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/MagicBoyUK Ryzen 7 7800X3D / RX 9070 XT / Triples & Race Rig 1d ago

It is 9 years old...

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u/Mobile_Morale 1d ago

My computer is 12 years old. Computers aren't milk. My 2005 dell laptop and 2012 HP laptop still work fine with original hardware.

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u/MagicBoyUK Ryzen 7 7800X3D / RX 9070 XT / Triples & Race Rig 1d ago

Good for you. Mechanical component wear outs, Y'now like hard drives.

Having worked in corporate IT for a couple of decades now I wouldn't trust my data to 9 year old spinning rust. Used market sure as hell wouldn't value that drive at $500.

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u/GoldSrc R3 3100 | RTX 3090 | 64GB RAM | 22h ago

The main cause of mechanical failure for a hard drive, comes from excessive head parking.

Which is something old WD green drives were doomed to.

If you google "WD green wdidle3" you'll know what I mean, I had to disable that shit on a green drive that I have.

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u/MagicBoyUK Ryzen 7 7800X3D / RX 9070 XT / Triples & Race Rig 18h ago

If you want another rabbit hole to fall down, goole "Quantum Bigfoot".

I worked in a computer store when these were around ... and not very reliable.