Mine is randomly hanging up. It’s either bad memory sticks, hard drives failing (again). Or, it’s finally time to splurge on a new system and retire this one after 12 years of loyal service.
My I7-3770 died last week with “no memory installed” errors no matter which stick or slot. It was a trooper until the end.
I suspect it’s the graphics card. It’s been 6 years with me and it was refurbished when I got it.
I had a semi-similar issue where games would randomly “freeze” - or rather, you could still hear stuff happening and reacting to key inputs, but the screen was completely frozen. Turns out slightly lowering the clock speed of my GPU basically fixed the issue. I wonder if something similar would be able to extend the life of your GPU too.
At an admin command prompt, try:
chkdsk /ror
chkdsk /xAnd also maybe check the SMART reports: Monitoring hard disk health with smartmontools
And then run the memory diagnostic: How to run Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Thanks for the well intentions, but so far I know it’s not the disks, I changed them last year. I run Linux Mint, so I use other tools to monitor the disks and memory. I actually suspect it’s the graphics card getting funky because running things in software render mode solves the random hang ups.
I’m there with you. I have no problems but I know I’m pushing my luck.
I’m still rocking my i5 3450 over here! My steam deck is much more powerful than my pc now…
I have an even older (but initially somewhat beefier) i7 2600K. My computer still works just fine. Even for modern games, even with my dusty old GTX1080Ti.
My i7-3990k with a 1060 came out of retirement for Baldurs Gate 3 and now I have plans of giving it a new life as our private cloud gaming computer at home, since my wife decided to start playing some games as well (puzzle games like Creeks).
Private cloud gaming, you say? That sounds like something I might need to look up.
Well built old PCs are like Shermans. The war horse that gets the job done.
my 1070 has 2 out of 3 fans on the blink but still gets the job done
1070 gang checking in
My gt730 envies your 1070.
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My i5-4690k is definitely showing its age. Especially since I have a Titan X Pascal that gets bottlenecked hard. The cpu in my 4 year old non-gaming laptop is more powerful
A i5-6500 is still powerful on everything but windows.
i5-10400 w/RX6600 here. I’m getting older and older but I still feel young
