Which of your high-end hardware has lasted the longest?

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Never mind the floppy drive you bought in 1990! What of your then-high-end stuff has lasted the longest?

My Maxwell Titan X graphics card, bought in early 2015 is still doing sterling service in my brother's PC. My Acer Nitro 120 Hz 4k monitor from 2019 is in daily use. My colour laser printer from 2014 still chugs away (high end for home use). My Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS is over 20 years old. I still have my Silverstone FT02 case, though I'm not currently using it.
 
I have many many 2012 or older parts that i still have from the first customs i started making.

I almost never have parts fail, i believe some people have more bad luck than others because they never clean anything, run it without proper ventilation and handle stuff roughly etc.
 
Got 5 years of flawless performance out of my R290 once I fitted a cooler that actually cooled.

Installing An Arctic Accelero Xtreme III To A HIS R9 290.

Full before and after photos and temps to follow, but first a few Public Safety Announcements for those considering doing this. 1. Don't attempt this when full of Man Flu as you will forget things.. 2. The standard Accelero Xtreme III kit doesn't come with enough VRAM heat sinks. You will need...
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My Sandybridge i7-2600k.

I used it for 10 years, overclocked it's entire life.

It's still being used today in another build, so 13 years I think.

It will run RDR2 at a decent enough frame rate.
 
Not sure I could quite classify it as high-end, but I am still using what I think is an MSI Fuzzy 945GME2 with pfsense. I am not sure exactly when I picked it up but the socket was from 2006, the 3x intel gigabit LAN ports being the main feature. It has taken some hammering with probably running 24/7 for 10+ years, with passive cooling for a lot of that time!

I have a more modern replacement SFF pc, but have fallen back to the MSI board as I intend to migrate to opnsense and just haven't got round to it.
 
The oldest high-end part that I have and still use is an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD from 2010. It's relegated to an external USB enclosure now, since 60GB isn't big enough to comfortably fit an OS on.

SSDs, monitors, printers etc. are generally the only parts I keep for this long. For things like CPUs and GPUs, once they get past a certain age, the power consumption outweighs the cost of buying newer, more efficient parts. Otherwise, CPUs, RAM, and some other parts last more or less forever.
 
i5 2500k overclocked since birth to 5ghz still going strong…

PSUs seem to last forever too. I’ve never had one go but usually only buy Seasonic. My oldest 650w Seasonic is 14 years old and still running
 
Quartz said:
But was it high-end at the time?
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Panasonic SA-PM27

Not particularly, but honestly the best sounding speakers. Most speaker systems when the base kicks in the rest of the sound gets quieter for whatever reason, but on this it doesn't.

One disadvantage on shipping online, I bought it in Curries or whatever it was, where they had like 20 stereos on display and I went and listened to them all.
 
My Asus PG278Q. Next month it’ll be 9 years old and still going strong. No real plans to change it yet either. I was tempted by the OLED 27” 1440p monitors that came out recently but I’m worried of burn in as I use it for work too.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
Got 5 years of flawless performance out of my R290 once I fitted a cooler that actually cooled.

Installing An Arctic Accelero Xtreme III To A HIS R9 290.

Full before and after photos and temps to follow, but first a few Public Safety Announcements for those considering doing this. 1. Don't attempt this when full of Man Flu as you will forget things.. 2. The standard Accelero Xtreme III kit doesn't come with enough VRAM heat sinks. You will need...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk
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Still using my R290 to this day, although its long overdue retirement.
 
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