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by R0b0t1 1871 days ago
It is also important to realize the wear on the chips is relevant on the order of 100 years. What fails on the order of 1-5 years are capacitors and insulation on the power supply coil windings and fan motor windings, but the latter only sometimes.

Capacitors notably derate exponentially with increasing temperature as do many other things.