Hi Guys,
I have a bit of a dilemma and was hoping to get some advice from the forum. I need to rebuild a few XP DAW machines, which means the replacement motherboards are likely to be 5-10 years old to begin with. I'd like the machines to last another 10 years if possible, so I want to make a wise choice on boards.
Is there sound evidence WRT the polymer vs. electrolytic cap argument such that I should be targeting only boards that have primarily polymer caps and claim high MTBF rates? For example, one group of Intel series boards I am looking at (DG41) offers a nearly identical board from each class. One claims 107,000 hours MBTF the other 270,000 MTBF. Does that actually assure anything in the real world or are electrolytic just as prone to potentially survive over a 15-20 year period?
Anything else I should be watching for, or to avoid, WRT board selection as it pertains to life span?
Thanks for any help in making a more informed decision.
Sonic
(PS. I understand XP is old but it works for what I need and I have a ton of complex software with a much time and money already invested. So buying new systems with a current OS and new software is not a viable solution)
I have a bit of a dilemma and was hoping to get some advice from the forum. I need to rebuild a few XP DAW machines, which means the replacement motherboards are likely to be 5-10 years old to begin with. I'd like the machines to last another 10 years if possible, so I want to make a wise choice on boards.
Is there sound evidence WRT the polymer vs. electrolytic cap argument such that I should be targeting only boards that have primarily polymer caps and claim high MTBF rates? For example, one group of Intel series boards I am looking at (DG41) offers a nearly identical board from each class. One claims 107,000 hours MBTF the other 270,000 MTBF. Does that actually assure anything in the real world or are electrolytic just as prone to potentially survive over a 15-20 year period?
Anything else I should be watching for, or to avoid, WRT board selection as it pertains to life span?
Thanks for any help in making a more informed decision.
Sonic
(PS. I understand XP is old but it works for what I need and I have a ton of complex software with a much time and money already invested. So buying new systems with a current OS and new software is not a viable solution)
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