I found this old computer with a really cool old case that will be perfect for my new computer build. I've been thinking about using all my old components that are left over from my ongoing Ship of Theseus style gaming build to build a dedicated media storage and recording PC. I really like how over built the case is. It's got a frikin keyed lock for the side panel lol.

This particular dumpster has been a gold mine honestly. So far I've saved a nice pressure washer, and a large stainless steel hose reel from this dumpster.

  • thirstywizard [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Found an old pentium 2 that still works through a trash run, case looks pretty similar. That era of rig can be repurposed the same reasons you'd use a lower spec raspberry pi for.

    Those early 2000s or older cases are tanks, had one take a good 3ft fall while it was still on and that computer in it still works to this day, probably had a good bit of luck there too tbh.

    • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]M
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      3 years ago

      The motherboard in this was held on with 11 screws hahaha. The best build date estimate I can manage on this is around 2007. It had pretty good specs for a 2007 off the shelf PC.

      • thirstywizard [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Nice, if anything works in it might make something decent out of it, still have a running 06 rig here.

        My favorite old case has a bunch of standoff positions for all sorts of different mobos, it was almost future proofed back in 01 lol.

        • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]M
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          3 years ago

          I don't think anything in it will work. Once I started to take it apart, I found a lot of corrosion on a lot of the connections and I couldn't get the power supply to turn on at all.