What is the oldest piece of hardware in your pc?

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Post by MasterChef » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:21 pm

My keyboard, first gen logitech g15. Got it shortly after they came out.
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Post by BigBiker05 » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:43 pm

Like Stevo said.

When I moved two of the tabs broke that hold my heatsink to my cpu. So I cut a piece of sprinkler pipe to wedge between the case window and the heatseat.

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Post by Araris » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:10 pm

My 2 EVGA GTX 280s.

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Post by Boss Llama » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:40 am

[quote="Araris";p="236711"]My 2 EVGA GTX 280s.[/quote]

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Post by Rigges » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:31 am

Umm I have a old hard drive in it as a 2nd drive its from out of my old HP pavilion and it is about 10 - 11 years old its not hooked up right now but it does work.

every thing else is only a little over 2 years old except the video card which I got last fall.
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Re: What is the oldest piece of hardware in your pc?

Post by Deslock » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:23 am

The floppy drive. I salvaged that from my original computer. Still works.
15 years old.

The rest of the computer ranges from 4-10 years old.
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Post by tsmitho » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:43 pm

My memory card reader is about 4 years old I think. Newest part is my crap motherboard I got 3 days ago because when I installed my ati 5830 5 days ago it pooped out :P
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Post by El_Hefe » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:31 pm

my logitech z5300 speakers

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Post by gator » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:38 pm

Just built a new PC a few months ago, so my oldest piece of hardware inside is probably my video card, Radeon 4670. Externally connected to it, oldest thing would be my LCD, Dell 2005FPW.

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Re: What is the oldest piece of hardware in your pc?

Post by Checkm8 » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:30 pm

My 40 GB samsung backup hard drive. It's from a custom built PC my parents had made years ago, probably 8 - 10. The beast is heavy but its a great backup drive for my laptop!

HDD's seem to be the most common piece in this thread!
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Post by <eVa>Verman » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:58 pm

I was going to say the power cord, but that's not hardware. :oops:

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Post by Cephas » Thu May 06, 2010 9:19 am

I have a Cisco wireless card I had to purchase to connect my PC to the network at UAkron some 7 years ago. Don't actually use it, as I actually prefer to run Cat 5 & Cat 6 under carpet, just have as a lasting memory of the failed Graduate School experiment.
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Post by Thom Yorke Obliterator » Thu May 06, 2010 10:10 am

Hmm, if the keyboard and speakers count, then they're both 10+ years old.

The keyboard in particular is a real trooper. It replaced a fancy wireless keyboard, which didn't take kindly to having things spilled on it and died after only a month. So I pulled a dusty spare from the storage closet at work and haven't looked back. Ironically, it's called a Dell QuietKey but it's far and away the LOUDEST, clickiest keyboard I've ever had. Gotta love that.
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Post by Boss Llama » Thu May 06, 2010 12:11 pm

@TYO

I've got a Dell QuietKey from August, 2000 still attached to my backup computer. As you said, it isn't quiet, but darned if that thing isn't just about invincible. I love basic standard keyboards!
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Post by Cambietto » Wed May 12, 2010 2:00 am

A Dell keyboard I had since November 2003. And it still works like a charm, despite all the particles and debris under the keys.
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