Still running an old G750JH into the dust, is it time to let go?

[Double2nn]

So this machine is definitely not running most newest games and hasn't for a while, even on min settings. That's ok, I haven't bought many new games anyway and have loads of unplayed old ones to work through. Witcher 3, Borderlands 3 and more still run great and I'm just starting them. If it still works I'd rather keep it from becoming e-waste until it really has to. It still has slot space for another 16GB ram, and about 500gb of free space on the hard drives. Started getting some fan noise that is definitely no good though and I'm wondering if I finally retire it or spend a few $$ to keep it running? Only one fan seems to be making a bit of a noise, but I'd replace both. Quick search is maybe $50-$100 for fans, and ram is $25-50 if I want to speed things up just a bit. I'm sure a good search will give me some cheaper options, but worse case is still pretty affordable. It is a dinosaur though and that $ could just go into the pot for a proper replacement which I'm not quite prepared to do just yet. Do I just let the fan run until it explodes, or patch it up and get another couple years of life out of it?

[pndiode]

I had an ASUS G752VL typewriter:

RAM 32GB, speed 2133 MHz, Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965m 2GB, Storage 1.80GB, I7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, and Windows 11 Pro 24H2.

I just installed Microsoft Office 2016, Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer the Forgotten, Command & Conquer Kane’s Rath and my Grandson appreciated the typewriter, due to he never having one!

I hope he uses it for homework, due to the fact it will/will not play today’s games. Besides, battery power is approximately two hours and thirty minutes with a new battery. Hopefully, he will sit by a wall socket in class.

[azwxguy]

I have a 9 year old G752VM that is still going strong. The battery wouldn't hold a charge, so I replaced that for $123. Then I tracked down an M.2 SSD that is compatible for one of the two M.2 slots. It's a Kingston KC3000 512 GB. The CPU in this machine is an Intel i7, but it didn't make muster on the M$ list for Windows 11 upgrade. There were instructions on the web for getting around that, which I did successfully. The M.2 has the OS and I formatted the 1 TB hard drive for extra room. It works quite well. The only thing wrong are the A, S, and D keys have the black paint scratched off a bit. I think those are replaceable too. I thought about putting a Linux build on it, and I still might do a dual boot arrangement. My regular laptop is a 3 year old ASUS GX703HR. I use things until there is nothing left.