Poll: How old is your current PC?

Martin

Lifer
Jan 15, 2000
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Let's say the your main home pc / the one you use the most.

I was just talking to someone and realized I built my current computer 5 years ago. My speakers are 8 years old, but my monitor is 2 years old.
 

Kirby

Lifer
Apr 10, 2006
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Various parts are different ages. Don't care to try to recall. Sorry.
 
Oct 25, 2006
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I would say the "soul" of the computer is around 6 years old. I believe I made this in 2003.

AMD 64 3200+
Radeon 9600
512 MB Ram

This is still my main computer, though I've replaced the PSU, increased the Ram to 1.5 gb, and given it a couple extra gigabytes of HDD space.

Still going strong.
 

nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
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my motherboard is the oldest part at 2 years old, not counting periphials (my monitor is 6-7 years old)

probably upgrading it this summer.
 

xanis

Lifer
Sep 11, 2005
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Current machine is my laptop, which is about a year and a half old.

My old rig back at home was my first desktop PC ever, and I built it myself. I've had that since sophomore year of HS so it's coming up on 5 years old now.
 

drinkmorejava

Diamond Member
Jun 24, 2004
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AMD64 3400+
1gb ram
the 6800gt died years ago, now I use a 16mb PCI GF420
on my 4th PSU
and an ungodly number of hard drives. Recently upgraded to 2 1tb mirrored.
 

MegaVovaN

Diamond Member
May 20, 2005
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c2d e6700+
8gb ram
8800GT 512mb

That is less than half year old I think

monitor is over 2 years old, a 22" TN panel
 

StinkyPinky

Diamond Member
Jul 6, 2002
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PC is made of parts from different eras. Most of it is about a year old. The floppy disk, is about ten years old.
 

Jimmah

Golden Member
Mar 18, 2005
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AMD 6000+ x2 I got from work free, unknown age
New MB
Ram also free, maybe 4 months old
Video card is new
HDD also new
Case likely a year or so old, also freebie
DVD drive probably 2 years
Monitor recent RMA so it's new
Speakers I got over 6 years ago (new ones from work waiting in a box downstairs, need to build my desk)

 

imported_Imp

Diamond Member
Dec 20, 2005
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3.5-ish

Want to replace it, but no job so don't want to dent savings. Also, I really don't feel like adjusting to Windows Vista when the new one comes out in a year or so. I could still buy Windows XP, but then it'd be outdated with no DirectX 10. That and having to transfer all my shit over.
 

Baked

Lifer
Dec 28, 2004
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I have no idea, you'll have to to check my sig. It plays WoW, it's all that matters.
 

eplebnista

Lifer
Dec 3, 2001
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Laptop IBM r51: ~4 years old(bought used six months ago), desktop homebuilt amd s939 winnie 3200 nf4: 4 years old
 

alkalinetaupehat

Senior member
Mar 3, 2008
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She'll turn one four months exactly before I'm 19, it's been fun and we'll see when I do any core upgrades given college and my changing needs from a computer. Last system is still used as a backup LAN rig and can do L4D alright. It's about 6 years old too.
 

spacejamz

Lifer
Mar 31, 2003
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damn you fat wallet!!! bought a HP 9300t system w/ Q9300 quad core for around $550 after ms live cashback in Sept 2008, about $250 off the going rate back then...put in an 8800GT 512MB video card, upgraded power supply and 6GB of RAM...

just pulled up my order on hp...

orig price was $1099...it was on sale and I had a coupon that bought the price down to $670 shipped and then got $100 MS LIVE cash back 60 days later...

HP Pavilion Elite m9300t customizable Desktop PC

* ? Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
* ? Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9300 (2.5GHz)
* ? FREE UPGRADE to 3GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM from 2GB
* ? 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI
* ? 320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
* ? No additional (Ethernet LAN port on system board)
* ? LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
* ? 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio
* ? ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote
* ? None (Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/ front audio ports)
* ? Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
* ? Norton Internet Security(TM) 2008 - 15 month
* ? HP keyboard and HP optical mouse
* ? HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

put it all in bigger case also...

my asus netbook is about 5 months old...
 

Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
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Its hard to say really, it is a mix of parts old and new.
HD are several years, some still scsi.
motherboard and ram + video card are new.
power supply is 2 years old.
Case 2 years.
Monitors are new this year except one that is 4 years old.
 

Mr Smiley

Senior member
Oct 12, 2004
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My Pentium 4 (Northwood) is around 8 years old but the 6800gt is 4yrs. My hard drives vary in age.
First thing I am doing when I get out of college is building a new computer.