What is the lifespan of a gaming PC motherboard?

[Shakallia]

If you never dust your PC and use it 24 hrs every single day the last thing to die will be the MB. The only real way to kill a board is to ruin the socket. I would say in most conditions a MB built in the last 7 years will last decades.

Got an asus board from 2012 in a pc I never cleaned still working perfectly.

 

[freeagent]

Stray Cat would also lay on it to get heat.

My neighbors cat is an asshole, he will walk along my fence to piss off my cats, and the little yappy dog we have right now..

 

[Wirko]

However, in a harsher environment like mine, with sea air

Do you actually notice visible corrosion on PC parts? What does it look like?

Noooo... at negative 30c, 50c with the wind mother nature is actively trying to kill you.. she can be a real cold hearted bitch

But you could set up a thermostat... So it only opens the window when the CPU or GPU or 12+4 connector temp is above 65°C or so...

 

[freeagent]

Do you actually notice visible corrosion on PC parts? What does it look like?


But you could set up a thermostat... So it only opens the window when the CPU or GPU or 12+4 connector temp is above 65°C or so...

I hate being cold though.. its 18c right now, when its 16c I need sweaters and my blanket lol.

My PC is in the rec room, which is my space so no desk, my coffee table for kb and mouse, and my garbage, and my TV, computer, and subwoofer are about 8-9 feet from me.

 

[blinnbanir]

My neighbors cat is an asshole, he will walk along my fence to piss off my cats, and the little yappy dog we have right now..

Cats will be Cats. That Cat is just establishing that outside is mine.There are people that run AC hoses into the space where the PC sits in the winter. Of course those are temporary as the Wife would not appreciate the draft unless you have a Duvet.

 

[Chrispy_]

Oldest working system at the office is a Core2 Duo E6420 currently running in it's 17th year 24/7 as the network control server for a laser cutting bed.

I've probably taken it offline for a total of 2-3 days over the years to cover relocation and replacing fans, but apart from that it's ticking over just fine on a cheap mATX P45 motherboard from Asus (from back when Asus weren't overpriced shit)

 

[A Computer Guy]

Do you actually notice visible corrosion on PC parts? What does it look like?


But you could set up a thermostat... So it only opens the window when the CPU or GPU or 12+4 connector temp is above 65°C or so...

Don't forget about condensation issues.

 

[DaemonForce]

That must show in the electric bill.

If you really think about it, this is probably the reason people still run compact AM2/AM3 systems like I do.
Convenient formfactor, good range of good enough low power CPUs (15-45W) that can be had for ~$20.
Can add 2x10GbE SFP+, adapt M.2 NVMe support, dual 720p60 capture or 6th gen NVENC for under ~$30...
Can min/max ##TB of HDD storage over sata2/3 for $120-230 before prices come unglued from reality...
As long as memory is okay and the parts are fast enough, this works out great.

 

[Lew Zealand]

I game on a 10 year old Optiplex at work with an RTX 3056 in it. I mean I'd never game at work but if I did, I'd use a 10 year old Optiplex with an RTX 3056 in it. Currently living it up right now at home with an youthful 8 year old Optiplex with a Quadro M2000 in it.

I'd hope a gaming Mobo would generally outlast an office PC mobo pressed into late-life gaming duties.

 

[lexluthermiester]

RTX 3056

What?!? What is an RTX 3056?? Seriously?

 

[Fokker]

What?!? What is an RTX 3056?? Seriously?

I assumed a typo. I couldn't find any information.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I assumed a typo. I couldn't find any information.

Right? I know OEM sometimes have their own thing, but that one seemed weird.

 

[Deslok]

As everyone has said as long as it's not DOA it's likely to last "until it breaks" I have p3 boards that are fine and p4 boards full of plague it's all down to the component choice of the vendor and how hard you've pushed it, an underbuilt board with a top shelf cpu is going to be slower and have a shorter life than an overbuilt board with the bottom of the stack cpu that might not even need a heatsink.

 

[Lew Zealand]

What?!? What is an RTX 3056?? Seriously?

Shorthand for the cut down 3050 6GB, which shares no major specs with the regular 3050 8GB except the '3050' name. Seriously.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Shorthand for the cut down 3050 6GB. As opposed to the regular 3050 8GB. Seriously.

Yeah, don't do shorthand. Spell things out please.