> My current PC, which is a Dell P4, 3.0 GHz HT, Win XP 32-bit has lasted me a decade > and it's still running like a charm. And I never had to replace a single part. And I > use it constantly, all the time, everyday for ten straight years. So I don't know why > so many people hate on Dell. My computer is a warrior . Oh and btw, it's still as > fast as it was the day I bought it. I still can't believe it's been ten years. I bet > new computers these days won't last that long. "They don't make'em like they used > to." I think the 'secret' is to shut down the computer when you're finished using it > and to make sure every few years you clean/blow out all the dust in the tower. Ya > won't believe how much dust builds up in there.
At my work we recommend people buy Dell because they to us seem like brilliant machines. Rarely does one fail that isn't by user fault or someone else's fault (like AMD/NVidia chips overheating and cracking the BGA joints). Very few times has there been a board failure.
My PCs are pretty good now I take more care of them. I had no will to upgrade my old Gigabyte board because it worked perfect for me and had no reason to upgrade... Then the crappy Xenta PSU just died out of no where when I was going to reinstall windows and killed the board with it. After diagnosis and much swearing at the thing (and maybe destructive revenge) I decided to buy the best board for my current chip (went for a z77 board in the end) and go from there. I still haven't felt the need to upgrade anything because it works perfect for what I need although if I had the choice I would go for an i3/5 chip and maybe 8gB of ram
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