The critical part was at 105C… so it would have to be 1000hrs at temp. Also rating just means they should last that long. It doesn’t mean they are like Walmart milk and spoil the moment they go over rating. They could function even if degraded for quite awhile. These aren’t capacitor plague caps. They won’t just randomly blow within lifetime. Also it depends on if you keep the fans and cooling clean etc. But gaming laptops do tend to die before other types of laptops purely because of the heat issues.
That might be the next gen of GPUs. Rumors are that the top end RTX 4000 series cards can pull 400W+ on their own which is kinda absurd. I dunno how they’re going to keep those things cool.
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I’m overdue a new PC.
My first PC I built myself.
I will build my next PC.
Your post implied gaming laptops run so hot they’re operating near their thermal ratings and don’t last long as a result. I think your messaging is a little muddy. Oh well.
They do, often reported die temps are very close to 95C which is within the degradation envelope for the components. GPUs are worse and can run up to 105C which is at the limit of the components. That’s also just the edge temp of both of those, the spike temps can actually be higher. The closer to 150C silicon gets the worse Electro-migration happens until if you power an IC on after 150C it basically just dies almost immediately and permanently because the silicon de-doped itself (fun challenges for designing things to work in the desert btw). But honestly the fact these things live as long as they do without dying is actually more a miracle than people realize.
Sounds like it’s time to have GPU coolers be standard tbh. Or maybe it’s time for me to Frankenstein 2 window fans on the sides of my PC together somehow. 
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Dunno about you, but my router and cable modem goes out when the power goes out.
solid state hard drives with graphics cards than can be upgraded
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Each expansion does not require a new computer, this is a lie.
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A UPS does wonders. Keeps your networking gear going for hours and doesn’t cost much. Or if you don’t have a UPS, mobile hotspot - WoW doesn’t use a whole lot of data at all.
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I just need a graphics card for the next expansion. The rest of my rig will do just fine for a few more years, and after that there’s the upgrade path. I can use a current gen CPU with a firmware update on the motherboard. Just gotta get my hands on a GPU.
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I built my computer in 2012. Bought a Nvidia GTX 980 in 2015. Still runs wow on max settings.
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Wow. I upgraded my phenom II back when MoP came out to an i5 and I’m still running a 280x. Replacing your computer that often seems a bit excessive.
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You honestly must just be buying the cheapest option available every 2 years for that to be the case. I’ve had the same pc since beginning of legion and it still runs perfect on ultra settings
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My PC it’s from 2014… I still can run the game . 
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Don’t need one that fast.
My last computer lasted 6 years, through 3 expansions. It was showing it’s age, so I upgraded.
Just an FYI, this is not a “WoW” thing, it’s a “video game industry” thing.
This is your problem. If you’re buying cheap computers, they won’t last with all the changes that happen in a short time from the entire video game industry.
I used to build my computers, but the recent video card shortage changed my direction and I went with a company I knew had the parts. To get a good computer that will last more than two years, try this company:
They also offer payments through a third party. The payments for mine were pretty reasonable.
I would look to spend around 3K, and a computer in that range should last you about 6 years.
Wait until someone starts complaining in chat about how their 6 month old Celeron isn’t good enough for ultra-high settings.
They often do, sometimes because of misuse by their owners. A friend’s spouse often had problems with her laptop overheating, until we discovered that she had the bad habit of setting it on a fluffy pillow in her lap as she used it. Even after it was explained to her, she couldn’t grasp that blocking the exhaust was a problem…and she loved how warm it kept her lap.
Besides…if gaming laptops aren’t ‘operating near their thermal ratings’, why is there a large market for, and a common recommendation to buy, external cooling pads for them?
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My computer is from 2013, think it cost 1400 then.
The only upgrade it has had is a RX580 8GB graphics card I got 1 or 2 Black Fridays ago for $150.
I’m sure at 98 posts someone has said “you don’t need a new PC every xpac”
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Man I talked so much trash about Celerons back in the day