What is the oldest piece of continually running hardware you currently use with your rig?

[GreiverBlade]

main rig :

(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

edit: also the main OS drive that survived all overhaul since 2013~

soooo much for OCZ SSD's aren't reliable ( 97% life remaining according to CrystalDiskInfo) and i bought it second hand for 30 chf back then.


retro rigs:

(plus a tons of other i use from time to time buuuuuuut .... well not specially currently )

 

[Frick]

The typewriter (HP2510p) is from 2007. WD Blues from 2013. GTX760 from 2013. The Line6 GX1 I have is of the TonePort area iirc so pre 2008, iirc.

 

[rootuser123]

Enermax Revolution 87+ 850W PSU. I have had it since 2015 starting from a 6700K build.

 

[P4-630]

(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

That's good to know, my seasonic is just only about a year old now and expect it to live on for many more years.
Did yours have in-wire capacitors?

 

[BATOFF3]

Logitech G15 Keyboard and 3D extreme joystick

 

[jjnissanpatfan]

I have to say this MSI X58 motherbard. This thing has been used every single day since 2009, overclocked from day one. The 2 onboard lan ports fired, the sound is fried and 4 of the 6 ram slots do not work. I have sound card, lan card and SSD overclocked X5560 to 4.0 and still works amazing. Also my Logitech G-15 keyboard 2008 ish...only one I use and MX518 mouse same time 2007-2009. I so want to build a new computer but I am cheap also..and this PC works so well I can hot justify the money. I keep telling myself when this PC dies I get to build a new system...but it will not die...and its not like I am nice to it. I only dust when needed and paste every few years. And the OCZ 700 power supply from 2009 also..they will die one day..And I will build a Ryzen25 or Intel Core I50 lol.

 

[EarthDog]

I have to say this MSI X58 motherbard. This thing has been used every single day since 2009, overclocked from day one. The 2 onboard lan ports fired, the sound is fried and 4 of the 6 ram slots do not work. I have sound card, lan card and SSD overclocked X5560 to 4.0 and still works amazing. Also my Logitech G-15 keyboard 2008 ish...only one I use and MX518 mouse same time 2007-2009. I so want to build a new computer but I am cheap also..and this PC works so well I can hot justify the money. I keep telling myself when this PC dies I get to build a new system...but it will not die...and its not like I am nice to it. I only dust when needed and paste every few years. And the OCZ 700 power supply from 2009 also..they will die one day..And I will build a Ryzen25 or Intel Core I50 lol.

If that isnt dead already, it's certainly in life support considering all the add in cards for functionality.

 

[GreiverBlade]

That's good to know, my seasonic is just only about a year old now and expect it to live on for many more years.
Did yours have in-wire capacitors?

nope no in wire caps as far as i see (completely flat cable ) usually good PSU have their ripple suppressor cap on the PCB where the modular connector are (afaik i never had any PSU with in wire caps )

oh and 4 rig meant at last (i have her since mmhhhh ~ 2013 just like the Vertex III) almost 2yrs continuous use per rig

 

[Ferrum Master]

IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 that's 1999 my main driver ar work.

 

[jjnissanpatfan]

If that isnt dead already, it's certainly in life support considering all the add in cards for functionality.

I would agree except..the onboard sound and lan fried in the first week. I had the first revision of the I7 the 920 and did not go past 3.9...and I tried and tried to get to 4.0 so the board has been on life support since 2009.

 

[Splinterdog]

I'm still using my Cambridge Soundworks FourPoint speakers which throw out a surprisingly good sound and I've never found a good reason to change them.
Picked them up in a PC World (Hereford, UK) bargain bin in 2000 for £10 and have moved house five times since then with no issues at all.

 

[EarthDog]

I would agree except..the onboard sound and lan fried in the first week. I had the first revision of the I7 the 920 and did not go past 3.9...and I tried and tried to get to 4.0 so the board has been on life support since 2009.

Brain dead since the first week.. oof.

 

[dhdude]

main rig :
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(4 rig overhaul and she's still here)

edit: also the main OS drive that survived all overhaul since 2013~
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soooo much for OCZ SSD's aren't reliable ( 97% life remaining according to CrystalDiskInfo) and i bought it second hand for 30 chf back then.


retro rigs:
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(plus a tons of other i use from time to time buuuuuuut .... well not specially currently )

Same with my 850w, M2II Bronze. Awesome PSU. Now that I've said that, mine will probably fail or something

 

[s3thra]

I have some pretty old gear just lying around and also in use in my retro PCs, but the oldest component in my main Ryzen 2600 rig is my 2TB storage disk. It’s a Seagate Barracuda from about 2011/12.

 

[neatfeatguy]

A 500GB WD Blue Caviar HDD - had it for the duration of my last build and my current....so, about 10 years now.

Otherwise my keyboard is older since I've had it before I got married.....got it sometime around year 2000:

(image is not my actual keyboard)
MS Natural Keyboard Elite

Best ergonomic keyboard I've found and used. I've tried a handful of others over the years, but they all suck in comparison. I even tried the newer Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 - what a POS.

 

[Arctucas]

UPS - APC Back-UPS RS1500LCD.

Bought it in 2007, on its fourth set of batteries, but still going strong.

Saved me a couple of times when the power went out in the middle of a game.

 

[Vario]

Beige Acoustic Research 2 channel PC speakers, these are from a family computer from the mid 1990s. I am still using them now because they work reasonably well. I had to replace the AC adapter.
Filco Majestouch II TKL keyboard, bought it used in 2013 and still using it now.

 

[tripleclicker]

My mouse, a Logitech Wheel Mouse model M-BJ58 (early optical mice). Replaced the buttons because they were doubleclicking. It's my second mouse that used to belong to my very first pc which I bought with my own salary in 1997. I'm planning to replace it with a wireless one, probably a M720 Triathlon, but I don't like the rubberized coating, so I'm still waiting if some manufacturer would come up with something better.

Oldest thing INSIDE the PC is a shucked 500GB WD Greenpower drive with manufacturing date Jan 8 2008. It's making sounds, a little slow to wake up after it spins down, but it's still working.
Next oldest thing inside the PC is a 2.5" Hitachi 160GB IDE drive hooked up with an IDE to SATA adapter. It was the reserve drive to my ASUS notebook, which died 3 years ago. I bought it maybe 2010.

Other old stuff are mostly 2.5" external drives.

The newest is a WD Blue 4TB drive.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Oldest for me is my VideoLogic ZXR - 550 5.1 speaker system circa 2003.

 

[DR4G00N]

In my daily I believe it would have to be my Evga 1300 G2, in a few months I will have had it for 6 years.

Ah forgot about my Tt Challenger membrane keyboard, think I've had it for around 7 or 8 years, got it when I built my first PC.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Same with my 850w, M2II Bronze. Awesome PSU. Now that I've said that, mine will probably fail or something

knock on wood as long as she doesn't whine you're fine (ohhhh and it rhymes).
And Seasonic PSUs are fine wine ..... oh my dog, i couldn't resist ...

ah, you made me double check for my SSD tho ....
seems fine ...



actually, i found out some gear from some years back are more resilient than newer hardware, which is why i have a lot of old hardware laying around the livingroom and some use worthy retrorigs for fun

 

[John Naylor]

Have a few that I just retired recently and missed your cutoff that deserve honorble mention.

Nanao FX-somethin somethin 1600 x 1200 CRT that has been used for CAD for 22 or 23 years ... sitting on floor cause its heavy and to lazy to drag out. Was $2200 when i bought it

Wang APC w/ green screen monitor and 8088 CPU. We used it to design the structural members for a national home greenhouse company and continued using it from 1986 to maybe 2018 for that purpose, also sitting on floor.

Have 4 sets of Logitech LS5500s ? Kids were little when we bought ... 30, 29 and 24 now.

Several Logitech G sumethin sumethin LCD KBs.

Focus 9000 series KBs circa 1991

Bunch of SCSI csanners, CD changers, Omega Zip drives and stuff I cant remeber names oof just sitting on desk... functional but not used.

Water cooling components all about 8 years old still in use

One box all circa 2013 ... one Monitor circa

To 560 Ti's circa 2011, 2600k and Asus WS MoBo, Muskin 2 x 8GB, Antec CP-850 PSU, Antec D85 case

 

[tussinman]

Antec 900 case i've had since 2009. It's heavy, has terrible cable mangament, and the front panel connectors don't work but all 4 fans work and my temps are fine so i'm still rocking it.


My parents have a near 10 year old computer in there den that still works fine. Oldest component in it is the 8400GS which was from 2007. Case, powersupply, and processor (Phenom X4) are about 10 years old. Recently upped the ram for free and switch to an SSD and it's still a solid office computer

 

[HossHuge]

Microsoft digital media pro keyboard I bought in 2004 when I first moved to Taiwan. It has English and Mandarin on the keys. It's the only keyboard I've used since!

 

[oobymach]

I think my desktop speakers might be 6 or 7 years old now, and my dac is 5 years now too. I have some flash drives as small as 2gb on my desk. Also have lots of retired hardware kicking around like old ide drives and heatsinks.