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

MIRTAZAPINE · Sep 8, 2015

Gosh I love this thread so much. So much good hardware there! I am so jealous you got at a good price! I would love to fix all of that! There no such things in my area. To fix the front io I would just buy usb of the same type and and use glue to fit at that area. I have been planning to do this my faulty io for my pc.

A decent skill techie is able to fix all those hardware easily.

You are sure cashing in a lot on people ignorance. Sometimes it is just because of frustration that people would want to get rid of their computer at a low price. Even hardware with decent specs.

remixedcat · Sep 8, 2015

For fixing something that took me literally 2 minutes I got a netgear nighthawk R7000 as payment... ha ha... that's a 200 dollar router.

Mussels · Sep 8, 2015

had to get the air compressor into that i5 system - doing the windows 8 to windows 10 upgrade now (clean 8 install, it had no drive)

BIOS seemed to think it could OC the CPU to 3.7GHz, curious how fast it actually gets.

Mussels · Oct 22, 2015

ah lads, its happened again.

so, got given a box of random shit again - this time for helping someone choose an ISP.
40GB IDE hard drives, cables for PS2's, USB 2.0 wifi G adaptors, three pentium 4 CPU's...
Shitty iomega USB 2.0 enclosure with no power brick? better smash it open and laugh at the contents.

Oh.
Fucking score!

Jetster · Oct 22, 2015

Samsung Spinpoint 5400

Mussels · Oct 22, 2015

Jetster said:
Samsung Spinpoint 5400

who cares, its 2TB

working condition too, full of their pirated movies and TV shows. at a guess they lost the power brick and assumed it was dead?

Jetster · Oct 22, 2015

Good find. Delete the partition before you fine something really bad

Mussels · Oct 22, 2015

Jetster said:
Good find. Delete the partition before you fine something really bad

I found some very unflattering nudes on a galaxy S1 i bought for my mother, so i've fallen victim to that in the past XD

Devon68 · Oct 22, 2015

2TB drive. You lucky bastard. Nice score.

Mussels · Nov 11, 2015

had another win today, went to the tip and got a bunch of stuff for $5 (as in, $5 total)

Wifi N600 dual band range extender repeater
i5 750 + motherboard + 2GB of ram
Intel N600 dual band wifi (for my laptop)
Q6600 + 8GB DDR2 800Mhz
Asus mATX case + thermaltake PSU

Steevo · Nov 11, 2015

Send me the Q6600 and 8GB you must........

remixedcat · Nov 11, 2015

damn I want that RAM and wifi adapter!

Mussels · Nov 11, 2015

remixedcat said:
damn I want that RAM and wifi adapter!

there was two of the wifi adaptors, one ran at 80C and invisible to windows so it met a hammer.

got some more ram but its untested hence the no pics:

7x2GB of DDR2 800Mhz
2x4GB 1333Mhz DDR3 SODIMM/laptop
so many 1GB/512MB DDR2 desktop sticks i'm tempted to throw them away.

remixedcat · Nov 11, 2015

DDR2 RAM is too freakin expensive and hubby n eeds moar and he's got a DDR2 amd mobo.

~$30 on ebay for 2x2GB. not cheap but definitely affordable if you got a 4 slot board.

rtwjunkie · Nov 11, 2015

Mussels said:
there was two of the wifi adaptors, one ran at 80C and invisible to windows so it met a hammer.

got some more ram but its untested hence the no pics:

7x2GB of DDR2 800Mhz
2x4GB 1333Mhz DDR3 SODIMM/laptop
so many 1GB/512MB DDR2 desktop sticks i'm tempted to throw them away.

Trust me, DDR2 always sells on ebay. You'll be able to unload it all!

jboydgolfer · Nov 11, 2015

Mussels said:
I found some very unflattering nudes on a galaxy S1 i bought for my mother, so i've fallen victim to that in the past XD

jesus....when i first read that, i saw "from", instead of "for".... thank god i was wrong, for your sake.

Mussels · Nov 11, 2015

jboydgolfer said:
jesus....when i first read that, i saw "from", instead of "for".... thank god i was wrong, for your sake.

hahaha, my mum has a filthy sense of humour so if she had more mobile data she'd throw some scat porn on for me to find.

Mussels · Jan 14, 2016

So...

I got this free.

Sasqui · Jan 14, 2016

Mussels said:
So...

I got this free.

Hooopoly Christ, 62C @5 Ghz! Is 50x really the max multi on that chip?

Mussels · Jan 15, 2016

Sasqui said:
Hooopoly Christ, 62C @5 Ghz! Is 50x really the max multi on that chip?

its a K so it can go higher. 5Ghz i'm having a little bit of stability issues at idle, so i see no point trying above that just yet.

cdawall · Jan 15, 2016

I don't know how much I like this thread lol

Toothless · Jan 15, 2016

My turn.

While back in highschool learning advanced flight techniques, a friend of mine had a (at the time mind you) pretty decent laptop. Quad, APU, 500GB HDD and 8GB mismatched memory. It was a tad upgraded from stock but who cares, it worked.

Fast forward, he dropped it in the street, bent the VGA port, damaged case, and managed to make the screen a spider web of color-changing goodness. He was about to trash it.

Well I was using this little netbook with a N270 in it and goodness it was bad. Big kid with tiny pooter'.

He gave me his damaged laptop.

$70 for correct memory since it kept crashing the wifi (I had a thread about that) and $80 for a nice glossy screen replacement. Wonderful.

Same laptop that melted it's original power brick, heat issues (overclocked 1ghz over stock) and constant bsing. I still use it daily.

$400 laptop w/ decent overclocking at $150. Now runs a SSD for more speedyness. I love it.

Mussels · Apr 24, 2016

Oops i did it again, i necroed a thread, cause i got free/cheap shit:

Asus Xonar DG
AMD 5450 1GB - passive cooled
Galaxy Nvidia GT640 2GB
Pentium G620 (2 core, 2.6GHz 1155)
Asus P8H61 1155 mobo

$20

I'ma make me a file server, since my 4 bay E-sata enclosure died, but the drives survived.

dorsetknob · Apr 24, 2016

Should report you to the mods for repeatedly reviving necroed threads
Ps lucky B*****D some Cheap goodies there :lovetpu:

Mussels · Apr 24, 2016

i'm short an 1155 cooler

booooo

System Name	Fat NCASE
Processor	Ryzen R9 3900X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING B550M ZAKU (WIFI) Edition
Cooling	Scythe Fuma with 3 SCYTHE Wondersnail 2400RPM + Arctic MX2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 128GB @3200Mhz Cl16 (32GB X 4)
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 StormX ITX 12GB
Storage	MX500 4TB SATA + Toshiba MG08 16TB HDD
Display(s)	LG 27UL500 4K monitor
Case	Jonsbo W2 black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek 1200 & Soundblaster G3 usb
Power Supply	ASUS ROG STRIX 850W Gundam Edition
Mouse	Elecom wireless mouse :)
Keyboard	RK100 Royal Kludge
Software	Windows 10 HOME
Benchmark Scores	Don't know any benchmark. It runs good enough for me.

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
VR HMD	Linktr.ee/remixedcat // for my music ♡♡
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Ryzen 2023
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Motherboard	Asrock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G Skill Flare X5 2x16gb cl32@6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro + gaming Oc
Storage	WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 64MB 7k SATA600 Blue WD10EZEX, WD Black SN850X 1Tb nvme
Display(s)	LG 27GP850P-B
Case	Corsair 5000D airflow tempered glass
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850W
Mouse	A4Tech V7M bloody
Keyboard	Genius KB-G255
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Compy 386
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air for now.....
Memory	64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage	Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs, 24TB Enterprise drives
Display(s)	55" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	ATI HDMI
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Razer
Software	A lot.
Benchmark Scores	Its fast. Enough.

Processor	Core i9-9900k
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax ETS-T50 Black CPU cooler
Memory	32GB (2x16) Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB
Storage	1x 1TB MX500 (OS); 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 2TB MX500; 1x 1TB BX500 SSD; 1x 6TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	Infievo 27" 165Hz @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-1000 Gold
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	Moving into the mobile space
Processor	7940HS
Motherboard	HP trash
Cooling	HP trash
Memory	2x8GB
Video Card(s)	4070 mobile
Storage	512GB+2TB NVME
Display(s)	some 165hz thing that isn't as nice as it sounded

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

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