Can my PC run forever???

[natelliot123]

Just out of curosity,

If I use best possible cooling solutions, put my system in AC room at low temperature,  how long do you think it will keep running???

a day??? a week?  a month?   a year?

[Osmium]

Nothing lasts forever.

[Blue fellow]

Maybe a few days if you're lucky. 

[iain]

as long as it wants to depends if you have crapy parts or a bad batch,.

[Luckris]

until your hrd drive or ssd goes out. or something else fails first. Storms, blackouts, people knocking plugs, water damage and other things. It would be very hard, but possible. 

[helping]

around 12 hours max with a lunch break and bathroom/coffe break every 2 hours. Otherwise it might run out of magic.

[cjeffcoatjr]

A year if your drives are reliable and if your cooling is sufficient 

[Virgule]

Nothing lasts forever.

That's deep.

[lachyman]

I did an experient way back in the day, a Geforce 6200 died after approximately a month.

[Luckris]

Just out of curosity,

If I use best possible cooling solutions, put my system in AC room at low temperature,  how long do you think it will keep running???

a day??? a week?  a month?   a year?

Just buy a mini-fridge, build a mini itx system and shove it in there!  

[lachyman]

Just buy a mini-fridge, build a mini itx system and shove it in there!

C-c-c-condensation?

[Luckris]

C-c-c-condensation?

Waterproofing parts is not that hard.  Might take some time, but if someone really wanted to I say it's a god idea. 

[xToFxREAPER]

well i leave my systems running near 24/7 and have been doing so for well over a year and have yet for a single component to die on me

[natelliot123]

I did an experient way back in the day, a Geforce 6200 died after approximately a month.

you ran it for a month?? how much was the electricity bill ??

[roberto++]

there are still too many variables to determine an accurate image of pc failure rate. you can get an guesstimate, but the hardware failure is always lurking in the corner ready to strike at any time, which will always invalidate your guesstimate.

 

what is the usage of your computer? please give details. you may need a different approach to keep your system running for as long as possible.

 

Just out of curosity,

If I use best possible cooling solutions, put my system in AC room at low temperature,  how long do you think it will keep running???

a day??? a week?  a month?   a year?

[Guest GRRigger]

if it just sits there, until there is external force

if its doing something until there is error or sumtin

[StormtrooperStu]

No, I would come round and unplug it when you go to bed.

[natelliot123]

there are still too many variables to determine an accurate image of pc failure rate. you can get an guesstimate, but the hardware failure is always lurking in the corner ready to strike at any time, which will always invalidate your guesstimate.

 

what is the usage of your computer? please give details. you may need a different approach to keep your system running for as long as possible.

I am not gonna build it. I was just curious. Though I appreciate the gesture

[lachyman]

you ran it for a month?? how much was the electricity bill ??

Dunno, that was like maybe 5 years ago just for science purpose, so I don't remember the electricity bill, but when I used it it was normally on, when I didn't, I put it to sleep if I remember correctly. It was idling most of the time, on load it would be drastically shorter, maybe a day.

[SMURG]

I've a file server that has been on 24/7 since Easter before last lol

EDIT: Just occurred to me that you're asking how long it'll last at very cold temperatures which is why everyone's guesstimates are so low >_<. As someone else said, condensation is gonna be the main problem.

[qwertywarrior]

if the fans dont fail and the motherboard is top notch and not GPU

i would say 15+ years

 

 

ive never seen a gpu  last over 4 years since 2007

but ive seen many PCs with no discrete GPUs last a LONG time

 

 

also if ur running something like a rassberry Pi it would possibly last 50+ years if it  has a really good power source

 

 

the CPU will be the last thing that dies

normally the first thing to go on a motherboard is the VRM

[Advent]

I had a linux machine that had ~4 1/2 years of continuous uptime.

[Osmium]

Waterproofing parts is not that hard.  Might take some time, but if someone really wanted to I say it's a god idea. 

Why not just pick up a Phase Change cooler? It is basically sticking a refrigerator on your CPU.

[bamerx98]

I've got a home server that's running in a HP desktop thats been going for 7 years now, and has been ran 24/7 for the last 4 years other then opertation system restarts and every year a dust clean out and the addition to another drive every year. What's amazing is I'm still running the 240gb drive for the os that's been in the computer for the past 7 years

[Eroda]

my system has been on for 95% of the time since i put it together back in 2010 i rarely restart it ( maybe once every 2 - 3 months depending on windows update or if i feel its time to give it a restart) its still working if you parts decide to run forever then they will