How long does a processor last

[Byte]

They seem to last forever with my upgrading regiments.

 

[n7]

They will nearly always outlast their usefulness.

I'd say the CPU is pretty much last thing i'd worry about dying on a system.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Byte
They seem to last forever with my upgrading regiments.

isn't it a good thing when compenents last a long time and dont become faulty, i prefer it that way otherwise you have to spend more money to replace it

 

[maluckey]

Yeah, in 2000, most were using the blazing fast K62-400 or the screaming Celeron 300!! CPU are obsolete long before they die.

 

[HDTVMan]

I dont think I have had one die yet and its been a long time running that Duron 600 at 930 is still going in my wife's PC.

 

[ProviaFan]

I have strange luck in some areas - I have lost half of the motherboards I've owned to some problem or another (not user's fault AFAIK). However, I have had no problems (taps fist on hardened plant substance) with CPUs.

 

[imported_Starman]

Processors tend to last an extremely long time, but much of that depends on the care the receive over the years. I still have original Apple II machines that work like a charm. I've got 386 and 486 processors that show no signs of ever dying down. Let's put it this way: your CPU will probably outlast you :clock:

 

[theMan]

yup. ive got a 386 system, and i was messing around and turned it on yesterday. worked just like new. it was kinda scary actually. wow.

 

[imported_whatever]

We have a few Apple IIe machines at school that still work fine (we have the software for them and new hardware/software is unnecesary). I'm just surprised the FDD haven't died yet on them (although maybe they did and got replaced unno

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Some museum should take one of these 25+ year old chips thats been in constant use and set it up running constantly in a display, and see how long it will run? "This CPU has been running for XXX years and has performed XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX calculations"

Who knows the damn thing might run for a 100 yrs?

 

[Valkerie]

I've lost plenty of motherboards. Meaning that I have old CPU's collecting dust.

Remember when the Celeron hit 1 GHz? Isn't that a kodak moment, getting it, because you thought it would perform nearly as great as the first time Pentium 4's. What a memory to recollect.

 

[SneakyStuff]

I'm marking almost the 1 1/2 year point on my rig, I love the AXP

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: maluckey
Yeah, in 2000, most were using the blazing fast K62-400 or the screaming Celeron 300!! CPU are obsolete long before they die.

Many Celeron 300's did die before obsolescence. That was due to extreme overclocking though.

A cpu running at stock speeds and kept well cooled will last for a very long time. Overclocked or overheated will dramatically shorten their lifespans though.

 

[coomar]

i remember reading somewhere that they were expected a cpu to last 30 years, amd and intel engineers would have a rough idea, even heavily overclocked cpu's have lasted 5+ years

 

[bim27142]

Originally posted by: Starman
Processors tend to last an extremely long time, but much of that depends on the care the receive over the years. I still have original Apple II machines that work like a charm. I've got 386 and 486 processors that show no signs of ever dying down. Let's put it this way: your CPU will probably outlast you :clock:

probably yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaarrrsss................................................ especially if running only at stock speeds...

 

[SrGuapo]

My dad still has an Apple 1 (yes 1) that he uses in his lab for his spectrometer. I still have a Commodor 64, 486, Pentium Pro, and P3 that still work. Only failure so far was a bad stick of SDRAM in the p3 system...

 

[Jaimie]

Hah, I used a Pentium III 500 Mhz for 7 years until I got my present rig, and it's STILL running downstairs as a temporary media center.

Our local elementary schools still use Apple IIe's for the Oregon Trail and other educational programs.

CPUs last as long as you want them to.

Jaimie

 

[rgreen83]

Originally posted by: maluckey
Yeah, in 2000, most were using the blazing fast K62-400 or the screaming Celeron 300!! CPU are obsolete long before they die.

CPUs arent exactly progressing as fast as they used to.

I must have the worst luck ever though, I had two k7s die recently, neither more than 2 years old. My cheap a$$ is at least gonna buy the retail cpus from now on to guarantee 3 years in case of another freakish thing like that.

By the way, Jaime, Oregon Trail still and always will rock!

 

[gorcorps]

I've had 4 diff systems w/ 4 diff processors. All have lasted over 7 years (except current one, just a few months old) without dying. The ram has lasted that long too. 2 systems were bought used, so they were even older than 7yrs after i was done with em. The mobos are usually good for 5 yrs with my experience. The vid cards die quickly or i just upgrade those first.

 

[IGBT]

..I still have slot a Athlon 950's in use..just upgraded em to xp pro..I don't think I can get mob's for em any more so when the mob's go I guess thats it for em.

 

[Sonikku]

It's when a cpu is starting to get old that you overclock the HELL out of it... Hey, what do you have to lose?