I posted a while back about the fact my Z220 workstation was running slow. Wb2001 suggested it may be the hard drive, so I ordered a new one. I was unlucky in that the new drive was faulty (it works but is noisy all of the time and in trying to solve the issue an error came up) so I ended up plugging the old one back in temporarily. I'd also tweaked a couple of other things at this point and all was well until a couple of days ago when old hard drive did finally (quite suddenly, apart from a couple of very slight odd noises the day before) die. So enormous thanks to Wb2001 for mentioning the life span of hard drives as even though the new HD isn't running quite right and I need to sort something asap, I did at least have a back up of my OS and most things that weren't on my other backup when the old drive failed.
Anyway, getting to the point. The PC is currently limping along on the faulty new HD which I know is risky. I've had it for six and a half years now, and I can't decide whether to buy a new computer. I'd like an all in one really as this one takes up so much space + the wires drive me crazy, but part of me is really tempted just to try again with a new HD and keep it going for a bit longer. I was just wondering if anyone here had any thoughts about how long other components last, mainly PSU etc, and if it's worth doing the new HD thing and sticking with the computer a bit longer, or should I use this as an excuse to buy a new one? 😅 The workstation has got 16GM RAM, a decent processor (Intel Xeon E3 1245 v2) and when functioning usually does what I need it to, sometimes I'd like it to be a bit quicker though, and it has no graphics card which I sometimes feel I could benefit from.
Thanks for reading 🙂