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Bought myself an Ampere Altra system

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fschutze ◴[] No.44420001[source]
I never bought used computer parts. Are these parts generally reliable for ~2 years when bought used?
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1. magicalhippo ◴[] No.44421503[source]
The main failure points in electronics are by far power supply and batteries.

Non-polymer electrolytic capacitors can dry out, but just about all decent modern motherboards use polymer-based since years ago.

My current NAS is my previous desktop, which I bought in 2015. I tended to keep my desktop on 24/7 due to services, and my NAS as well, so it's been running more or less continuously since then. It's on its second PSU but apart from that chugging along.

I've been using older computer parts like this for a long time, and reliability increased markedly after they switched to non-polymer caps.

Modern higher-end GPUs due to their immense power requirements can have components fail, typically in the voltage regulation. Often this can be fixed relatively cheaply.

If buying a desktop I'd check that it works, it looks good inside (no dust bunnies etc), seller seems legit, and I'd throw a new PSU in there once I bought it.