Can games kill a PC?

[elitec1912]

So my PC had a problem where it wouldn't boot and say that the disk has failed. We sent it to be repaired and the guy said that the PC's disk failed because there was "too many games" and the strain on the graphics card caused it to failed. I want to know if that's really true or not.

 

[Philballer17]

That's probably the most bullshit anyone has ever fed you. The disk likely failed due to overuse or too many writes over time. Has nothing to do with the games you play. Has nothing to do with your graphics card either. The GPU can run at 100% load with temps higher than 75C and it won't have any effect over your disk drives.

 

[punkncat]

There are several ways that "gaming" can degrade your hardware. Heat, usage, and power drain to capacity can all cause damage or degradation of equipment. Some of it by design, IE a HDD only has so much use in it (typically) before it starts to have issue. This can sometimes happen slow enough that your OS will see it and pop up a notification, and often just dies. Gaming produces more heat within your system. Heat is the enemy of all manner of equipment. Often people have old or underpowered stock GPU within systems that can cause issue with both heat and power fluctuation.


To say that gaming killed the computer, well...maybe but due to multiple issues likely. To consider that this salesman has to dumb down his techo speak to make it sound plausible to the average user, also likely.