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Most reliable computer you own?

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For me it's a shitty Intel Atom netbook that had an uptime of 2 whole years before I recently had to shut it down because that part of my house flooded. It was running Debian wheezy

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Server: AMD A6-7400K@4.3Ghz | 8GB 1866 DDR3 RAM | 2TB total storage

On the go: Thinkpad E440 | i5 4200M | 8GB DDR3 1600MHz | 500GB HDD

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1st one

 

Athlon XP with the tiny stock heatsink + cooler that made a jet noise, even overclocked it to ~2.2 to have some extra FPS in Battlefield 2

still alive, sadly it lacks some instructions so it can't run modern software like windows 7 or a web browser

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Of the computers I own, it tends to be the phones that are the most quirky, software-wise. My Windows machines very seldom give me problems besides Windows processes deciding to eat my CPU (and battery) at random.

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None of them. They're computers and will always have problems. If I had to pick one, it'd be my desktop as it's fast (ish, not really high end anymore) and has no big outstanding issue other than the front 3.0 ports which freeze the computer when anything is plugged in. Oh yes, and 4 case fans died from 3 different brands. 

 

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Old dell optiplex piece of s.  Running freenas 5 years 24/7, only shutdown once and that was to move.  

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9 hours ago, DarkEnergy said:

None of them. They're computers and will always have problems. If I had to pick one, it'd be my desktop as it's fast (ish, not really high end anymore) and has no big outstanding issue other than the front 3.0 ports which freeze the computer when anything is plugged in. Oh yes, and 4 case fans died from 3 different brands. 

Sounds unreliable to me 

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Anything AMD based that was running Windows.

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My first ever Mac, the 2011 MacBook Air 13" which I loved so much until the drives died somehow in 2016. It was amazing when it was running on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

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Thinkpad G40

its got a full fledged socket 478 2.8ghz Pentium 4, a 30gb hdd and 1gb of ram to run windows XP

 

it weighs more than my desktop

 

but it never fails me, if I need to fix some shit on something else, the G40 is what I use

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Thinkpad x61s, even though I've retired it for a Thinkpad x220, the laptop still works perfectly fine.

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My MacBook Pro 13". Those things are tanks. Survived trial by air, earth, water, coffee and many chips. Only died due to water damage in an accident.

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computers are insanely reliable, most of the times annoyingly reliable. Come on just die already i need an excuse to upgrade :D

 

Software on the other hand is what makes my computers less reliable, especially windows and it's updates from hell.

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If in most reliable you mean "refusing to die," then that would definitely be my old Dell XPS 410 from 2006. It ran 24/7 for 6 years as a mini server for my dad's photography business, and then played Minecraft for 3 more years as it was my first PC. It never crashed and took whatever you threw at it, except for games since the graphics card was rather gutless (GeForce 7300LE).

 

In 2015, I became interested in computer hardware and opened the XPS 410 for the first time in 9 years. Dust. Everywhere. Both the CPU and hard drive intake fans were completely clogged with a centimeter-thick pad of dust and pulling it all out took a long time. Somehow, nothing had overheated and died the entire time it was like that. Soon later, I dissected the graphics card and found that the thermal paste had dried up and left the GPU die with no contact on the tiny heatsink. No wonder it idled at 70C and ran horribly. Then, I gave it a 750Ti, 8GB of DDR2 RAM, and a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and it ran perfectly, albeit a bit hot. The chipset got so hot for so long that the back of the green motherboard had started to turn slightly brown where it was affected by the heat.

 

Nevertheless, the PC soldiered on, and is now my sister's school PC enjoying a nice retirement. For now. Who knows what I'll do with it in the future? The design is so simple and parts so cheap that if anything breaks, I can fix it with pocket change.

 

 

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Hardware wise I haven't had much in the way of failures... now software wise... mainly Windows software wise... yeah that's a different story.

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shout out to this old H55 (asetek) that I've had running for....6 years? 24 hours a day 7 days a week with down time for updates and moving the computer. Not exactly a part you buy for that kind of use but key same shit they put in servers so...

I've had air coolers die in that amount of time. It's been on 3 computers I think. Might not be original fan though to be fair, original was loud as shit

 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

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Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Most reliable computer I have on hand is the one I'm sitting beside :)

 

The laptop, the Asus ROG G75VW-DS73-3D was reliable for its time before it ran into some pretty bad thermal issues. It would frequently shut down. Unfortunately, the hardware that's in it is incapable of running modern games at 60 FPS, even with the settings turned down, whether it's at 1080p, 900p, or 720p. Blame that on the GeForce GTX 670M 3GB, which has now gone onto legacy support since it's a Fermi-based rebrand of the GeForce GTX 570M. One other thing it needs is a fresh install of Windows 10, since it is sloooooow.

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My main desktop and my server.

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23 hours ago, potatosalad33 said:

For me it's a shitty Intel Atom netbook that had an uptime of 2 whole years before I recently had to shut it down because that part of my house flooded. It was running Debian wheezy

I never had an issue with most of them, if I didn't do it myself.

All my 3 or 4 gamable PCs work well and don't cause Issues...

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6 hours ago, campy said:

Thinkpad G40

its got a full fledged socket 478 2.8ghz Pentium 4, a 30gb hdd and 1gb of ram to run windows XP

 

it weighs more than my desktop

 

but it never fails me, if I need to fix some shit on something else, the G40 is what I use

 

Ooooh a fellow G40 owner!

 

Have you used "no 1802" to make it work with ANY wifi card? I did, mine has wifi now :D

 

Mine has a 3ghz P4, 1GB RAM, and a 60GB SSD. Battery still works like new, has about 95wh of capacity left

 

 

 

For me, shockingly, my macbook is the most reliable machine I own.

 

Why? It doesn't run windows :P

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6 hours ago, campy said:

Thinkpad G40

its got a full fledged socket 478 2.8ghz Pentium 4, a 30gb hdd and 1gb of ram to run windows XP

 

it weighs more than my desktop

 

but it never fails me, if I need to fix some shit on something else, the G40 is what I use

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what browser is that?

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1 hour ago, aezakmi said:

what browser is that?

Just Firefox 

it also has chrome 49.1

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