ManVsTax wrote:What are you running as far as processor, RAM, and SSD capacity on your work computer Cornerstone?
Just curious as you seem pretty experienced on the matter.
It is a custom PC (I build them) from 2016. Still incredibly fast and cost me a less than half of what a comparable would have cost from Dell, HP, at the time.
-AMD FX-8370E 8 Core 3.58 GHz CPU (I go back and forth between AMD and Intel, no preference other than Intels are typically more energy efficient)
-ASUS motherboard
-32 GB RAM (Crucial brand)
-Intel 475 GB SSD for operating system and software installs
-2 TB RAID 10, hardware controller with one spare HDD with automatic rollover in event of drive failure (this is where all data, including UT data and system files, resides)
Failures in over three years? Two HDDs in the RAID 10, never interfered with work due to spare and auto rollover drive. The original SSD was only 256 GB, had to upgrade to current SSD. Every other issue has been from Windows updates. That is the reality of working with a quality computer, and why I place so little value on Dell or HP's warranties and expedited services.
Another point not mentioned, so far: hardware failures almost always occur either very early (first 72-96 hours) or very late in the life of PCs. It is why decent system builders do a burn-in period, to catch hardware components that prematurely fail before the PC ends up in the hands of a customer. Many issues can be resolved by wiping the OS drive clean and reinstalling everything--entirely too many PCs are prematurely discarded for poor performance that is attributed to obsolete hardware, when realistically it is bloatware and corrupted OS/registry. That is, unless you have a PC that overheats due to insufficient cooling (passive and active), in which case you'll have hardware failures somewhere in the middle...think HP, in particular, for a brand that has a long history of poor ventilation and early deaths due to overheating. I have actually seen melted soldering that short circuited components, or blown capacitors, due to overheating. Overheating is worsened by the fact that few people rarely actually clean their systems and ventilation.