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Dikitain posted...

But yea, once a computer hits about 5-6 years old, I know I am replacing the HDD. Although I have never had an SSD fail on my yet. Oldest one is about 10 years old, and it still works. My work computers are even worse, never had a HDD last more then 4 years on one of those.

I'm still using the 500 GB HDD I put in this machine in 2011. It and the case are actually the only remaining original components, after I replaced the mobo, CPU, and RAM a couple months back. Meanwhile, I'm on my third SSD. On the flip side, the HDD that came in my laptop died in like a year and a half, but the one I replaced it with in 2017 is still going strong (well, as strong as anything in that laptop goes, but I never use it anymore). It can be a bit of a crap shoot.

faramir77 posted...

Consoles malfunction too, and are usually harder to fix.

Indeed. By and large, I find consoles fail less often, but when they do, it's harder to fix them and you're mostly reliant on the company honouring their warranty if you don't want to just buy a new one (if that's even an option anymore). PCs have more frequent problems, but you can usually fix them yourself if you're reasonably competent.