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PC Gamers: What is the oldest part of your current rig?
- Thread starter leburn98
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The speakers! When building my last rig I just took the speakers from my PS4 setup and shoved them in there instead of getting a new set (since I'm usually wearing headphones when gaming on PC anyway).
my monitors are the oldest things since i run them til they die. i have an acer 20 inch 1600x900 lcd with chunky bezels from 2008 when i was still in middle school and an hp 23 inch 1920x1080 led monitor from 2012 that i got from an office getting rid of stuff
I'm still using the Logitech X530 speakers me mam bought for my birthday back in... 2005? Still going strong. The only problem is that signature pop when I turn the lights or ceiling fan on in the room.
In terms of the acutal PC rig, there's a newer GPU, an extra pair of RAM sticks and an extra SSD, everything else is from July 2014 when I built it.
In terms of the acutal PC rig, there's a newer GPU, an extra pair of RAM sticks and an extra SSD, everything else is from July 2014 when I built it.
My current PC is all new since I have never had a desktop before. but I am pretty sure I will be keeping the PSU and whatever storage media I have until they die. The GPU being the first thing I will probably upgrade. Will have to see how Ampere GPUs fare. If the jump is 50% jump over my RTX 2080 ti, I will upgrade. Otherwise I will be waiting for Hopper. As for CPU, I currently have the 9700k. It will probably last me a while since games are never CPU demanding at 4k which my current resolution target. I might upgrade if I start getting CPU bottlenecked. Though I doubt for at least several years.
I have a 80 GB PATA disc from 2003 or something which survived 3 PC builts by now. It's plugged in but empty and I'm basically just curious to see when it will die.
Oldest parts that are actually still in use are either the tower itself or my 3rd screen which both date back to around 2014.
Oldest parts that are actually still in use are either the tower itself or my 3rd screen which both date back to around 2014.
I have a relatively new build, but I do have a four year old Razor Chroma mouse that I still love using after all these years.
Oldest component is my secondary monitor, an LG IPS231. Got it as a gift for christmas one year. Couldn't tell you when, but the model is from 2011. Everything else is mid 2018 or newer when I built this system. Went all M.2 for storage so no carrying over hard drives. Swapped to SFF, so I needed an SFX power supply, SFF case, and didn't have room for a CD drive. Speakers were replaced last year, got a new mouse and headset for christmas and the keyboard is "new to me" when I grabbed an old one from storage after my other one died last year.
My old tower is still kicking around in use by my brother. It has the original case, HDD, and PSU from 2008.
My old tower is still kicking around in use by my brother. It has the original case, HDD, and PSU from 2008.
My pc case is from 2005...my mobo and cpu are from 2008/09 Asus P5Q pro and intel Q9550 core 2 quad
240GB Kingston SSD, was my boot drive in my 2011 PC. Still use it in my current build to install games, because why not?
It's the only component which made it I to my 2014 build which I still have (I have £2,000 saved to build this a new generation lasting beast this year with Zen 3 and RTX3000)
It's the only component which made it I to my 2014 build which I still have (I have £2,000 saved to build this a new generation lasting beast this year with Zen 3 and RTX3000)
500GB SSD. Im on my second PC and thats the only part i reused. Not that i couldn't reuse others but i went somewhat budget on the first one with the intention of upgrading it later whoch i did with an entirely new rig, I also needed a second PC to leave at home in Portugal. I didn't go to Portugal yet so the second one isn't quite complete. It needs a new SSD since im keeping this one on my main PC in addition to another 1TB SSD i boight and a windows lincese. And i kept using the monitor as a second monitor but now i can't go back zo single monitor so eventually i'll upgrade my current monitor, use the most recent one as my second monitor and then i'll bring the ancient one to Portugal with the second PC.
I'm still using a samsung 830 256gb from around the same time, these things have amazing endurance, so much more reliable than any mechanical.
Probably my CPU or motherboard. I don't remember what model my motherboard is other than it being ASUS, and my CPU is an i5 2300 that I bought 8 years ago lmao. Every time I was able to get a better one, a newer gen was just around the corner so I waited. But I think I waited long enough. Or will have waited long enough when Ryzen 4000 series come out. An upgrade is long overdue and I intend to upgrade when the next generation of CPUs and GPUs are released.
CPU, board, and ram are all 4 years old. Though after reading some of the replies here, I probably have a HDD that is from 2008 that now just stores some old documents.
My PSU is 4 years old now. A 23" 1080p Dell monitor that's 5 years old... I use it as a second screen now.
Probably my case. Bitfenix Shinobi XL, which is from 2012? I'm also not the original owner. It was given to me by another member at gaf a year later
My PC is 7 years old with the exception of an SSD and a RX 580. Mid range AM3 Platform with an FX6300 and GB Ram. After the GPU upgrade I can't see myself building a new PC anytime soon, there's just too many games to play.
I bought a good high-end PC in 2015 w/everything latest.
Water-cooled GTX 980 Ti 6GB.
Water-cooled i7 6700K Skylake.
M.2 SSD 2150 MBps. This has essentially made the system feel forever fresh.
16 GB DDR4 RAM.
Still way more performent than pricey high-end laptops I have had through work in the following years.
Water-cooled GTX 980 Ti 6GB.
Water-cooled i7 6700K Skylake.
M.2 SSD 2150 MBps. This has essentially made the system feel forever fresh.
16 GB DDR4 RAM.
Still way more performent than pricey high-end laptops I have had through work in the following years.
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Definitely the motherboard and ram for me. Motherboard is an Asus Maximus Hero 7, and the ram is a pair of Corsair vengeance sticks from like early 2010. This year I upgraded the GPU to an RTX 2060 Super and moved everything to an NZXT H510i.
Geez, I've been upgrading a lot of my stuff more recently. It used to be, like other people, a hard drive (I still had an old Velociraptor installed until like... 4 or 5 years ago).
It might have to be my older SSD. A 250GB Samsung EVO I use for my system drive. The 500GB Samsung EVO I use for games I might've got at around the same time, but maybe a month or two later or something.
It might have to be my older SSD. A 250GB Samsung EVO I use for my system drive. The 500GB Samsung EVO I use for games I might've got at around the same time, but maybe a month or two later or something.
It's a tie between my keyboard (Saitek Eclipse 2) and my secondary monitor (Samsung 1440x900) both from late 2006/early 2007.
I've been thinking about replacing the keyboard, but honestly it works fine so I can't justify it.
I've been thinking about replacing the keyboard, but honestly it works fine so I can't justify it.