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by dallyo 1047 days ago
I'm still using a i5 2500k in my desktop PC, and it's still performing adequately. 12 years old!
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Still rocking my i7-950, air-cooled overclocked to almost 4 Ghz for the last 14 years without a single major hiccup. Bi-annual cleaning and a re-paste every 2-3 years has probably helped.

It finally showed its age though about 2 years ago when some new games required new instruction sets and couldn't launch at all. A new build is finally in the works.

My i7 2700k is still my Plex server/sometimes gaming rig (mostly game on the switch nowadays). With a 6650xt I was playing Spiderman at 1440p pretty well. I'll update it someday but I honestly don't really have a need to.
Same. I'm replacing it next week though.

Uncertainty around Taiwan was the thing that finally pushed me to upgrade.