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Leitech argues that vintage computers can only serve as "toys" and cannot be used as primary devices. This judgment comes from an article it published on October 24, 2026: affected by rising storage prices, new PCs are expensive, and some users have turned to second-hand vintage computers costing a few hundred yuan, such as a self-assembled machine using an E3 1230 V2, a GTX 730 2GB, and 8GB of DDR3 memory. The article points out that such machines do not support the AVX2 instruction set or H.265 and AV1 hardware decoding, cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, and can only handle light office work, old games, and NAS tinkering. Leitech also believes that in the future, affordable PCs will diverge into two forms: mini PCs and a combination of device and cloud. At present, there are no subsequent developments regarding this judgment.
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Amid memory price hikes, is it reliable to buy a decade-old antique computer as your main machine?
Affected by rising storage prices, new PCs are expensive, and some users are turning to second-hand antique computers costing a few hundred yuan, such as builds with an E3 1230 V2, GTX 730 2GB, and 8GB DDR3 memory. These machines do not support the AVX2 instruction set or H.265 and AV1 hardware decoding, cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, and can only handle light office work, old games, and NAS tinkering. Leitech believes that future budget PCs will split into two forms: mini PCs and a combination of local and cloud.