QOTW: What is the oldest component in your PC?

[DanceswithUnix]

I think my AM3+ cpu is cooled by a tower heatsink originally purchased for an AM2 Athlon X2. Do heatpipes ever age?

I threw out most of the old junk last time I moved house.

[3dcandy]

Set of speakers from 1990. Not strictly IN my pc however...

[Ravenhearty]

The case and the main 250GB HDD are the only things left from my 2006 PC, everything else is new.

[Kepe]

I've got a 286 PC from 1986, still working, with the original display and keyboard.

But the oldest part in my current PC.. A 120GB SSD from 2012. My oldest still-in-use peripheral must be a Logitech Wingman 3D joystick, I'm quite sure it's over 10 years old. It even has the ancient game port connector, luckily it came with a USB converter.

[nitro912gr]

The case is the last man standing, a OEM one that I have since 2004 when I got a new desktop to use in college.
After changing my Logitech Media Keyboard 600 this summer (which still works fine but some buttons are getting harder to push) the case is the last component that still stands.

The funny thing is that I have bough the replacement already, a cooler master N300 but I haven't moved the system in it yet, because I will soon open my office and I want to system to look brand new.

ofc the other components I changed are still working (aside the fist PSU that I got with the system back in 2004) on other happy computers that doesn't have my requirements

[AGTDenton]

Have you tried changing the CMOS battery? CR2032

I did actually come across a few batteries the other day. If it's accessible without having to remove anything else I'll consider getting under the table, I've generally no enthusiasm when it comes to my own PCs. As it's just a niggly issue I'm happy to live with it

[AvramRazvan]

A Nvdia GTS250

[pastymuncher]

That would be my optical drive at around 7 years old.

[joshg253]

I built my current PC in Apr 2011 -- the case (Cooler Master HAF 912), mobo (ASUS Sabertooth x58), proc (i7-970), half the DIMMs (3 x 4GB 10666 Ripjaws), and DVD-RW (ASUS) are all that remain of the original build.

[joshg253]

Just realized my speakers (Logitech Z-560) are from '01-02. They're not IN my PC though. :\

[iranu]

Hmmn, probably keyboard and then PSU. Keyboard is a Cherry (turns it upside down) "CyBo@rd" G83-13500L. Yes they did use an @ instead of an "a". It's got multimedia buttons and everything! Was one of the few keyboards on the market that had USB ports when I bought it. A quick look online shows the manual was first published in 2001. Mine isn't as old as that, but I must have had it more than 10 years, I can't remember using anything else.

PSU is a Corsair HX620W. That's around 7 to 8 years old.

[BadHead]

All my PC components are current. However, my case is an old Akasa Eclipse 62, which I bought in 2008 or so. Its been painted many times and has had the plastic front facia replaced, but it is still going strong. I love it and still have not seen a case that can come close to it for flexibility and mobility. I love that you can attach a backplate behind a door on the front - that's where I have put 2x USB3 ports. But what I particularly like about the Eclipse, is that it has wheels. Why do no case manufacturers add wheels to their cases, do they not know how much easier wheels make when moving a heavy, component stuffed case across a rug. Why don't they make them like the Eclipse 62 any more?

[BobF64]

Mouse pad from about 1996.

As for "old" hardware, I have an AMD K6 233, with RAM and board in a box somewhere, a Matrox Mystique and Diamond Monster 3D from about 1997 to 1998.

Not put together mind you, but could be assembled again.

Actual main PC is only a few years old.

[aidanjt]

The oldest component in my computer is a 5 year old bluray drive, it used to be a 7 or 8 year old PSU, but the fan gave out so I knew it was more than time to replace it, my little fan replacement job on the old one is doing the job alright though, and I'm still using it to power my old x58, i7-920 machine.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The SSD I won from Hexus.

[g8ina]

My keyboard was bought by my company in 2001, still going strong.