15€ each one. Maybe defect, seller cant check. Which one would you pick? Or don’t bother at all?
15€ each one. Maybe defect, seller cant check. Which one would you pick? Or don’t bother at all?
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maybe the fujitsu pc but they all look really really old
They seem like they are all “Vista Era” computers. For the price they are great, but I don’t believe any of them would be good enough for a AAA gaming machine, even if you added a newer card to them. However, they would probably be a great emulation or retro machine. As long as you temper your expectations.
I would pick either the one on the bottom left hand side or the one just above it. Tastes vary. Good luck!
Yeah I’d pick them up for a retro machine for playing pre-steam stuff, or to strip everything out to use the case for a sleeper build
But the one on the top right must be high end and REAAAALLY fast?!
It has gages!
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure or so they say. I’m looking at these thinking “test parts only” but honestly, just way too old (and essentially worthless). You probably don’t want to be connecting these online either.
Got to be the VU meter one!
bottom left.
Fujitsu
In my opinion, get the oldest, coolest looking one. Mod the case for more airflow. Stick a 4070 in there and you’ll have a sick looking pc that’s built like a tank.
Honestly these are going to be pretty limited for use as is, but some of these cases are very nice and would be great with a modern build put in them.
The one with the old coolermaster musketeer VU meter set… Those things are horrendously rare and I’ve been looking for one for ages (specifically the Musketeer III, with the tube amplifier)
Get the one which has a case you enjoy most. At worst, you will have the case at least for that money.
PCs like this are good when you wanna get into networking/homelab. Slap a network card in there or an HBA and they work well as router or NAS respectively
The Chieftec CS-601 was a great case… 20 years ago. So I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but these machines are most likely slower than a recent smartphone.
The one with the gages, would love to build a new pc on a “race car”
I’m pretty sure some of those were made when Balian was defending Jerusalem from Saladin
“seller cant check” bullshit. seller has checked and sold any that work for more money
wouldn’t pick any self-made mystery-boxes … go for the pre-build ones, like the fujitsu (second top on the left) and /or hp which looks the most recent to me
I has one of those packard bell at the top, It was a decent pc in 2007
middle right, purely for the Cooler Master Musketeer
I find this like a way cleaner option to dumbster dive and I love it. Still, I think seller should at least provide close up foto of each of these bad boys so you have at least some idea what sits inside.
old school thermaltake case….thats gonna be one for the museum
I’d pick up all of them just for that one system under the PackardBell on the right side. Those gauges look very funky.
As for the rest.. I’d see what they are, and install a period correct OS on the older ones (XP/Vista era), install Linux on the HP workstation, and check out the Fujitsu system. The 2 bottom ones look old, but also very curious what those are.
So tldr, looks like a fun hoard to mess around with on a rainy day.
Top right ezpz
Fascinating question. On one hand maybe an enthusiast diy build will have some decent components. On the other hand, there’s a good chance all the drivers for that HP machine are still available somewhere on HP’s site.
Edit: I’m going to amend my comment. I probably agree with the other commenter. The one with the meters has TWO optical drives, one of them possibly a dvd burner. That means that user was processing a lot of media – a good sign.
Bottom right is a [Thermaltake Xaser II case. ](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/15-cases-review,588-30.html)
Regardless of what’s inside, it was, and still is, a highly desirable ‘retro’ ~20 year old PC gaming case. They go for $100 second hand if it has the acrylic side panel.
I owned one a long time ago. Thing is a beast.
when you dont know what to take you always pick something that have “x” on it
The seller 100% Can check but the little value they have disappear once he proves they are dead
Bottom left if it’s in good condition is easily worth it.
That case alone without hardware could sell for 40 – 100$ if it’s in good condition, if not more if it happens too have hardware in it from that era.
If it has some desirable retro hardware in it from ca 2000 – 2007 that’s a bit more fun & desirable usually.
Like socket 370, 462, 478, 939, 754 with an agp slot motherboard people are actively collecting.
If you get something like a voodoo 3 pci in there that works easily another 50 – 120$ by itself & some higher end ati, matrox & Nvidia cards are also desirable.
I recently found a desirable motherboard in the e-waste container myself here.
An asrock 4CoreDual-Sata socket 775 motherboard which has an agp slot & pci-e 4x slot and also takes the core 2 duo & core 2 quad lineup of processors.
2nd/3rd gen core i5/i7. Not worth it.
What’s more interesting is the one to the right of fuji as it has some very cool front panel stuff and the fuji itself – P420 featuring 4th gen i3/i5/i7. Better components and better case layout than HP.
Bottom left. I have a thing for old antec / chenming knock off antec cases