A Tale of broken laptops, trades, and epic wins :D

[Sasqui]

Just got a HP dc7600s for 9.99$ Canadian. Replaced the dvd-rw, the hdd and cleaned it. Swapped the P4 cpu for a D925 also added 2 gigs of ddr667 and all set. I had all parts in a box so total of my htpc....9.99$

Where did you find it... why replace the DVD-rw?

 

[Jetster]

Our IT staff was doing some closet emptying last week, and handed me this. It's a monster! PCI version with 64 MB of Vram. Woohoo!

Still in shrinkwrap, circa 2001 or 2002.

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I loved those cards. I was new to video editing and could not get enough. Want to sell it?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Where did you find it... why replace the DVD-rw?

It was likely broken. It happens.

 

[E-Bear]

Where did you find it... why replace the DVD-rw?

Broken. The tray got stuck half open and somebody forced it.

 

[dorsetknob]

work in progress

 

[lexluthermiester]

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What's the model number?

 

[dorsetknob]

Toshiba Satellite C670 1DF
Came with 4 gig Ram and 500gig HD and a new Battery
its currently got a B960 Pentium ( not sure if i can put a I3 in it ? some Specs list it as so).
Paid £25
got a spare Screen from a Satellite L350 it will fit after swapping cables and Frame.

 

[lexluthermiester]

its currently got a B960 Pentium ( not sure if i can put a I3 in it

Unfortunately, no. Chipset limitation artificially made by Intel. It'll run for 30 minutes and them the whole system will shut off without warning. Learned that one the hard way.

got a spare Screen from a Satellite L350 it will fit after swapping cables and Frame.

Are you sure it'll work? I was about to link you a few replacement screens from ebay..

 

[dorsetknob]

have to settle for a B980 then

 

[Melvis]

Well this past month for me turned out pretty good, lots of people wanting to update or just get rid of there old computers, and is what I got.


First up is 2 Medion PC's from Aldi With Windows 7 installed, Plan to Clean them up add some more RAM maybe an SSD and sell them off. One has a gigabyte Mobo the other has a intel mobo
Specs per tower:
Q6600's
2GB DDR2 RAM
500GB HDD (one has another drive not sure on the size)
8400GS and a GT240

Next we have a Mini itx PC that had a dead Power brick, I just happened to have one that fitted and had the exact same Watts and AMPS. Plugged it in and it booted up! and to my surprise this is what it had inside.
Specs:
Antec 100 Case? I think
Gigabyte Mobo
Samsung Pro 128GB SSD
i5-3570K
8GB DDR3 Vengence RAM

Next We have a HP Pavilion 23 all in one PC, in very clean and good condition, with a Keyboard and Mouse
Specs:
AMD A4-6300 with Radeon Graphics
4GB RAM
500GB HDD

Last up we have another all in one PC but this one is a bit older, running Windows 7 and needs a bit of TLC, it boots and runs but can take up to 3 times for it to boot, it needs a very good clean out inside.
Specs:
Athlon triple Core
4GB RAM
1TB HDD
AMD Vision whatever spec GPU

I plan to clean them all up and sell them all off apart from the itx PC that is a keeper! and will be used for my parents Media PC when I get it up and running.

Total cost for all this hardware? FREEEEEEEEEEE!

Was a good month!

Sorry for the bad pics

 

[Mussels]

oh snap, that ITX rig is a winner

 

[Melvis]

oh snap, that ITX rig is a winner

Damn Straight! Considering he paid $250 for it like a month ago, he was reluctant at first to give it to me but by the end of the hr I was there fixing his internet issue he said take it, you might make use of some parts out of it. It seems to be OC as well, in W10 its turboing up to 4.2GHz, odd for a ex Hospital PC

 

[Melvis]

Did a deal with a mate next town over for all these parts $200 AUS or $135 US, and he brought them to me.
Parts are:
MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC Motherboard (3-4Months old)
Noctua NH-L9-AM4 Low Profile Cooler
2x AMD Wraith Spire Coolers with Copper Inserts
1xTiny AMD Cooler
Silverstone Sugo SG13 ITX Case
Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Case
4x 3.5" Seagate HDD's 5TB in total
2x 2.5" HDD's 750GB In total
Basic Thermal Master 450W PSU
120MM Coolermaster RGB Fan

 

[natr0n]

Ozzie really has that pc hustle down.

 

[jaggerwild]

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Think I have a screen for that, PM me if your in the states...............

 

[dorsetknob]

Think I have a screen for that, PM me if your in the states...............

Thanks I'm in UK and Toshiba has been fixed for 5 months managed to locate one for £20

 

[Toothless]

Shame you guys let this thread die. It's still relevant!

Girlfriend said I can go shopping. I needed a case that fits an XL-ATX board. One tech shop said they just tossed a big case that might work and it's in the dumpster.

It's a Rosewill Thor V2 that they didn't want to deal with in near mint condition besides being dusty as hell.

(I only have one camera and it sucks.)

 

[8BitZ80]

I do love a good freebie. These aren't recent finds, but a couple of years ago I scored these awesome freebies that were being thrown away.

The case is some kind of no-name Coolermaster 690 thing that I found complete with both side panels and an Aywun A1 750 Megapower Pro power supply. It was a bit second-hand looking at first (which is when I took this picture) with some scratches and a bit of rust on the bezel, but after a full wash and touch-up with spray paint it was looking much better.

This Samsung 1080p TV was also free and still worked perfectly fine. The internal power board started dying after a year of use but I sourced a replacement for US$30. Also bought a remote control for US$10. You can actually see the Coolermaster case on the right-hand side, that's my secondary rig (which I use both the case and TV for). Sometimes I haul the TV out into the living room to watch motorsports on rare occasions.

These were both a god-send at the time because I was really hurting for cases and monitors. The TV has four HDMI inputs and so I'm able to use the one screen for all of my hobby computers. Couldn't have found a better solution if I tried.

 

[Atomic77]

Wow that's awesome sauce right there. you could probably make something awesome out of that case but because im so stupid when it comes to things like that I would not know what in the heck to do.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Shame you guys let this thread die. It's still relevant!

Girlfriend said I can go shopping. I needed a case that fits an XL-ATX board. One tech shop said they just tossed a big case that might work and it's in the dumpster.

It's a Rosewill Thor V2 that they didn't want to deal with in near mint condition besides being dusty as hell.

(I only have one camera and it sucks.)

Score!! Win indeed!

 

[Toothless]

Score!! Win indeed!

Gonna give it some love and finish this build tomorrow. Super excited for it!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Gonna give it some love and finish this build tomorrow. Super excited for it!

Lots of before & after pics good sir!

 

[Toothless]

Lots of before & after pics good sir!

Only if I can get my hands on the gf's phone since mine has a shoddy camera. It's a X79 Classified and 3930k combo. I'll post as soon as I get er' going.

 

[WhitetailAni]

Shame you guys let this thread die. It's still relevant!

Girlfriend said I can go shopping. I needed a case that fits an XL-ATX board. One tech shop said they just tossed a big case that might work and it's in the dumpster.

It's a Rosewill Thor V2 that they didn't want to deal with in near mint condition besides being dusty as hell.


(I only have one camera and it sucks.)

I love this case.
Considering buying one if/when my case runs out of space for all my stuff (I have a mid-tower(?) case that fits ATX, has 6 5.25" front bay slots, and a 4-bay 3.5" HDD cage, but I have a LOT of stuff and I'm beginning to fill it up).

Back on topic of the thread, Brian the Electrician (yes the very same from the LTT video) sent me a box of goodies! I have about half of a Slot 1 P3 system, and he had some (well, a lot) of stuff that he didn't need, so we worked some stuff out and he sent this my way (no pictures, sorry):
Radeon 9250
GeForce 4 MX440
2x 80GB IDE HDD
1x 8.6GB IDE HDD
Black 3.5" floppy drive (for main PC because beige floppy drive look bad)
Beige 5.25" floppy drive
A bunch of IDE/floppy ribbon cables
Sound Blaster Live! CT4780 + drivers

Though I will have a P4 CPU+motherboard combo, plus Quantum Bigfoot TX, plus some random stuff, plus a 550W PSU for my P3 system (old 250W unit is sus and doesn't work when I screw it into the case) to show off tomorrow.

 

[Toothless]

I love this case.
Considering buying one if/when my case runs out of space for all my stuff (I have a mid-tower(?) case that fits ATX, has 6 5.25" front bay slots, and a 4-bay 3.5" HDD cage, but I have a LOT of stuff and I'm beginning to fill it up).

Back on topic of the thread, Brian the Electrician (yes the very same from the LTT video) sent me a box of goodies! I have about half of a Slot 1 P3 system, and he had some (well, a lot) of stuff that he didn't need, so we worked some stuff out and he sent this my way (no pictures, sorry):
Radeon 9250
GeForce 4 MX440
2x 80GB IDE HDD
1x 8.6GB IDE HDD
Black 3.5" floppy drive (for main PC because beige floppy drive look bad)
Beige 5.25" floppy drive
A bunch of IDE/floppy ribbon cables
Sound Blaster Live! CT4780 + drivers

Though I will have a P4 CPU+motherboard combo, plus Quantum Bigfoot TX, plus some random stuff, plus a 550W PSU for my P3 system (old 250W unit is sus and doesn't work when I screw it into the case) to show off tomorrow.

I did a build in the V1 years and years ago. FX-8350 or something like that for a friend and was amazed at the size. No shops around here likes anything bigger than ATX but man, I like that dumpster now.