Bit of a story here.
Beginning (used to have):
I always had financial difficulties. So I had to be carefull of what I picked.
As a result, I used this system for 8 years and it still would work (case and psu were even from 2013):
https://ibb.co/ck33vNb (click on picture to see)
Specs (I didn't know back then what I was doing: look at the CPU-mobo combo and the configfan of the case):
CPU: i7 6700 non k (2015)+stock cooler
Motherboard: Z170 gaming a msi (2015)
RAM: 16gb ram ddr4 2100 speed (2015)
Storage: 1,5tb hdd (2012 but not in use anymore), 240gb ssd (for windows) (2015)
GPU: XFX rx590 8gb VRAM (downvolted, had too cause it ran too hot) (2018) (my 770GTX died in 2017)
PSU: CMX 750w bronze
Case: Aerocool GTA white: 1 120mm frontfan intake, 1 120mm backfan exhaust, 2 120mm topfans exhaust
Display: LG 24GM79G 24inch 1080p 144hz (2019) (before that I used a tv
...)
Middle:
Because, I finally realised what I was doing (after asking so many questions), because my PC wasn't in the ideal airflow and mainly because my PSU was actually bad, my components even suffered from 2015 till 2022. But I kept my components clean and it still worked. 2022 was the year I finally changed my case and PSU resolting in giving the components a bit more lifespan+WAAAY better easthetics:
https://ibb.co/PzqVW73 (click on picture to see)
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PSU: Corsair RMX 750w 80+gold
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 (2 140mm front intake fans+1 140mm back exhaustfan)
Ending:
With a CPU from 2015 and a GPU which was even the worst part of my pc since it made so much noise, was running hot when I didn't want to make it so much noise and was the worst possible card I could have bought, I knew I wouldn't survive very long, eventhough I changed my case and psu.
So the next year 2023 became the year that I did an overhaul and changed everything inside.
I consider myself lucky in the first place that I kept the components alive for so long, but mainly I congratulate myself for taking good care of my components eventhough they had suffered for so long with not an ideal airflow+not ideal power (which could even have potentially killed some components) to begin with. It was VERY expensive but had to do it because now I can try and survive for another 5 years and maybe 10 years if I do it correctly (only changing the cpu and maybe storage).
Pictures:
https://ibb.co/yFWmYkN (click on picture to see)
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Specs:
CPU: R5 7600 no pbo
Motherboard: MSI B650 tomahawk wifi
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 32gb 6000mhz cl30
Storage: Kingston KC3000 1tb
GPU: Sapphire 7700xt Nitro+
PSU: Corsair 750w rmx
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2
Display: LG 24 inch 1ms 1080p 144hz
Keyboard: HyperX Origin Core RGB
Mouse: Logitech G Pro Hero