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I've replaced every part in my parents old gateway PC except the CPU. That thing is still chugging along for a good 9 years now. I don't know how it does it. I never thought to look up what type of processor it was, though.

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I have an AMD Athlon X2 64 that i have bent two pins on and "fixed" and i dont use a heat sink. i used to make it render gameplay videos while i slept at night.......

Cpu: 5820K @4.0GHz   Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-SLI    Ram: Patriot Signature 16GB @ 2133   GPU: Gigabyte G1 980  Soundcard: ASUS DX  


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My dads MacBook Pro.

The worst year of it. 

You know, the one with the GPU errors.

And it came with 4GB RAM.

And a 500GB Toshiba 5400RPM HDD.

The CPU is a 2nd gen Core i7 MQ.

 

It won't die.

Takes about 50 secs to start up.

Battery dies within 15 minutes.

When under load, it can catch your pants on fire.

 

Weighs like 5 Tons. Has a 1600x900 display.

5800X3D - RTX 4070 - 2K @ 165Hz

 

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In my very very old PC I had this Mercury "PSU". I called it Death. That thing was immortal but it was killing everything else.

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1. My seven year old OCZ GXS 600W power supply. Still works to this day.

2. An Asus 7600GT that I use for bench testing.

3. (4) 7 year old Seagate 320GB 7200.10 drives that I use for cold storage backups, and an 10 year old Seagate 80GB 7200.7 that I use as my O/S drive in the file server. All of them are still going strong.

4. The Intel DQ965GF motherboard in the HTPC. That board has seen a lot of 24/7 use since it came out of its' anti-static bag.

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I use a 'moron filter' on tech forums. If I don't respond to your post, considered yourself filtered out.

 

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I've got a CPU from an old HP desktop that's been run without a heatsink for a good hour and still works (albeit it's unstable at 100% load).

There's a 7-8 year old hard drive that still lives in my NAS that has been so abused but still works fine.

I have an 8 year old USB stick that's never gone wrong (all my other usb sticks over 2 years old have corrupted stuff at some point or another).

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1. Quantum Bigfoot TX 12GB; turning 17 years and going strong.

2. Canon FB620P Scanner; 16 years and running.

3. Apple IIe; 31 years and it still outputs video (the drives may be dead though; I no longer have a boot floppy for it).

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My Commodore 64.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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My Samsung desktop from 2004. :)

Not my Samsung Laptop from 2013...(Every couple months I have to replace the charger...)

My Xbox 360 I would have to say has fared much better than most of my stuff...

I hope Samsung puts higher quality into their SSDs than some of their laptops...

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1. Quantum Bigfoot TX 12GB; turning 17 years and going strong.

2. Canon FB620P Scanner; 16 years and running.

3. Apple IIe; 31 years and it still outputs video (the drives may be dead though; I no longer have a boot floppy for it).

Can I haz the Bigfoot? I miss my 19.2GB Bigfoot TS.

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Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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Can I haz the Bigfoot? I miss my 19.2GB Bigfoot TS.

What happened to yours? It is in my mom's computer. A lot of her old files are in it.
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What happened to yours? It is in my mom's computer. A lot of her old files are in it.

One of the capacitors fell off when I brushed against it with my hand. :(

 

While on the topic of hard drives, this is my 7200.7 80GB (IDE). It was in my grandma's computer for at least 5 years, and that thing went through hell (blew 3 power supplies, never really got turned off, all that stuff). The little metal bits are small heatsinks out of an old laptop (held on by adhesive), since it was getting hot when I got it and started using it (actually makes a noticeable difference, especially with good airflow). Using it now in my Dell as a daily driver (specs in my sig). Sorry for the potato pic.

 

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Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

Spoiler

Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

Spoiler

Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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One of the capacitors fell off when I brushed against it with my hand. :(

 

While on the topic of hard drives, this is my 7200.7 80GB (IDE). It was in my grandma's computer for at least 5 years, and that thing went through hell (blew 3 power supplies, never really got turned off, all that stuff). The little metal bits are small heatsinks out of an old laptop (held on by adhesive), since it was getting hot when I got it and started using it (actually makes a noticeable difference, especially with good airflow). Using it now in my Dell as a daily driver (specs in my sig). Sorry for the potato pic.

 

 

80GBs? I got 2 20GB drives. :P

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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When the CPU on my old pc died, (it was a store bought compaq, piece of shit) It got to meet my shotgun.

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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My iPhone 4 was indestructible to all but a sledgehammer.

Even a car?

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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Even a f*cking car.

How is that possible? A car weighs more than a fucking sledgehammer. Of course, it should have flattened it.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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How is that possible? A car weighs more than a fucking sledgehammer. Of course, it should have flattened it.

I don't even know dude, maybe that it just drove over the top and the sledgehammer is more force in one spot? I made a thread showing the damage awhile back.

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I don't even know dude, maybe that it just drove over the top and the sledgehammer is more force in one spot? I made a thread showing the damage awhile back.

Link? I want to see what happened.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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My 500GB WD Blue that ran for 11000+ hours

 

Well To be honest that is nothing compared with my Mac Pros old standard drive, A Hitachi HDE721064SLA360 640GB Drive, Currently clocking 22860 Hours. Its now running my gaming rig as the Mac Pro now has an SSD running the show.

 

Here is its smart status from Crystal Disk Info :)

 

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Main Machine:  16 inch MacBook Pro (2021), Apple M1 Pro (10 CPU, 16 GPU Core), 512GB SDD, 16GB RAM

Gaming Machine:  Acer Nitro 5, Core i7 10750H, RTX 3060 (L) 6GB, 1TB SSD (Boot), 2TB SSD (Storage), 32GB DDR4 RAM

Other Tech: iPhone 15 Pro Max, Series 6 Apple Watch (LTE), AirPods Max, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PS3, Xbox 360

Network Gear:  TP Link Gigabit 24 Port Switch, TP-Link Deco M4 Mesh Wi-Fi, M1 MacMini File & Media Server with 8TB of RAID 1 Storage

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