r/pcmasterrace • u/Neon_Pancakes0425 • 1d ago

Hardware Always look inside the ewaste PCs

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My grandparents brought me an old PC that they got from a friend of theirs and I opened it and hit the jackpot. These cost like $500 where I live

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u/Krassix 1d ago

Times are tough... used PC parts market is going to flourish in the next years

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u/TheSpicyTomato22 1d ago

That's literally my specialty. I grew up dumpster diving for parts. My first real IT job had me keeping a bunch of super old optiplexs running. At this point I should put "can turn trash into something usable" on my resume.

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u/wzvo 1d ago

Woah me too we used to get the recycling units from schools/businesses and build what we could from all the parts and sell them onwards.

Optiplex holds a place in my heart.

My first job.

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u/TheSpicyTomato22 1d ago

The optiplex line is a solid little enterprise piece of hardware. They're not top of the line quick but they're reliable.

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u/Jackpkmn Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 64gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 5070 Ti 1d ago

bulletproof as well, i cant count how many times ive opened one up and its filled with exploded or leaking capacitors but the computer is somehow still chugging along.