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Bought myself an Ampere Altra system

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204 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 04:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.389s | 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. Cthulhu_ ◴[30 Jun 25 08:23 UTC] No.44420792[source]▶
Plus if they're from a data center, they will have been in a cooled, filtered, and stable space for their lifetime, vs a desktop that may have been in a dusty room getting moved or kicked from time to time.