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Old 5th May 2006, 12:44 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Why would you want to measure the remaining life of your cpu?

If it's dead, you'll have to buy a new one. So, wait for it to die to buy a new one. eg. If you were given a choice, do you want to know when you'll die? Or it's better left as it is?

I like surprises... If I were to know when I'll die, life would not be that fun anymore... you might live the rest of your life knowing you won't have much time. That's just my 2cents and *touch wood*.

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I wouldnt quite agree with what you said...

I think people would like to know the remaining life of their hardware. You dont wanna be in a situation where you're rushing an important project in the middle of the nite & all of a sudden, *zap*, your processor drop dead... & bye bye to your job...
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But it's so much more likely that something other than the CPU will fail. Power supply, whether it's the PC's unit or the actual electricity (or have I been living in Perth with its 3rd world power supply for too long ), hard drive, RAM, OS/software-generated error, etc etc etc.
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Exactly. Anything can fail at anything. If we can predict such things, there won't be beggars.

Seriously, if it dies after say 3 years (warranty period for both Intel and AMD if I'm not mistaken), it's time to get a new one. Just imagine how slow the processors were 3 years ago... My current company has a policy of "must change your computer in 3-4 years". Excellent!
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Old 5th May 2006, 12:18 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I wouldnt quite agree with what you said...

I think people would like to know the remaining life of their hardware. You dont wanna be in a situation where you're rushing an important project in the middle of the nite & all of a sudden, *zap*, your processor drop dead... & bye bye to your job...
But cpu rarely dies. Even my Pentium 2 266Ghz would be running now if the mobo didn't go first.
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Old 6th May 2006, 03:12 AM   #35 (permalink)
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But cpu rarely dies. Even my Pentium 2 266Ghz would be running now if the mobo didn't go first.
hmm, i guess its becoz ppl are changing hardware so frequently like every 1~5years that it doesnt have a chance to "die"
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hmm, i guess its becoz ppl are changing hardware so frequently like every 1~5years that it doesnt have a chance to "die"

True. And I feel that it's not really efficient because you're not able to use it to its full life.
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But cpu rarely dies. Even my Pentium 2 266Ghz would be running now if the mobo didn't go first.
Well you never know.. Some people have had CPUs dying on them..
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True. And I feel that it's not really efficient because you're not able to use it to its full life.
yeah... & its a hobby to overclock... =P
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I still have a Pentium 3 550E running at 806 Mhz.. o/ced it since day 1 back in early 2000 and it still is running fine till today

My previous Athlon XP 1800's died just after 3 years of use (stock speed)

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