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

bobbybluz · Oct 10, 2020

I have two SB X-Fi Platinum's still in use, one in the PC I'm on at the moment. One I bought new in 2005 and the other I got for $20 off Craigslist 10 years ago. The second is the one in this PC.

newtekie1 · Oct 10, 2020

My Qnix 27" 1440p monitor. I can't believe it is 6 years old at this point. It does 120Hz, but drops frames past 100Hz. I run it at 75Hz these days just because I can't really see much difference past that anyway. Though it is starting to get some backlight flicker when it's cold, so I'm in the market for a replacement.

yogurt_21 · Oct 10, 2020

LG lightscribe super-multi drive or my Raidmax case. either would be 11+ years old.

Prime2515102 · Oct 11, 2020

I guess my 750GB WD Black hard drive. It just turned 10 in July.

Unless mouse pads count... My HardOCP RatpadzGS is a month older. lol

Edit: Oops, I take that back: my Tripp-Lite surge protector is the oldest hardware I have. It's not really computer hardware, but I have always had my computer plugged into it.

It's 24 years old. I doubt it's protecting from surges by now, but it's a super-rugged power strip.

Edit #2: Yep, just noticed the "Protection Present" LED is no longer lit.

Chrispy_ · Oct 11, 2020

I have a new monitor arriving on Monday for the 'updated' gym room (thanks COVID, never thought I'd need a gym room in my own home). It turns out I have a Samsung 920N monitor in there that I bought in 2004. Analogue D-Sub, 6-bit TN with FRC, cold cathode backlight, and probably 30% sRGB coverage.

I'd kind of forgotten about it - it displays the internet and it's not broken, but when I wanted to watch TV shows whilst on the turbo trainer, (16:9 content, mostly) I realised that 1280x1024 and TN aren't a good match.

I've had it on Freecycle for 4 days now and nobody's interested - I may have to actually trash it - apparently nobody wants a yellowing, 16-year-old, analogue-only, low quality TN panel from the infancy of LCD monitors when we were still trying to work out it they were better than CRTs. Given that I received junk mail the other day that was a physical tablet with an IPS 1080p disposable display, I guess legacy displays like this are genuinely valueless.

Zareek · Oct 11, 2020

500GB WD Blue running as a File History Backup drive or my Corsair Graphite 600T case both are 10 years old.

djisas · Oct 11, 2020

Prime2515102 said:
I guess my 750GB WD Black hard drive. It just turned 10 in July.

Unless mouse pads count... My HardOCP RatpadzGS is a month older. lol

Edit: Oops, I take that back: my Tripp-Lite surge protector is the oldest hardware I have. It's not really computer hardware, but I have always had my computer plugged into it.

It's 24 years old. I doubt it's protecting from surges by now, but it's a super-rugged power strip.

Edit #2: Yep, just noticed the "Protection Present" LED is no longer lit.

The one thing protecting your pc from "blowing up" is just a simple fuse, if it's working then the fuse's fine and it will keep working...
Had one of those surge protections that stopped working, lasted a long while...

Deleted member 191766 · Oct 11, 2020

My main machine at home is a 10 year old Core 2 PC on Windows 10; works just great.

Then again I upgraded it to

* a Core 2 Quad
* more than 8GB RAM (DDR-3)
* a hybrid hard drive (Seagate FireCuda)
* a reasonable fan-less video card (GeForce GT 1030)

Replaced the secondary capacitors in the power supply although they did not need replacing.

Did something similar to a 10 year old AMD based PC, moving the Athlon dual to a Phenom quad; also in daily use.

wheresmycar · Oct 11, 2020

I feel left out. Everything is recent.

Do 4-5 year old zip ties count (or tweezers hehe)?

tripleclicker · Oct 11, 2020

Ah, good times end. In post #68, I said my shucked WD Greenpower drive was still working.... It finally died. Would click madly during power up, not be seen in explorer. I'd have to do a hard shutdown, wait 10 seconds and power on again (a soft restart won't wake it up). I backed up anything I had on it. All SMART data shows okay, HDD Sentinel shows nothing wrong, in fact I had it wiped twice, then finally removed it from the case. Oh, you served me well! :respect:

toilet pepper · Oct 11, 2020

My FSP 750 Aurum is around 7 years now and still works. I might need to change it with the next gpu upgrade.

AlwaysHope · Oct 11, 2020

s1156 system still running daily as a "kitchen computer" complete with 1st i7.

Still works like a charm for simple stuff, web browsing, music playback..etc..

Flyordie · Oct 11, 2020

My PSU. Seasonic X-850 KM3 Rev B. Got it new from Newegg in Nov 2016 for like $65 shipped during Black Friday.

jaggerwild · Oct 11, 2020

2004 Gateway keyboard that came with my fist bought computer, though it had been on a shelf for a few years(probably 5 years of use)currently.

freeagent · Oct 11, 2020

My case fans have been running since 2006

SN2716057 · Oct 11, 2020

The Corsair AX760 psu (2013), and the warranty just expired :twitch:

Prime2515102 · Oct 16, 2020

Prime2515102 said:
Edit: Oops, I take that back: my Tripp-Lite surge protector is the oldest hardware I have. It's not really computer hardware, but I have always had my computer plugged into it.

It's 24 years old. I doubt it's protecting from surges by now, but it's a super-rugged power strip.

Edit #2: Yep, just noticed the "Protection Present" LED is no longer lit.

Tripp-Lite is sending me a replacement after 24 years, and the model number and serial number aren't even present on it, and I obviously don't have a reciept. They only asked for pics of the top and bottom.

That's some customer service right there... They didn't even ask me to send the old one back.

Doesn't get any better than that... lol

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 16, 2020

Me 51 years old

Rei · Oct 16, 2020

tigger said:
Me 51 years old

Do you put yourself in a computer rig? Also not mature for a 51 years old to have his location in "up my ass".

djisas · Oct 16, 2020

Rei said:
Do you put yourself in a computer rig? Also not mature for a 51 years old to have his location in "up my ass".

He's just a "big" kid with a "healthy" mind...

Glaceon · Oct 16, 2020

My 500GB Sandisk X400 SSD I use as a bootdrive, got it two years ago along with my prebuilt. When I switched to building my PC, this is the only thing that remained from my prebuilt.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 16, 2020

Rei said:
Do you put yourself in a computer rig? Also not mature for a 51 years old to have his location in "up my ass".

it says use with, not in.

Rei · Oct 16, 2020

tigger said:
it says use with, not in.

Meh... Semantics... Whatevs....

ThrashZone · Oct 16, 2020

Hi,
Wall outlet

CheapMeat · Oct 21, 2020

Gigabyte i-RAM GC-RAMDISK PCI cards, from around 2006 I believe, around 14 years old. Still using some on X79/Z77 boards. And maybe the Rosewill 4U chassis's (old design), I feel like they've been around for a long time.

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2683 V4 16c/32t / i5 13600KF Raptor Lake
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 64G G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
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Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, DiNovo Edge
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC / Win 11 Pro for Workstations 22H2

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

System Name	Bessy 6.0
Processor	i7-7700K @ 4.8GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT Gaming
Cooling	Swiftech H140-X + XSPC EX420 + Resevior
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB DDR-3200 CL14 (B-die)
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Armor OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 250GB x2 RAID0 + various other SATA drives
Power Supply	XFX 750W Black Edition
Software	Win10 Pro

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

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

bobbybluz

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

yogurt_21

Prime2515102

Chrispy_

Zareek

djisas

Deleted member 191766

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wheresmycar

tripleclicker

toilet pepper

AlwaysHope

Flyordie

jaggerwild

freeagent

Moderator

SN2716057

Prime2515102

Deleted member 24505

Guest

Rei

djisas

Glaceon

Deleted member 24505

Guest

Rei

ThrashZone

CheapMeat

System Name	Daily Driver(gaming, browsing)
Processor	Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aurus Pro Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
Memory	32GB(2x16GB) Patriot Viper DDR4-3200C16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3060 Ti
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB (Boot/OS)\|Hynix Platinum P41 2TB (Games)\|Kingston KC3000 2TB (Misc)
Display(s)	Gigabyte G27F
Case	Corsair Graphite 600T w/mesh side
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 2.1 \| cheapo gaming headset when mic is needed
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Redragon M808-KS Storm Pro (Great Value)
Keyboard	Redragon K512 Shiva replaced a Corsair K70 Lux - Blue on Black
VR HMD	Nope
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Nope

System Name	Unreal Machine IV
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard	Asrock 570X Taichi
Cooling	Noctua U9S
Memory	Team UD4-4000 @4000 CL18 1:1
Video Card(s)	5600XT Red Devil
Storage	Kingston SSD 240GB + WD RED 4TB + WD Blue SN 550 Nvme 1TB X3
Display(s)	DELL U2417H
Case	Old school Termalthake xaser III black with lots of noctua 80mm fans
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion + Creative Inspire t7900 7.1 + Sony MDR-1A + AKG K-240
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech G502 hero SE
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	10 pro
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 Multi ~15k 4.4Ghz all core Cinebench R23 single 1.5k 4.65Ghz

System Name	❶ Oooh ❷ Aaaah
Processor	❶ i7-9700K ❷ i7-7700K
Motherboard	❶ ASUS Z390-E ❷ ASUS Z270-E
Cooling	❶ X62 (CPU) / X72 (GPU mod) ❷ DC AS500-P
Memory	❶ 32GB 3600/16 ❷ 32GB 3200/16
Video Card(s)	❶ 2080 TI (AIO mod) ❷ 1080 TI
Storage	❶ NVME/SATA/HDD ❷ NVME/SATA/HDD
Display(s)	❶ 1440/165/IPS + 1080/60 ❷ 1080/144/IPS
Case	❶ Corsair 465X ❷ Fractal Mesh C
Audio Device(s)	❶ HyperX Cloud 2 ❷ Logitech G432
Power Supply	❶ 1000W Corsair RMx ❷ 750W EVGA G2
Mouse	❶ Razer Bas V3 ❷ Logi G Pro
Keyboard	❶ Logi G915 LS / Anne P2 ❷ Logi G610

Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 5800x
Motherboard	B550i Aorus Pro AX
Cooling	Custom Cooling
Memory	32Gb Patriot Viper 3600 RGB
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Ventus Trio OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO
Display(s)	Specterpro 34uw100
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750 Gold SFX
Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 64bit

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	5930K
Motherboard	MSI X99 SLI
Cooling	WATER
Memory	16GB DDR4 2132
Video Card(s)	EVGAY 2070 SUPER
Storage	SEVERAL SSD"S
Display(s)	Catleap/Yamakasi 2560X1440
Case	D Frame MINI drilled out
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	DEATH ADDER
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Tournament
Software	W10HB
Benchmark Scores	PhIlLyChEeSeStEaK

System Name	Altered Beast
Processor	AMD R9 5900X, 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frost Commander 140, NF-A14 3K, T30
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850X 2TB, SN850 1TB, SN770 1TB - Asus Hyper M.2, SN770 1TB, SN750 500GB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s)	JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 750w G+, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Zowie EC2 Evo
Keyboard	Logitech G213
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Merc v7
Processor	Ryzen 7700X
Motherboard	Asus Strix B550E-E Gaming wifi
Cooling	EKWB,Bitspower,Aqua-Computer,Alphacool
Memory	2x16GB 6000MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB&2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 34GP950G-B
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Modi+ & Magni+, Edifier S351DB
Power Supply	Seasonic TX-750
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Wooting Two HE (arm)
Software	W11Pro

System Name	1 Desktop/2 Laptops/1 Netbook
Processor	AMD Athon X2 64/Intel Pentium 997/Intel Pentium 4/Intel Atom
Motherboard	EpoX ATX motherboard/Samsung/Toshiba/Lenovo
Cooling	Stock
Memory	4 GB/4 GB/2 GB/2 GB
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti/Intel HD Graphics/GeForce 4MX/Intel GMA
Storage	6+ TB Total
Display(s)	HP Pavilion 14 Inch 1024x768@60Hz 4:3 Aspect Ratio CRT Monitor
Case	None
Audio Device(s)	Various
Power Supply	Seasonic 500 Watt & VenomRX 500 Watt
Mouse	Wayes Iron Man Wireless Mouse
Keyboard	Rexus VR2 Wireless Keyboard
Software	Win10 & WinXP SP3
Benchmark Scores	It sucks...

System Name	Ghetto Rigs x299 & z490 & x99
Processor	9940x w/Optimus Foundation & 10900k w/Black Noctua D15 & 5930k w/Reg-Noctua D15
Motherboard	X299 Rampage VI Apex & z490 Maximus XII Apex & x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	D5 combo/280 GTX/ VRM copper water block/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ 1080ti FTW3
Memory	Trident-Z 3600C16 4x8gb & Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb & Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	1080ti FTW3-On Loop & Titan Xp-w/ Only GPU loop & evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	Many sammy 2.5" ssd's 850 Pro/ 860 pro's for os & WD BLK's hdd's storage
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 second floor for 2nd rad x2/ Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
Audio Device(s)	Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar
Power Supply	EVGA 1200P2 & 1000P2 with APC AX1500 & 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U & a 750P2 unused
Mouse	Redragon Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and Linux Cinnamon 20.2x2 & win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section