What's the oldest component in your current rig?

Rebelius · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:17

CD-RW/DVD combo drive from about 2003 - it's the second optical drive now.

neodude · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:17

Firewire card.

Cupra · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:18

my psu i got 6 months ago Silverstone st1000

Chopper · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:27

My Coolermaster Praetorian case, must be around 5ish years old.

setter · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:28

a pair of samsung dvd drives and my hdd are all over three and a half years old. bought along with an enermax noisetaker 600w that i finally retired this week.

snowdog · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:29

Ancient 250 gb WD... 4 or 5 years old by now...

A few 80 mm fans over 7 years old.

yhack · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:39

Monitor from 1998.
I need to highlight images to see what's happening in the dark areas

Mark A · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:40

All my components are 3 years old, bar one of 2 bits. Time for an upgrade i think

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Snookray · 13 Jul 2008 at 23:51

X-Fi sound card bought novemberish 2005, back when it was a 100 notes.

ken1307 · 14 Jul 2008 at 02:06

My Lian-li PC7 (the original one)

"andy" · 14 Jul 2008 at 02:08

20gb maxtor ide drive. its half height and really really really slow. thats all i know

Jez · 14 Jul 2008 at 02:10

People still call computers "rigs" do they? Having heard that in a long time

Oldest component in my 6 month old HP system is....6 months.

Tute · 14 Jul 2008 at 02:12

Probably the PSU, which is about a year old.

The rest is all pretty new.

ojste · 14 Jul 2008 at 03:00

ive got a cd writer in mine! must be like 6+ years old :|

Mark A · 14 Jul 2008 at 03:05

Forgot all about my floppy drive (as i never use it) i robbed that from my very first PC so must be over 6 years old.

manveruppd · 14 Jul 2008 at 04:53

My case is an Antec 180p variant made for Panrix Computers, a local OEM manufacturer that went bust in 2002. Since it's stamped with the Panrix logo (despite saying "Antec design" inside), the case must be at least 6 years old.

Up until last week I had a floppy drive in there that came from a 166MHz Pentium Pro that I bought used for £50 back in 2001. Got rid of it as I never used it. Like ever. At all. (Thought I was tempted to keep it just so I can occasionally take ancient 90s games down from my shelf!

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sniffy · 14 Jul 2008 at 04:59

My CD-R drive must be about 5/6 years old now.

thewanted · 14 Jul 2008 at 06:26

2 x 320GB Western Digital SATA HDD's from about 3 years ago.

Angilion · 14 Jul 2008 at 07:27

The plastic on my FDD looks a bit faded. I can't recall how old it is, but it was old when I last used it and that was 5 years ago.

Ah, wait a mo. It was part of the replacement PC after I was burgled. So it's about 10 years old.

My PSU's old....21st of July 2004. It's its birthday next week! That was a good buy.

Edinho · 14 Jul 2008 at 07:34

Floppy from 1999