What's your latest tech Freebie?

FoulOnWhite · Aug 15, 2024

As the title says, wht's your latest tech Freebie (must have cost nothing) be it found, gifted or given. Let's see them awesome freebies.

I'll start with this nice LG 3D Blueray player, with a built in recording, onto a WD 1TB HDD, and a twin tuner, for watch one and record another channel. Just popped the top off in case it needed a clean inside. It's playing a DVD at least fine with no skipping.

P4-630 · Aug 15, 2024

A 14¨ Sony Trinitron crt TV for retro CD-i gaming.

Ruru · Aug 29, 2024

A red transparent OEM Sony PS2 memory card and a PS2 DVD remote from my brother.

edit: And the remote works flawlessly on my SCPH-50004 silver console. :toast:

P4-630 said:
A 14¨ Sony Trinitron crt TV for retro CD-i gaming.

Damn, a CRT that small would still fit in my apartment and NES & PS2 gaming would be way better than on my modern flatscreen.

maxfly · Aug 29, 2024

I inherited a hunka junka pentium businessesy type rig (the kind you set the tiny monitor on top of)that's like using a 56k modem online. It came with a working Canon printer that's worth more than the entire computer to put it in perspective. Yay me.

Edit- yeah, I'm the one that gets to throw away all of the families tech crap...cuz I'm the IT guy!
Edit#2- but most aren't bright enough to bother consulting the IT guy prior to making a purchase...hence the above tech jalopy.

I apologize. I'm really not as jaded as I seem

datnoz · Aug 29, 2024

Uncle gifted me a non functional 990x evo r2 (with an 8350 black box) and repaired it.
Did the same with a stealth 700 max gen2

esserpain · Aug 31, 2024

Got a free ADATA S750 1TB SATA SSD as a reward for being the first person to arrive at a video game event at my uni. I now have 3TB of total storage that I don't know what to do with. Can download lots of games now, I guess. :laugh:

Ruru · Sep 26, 2024

Found an Asus Z170-K with a 6600K & GTX 960 Strix 4GB in the trash. Need to check them later. :toast:

edit: Found also a Thermaltake tower cooler (+fan clips) in the metal recycling bin. Only few fins bent.
edit: Currently updating the board's BIOS, POSTed fine immediately. The socket was also on perfect shape.

wolf · Sep 26, 2024

The "Kogan" branded 34" 3440x1440 144hz Ultrawide I used to own that I sold to a mate cheap some 2.5 years ago has been gifted back to me. It developed an issue and he's already upgraded to a 32:9 bohemoth and gave this one back in case I can fix it.

There's an obvious edge lit backlight issue, but otherwise functions exactly as expected. It owes me nothing now so I'm considering either repurposing it as is, or opening it up and trying to repair the edge lighting.

Caring1 · Sep 26, 2024

Found this in the trash at work, it works when plugged in but the battery won't hold charge and new maps for it cost 4 X as much as these currently sell for :laugh:

Garmin Nuvi circa 2011

OliverQueen · Sep 26, 2024

Received a Crucial T700 2TB Gen5 NVMe SSD as a gift from a friend that organised with Crucial to send me one out.
It was totally unexpected & when I was told a package from Crucial was going to be delivered to me, I was expecting maybe a 1TB MX500 SATA or 1TB P3 Plus NVMe SSD at the very most. You can imagine my surprise when I opened the package to find a brand new T700 2TB Gen5 SSD.
My current Z790 motherboard doesn’t support PCIe Gen5 performance so will get maximum Gen4 speeds out of it when I get round to adding it into my main rig this week sometime.

Now I wonder if I have any friends that are willing to arrange a Nvidia RTX4080 Super or 4090 to be sent to me

AleXXX666 · Sep 26, 2024

Caring1 said:
Found this in the trash at work, it works when plugged in but the battery won't hold charge and new maps for it cost 4 X as much as these currently sell for
Garmin Nuvi circa 2011
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back 2011 it "could be useful" as phone screens were smaller. But, useful for cars of course. One could succesfully roadwalk with some Nokia Nseries and use GPS&3G lmfao.
Who use offline maps in 2k24 (and "buy" actually maps for cars built-in navis - dumba**es. sorry.)

Caring1 · Saturday at 12:24 PM

I picked up a working PS4 with 2 controllers so I'm pondering what I should do with it.

Ruru · Saturday at 12:25 PM

Caring1 said:
I picked up a working PS4 with 2 controllers so I'm pondering what I should do with it.

Play of course! I bought mine last year from my little brother and with PS+, there's a pretty good game library to play.

System Name	BigRed
Processor	I7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix z690-A WiFi D4
Cooling	Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
Memory	TEAM GROUP 32GB DDR4 4000C16 B die
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage	M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s)	Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case	Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse	Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores	Who cares

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	DadsBadAss
Processor	I7 13700k w/ HEATKILLER IV PRO Copper Nickel
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4
Cooling	BarrowCH Boxfish 200mm-HWLabs SR2 420/GTX&GTS 360-BP Dual D5 MOD TOP- 2x Koolance PMP 450S
Memory	4x8gb HyperX Predator RGB DDR4 4000
Video Card(s)	Asrock 6800xt PG D w/ Byski A-AR6900XT-X
Storage	WD SN850x 1TB NVME M.2/Adata XPG SX8200 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2
Display(s)	Acer XG270HU
Case	ThermalTake X71 w/5 Noctua NF-A14 2000 IP67 PWM/3 Noctua NF-F12 2000 IP67 PWM/3 CorsairML120 Pro RGB
Audio Device(s)	Klipsch Promedia 2.1
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus PX-850 w/CableMod PRO ModMesh RT-Series Black/Blue
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Aluminun Mechanical Clicky Thing With Blue LEDs, hows that for a name?!
Software	Win11pro

System Name	the thing / shit pc
Processor	r5 7500f / 8350 black box
Motherboard	x670e gaming plus wifi / 990x evo r2
Cooling	assassin x 120 se / stock crap w/ 92mm fan
Memory	32gb @6400mt.s cl32 / 16gb
Video Card(s)	6700 xt / w2100
Storage	6.5 tb on 8 drives / 2tb on 4 drives
Case	silencio 550 / focus g
Audio Device(s)	stealth 700 g2 max
Power Supply	straight power 11 750w / cooler master thingy 550w
Mouse	g502
Keyboard	corsair something
Benchmark Scores	slower than your phone

What's your latest tech Freebie?

FoulOnWhite

P4-630

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

maxfly

datnoz

esserpain

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

wolf

Better Than Native

Caring1

OliverQueen

Attachments

AleXXX666

Caring1

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

System Name	Dumpster PC MAX Edition
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac
Cooling	AMD Wraith Spire Stock Cooler
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16
Video Card(s)	ASUS ProArt OC RTX 4070 SUPER
Storage	Crucial 2.5" SATA 1TB + Samsung 990 EVO 1TB + ADATA SU750 1TB
Display(s)	Acer EK271U Ebiip 27" 2K QHD (2560 x 1440) 100Hz LED
Case	Fractal Design North (Black)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro 2nd Generation
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart 600W
Mouse	E-Waste Dell Mouse
Keyboard	Keychron K10 Pro
Software	Windows 11 (Latest Release)

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X650I AX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX3080 Deshrouded
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	The NEW Foundry
Processor	Intel Core i9 13900K
Motherboard	Asus TUF Z790 Plus D4 WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm (using Noctua 120mm AF12 Chromax fans)
Memory	128GB (4x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3600 (18-22-22-42)
Video Card(s)	Nvidia GeForce RTX3080ti 12GB + Intel UHD770
Storage	Samsung 980Pro 1TB (Boot) / Samsung 980Pro 2TB / Samsung 980 1TB / 860EVO 512GB / Crucial T700 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung Neo G9 49" UltraWide 5120x1440@240Hz + Samsung 28" 3840x2160@60Hz
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh Performance-C (2 x 140mm + 6 x 120mm Noctua Chromax fans)
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Pro X 2 Headset + Edifier R1580MB
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
Mouse	Logitech G903 "Lightspeed" Wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G915TKL + AttackShark X85 ‘Hall Effect”
Software	MS Windows 11 Professional X64

System Name	ASUS TUF F15
Processor	Intel Core i7-11800H
Motherboard	ASUS FX506HC
Cooling	Laptop built-in cooling lol
Memory	24 GB @ 3200
Video Card(s)	Intel UHD & Nvidia RTX 3050 Mobile
Storage	Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB
Display(s)	Laptop built-in 144 Hz FHD screen
Audio Device(s)	LOGITECH 2.1-channel
Power Supply	ASUS 180W PSU
Mouse	Logitech G604
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 LTSC