCD Flatron W2253
Case	HP Pavillion P6000 Case
Audio Device(s)	Intergrated Realtec audio
Power Supply	650W Corsair TX650W
Software	Windows 7 HP x64 / Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS x86

System Name	Caspar.
Processor	AMD Athlon 64Bit 4000+ (939).
Motherboard	Saphire Pure Innovation PI-A9RX480.
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212 Cooler + 6 x 120mm CM Case fans.
Memory	2GB Kingmax - DDR 400.
Video Card(s)	XFX ATI Radeon HD4650 512MB.
Storage	2X Seagate Baracuda 500GB SATA - II (32MB Cache).
Display(s)	Samsung 19" LCD + Samsung 17" LCD.
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590 (Stock for now).
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio.
Power Supply	Gigabyte Superb 500W.
Software	Windows XP Pro. SP3.

System Name	QUACK
Processor	Intel i7 2600K (3.4 GHz, 8 threads)
Motherboard	Asus P67P8-V3
Cooling	Xigmatek Balder 120mm (4x120,1x140mm case)
Memory	Patriot 2 Viper Sector 5, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 4GB
Storage	1x Samsung EVO 850 (500GB) SSD, 1x Fujitsu 256GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2311h 23" (so sexy)
Case	CoolerMaster Gladiator RC-600
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Antec 850w with yellow racing stripes
Software	Windows 7 HP 64 bit

System Name	Mean Machine
Processor	Intel Core i5 2400 at 3.1 GHz
Motherboard	Asus can't remember the model
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 103
Memory	Kingston 4GB 1600 DDR3
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 6850 1 GB
Storage	WD Cavier SEII 3200AAKS 320 GB and Seagate 500 GB
Display(s)	HP X22 LED
Case	Generic
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
Power Supply	Cooler Master Real Power Pro 650W
Software	Pro/E, Delcam Powermill, These things just for work.

System Name	"X"
Processor	AMD PHENOM II X 6 3.2GHz @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A785-M
Cooling	ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2
Memory	Kingston Hyper X DDR2 1066 2X2 - 4GB
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE Radeon HD4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
Storage	Western Digital 500GB SATAII Black / Western Digital My Book Essential External HDD 1TB
Display(s)	Soyo 22" LCD / Vizio 32" LCD
Case	Thermaltake Xaser II Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	ON-BOARD VIA VT1708S
Power Supply	Antec Basiq 550W Plus Modular
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	BY-2021
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile)
Motherboard	MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Scythe Mugen (rev 5)
Memory	2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM
Display(s)	Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI)
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 850w
Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
Keyboard	Tesoro Excalibur
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare.

System Name	My Comp \| Fiancees Comp
Processor	i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v\| i5 2500k
Motherboard	MSI x99 SLI Plus \| AsRock Z77 Pro 3
Cooling	Watercooled
Memory	16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 \| 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD R9 290x \| MSI 5850 OC
Storage	128gb SSD + 2x 2TB \| 2TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" LCD \| 25" Hanns G
Case	CM Storm \| CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3D PCIe
Power Supply	Enermax Galaxy 1250W \| Rosewill 630w
Mouse	Logitech G700s \| Logitech G100s
Keyboard	Logitech G901 \| Logitech G105
Software	Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 \| Win 8.1 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403

System Name	Whim
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory	2 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256gb, WD 2TB Black
Display(s)	Shimian QH270 (1440p), Asus VE228 (1080p)
Case	Cooler Master 430 Elite
Audio Device(s)	Onboard > PA2V2 Amp > Senn 595's
Power Supply	Corsair 750w
Software	Windows 8.1 (Tweaked)

System Name	THE MAD BEAST!!!
Processor	Tinfoil rapper with some coathangers
Motherboard	Graham cracker with with frosting
Cooling	A shovel full of snow
Memory	Grey matter out of a corpse
Video Card(s)	Cat eyes
Storage	A whales brain
Display(s)	Cyclops eyeball
Case	Inside a yetis hollowed out corpse
Audio Device(s)	howling banchee
Power Supply	32 hamster on a massive wheel
Software	WHo needs software when you have a box of kittens
Benchmark Scores	IS gatrillions a number?

System Name	dell beast
Processor	dual Xeon x5675
Motherboard	dell t7500
Cooling	stock
Memory	48gb ecc ddr3
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7870 Myst 2gb
Storage	2tb hpe ssd
Display(s)	asus 23.8" 1080p
Case	t7500
Audio Device(s)	XFI soundblaster
Power Supply	1200watt dell
Mouse	logitech
Keyboard	logitech
Software	win10x64

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	RyZen FX
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	DeepCool AK400 Zero Dark Plus
Memory	Corsair CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 X2 32gig dual channel
Video Card(s)	ASUS RX 7700XT TUF OC
Storage	x2 Lexar SSD NM710 2TB 2XSeagate 1Terrabyte 1x Seagate 2 Terrabyte
Display(s)	40 Inch Samsung HDTV (monitor)
Case	HAF-X:)
Audio Device(s)	AMD/HDMI to Onkyo HT-R508 Receiver
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2 Power Supply
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	Shop Dog
Processor	E8400
Motherboard	Asus Blitz Formula SE
Cooling	d-Tek FuZion
Memory	2 x 2GB DDR2 800 G Skill
Video Card(s)	EVGA 7900 GTX
Storage	150GB VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Acer 21.5 1080p LED Back Lit Monitor
Case	Working on it
Audio Device(s)	PCI SoundMax
Power Supply	Silverstone 750 Modular
Software	XP Pro SP2
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 11.56s 1M at 4050mhz

System Name	The Netbook
Processor	Intel Atom n270
Memory	1GB DDR2 533mhz
Video Card(s)	Intel G945
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	10.1" LCD
Software	Microsoft Windows 7 Starter x86

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