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Bought myself an Ampere Altra system

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204 points pabs3 | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 04:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source
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fschutze ◴[30 Jun 25 06:14 UTC] No.44420001[source]▶
I never bought used computer parts. Are these parts generally reliable for ~2 years when bought used?
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ekianjo ◴[30 Jun 25 06:46 UTC] No.44420217[source]▶
Used professional hardware (servers, workstations) are made with higher quality standards so they last fairly long.
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1. tasuki ◴[30 Jun 25 07:59 UTC] No.44420654[source]▶
Also they're good for heating your home.
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2. NexRebular ◴[30 Jun 25 10:12 UTC] No.44421473[source]▶
Unless you are running SUN CoolThreads(tm) servers!