Poll: How old is your current PC?

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MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
60,801
10
0
Various parts are different ages, but the CPU/motherboard/memory are all about four months old.
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
48,920
46
91
Just bought a new one a few weeks ago to replace a 3 year old PC (Pentium D 820)
My laptop will be 2 years old on Black Friday (purchased at 9:00 PM, the only time I'm willing to go into a store on Black Friday)
 

AnonymouseUser

Diamond Member
May 14, 2003
9,943
107
106
Case 6 months
Video card 4 months
Mobo + cpu 3 months
Hard drive 4 years
DVD burner 6 years (?)
Keyboard 8 years
Mouse 8 months
Speakers (temp) 9 years
Sound card 8 years
OS 6 months
 

imported_Imp

Diamond Member
Dec 20, 2005
9,148
0
0
Speaking of, I'm thinking about getting a Dell Mini 10 or 9 just for surfing on the go. While I love my Hi-fi and 24" monitor, I do enjoy sitting in the living room infront of the TV more.
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
36,041
472
126
Upgraded in late November. Only thing old is my processor as I've had that for 3 years but everything else was replaced in late November.
 

roid450

Senior member
Sep 4, 2008
858
0
0
This PC was built at the end of September last yr

My SONY Vaio is 2 yrs old now
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
21,204
66
91
5+ years

2.4 GHz Pentium 4

I've been wanting to upgrade for a while, but now that it's been so long it'll have to be a total build.

I've gotten pretty used to fanless everything so it's not going to be cheap, but I really want a SSD.

 

Kaervak

Diamond Member
Jul 18, 2001
8,460
2
81
My T23 was manufactured in August of 2002, bought it used from Craigslist for $75 in 09/06. My Inspiron 8200 was manufactured in September of 2002, bought it brand new for $1700. What a stupid decision that was. I've pretty much stopped caring about computer hardware for the most part. I figure I'll upgrade to something newer when a used C2D laptop is around $200.
 

Mo0o

Lifer
Jul 31, 2001
24,227
3
76
Main PC going on 5 years now.

2.8GHz Pentium 4
Went from Radeon 9800 to to Geforce 6600GT
Went from 512mb to 1gig
Up'ed my PSU to 250W (ahha yeah I know)

other than that, nochanges. Still the same 40 gig HD. Everything works just fine and does everything I need it do it.

Once med school started I bought a laptop (Latitude D420) rather than upgrading my desktop.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
66,411
14,817
146
Original build was fall 2003. upgraded the CPU in 2004, mobo and vid card in 2005, (with 2003-4 technology) HDD in 2006 and PSU in 2007
 
Oct 4, 2004
10,515
6
81
Athlon 64 socket 754 2800+ and it runs ridiculously hot. But it has an 8X AGP slot, w00t! 7600GT died so am running it on IGP. :(

I keep thinking I'll upgrade the damn thing. Then I realize I'll never have time to actually get any gaming done so the few games I play, I play at my friends'. Sometimes, I think I might get into still photography and maybe get a AVCHD camcorder as well since I enjoy working with video; might give me incentive to upgrade the damn thing.

So when's Lynnfield coming out again?
 
Aug 26, 2004
14,685
1
76
the one i use the most is my work laptop, it's about 3 months old, my home desktop is pushing 3 years now
 

foghorn67

Lifer
Jan 3, 2006
11,883
63
91
Use my laptop the most. It's about 10 months old. My desktop is about 15 months old, but it can handle anything I can throw at it. (The most tasking game I throw at it is FSX.)
They both should last me quite a while since I hate the upgrade game. I am more of a drive it into the ground, then build a whole new one kind of guy.
 

grrl

Diamond Member
Jun 21, 2001
6,204
1
0
Last upgrade (CPU, PSU, mobo, RAM, vid card) was almost 3 years ago.

 

frostedflakes

Diamond Member
Mar 1, 2005
7,925
1
81
2-2.5 years, which is quite a long time for me. I used to be a lot more into tinkering, overclocking, etc., but my latest system was built with the intention of actually using it instead of it being in pieces half the time. :p

Will probably try to get another year or two out of this system and then build something new from scratch (but reuse the case/PSU of course and maybe a few other parts).
 
May 16, 2000
13,522
0
0
Well, different parts from different times, but my newest part is probably my processor, an Athlon XP 2500. It wasn't just released when I put it in, but it was still about the fastest for that chipset. In the process of upgrading...though I have been for like six months and still haven't finished the system.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
80,287
17,082
136
Mine is just a collection of parts.
The oldest is the floppy drive I never use (and may not even work) which is about 6 years.
The newest is the motherboard and CPU which are about 6 months.
 

Aquaman

Lifer
Dec 17, 1999
25,054
13
0
Sept 2001 Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4 ghz) 1.5 gb PC 2100 ram GeForce 2 Ti Pro

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

skace

Lifer
Jan 23, 2001
14,488
7
81
Just bought an I7, did it out of necessity but it ended up being a great machine.