Computer goodies (now with pictures of the swag)

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JayM
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Computer goodies (now with pictures of the swag)

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A member of the MX team (who wishes to remain anonymous) sent me a goodie box of their gently-used surplus computer components left over from a previous build of theirs which has since been upgraded, plus some things from their storeroom. Christmas came early this year! (Actually not as the Christmas season begins on September 1 in the Phils and I got the box this month.:smile:) But here's what was inside:
  • A CPU that was originally thought to be an AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz septacore, but that's not what it actually is and it will have to be a surprise. Maybe it's an octacore? (It's definitely not a Ryzen as those are AMD4 socket CPUs and this is an AM3+ socket board. I'm guessing it's probably still an FX. I'll just have to wait and see. It and the cooler are already installed and I don't want to mess with them and muck up the thermal grease application.)
  • A stock AMD FX low-profile CPU cooler that has an 8cm fan and copper heat pipes, previously used on a server and which kept its CPU nice and cool.
  • Two Crucial 8GB DDR3-1600 ECC DIMMs.
  • An XFX Radeon HD-6570 video card.
  • Two nice 12cm and two 8cm case fans.
  • Thermal grease, assorted cables and connectors, and a small bag of machine screws.
  • One 128GB SSD and one 120GB SSD.
  • Probably some other stuff that I'm missing here.

Yay! Everything I need to build a nice desktop except a case, PSU and maybe a few little odds and ends!
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Re: Computer goodies

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:dancingman: Most Excellent! :dancingman:

:dancingman: Merry Christmas! :dancingman:
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#3 Post by chrispop99 »

What a lovely thing for them to have done.

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Re: Computer goodies

#4 Post by junoluna »

sweet

i got an empty case

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#5 Post by JayM »

I agree, Chris. I was totally wowed!
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junoluna wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:40 am sweet

i got an empty case
haha! That reminds me of the kid in Charlie Brown when they all went trick-or-treating together:
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#7 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Wow.. congrats :D I hope to see your build being mentioned here sometime :happy:
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#8 Post by Paul.. »

NICE!!! Rock on...

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I've already ordered a new case, a Raidmax Helium that can hold up to 5 disks and 6 fans. Also a second magnetic dust filter (I already have one) so all of my intake fans will be filtered. Hopefully they'll both arrive sometime this month.

I have a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD from my old desktop, both of which are fairly new, and a never-used generic 585W average/750W peak PSU to put in it. I also have a 12cm and an 8cm case fan from the old desktop I can add.

I'll try to take a picture of the finished build, but no guarantees about photo quality as I'm a lousy photographer. :smile:
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#10 Post by Paul.. »

We don't care about the quality of the pics...the hardware crazies among us just like looking at the nuts and bolts...

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