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

[thesmokingman]

At this point my 35x pump is nearing four years of service, knock on wood.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That's easy for me, SoundBlaster Live for my Windows ME retro rig.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Most of hardware in my main rig is from 2013. X-Fi Titanium HD is from 2010 I believe.

 

[Grog6]

My model M keyboard is from 1986.

 

[Parn]

Logitech Navigator keyboard, Creative Megaworks THX 550 and C2Q Q9650.

 

[cornemuse]

I use a 'BTC' keyboard I have had since about 1991 - 92. It has (I dont know what you call it-5 pin din?) plug about ¾" diameter, with an adapter to a ps2 plug, then to a usb plug. I just really like the layout. Oh, its made in S Korea, not China. Weighs a ton!

 

[djisas]

My case Termalthake xaser III black and some of it's surviving fans and the Zalman psu...
Why swap when they work fine?
Though im on the market for a new psu...

 

[HossHuge]

This thread is like a trip down memory lane.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This thread is like a trip down memory lane.

Great isn't it!

 

[JustAnEngineer]

When I assembled a new PC around a Ryzen 3600X earlier this year, I re-used an Antec P160 case, but the oldest component carried over through several builds is the Pioneer DVD-106S (connected via a SATA to IDE bridge). It's still working just fine.

Other than the novelty of having such an old drive, I also didn't have the blanking panel to fill the hole in the front of the case if I removed it.

 

[NoJuan999]

I still have an old i7-860 (from 2009) rig that has a Gigabyte HD 6850 (from 2010 or so) in it.
I don't actually use this rig because I have a Ryzen 2600 / B450 rig and my daily use 3700x / X470 rig now.
But I still occasionally boot the the i7-870 rig just to play with.

My 2600 rig is in my old Rosewill Challenger (bought in 2010) case though:

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So technically that Rosewill Challenger case is my oldest piece of hardware that has seen continual use.

 

[27MaD]

My keyboard the HP SK2885, that might be 10 years of daily abusing i can't exactly remember when we got it.
My HDD the WD Blue 500GB, runs well since like 2013, gonna be replaced with a 2.5" SSD soon.
My old Genius Mouse that one lasted for more than 10 years, i replaced it with a Redragon Griffin less than a year ago and i'm still not used to it.
the oldest thing i'm still using right now is definatly my mouse pad, idk when did we get it all i remember is that this is the first and only mouse pad i've ever used since my birth (btw i'm almost 17 and i started using computers at 4-5) it's just a cheap small mouse pad with a wrist rest that my hand doesn't accept any mouse pad without it, my current monitor and my previous case are all around 10 years old know.


And i have a Pentium D945 collecting dust, too many good memories about not being able to do anything with it.

 

[Ruru]

Since I have PCI slots on this Z68 board, I use Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, I love this card

edit: I have a SB Z too, but I like this more.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Since I have PCI slots on this Z68 board, I use Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, I love this card

edit: I have a SB Z too, but I like this more.

I like my SBZ, but I'm with you, the Audigy and XFi's just had a warmer, more natural sound to them. It's difficult to articulate what I mean.

 

[Ruru]

I like my SBZ, but I'm with you, the Audigy and XFi's just had a warmer, more natural sound to them. It's difficult to articulate what I mean.

I know what you mean, I've always loved the sound of Audigy cards.

 

[Decryptor009]

Warm sound means it is actually changing it from it's source sound, which is fine, some like a warmer sound.
The Audigy just gives a clinical representation of sound 1:1

I bought these for that reason and i use optical out or input on anything i can just so i get source quality.

Not quite as bad as using a full on DENON 1906 AVR just for old consoles and a tiny CRT.. but that's my madness, just love to listen to that TVR rip it's V8 and those SC-F103 speakers shaking my head across the room.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

That's easy for me, SoundBlaster Live for my Windows ME retro rig.

I have a Creative Inspire 4.1 surround kit that still works. Well, I’ve lost 1 of the speakers, but it still sounds great otherwise. I can’t recall when I bought mine, but they first started selling in 2002.

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[Ripcord]

scythe Ninja-PLUS Rev B still going strong

 

[Kanan]

Before I switched to new system: Soundblaster X-Fi (PCI) from 2004: 16 years!

Now: Samsung F3 HDD 1 TB from 2010

 

[Xzibit]

I have a Creative Inspire 4.1 surround kit that still works. Well, I’ve lost 1 of the speakers, but it still sounds great otherwise. I can’t recall when I bought mine, but they first started selling in 2002.
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I had to toss mine 3yrs ago. Mine was the 5.1. It developed a hissing and random cut off. Served me well. I remember buying it at CompUSA when they actually had retail stores.

 

[Kanan]

I have a Creative Inspire 4.1 surround kit that still works. Well, I’ve lost 1 of the speakers, but it still sounds great otherwise. I can’t recall when I bought mine, but they first started selling in 2002.
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I had the 6.1 variant of this, it was a really nice beginner set for me back then. Unfortunately it was dead after 5 years. Best thing I did with them: actually watching 6.1 content with my Audigy 2 ZS/X-Fi on my small TV via TV out, Lord of the Rings Special Extended Edition ! DTS ES 6.1 Dscrt. Nothing else worked, the back center was silent for any movie with DD EX despite them saying it can do it, but it wasn't the real deal.

 

[EzioAs]

WD 320 GB HDD. Pre-2010, probably 2007/8

 

[yotano211]

The oldest thing on my current laptop is the mouse that I use. Its the logitech m705 mouse that I've had for about 5-6 years. Only had to change the battery 1 time.

 

[djisas]

I feel the loss of my X-fi sound card, and people say onboard has came a long way, it does not replace a dedicated sound card, I lost part of the joy of using my headphones...

 

[argon]

My Dali Ikon speakers, but I might not even count those for this as the Danish know how to build a speaker properly. It's the kind of speaker that would last close to a lifetime. After that my Topre keyboard, but it has some bits here and there, like the backspace clank-clinking sometimes. Probably going to get a Leopold some time to replace it.

last years i got a pair of dali zensor 5 , hope they will last as my dad old bose from 1980" ......