Still rocking my i7-950, air-cooled overclocked to almost 4 Ghz for the last 14 years without a single major hiccup. Bi-annual cleaning and a re-paste every 2-3 years has probably helped.
It finally showed its age though about 2 years ago when some new games required new instruction sets and couldn't launch at all. A new build is finally in the works.
I think Linus recently mentioned (probably on LAN show) that they are positioned soon to make more money from merchandise than what their YT channel generates - because of their huge drops of the new backpack and screwdriver.
It finally showed its age though about 2 years ago when some new games required new instruction sets and couldn't launch at all. A new build is finally in the works.