Passed by this and considering picking it up. I dont know anything about pcs and potentially want to get into it. Looked up the case and its from 2014. Would it be worth picking it up?
Passed by this and considering picking it up. I dont know anything about pcs and potentially want to get into it. Looked up the case and its from 2014. Would it be worth picking it up?
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sure just dont use the hard drives.
Why not? Worst that happens is you set it back outside. Just like someone else said, use your own drives.
Take it, see if the hardware inside is even remotely good. If not, discard it or recycle it, I don’t know.
I say if free come to me
Maybe you can start learning more about PCs with this one.
I learned most of what I know from tinkering with old PCs.
Btw, if you want to actually use the PC outside of tinkering, you should definitely replace the HDD with an SSD.
This what i miss the US. I used to do paper delivery early in the morning during 2000. Alot of people chuck out good computers. I used to collect them or savage their parts for upgrade.
In UK, it happened one time. Someone left a computer out on the street while doing paper delivery. It was decent computer but it left in rain.
I miss US. You can find cool stuff on street kerbs. At that time, i was kid, i found cool toys.
You are luck sob! Keep looking around during early morning inthe surburbs. You might find decebt computer.
Worst case is still a nice case
Let’s talk more about that receiver there. Love me a good receiver.
I would pick that up, a picture of the back end would give us more information about the era its from
Damn man i wish the sound receiver was near me cause my 20 year old onkyo ive brought across the united states is on its last legs 😅
https://preview.redd.it/cposmjykbgff1.png?width=698&format=png&auto=webp&s=13be38f3a566248712b6e655945776a21cbede10
I still use two of those Fractal Design cases, they age pretty well.
It could be haunted. I’ve heard of computers where you turn them on and they suck you into their motherboard and you have to be really skilled to get out.
Bend your knees, not your back though 😉
Yea free pc = free pc
Absolutely! The case is a fractal define R5, you might get something with semi-decent specs inside.
Keep us updated if you end up picking it up.
“Gonna get the compressed air can brb”
“Ayo where’s my computer”
Sick case for a sleeper build
Maybe there’s a few bitcoin on there someone forgot about. Become the modern day prospector that you were born to be!
Do not connect to network until that shit is wiped and all storage is replaced
even includes a built in receiver, 😂
Turn it into a server for something? Else toss it, win win win. Dump the drives or verify in a virtual os.
Can check for old btc wallet.dat files
Yes just lift with your knees not your back.
Almost any Fractal case is worth it. Pick it up!
Definitely take it! And I’d definitely take the amp on top too
I once picked up a silicon graphics from a storage. It worked. It’s still there, in my house, in storage. But is there
brother are you familiar with the concept of free
If I found such pc, i would install linux on it and then host a minecraft server on it to play with my friends.
Free is worth, worst case scenario it doesn’t work. And even if thats the case maybe only one thing doesn’t work and youve got your intro into pcs class sitting right there on the curb. And the case being from 2014 only means that the case is from 2014 there could be somid parts in there, bring it home and see what’s hiding
Just make sure you don’t got malware on it is all. I’d factory reset it and check or irregularities but if honest people throw away things all the time. It’s not always something bad and highly doubt you would be in any danger taking it
I mean it’s free. You’d be mad to not take it. Take the reciever too.
Why not? Probably won’t be much good for modern games but you could certainly mess around with it and maybe repurpose parts. No harm in it, worse that happens is you have to recycle it. An old PC and cheap old parts is a good way to get comfortable putting PCs together.
Worst thing is know you have a nice case. Love Fractal cases. Im more interested in that receiver
Anything that you pick up off the street make sure you bag it in a trash bag first and double tie it, once home remove it and DO NOT OPEN IN YOUR HOUSE.
Open outside and Inspect the case for pest like bed bugs, roaches….once you’ve given it the ok take it inside
That case would be amazing for a NAS server
You know the RW stands for read/write? That means you can make your own CD’s AND DVD’s. Do NOT pass this deal up.
The answer is always yes
https://preview.redd.it/t0haogzapgff1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e74b7a1926ff8afe702fe0d241a208440f56f49
Update: picked it up and this is what it looks like inside
No, someone is just using you to take ethical responsibility of their eWaste.
Oh yes the dvd drive on that pc is a beast
The receiver is probably worth more
Take the receiver too
Any free pc is worth it make it the stream running pc or a backup server
Ive never passed on a free pc, thats why i have 4 dead dells in the back of my room.
Dude hell yeah that thing’s sick
might as well, even if the pc is ass theres probably some components worth salvaging