I currently have 8 computers. 3 for work. 2 for media. 2 old gaming rigs, and my current computer.

• Work laptops last 3 years on average because of how hard backups and CPU usage are.
• Media computers just wind up getting dusty and only last 5-7 years.
• I underspent on gaming PCs growing up and my parts were obsolete pretty much constantly until my newest desktop.
• My last job, I was an on site tech, so construction debris and hazard made that about one a year.
• I spent on average like $250 per used laptop through engineering school, so that was like a year and a half per laptop.
• My family had desktops that had their hard drives fail or got pawned.

I had twelve salvaged hard drives in my stuff before I bought my house, and I started doing that in college, so it’s at least 20.