tazwegion

Oh and I see the double post gremlin is still lurking... 

3 years is all...humm. And I don't member you?!?

That is okay... I am having difficulty recalling you as well LMAO 

Capacitors age and components wear, but it isn't so bad as you might think...

That really depends on the conditions at which those components have been working in, for example high temperatures age capacitors prematurely, a bad fan can also permit excessive dust build up which in turn can cause components to run at higher temperatures as well... and so it goes on.

How often was the unit/PC cleared of dust in that 8 years of service?

I'm still very fond of War Craft 3 although I did play Star Craft 3 for a while... I had to donate my 9600GT to my Son's gaming PC build, it's happily running Borderlands etc.

This whole "Steam" gaming approach is a little weird IMHO, I purchase a game but pretty much get an empty disk and need to download everything... ah progress!    

Is not amused...