life cycle

Forum discussion tagged with life cycle.
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    [SOLVED] ARCTIC MX-4 opened tube shelf life? (3 years in a desk drawer)

    hello guys as the title says , i have bought around 2019 the a tube of mx-4 (20gr) i used it 2 times and then i put it my desk drawer, after then i never touched it again.. in a few days though im gonna build a new pc and upgrade my old one so im gonna need it.. is it good to use it? or should...
  2. adriantnt

    [SOLVED] NVME reliability - Kingston DC1000B 480GB vs Gigabyte AORUS 500GB

    I am looking at these two NVME SSD: Kingston DC1000B 480GB PCI Express 3.0 x4 M.2 2280 part: SEDC1000BM8/480G and Gigabyte AORUS 500GB, NVMe Gen4 part: GP-ASM2NE6500GTTD Which one would be more reliable in terms of keeping it's performance after many writes ? I want to use them in computers...
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    [SOLVED] Console vs PC lifecycles

    Why is it that consoles life cycles last like 6-8 years but when people ask about future-proofing pc parts, the answer is always something like only several years? I want to buy a gaming pc that includes "top of the line" parts, but that will also last me as long as a console's life-cycle...
  4. Azevedo

    [SOLVED] Leaving devices ON straight will cause them to have a shorter lifespan?

    Hey there Nowadays devices in general (games consoles, tv/sat decoders, tv boxes, home theaters, etc...) they all have some kind of boot process (POST) I was wondering if leaving those devices always ON will cause them to have a shorter lifespan. (screens are another matter) Will the...
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    What is the smallest PC case type?

    What's the smallest of the PC case types? I'm going to say it's one of these: ATX Mini Tower HTPC MicroATX Desktop MicroATX Mid Tower MicroATX Mini MicroATX Slim Mini ITX Desktop Mini ITX Test Bench Mini ITX Tower Thanks in advanced!