Said 110 Years
But they do deteriate over the years. The older they get the slower they get. Some people have only had them for 4-5 years before they die.
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Howdy, I've just found out a hard drive has an incredible lifetime, take a guess upon the estimated lifeline.
Poll closes 1 week from now. Answer will be released then also.
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Said 110 Years
But they do deteriate over the years. The older they get the slower they get. Some people have only had them for 4-5 years before they die.
CPU: Core 2 E2180 @ 3.2 Ghz |
M/B: MSI P965 |
RAM: 2x1 GB OCZ Platinum |
GPU: X800 GTO |
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i hate hard drives, when will we all be using solid state drives, i've already been waiting 5 years for these to get cheaper and start to shows signs of hitting the mainstream.
(chose 110 years even though I really wanted to say 6 months)
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RAM: 1024 MB Corsair XMS2 @ 800 MHz |
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voted for 104 yrs.?
damn if this is true processors should last for what 250 yrs.![]()
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / 3.30GHz |
M/B: ASUS P5Q-E |
RAM: 8.00GB DDR2 1066 PC8500 |
GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5 800MHz/3,700MHz + GeForce 8600GT |
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Just looked at results, scores will be posted on the weekend.
Hint: This guess has hardly been chosen or picked at all.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / 3.30GHz |
M/B: ASUS P5Q-E |
RAM: 8.00GB DDR2 1066 PC8500 |
GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5 800MHz/3,700MHz + GeForce 8600GT |
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And the answer is
114 Years
Mine lasted 1 1/2 years :mad:
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M/B: Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 5 |
RAM: 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 2400MHz @stock timings |
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 |
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i have 2 hard drives that are 4+ years old and they still work like new![]()
What?
CPU: Core 2 E2180 @ 3.2 Ghz |
M/B: MSI P965 |
RAM: 2x1 GB OCZ Platinum |
GPU: X800 GTO |
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yeah but this 114 years stuff is probably if its left in its packaging in a warehouse, go back 100 years later and chances are it will still work if you install it.
Actual lifespan of a running hard drive is part of the spec, the MTBF (mean time beteen failure), in hitachi's case i think it must be about 20 minutes...perhaps 25 minutes if you get a good one.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / 3.30GHz |
M/B: ASUS P5Q-E |
RAM: 8.00GB DDR2 1066 PC8500 |
GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5 800MHz/3,700MHz + GeForce 8600GT |
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CPU: Pentium(R) 4 1.79 (singlecore) |
M/B: brobrably an old one |
RAM: RAM:512MB |
GPU: radeon 9000 pro :'( |
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i think mine is already dead XD
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Argh, i just bought a Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) please tell me that hitachi's arnt really unrealible! Haha.
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RAM: 2 x 2 Gig OCZ Reaper 800 MHZ |
GPU: Evga 8800 GTS 640 MB |
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Lol how has this length of time been tested ? Have hard drives raelly been around that long![]()
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GPU: HD3870 512Mb @875Mhz core, 1261Mhz memory |
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the oldest working one i ever had was 11years, and its still going as a tiny second hard drive in my mates pc.its almost 12years now infact.its a little slow, but it runs.he uses it when he reformats to hold on to important documents. It was pretty state-of-the-art back then, at 1.92gb! shows how much we'v come forward in a decade.
p.s this is a realy old thread but i like my story :P
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RAM: 2x1GB Patriot 800 4-4-4-12 @776 |
GPU: Leadtek PX8600GT 256MB 594-Core,1458-Shader,900-RAM (1800 effective) |
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Isn't that just based on the MTBF? Those numbers assume you're replacing the drive periodically, I think based on when the retail warranty is up.