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

INSTG8R · May 26, 2020

Steevo said:
My water pump is almost 10 years old.

I have been busy with life, but 3 years ago or so when I changed coolant it still looked new.

Mine is 20 my case/water cooling was designed for the P4. I’ve always said I’ll replace it when the pump dies it’s never even slowed down...

Kandalf LCS- VD4000BWS

hurakura · May 26, 2020

The power cable

Darmok N Jalad · May 26, 2020

hurakura said:
The power cable

I have so many, how can I be sure which one is the oldest?

INSTG8R · May 26, 2020

@cucker tarlson laugh all you like I just replaced the block with an AC Kryos and it’s on its 4th build,, 360 Copper rad and keeps my/ 4790K under 60C even under the heaviest of loads. Problem is the case weighs 22kg empty

Rei · Aug 3, 2020

Seems like a dead thread but I'm gonna pitch in anyway...

My HP Pavilion 14 Inch CRT Monitor which my old man inherited to me 8 years ago on my 8th birthday. Date Of Manufacturing was in 1996 while my old man bought it 2 years later. I'm gonna keep using it cuz it has never given him nor me any crap or glitches whatsoever. I'm sentimental that way.
Actually there is also a working 1992 IBM 14 Inch CRT Monitor as well lying around but the picture quality is bad & is rarely used.

Keullo-e · Aug 3, 2020

Still listening tunes with Audigy2 ZS

EarthDog · Aug 4, 2020

Nothing too old... The old (dual platter?) Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB. It's reserved for luke-warm storage.

djisas · Aug 4, 2020

EarthDog said:
Nothing too old... The old (dual platter?) Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB. It's reserved for luke-warm storage.

Just sold mine, it had some 38k hours in it, served me well, sure it will last another 10 years...

Rei · Aug 4, 2020

EarthDog said:
Nothing too old... The old (dual platter?) Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB. It's reserved for luke-warm storage.

Didn't you already mentioned it in your 7th comment of the first page? It's fine... Don't worry bout it.
Come to think of it, My Seagate 30 GB IDE/PATA HDD has 1999 as it's manufacturing date. Dunno when it was bought though. It's even now still connected to my desktop as an extra storage drive even with it's minuscule capacity. CrystalDiskMark shows 35 MB/s average speed.

Athlonite · Aug 4, 2020

My Technics speakers from an old SB-EH60 Stereo system from 2000 same as these oh and a Logitech G105 Keyboard

Keullo-e · Aug 4, 2020

Hours is in thread are a joke for me, a PS2 player..

No worries friends.

EarthDog · Aug 4, 2020

Rei said:
Didn't you already mentioned it in your 7th comment of the first page? It's fine... Don't worry bout it.
Come to think of it, My Seagate 30 GB IDE/PATA HDD has 1999 as it's manufacturing date. Dunno when it was bought though. It's even now still connected to my desktop as an extra storage drive even with it's minuscule capacity. CrystalDiskMark shows 35 MB/s average speed.

lol, oops. Still the oldest I guess.

silkstone · Aug 4, 2020

on my main rig, it'd have to be my WD Green 2Tb, though it needs replacing.
On any rig, probably the x58 Motherboard or my HAF 922 Case (2 different rigs)

lexluthermiester · Aug 4, 2020

Athlonite said:
My Technics speakers from an old SB-EH60 Stereo system from 2000 same as these oh and a Logitech G105 Keyboard

That was a nice system!

ThrashZone · Aug 4, 2020

Hi,
Heck just fired up a old acer aspire from 2009 I believe
Mother board/ memory/ q9550/ same cd/ dvd burner and 1600-900 monitor

Continuous usage well it was put on nearly a 3 year vacation once I put together a x299 build.

budget_Optiplex · Aug 4, 2020

My whole rig lol :roll:

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biffzinker · Aug 4, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
That was a nice system!

Use to have a Panasonic system somewhat similar for 12 years. Each L/R speaker had a sub woofer good for 130 watts. The speakers were bi-wired, the mid/treble was isolated in the enclosure.

It also had the middle, and surround speakers for Dolby Pro Logic.

johnspack · Aug 4, 2020

Still have my Antec 1200 case. It's still my main tower case. Many mobo upgrades, many cpu upgrades, the old case still keeps humming with it's muliple fans.
And yeah, my mobo and cpu are 7 years old. Only 16 threads, wahhh!

1MistyrRider · Aug 4, 2020

2002 dell optiplex 270, a couple of HDD's older than that. i dont have any stuff than goes past 2000.

biffzinker · Aug 4, 2020

Still have my Antec Three hundred case. Thought about switching back for the open ventilation in the front panel of the case. The only issue is no front panel USB 3.0 connections.

lexluthermiester · Aug 4, 2020

biffzinker said:
The only issue is no front panel USB 3.0 connections.

You can add them with a 5.25" bay adapter. They generally look very good too. You can get them with type C connectors as well. Examples;

Amazon.com

Amazon.com: StarTech.com 3.5" to 5.25" Front Bay Adapter - Mount 3.5" HDD in 5.25" Bay - Hard Drive Mounting Bracket w/ Mounting Screws (BRACKETFDBK): Electronics

www.amazon.com

It would be a small investment to be able to reuse a very cool looking case!

johnspack · Aug 4, 2020

I'll have to take a pic, but I did add a 5 1/4" front plate and added usb 3. Works perfect!

biffzinker · Aug 4, 2020

I found a photo of the Panasonic system I use to have. It was still in excellent condition but took up too much space. A little heavy on the bass that I didn’t care for as I got older.

A Computer Guy · Aug 4, 2020

johnspack said:
Still have my Antec 1200 case. It's still my main tower case. Many mobo upgrades, many cpu upgrades, the old case still keeps humming with it's muliple fans.
And yeah, my mobo and cpu are 7 years old. Only 16 threads, wahhh!

I still have this case as well and use it for my home server. I wish Antec would make a modern version of this case. The dust filters, fan speed knobs in the front, and LED's orientation for the fans were actually pretty nice for it's day.

heinztvoert · Aug 4, 2020

My Case - HAF 932 11 yrs and seagate drives (5 yrs) - all new insides

System Name	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

System Name	Budget Box
Processor	Xeon E5-2667v2
Motherboard	ASUS P9X79 Pro
Cooling	Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno
Memory	32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 5600XT
Storage	WD NVME 1GB
Display(s)	ASUS Pro Art 27"
Case	Antec P7 Neo

System Name	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

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	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

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

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

hurakura

Darmok N Jalad

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

Rei

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

EarthDog

djisas

Rei

Athlonite

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

EarthDog

silkstone

lexluthermiester

ThrashZone

budget_Optiplex

biffzinker

johnspack

Here For Good!

1MistyrRider

biffzinker

lexluthermiester

Amazon.com: StarTech.com 3.5" to 5.25" Front Bay Adapter - Mount 3.5" HDD in 5.25" Bay - Hard Drive Mounting Bracket w/ Mounting Screws (BRACKETFDBK): Electronics

johnspack

Here For Good!

biffzinker

A Computer Guy

heinztvoert

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	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Ghetto Rigs z490\|x99\|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x
Processor	10900k w/Optimus Foundation \| 5930k w/Black Noctua D15
Motherboard	z490 Maximus XII Apex \| x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block \| Blk D15
Memory	Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb \| Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	Titan Xp-water \| evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb \| 860 pro 256gb \| Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb\| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 \| 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 1000P2 with APC AX1500 \| 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U
Mouse	Redragon 901 Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

System Name	even lower budget then an old Optiplex :)
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 - 3.6GHz
Motherboard	Lenovo Orion - X99 chipset
Cooling	ID Cooling SE-914-XT
Memory	16GB Micron DDR4 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	PNY Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8
Storage	120GB/512GB SSDs - 3TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung UN32EH4003 32" TV/Monitor 1366x768
Case	Rosewill FBM-01 mATX
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC662
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GA
Mouse	MS Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A USB
Keyboard	Saitek Eclipse red backlit USB
Software	Windows 10 22H2

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	IDK what this means
Processor	AMD Ryzen 1600AF
Motherboard	MSI x470 GamingPlusMax
Cooling	2 case fans, an another for the power supply, plus 1 for the processor
Memory	Crutial Ballistix 3200MHz DDR4 DRAM
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GT 1030 [1290-1544 MHZ] 2Gb low profile GDDR5
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 2880 SSD, Baracuda250HDD
Display(s)	ASUS
Case	BeQuite 600 midtower
Audio Device(s)	? except for some cheap speakers, this has no meaning.
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 G3 Gold
Mouse	Logiteh Cordless Optical Trackman from 2002, still works
Keyboard	Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard 1.0
Software	Havent got there yet
Benchmark Scores	N/A

System Name	Not a thread ripper but pretty good.
Processor	Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Taichi (revision 1.06, BIOS/UEFI version P5.50)
Cooling	EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, EK-CoolStream PE 360, Alphacool NexXxoS ST25 360
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage	Samsung 2TB 980 PRO 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus Gen3x4 NVMe x 2
Display(s)	2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech M575
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software	Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores	Typical for non-overclocked CPU.

System Name	Arctic Ryzen
Processor	AMD 7-3800X
Motherboard	MSI Tomahawk X570 WiFI
Cooling	Deepcool Captain 240EX
Memory	XPG Gammix 32gb 3200mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Geforce GTX1650
Storage	4 - 4 TB Internal hd, Samsung 1tb SSD, External 5 tb (add 1 tb XPG NVME)
Display(s)	ACER 32
Case	Coolermaster 932 HAF
Audio Device(s)	internal
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	MS wireless
Software	Home 10
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