Did your last PC fail or become obsolete?

[VirtualLarry]

Along the same lines of PCs becoming obsolete due to lack of RAM. Except, as a whole, did the platform become obsolete, or did it fail in some way that either wasn't repairable, or did not get repaired by user choice. (Chose to upgrade at that point, rather than repair/replace an obsolete part to get the old system running again.)

If you are going to comment on fail or obsolete, please comment on the computer that you are speaking about.

Edit: I forgot to put an option for "tech lust". If that's the case, pick #4.

 

[RaistlinZ]

My last one was obsolete. An HP running an Athlon 64 3200+, 2GB RAM, 8800GT, crappy HDD. Even opening programs took forever, and it couldn't game worth a crap. I replaced it with the system in my sig.

Should last me another 3 years before it becomes obsolete.

 

[Haserath]

Pentium 4 with an x800 replaced in 09(obsolete).

It was its time.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Pretty much it got too old for me and I replaced it. Except I almost never replace the entire PC at once. I do it in pieces, and typically my hard drive(s) last through at least a couple of those upgrades. I also usually skip a few generations, like for example I had an X1950, skipped the 2 and 3 series, got a 4870, then skipped 4 and 6 series and got a 7950. I do something similar with the CPU also, although not quite as consistently. I went 939 > AM2+ > 775 > AM3 > 1155.

 

[crashtech]

My last PC neither failed nor became obsolete, though "obsolete" is somewhat subjective, but neither can I say I've never had PC components fail.

Some of the components of my last desktop are still plugging away in my daughter's machine.

How should I vote?

 

[Vectronic]

My last computer became obsolete to me.
ASUS P5LD2, Pentium D 915, 1GB RAM, nVidia 6200 TC.

Minus the amount of RAM, still a perfectly good computer for most people. I only had it a year as a sort of stop-gap. Doesn't run cause I took the RAM out for another PC.

Computer before that became obsolete as well, to me.
Dell Dimension 8300, Generic Intel, P4 2.6GHz with HT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (better than ^- that), 1.5GB RAM. Could run, RAM stolen for another PC.

Computer before that, died only computer that's ever died on me.
Compaq Presario 5000, forget the mobo, Duron 800, 256MB RAM, onboard video.

Computer before that, s**t can't remember now... V something 575... Pentium 75MHz that could OC to 100MHz (lol), 16MB RAM... seriously though, wish I had kept it, great little case, and it's probably still running somewhere.

Before that, VIC 20, and such and such.

Current PC: Fractal Design R4 /w window, ASRock Z77 Ext4, i5 3570K, 8GB RAM, SSD, blah blah blah.

Also have (and still running) a HP Pavilion Q6600, Toshiba Laptop, old Vaio Laptop... then various 1GHz-ish computers all functional, none functioning... but they are all adoptions, not my primary computer, or ones I bought specifically.

 

[Centauri]

I've never had a system fail or become obsolete before my tech lust had me replacing hardware unnecessarily anyways. The closest I've ever gotten to obsoleting hardware is my current C2D MacBook from 2008 - though it's still plenty robust with an SSD for my everyday computing.

 

[frozentundra123456]

A bit of both. My last comp was starting to shut down and restart randomly, and was getting slow for gaming. So I got a new one, and retired the old one to backup status and for recording TV with a cable box.

 

[gevorg]

My last PC did not fail and did not become obsolete, but I still wanted to upgrade.

 

[sandorski]

Obsolete, but when I took it apart and saw how many bulging Caps I had, it was close to failing.

 

[Ketchup]

My last one was stolen.

 

[HutchinsonJC]

Somewhat obsolete, but not really replaced. Still use the older machine along with the new.

 

[tweakboy]

Is a Q6600 GO oobsolete ? I dont think so. Moder warefare 3 gave me 39fps from beginning scene and on. Then I did a nice upgrade and now its 43 to 44fps.

Dude if you have a core 2 quad,, there is no bottlenecking. A core 2 @ 2.8Ghz will even play good and excellent getting pretty much all you can get out of GPU.

 

[pyjujiop]

I almost always replace components before they become obsolete by my own standards, which are different for each machine that I have. My primary laptop is still a C2D-based machine, but my desktop has been upgraded to an Athlon II X4, to a Phenom II X6, to an FX-8350 since I last ran a C2D on the desktop more than four years ago.

 

[Blitzvogel]

My Phenom 2 x4 and Radeon 5850 are starting to feel old. Well to me at least.

 

[ultimatebob]

My old Core 2 Duo gaming rig gave me 5 years of reliable service before I replaced it. The only problems I ever had with it were Windows Vista related driver issues.

 

[Necc]

Became obsolete E2180, 8800GTS 320MB, 2GB Ram..sold it in parts and invested the money in the new system.

 

[Zorander]

Obsolete.

A64 X2 4600+, 2GB RAM, HD3850 AGP. Can't play HD videos without GPU hardware acceleration (support for which was still patchy); Bottlenecked in games easily even at low to medium settings. It gave me 5 years of service worth though.

Sold most of its components for pretty good prices to fund my current one.

 

[Rifter]

Failed, the mobo went and it was to old to get a replacement and even if i could have found a new replacement it would not have been worth the money to put into that system anyways.

 

[TallBill]

I threw my phone through my laptop and lost both in one swoop.

 

[Idontcare]

I voted "both".

The majority of my desktops were replaced before they experienced component failure. They were obsolete by my personal threshold.

But my laptops always tend to fail and then get replaced. And that has been the standard since my first laptop circa 1994.

My most recent laptop to fail was one which died because the trackpad stopped working, and being integrated into the shell of the laptop was not replaceable. (the surface itself was pitted)

The one before that died at the charger plug, the plug got so loose that it would not longer recognize and electrical connection and that was the end of that.

 

[DominionSeraph]

My X2 5200+, 2GB, 9600GT machine was still going strong. I just happened to get a free Phenom II X4 945 and 6770 when my BIL upgraded.

And still running 2GB RAM.

 

[iCyborg]

Voted 'replaced for being obsolete'.
I replaced single core P4 2.4 with i7 920 in 2008, now that was a bump in performance, and GF Ti4200 to 4870 too. I did make 2 changes: 256G SSD and replaced 4870 GPU with 7950 last summer.
I don't see any need to replace it in the near future, and I no longer feel enthusiastic about tinkering with builds and stuff, it's an afternoon I could spend better... I'll probably wait for DDR4 to come before replacing it, assuming it doesn't fail.

The poll questions is somewhat imprecise: it asks about the last PC, but the answers include more

 

[tracerbullet]

I built my last PC several years ago, it was fine, but I got the bug to do it again. Ordered a bunch of stuff over Black Friday, put it together, and broke down the current one and sold it on ebay. I guess that's tech lust, so I'll choose #4 as described (which is funny, because new PC user I am not, was fixing them with 5.25" drives, first owned was a dumpster reclaimed 086, and my first purchase was a DX4-100).

 

[motsm]

I normally have friends that will buy my old rigs, so I always sell and upgrade while everything is in perfect working order.