What PC parts do you consider obsolete?

[Bhav]

5 hours ago, Arty said:

Dddddddds

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

it most definitely can in some games. 

This forum is so fucking broken this quote won't go away and I can't type outside it. Any game that's going to bottlenck on an I7 980 isn't going to fare much better on newer CPUs.

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, Bhav said:

This forum is so fucking broken this quote won't go away and I can't type outside it. Any game that's going to bottlenck on an I7 980 isn't going to fare much better on newer CPUs.

double click the quote box and then click delete, that will delete the quote. Hit enter twice (while at the end of the quote box) to be able to type outside of it. 

[Bhav]

I'm browsing on a tablet.

[Guest]

Anything older than a GTX 480. If someone gave me a system with triple water cooled 480s and an i7 920, which would be super cheap now, I'd be overjoyed.

[Guest]

Anything pre-C2D is obsolete IMHO.

 

Also, anything that uses an FDD is obsolete.

[MEC-777]

Single core CPUs or any dual-core pre Core2 Duo series CPUs. IDE drives (pre SATA), Optical drives. 

[AxeFire]

Any screen below 1920x1080

[Zodiark1593]

If the hardware's performance is no longer sufficient for what I'm putting it to, then I consider it obsolete for that task, or in the case of very old hardware vs the modern internet, obsolete altogether.

 

My laptop for example. With a 1st gen i5 and a Radeon 5470, my gpu requirements evolved well past what that hardware could provide, thus it is obsolete as a graphics platform. However, with the i5, ssd, and 6 GB of RAM, it is still a very capable internet machine and serviceable for light games such as Minecraft for the sister.

[obsidian1200]

At this point, I feel a lot of older hardware is perfectly usable as long as it's without physical defects. It's more about the tasks it's expected to perform and how well it can perform them. Once a system is unable to keep up with it's users expectations, it becomes obsolete in that given case. Obsolescence can be remedied with upgrades to things like RAM and SSD, but those are usually temporary solutions, if not total placebos, depending on the system's main use. 

[corsairian]

The ENIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC. It still is really cool though, I mean it was used in WW2 AND made cool noises. The computer was 1500 sq ft by itself...

[armbrust11]

Unix & FORTRAN

... although I'm sure the OP intended to discuss hardware parts instead of the software parts of a PC.

 

EDIT: I just realized this is my first post and it's a rather weird way to join the community. But, I'm on lunch and I haven't had the time to post my original question(s) in a well written and coherent post. I'm really looking forward to being able to talk about advanced technology concepts with like-minded people though, so with that being said, hello! I'll get around to my original question (and posting my build) later so there's no need to de-rail this thread with introductions.

Edited February 24, 2016 by armbrust11
Introducing my first post in context

[cragger89]

Boring response time:

 

Nothing is obsolete and will have a use. Just because something is newer and better does not mean it is no longer fit for its original purpose.

 

Always felt that way, I'll never change.

[KemoKa]

Obsolete?

Anything older than Core 2. Core 2 parts you can still use for NASes, home servers and PFSense routers. Hell, I have a Core 2 Duo E6550 in my work machine and with an SSD it runs like greased lightning. they make great casual facebook machines. Core 2 Quads even make good low-end gaming rigs.

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 minutes ago, KemoKa said:

Obsolete?

Anything older than Core 2. Core 2 parts you can still use for NASes, home servers and PFSense routers. Hell, I have a Core 2 Duo E6550 in my work machine and with an SSD it runs like greased lightning. they make great casual facebook machines. Core 2 Quads even make good low-end gaming rigs.

My testbench with its 3ghz core2duo and 80GB SSD are damn amazing in terms of speed. Its the third fastest PC in the house, second being my brothers and first being mine

[KemoKa]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

My testbench with its 3ghz core2duo and 80GB SSD are damn amazing in terms of speed. Its the third fastest PC in the house, second being my brothers and first being mine

lol for the absolute longest time, my work machine was the fastest machine in the office by a long stretch despite having a core 2 duo up against the i5s and i7s in the rest of the machines. The only difference was that mine had an SSD and the others had spinning rust.

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, KemoKa said:

lol for the absolute longest time, my work machine was the fastest machine in the office by a long stretch despite having a core 2 duo up against the i5s and i7s in the rest of the machines. The only difference was that mine had an SSD and the others had spinning rust.

Funny thing is I have not spent a penny on my testbench yet, everything so far has been free

[Badger906]

1080p!! the sooner the masses realize it needs to die the faster the development and push for higher will be!

 

[KemoKa]

Just now, Badger906 said:

1080p!! the sooner the masses realize it needs to die the faster the development and push for higher will be!

 

I'm still rockin' a couple of 1050p monitors. They're secondary monitors, okay, but... It's all good.

[DragonTamer1]

Nothing is obsolete as long as it can be re-purposed properly.

 

I sold an old Pentium IV machine to my cousin for her 4 year old daughter to play some games on for $50.

 

I donated my Pentium D system that I was using up until the start of the new year to my school to use at their HAM station. I've also donated a Pentium IV system to the school and a Pentium III system with a SCSI controller. All of the hardware was in working order (with the exception that they were missing their recently destroyed hard drives).

[Bhav]

I actually made a huge mistake buying a C2D with the idea of upgrading to a quad, because by then X58 was out.

 

But now I've been on X58 for longer than I was on Socket 7.

 

But I might get 14 nm broad well next, depends on the prices.

 

[Guest]

Old network cards, old fans

[Coaxialgamer]

Anything that isn't part of the core i series ( core 2 quad is also fine depending on use )

 

hd 5850 equivalent or higher is also fine

[RustyZombie]

I don't feel that optical drives are yet obsolete, but rather that they simply have become much more of a niche piece of hardware.  But they'll eventually go the way of floppy drives.

[bob345]

On 2/23/2016 at 1:40 PM, Mohenjo said:

all hard drives imo. Solid state storage should be the new norm. But in specs wise tbh anything under a secon gen intel is pretty obsolete. Because anything before that can be a huge bottleneck 

Not for mass storage. Solid state drives still have ways to go when it comes to mass storage. Cost is more of a factor there than pure speed.

[Bhav]

I need HDD for all my porn.