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Oldest running MAIN PC?

Q1/2008
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
8 GB DDR2 Memory (Maxed)
750 GB SATA Drive

This system has been on 24/7 for the past 5 years and is still my main system to this day. I recently did a rebuild on it, but still using same hard drive, ram, cpu, etc and don't really have any plans on upgrading anytime soon, at least not the main parts.... want to get more/larger hard drives, bigger power supply, etc. I've already replaced the GPU, but I ran the stock GPU (8800 GT) up until a couple months ago.

The system has been through MANY OS's, including XP, Vista, 7, and now 8.

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My pfsense router is a Celeron of somesort, I dont know if you would call it a Main PC. It is 7-8 years old if im not mistaken.

My desktop is a Core 2 Duo or something like that.

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The oldest one in my stable is my dad's Athlon X2 4200+. I think I built that in early 2006. Handed it off to him a few years ago after taking off the OC and putting the hard drives in RAID1 instead of RAID0.

My mom's Athlon XP from 2003 was put out to pasture (or rather out behind the barn) last year.

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Q2/2009 - Sony Vaio laptop with a Core 2 Duo w/4GB ram and I think a Radeon HD 4600-something.

It's my wife's main computer. The integrated wifi has died, so she uses a Buffalo micro USB adapter. Still runs great, and I upgraded the HD from a 320GB 5400rpm drive to a Momentus XT (hybrid).
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Not my main PC but my main Laptop.

Dell Inspiron 5100
Intel P4 2.4ghz
1GB Ram
80 GB 7200rpm HDD
ATI Radeon 9500 32MB Video card.
Bought April 2002 for $2k.

Runs Win 7 pro just fine, actually just as good as XP did.
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Oldest but still running is my HTPC/Media PC. Although, It's about to be replaced with a i3 build.

Athlon 2800+
MSI KT880 Delta
nVidia 7800GS
2Gb DDR 400
It was a gift after building a new machine for someone.

Mid-2008
My main pc is a C2D Wolfdale E8200
Asus P5K-E
4Gb OCZ Reapers
BFG G92 8800 GTS
1Tb WD Black FALS
Though not the latest and greatest out there, it does what I want and need in a timely manner. When it can't, it'll get replaced and re-purposed.

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This is used daily:

Sony Vaio VGN A790
2 GHz Pentium M
2 GB RAM
ATI X600
1900x1200 widescreen
7200 rpm 100 GB UATA
1394a
1 Gb/b,g ethernet/wireless

Have older computers used routinely for work - main one is a Dell PWS 530 and newer/faster computers for other things but the Sony is used more frequently.

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2 Celeron D, 3.2g built late late 2006. I thought these were the cat's meow when I built them.

I actually built 3 of them at the same time but killed one of them recently by breaking my own rule of not being smart enough to update the BIOS.

I will never do that again. See my page for pictures.
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Oldest still running is something of a rebuild due in part to a malfunctioning Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard which I replaced with an Asus P5G41C-M LX. So its as follows:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Asus P5G41C-M LX (supports both DDR2 and DDR3)
8GB DDR3 1600
1TB HDD
8800GTS
Antec 300 case
Antec 650W PSU
Asus Blu-Ray drive
2560x1440 Auria EQ276W 27" IPS LED monitor

And so on,….

This is my Wife’s dedicated telecommute system which is only used about once a week unless there is a real crunch.

I decommissioned the AMD Athlon X2 4800+ / 3800+ / 3500+ / 3000+ and Athlon XP systems some time ago.

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I rebuilt my rig about two or three years ago which is on 24/7 except for Windows updates or a software install that asks for a restart.

Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
4 GB DDR2
Nvidia Quadro 9600 PCI-E
80 GB SATA II (main drive)
640 GB SATA III (slave drive)

I'm planning on replacing the 19" Dell monitor I bought in 2003 for a 24" Dell when I can.
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"Main" PC:
Build Date: Q2/2008
MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
CPU: Intel Q6600 @2.4GHz
RAM:3GB DDR2/800MHz (Kingston Hyper-X)
SATA: WD 320GB, WD 1TB
VIDEO: Nvidia GF8400GS 512MB
NIC: 1GB/E
SOUND: Realtek Onboard
OS: WinXP

"Oldest" RUNNING PC: (24/7 TD BOINC Cruncher)
Build Date: (Circa 2002)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA6VTX-D
CPU: 2X Pentium-III @1GHz (DUAL CPU)
RAM: 1GB PC133 SDRAM (Generic)
IDE: QUANTUM Fireball 20.5GB
VIDEO: ATI RAGE XL 128 AGP 2X
NIC: 10/100BT
OS: Win2K
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Mine is my Oct-2006 Core 2 Duo E6600 on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe. Used daily. I've since added RAM (to 6 GB), hard drives and a few other things. Replaced the original power supply last week when the old one (a 600W Seasonic S12) burnt up. Otherwise it's been the most rock-solid machine I've ever put together.
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My son's PC, which was my old hand me down, built in 2001. It runs XP Pro and he uses it to play some games. Inwin case, P4/1.6A O/C'd to 2.1, Asus P4B266 mobo, 1GB of RAM. Just about every part has been swapped out at least once except for the mobo and CPU.

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Oldest? My main rig has:
Intel i7-2600k /ASRock P67 Extreme4 /4x 4Gb G.Skill /2x Intel 510 series 250Gb SSD /3x WD20EADS 2TB /2x PNY GTX 260 /Silverstone 850W /Custom water cooler /Antec Twelve-Hundred

I have others that are slower, but they are all newer.

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Built: February 2004
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2GHz
Heatsink: Non-AMD generic coupled with Arctic Silver 5
Mobo: Syntax SV266AD
Memory: 1GB PC2100 (originally 512MB)
Display: NVIDIA 6200 512MB GPU in AGP 4X slot
Network: Intel 1gigibit PCI card (on board 100megabit not used)
HDD: Hitachi 500GB PATA (originally a couple of 80GB drives)
PSU: 350 watt
Burner: Plextor PX-708A added April 2004
OS: Windows XP Pro

Original mobo battery replaced in the last month.

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Oldest is my editing machine. It started out life as:

Dual Quad Xeons, 4Gb Ram. XP PRO, Boot off Sata. Quadro FX 560 display, one CRT monitor, DVD/RW.... That's how I got it 'into the house' in 2004.

Is now:
Dual Quad Xeons, 24Gb Ram, W7-64, Boot off 15KRPM SCSI 320, 5 Sata Drives: 2TB Drive Raid 0, 2x 1TB Drives, 1x 128Gb SSD (Cache and Cache Database), DVD/RW, BD/RW, Firewire A/B, DV Transverter, USBV3 & 2x 500Gb Drives, Quadro fx 4800 Display, 2x 23" 16x9 Displays, Shuttle Pro V2 knob.

Old, Yes.... Still Kicking... DEFINATELY!!

EDIT!!! Just pulled out the USBV3 card, and replaced with a Matrox Camera Capture interface card!

Now I'm looking for a PCI-X slot USBV3 Card!
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BUILT: Meh I forget. >3 years ago
BOARD: Intel DX38BT
PROCESSOR: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333mhz

Even though it's long in the tooth on these specs, it's very competitive because it has some high end hardware
2xGPU Radeon 580's Crossfire
ePCI RevoDrive
SSD Samsung 840pro

It will handle everything I throw at it (SC2, BF3, Skyrim, etc etc). Even so an upgrade will come this year.
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Laptop:
Started out life as: Dell Inspiron 1720 4Gb Ram, 2CPU 1.86Ghz, Vista Home, DVD/RW Bought in~2007.

Now is:
Dell Inpiron 1720, 6Gb Ram, 2CPU 2.2Ghz W7-64, DVD/RW, external BD/RW, External 1Tb Raid 0, Shuttle Pro2 Knob.

Old Yes.... Still Kicking??? DEFINATELY!!
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My work PC was built in October 2003. It has a single-core Pentium of some sort, and 1 GB of RAM.