Re: Your Best Dumpster Finds
back to topic.. sort of..
i recently got a computer from a friend. not quite a dumpster find, but it would eventually found it's way to one someday...
was helping him to clean out his basement. noticed a partly disassembled computer with a missing side cover standing around in between lots of junk to be thrown out..
curious as i am i asked him what's wrong with that comp..
he said he was fed up with it acting up and bought a whole new system..and asked me if i wanted it cause he would probably throw it away if i didn't want it..
as he was out of cigarettes, i bought him a pack and got the computer in return..
so.. this is what 5.50euro (about 7.46$) for the pack of smokes got me
- cheapo case with bad noname "500W" PSU and missing side cover
- Biostar GF7025-M2 TE socket AM2 board
- Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2x2.6GHz) with Thermaltake cooler (80mm fan, copper base)
- Axle GeForce 9500GT 1GB
- 4x 1GB DDR2-667 (2x Aeneon, 2x Kingston .. ironically the board only has 2 RAM slots)
- 160GB HDD including his porn downloads
- Samsung DVD-ROM
- LG DVD-RW
- spare (?) Xencore cooler (all aluminium, 92mm fan)
not a bad deal imho
edit: EVERYTHING works fine.. i guess the only real problem was that junk PSU lol!
another edit: i should go to bed.. 5:44am.. all those typos are a clear indication.. well..they were. fixed now
back to topic.. sort of..
i recently got a computer from a friend. not quite a dumpster find, but it would eventually found it's way to one someday...
was helping him to clean out his basement. noticed a partly disassembled computer with a missing side cover standing around in between lots of junk to be thrown out..
curious as i am i asked him what's wrong with that comp..
he said he was fed up with it acting up and bought a whole new system..and asked me if i wanted it cause he would probably throw it away if i didn't want it..
as he was out of cigarettes, i bought him a pack and got the computer in return..
so.. this is what 5.50euro (about 7.46$) for the pack of smokes got me
- cheapo case with bad noname "500W" PSU and missing side cover
- Biostar GF7025-M2 TE socket AM2 board
- Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2x2.6GHz) with Thermaltake cooler (80mm fan, copper base)
- Axle GeForce 9500GT 1GB
- 4x 1GB DDR2-667 (2x Aeneon, 2x Kingston .. ironically the board only has 2 RAM slots)
- 160GB HDD including his porn downloads
- Samsung DVD-ROM
- LG DVD-RW
- spare (?) Xencore cooler (all aluminium, 92mm fan)
not a bad deal imho
edit: EVERYTHING works fine.. i guess the only real problem was that junk PSU lol!
another edit: i should go to bed.. 5:44am.. all those typos are a clear indication.. well..they were. fixed now
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