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So here's a question: What do I do with my old computer now that I've built a new one? The parts in it are like 6-7 years old. Do I sell parts of it? Where would you do that? Do I just throw it out? Are there places you're supposed to put computer parts?
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Grapplejack posted:So here's a question: What do I do with my old computer now that I've built a new one? The parts in it are like 6-7 years old. Do I sell parts of it? Where would you do that? Do I just throw it out? Are there places you're supposed to put computer parts? Some of that stuff is probably worth selling, what are the specs? I sell my old stuff on eBay and just deal with the chance I might have a bad buyer, the only real problem I had was one person return an item without opening it but I just sold it again for more.
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Jan 29, 2021 03:59
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Grapplejack posted:So here's a question: What do I do with my old computer now that I've built a new one? The parts in it are like 6-7 years old. Do I sell parts of it? Where would you do that? Do I just throw it out? Are there places you're supposed to put computer parts? GPU might be a hot commodity right now. I usually transfer the data and either convert it into an office-lite/netflix computer for friends/family or donate it to local schools, who usually have a computer lab that likes to take stuff like that apart. If you're going to bin it, your local municipality should have a drop point for electronics disposal. If you're donating, make sure to wipe the drives and zero them out.
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Jan 29, 2021 05:44
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:
If you know anyone who does a lot of computer stuff they may have an empty HDD you could drop in there, I had stacks that I’ve pulled that were never-used data drives that came in prebuilts and laptops I upgraded for people.
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Jan 29, 2021 07:01
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Been raking through the last 15 pages of this thread to get a "feel" of the current hardware pick-ems, and went with Reverend Joshua's pick as a baseReverend Joshua posted:PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/txPDfP Tweaked some of the components for my 1,000€ non-GPU budget. Gonna stick with my RTX 2060 until the 30x prices start dipping towards the non-stupid range. Didn't really need the DX version over the base 500 case, but it has a USB-C on the front panel, apparently better airflow, and I don't care about noise at all. I went with the 5600X over the 3600 since it would be a bit more of a step-up over my Ryzen 5 1600, and the price is still within my budget. Look alright? PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon) Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.90 @ Amazon) Total: $614.86 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-29 03:01 EST-0500
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Jan 29, 2021 09:07
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Been raking through the last 15 pages of this thread to get a "feel" of the current hardware pick-ems Smart! Looks good except you want a cooler for the 5600x. I guess you thought you'd go with the stock one because you read that it was adequate but noisy, but a better cooler provides more overhead for the cpu to boost to so get better performance too. The 212 is the base suggestion, if you want to spend a little more I'd recommend the scythe mugen 5 or fuma 2.
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Jan 29, 2021 10:49
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Butterfly Valley posted:Smart! Yeah, looks like I forgot to add my cooler to the part picker list, I got a Pure Rock 2, since I had pretty good experiences with be quiet and Noctua in the past, but didn't really feel I need a higher-priced premium option this time. Cheers for the feedback! Thread's a solid source of information and experiences once again.
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Jan 29, 2021 11:45
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What's the general rule on open box/used stuff? I always assume open box Micro Center stuff is used unless I can confirm otherwise (display model etc.), and I know RAM is risky and should be tested ASAP, hard drives might be a gamble, but I don't know about stuff like power supplies and mobos for the most part. Is it really worth trying to snag used/open box stuff if I'm only saving $20-$50 here and there?
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Jan 29, 2021 16:33
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Hi there, I just upgraded my main PC and now I'm about to put together a computer from the leftover parts I got laying around. RAM stuff always confuses me, so my question is; Is it bad to mix this cheap Nanya ram I pulled from an old office computer with the Corsair Vengeance I got in there already? The specs I found for the Nanya ram says it is 1300mhz and CL9. The corsair says 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 on it. I won't be mixing the ram on the same channel. It is going into a P67 motherboard with a 2600k cpu.
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Jan 29, 2021 16:39
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roomtwofifteen posted:What's the general rule on open box/used stuff? I always assume open box Micro Center stuff is used unless I can confirm otherwise (display model etc.), and I know RAM is risky and should be tested ASAP, hard drives might be a gamble, but I don't know about stuff like power supplies and mobos for the most part. Is it really worth trying to snag used/open box stuff if I'm only saving $20-$50 here and there? Only if you have a tolerance for maybe having to return things and also if the vendor has a good policy for returns. I buy all kinds of things from Amazon warehouse, for example. Hard disks and power supplies are probably the only things I'd avoid since I want them brand new with a full warranty. Motherboards are a little iffy but generally work or don't work. I've had them die before but it's usually right away or after a few years. The only one I had die in warranty was during the capacitor plague ~15 years ago. Whizzing Wizard posted:Hi there, You can run those together, they'll just run at 1333mhz and the timings of the slower RAM. If it's just a PC made of older parts that's fine. You might even be able to find a matching stick of the corsair stuff on ebay if you want it to be faster.
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Jan 29, 2021 16:57
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Grapplejack posted:So here's a question: What do I do with my old computer now that I've built a new one? The parts in it are like 6-7 years old. Do I sell parts of it? Where would you do that? Do I just throw it out? Are there places you're supposed to put computer parts? See if there are any local highschool robotics teams in your area. https://www.thebluealliance.com/teams We still have some core 2 quad machines being used by our team that are still worth using so whatever it is im sure a team would use it. FRC teams love donations.
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Jan 30, 2021 03:26
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Is a custom cooler really necessary for a stock 5600x? I left the stock cooler on my I73770K 5 years ago or whenever I bought it and it’s never been a problem.
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Jan 30, 2021 03:28
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It's just loud. 99% of people won't notice a difference in speed performance with a better cooler.
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Jan 30, 2021 03:29
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I have the stock cooler on my 5600x and I only really hear it if the ceiling fan in my office is off. If it's on it's not loud enough for me to hear it.
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Jan 30, 2021 03:37
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It’s worth trying, and I’d say start the fans around 60 your fan curve. It’s been pretty quiet like that with my 3600.
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Jan 30, 2021 04:21
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Nuts and Gum posted:Is a custom cooler really necessary for a stock 5600x? I left the stock cooler on my I73770K 5 years ago or whenever I bought it and it’s never been a problem. 5600x is hot af. Do you need an aftermarket cooler? No. But the stock will be loud and you’ll for sure lose performance at the top due to thermal throttle.
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Jan 30, 2021 04:26
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Grapplejack posted:So here's a question: What do I do with my old computer now that I've built a new one? The parts in it are like 6-7 years old. Do I sell parts of it? Where would you do that? Do I just throw it out? Are there places you're supposed to put computer parts? What do you actually have? Because even parts that old are selling for serious money, depending on what we're talking about
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Jan 30, 2021 13:31
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I've ordered my dream machine (sans a few parts I'm transferring over to keep costs down in the immediate term). PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£301.98 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£129.99 @ Box Limited) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£67.17 @ Amazon UK) Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower Case (£103.49 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£76.98 @ Amazon UK) Total: £709.60 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-30 16:03 GMT+0000 The CPU is probably overkill for me but since I intend to keep this machine for the rest of the decade, I thought I'd treat myself. Would I see a day-to-day difference if I replaced the Samsung 850 EVO I'll be moving with an NVMe drive? HalloKitty posted:What do you actually have? Because even parts that old are selling for serious money, depending on what we're talking about Hijacking this, would it be worth my while selling my 3570K, 8GB RAM and PSU (Corsair RM550)?
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Jan 30, 2021 17:39
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spunkshui posted:See if there are any local highschool robotics teams in your area. Nothing like this in my area unfortunately. Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:GPU might be a hot commodity right now. I think I'll look for the disposal, I kept the HD so it should be fine. I don't think the i7 3700 or the 8 year old ram will help anyone lol e: I have a corsair 750w bronze that might be worth like $40, I've never had issues with it.
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Jan 30, 2021 18:18
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WattsvilleBlues posted:I've ordered my dream machine (sans a few parts I'm transferring over to keep costs down in the immediate term). If you don't have an immediate need for more storage, I'd hang tight. Differences will be minimal at best unless you're doing truly IO intensive work with the computer. As for the old parts, you could give it a try. i5's of that vintage aren't the most desirable chip, but you still might get a decent amount for the combo. Maybe even a little more if you go through the hassle of selling the individual parts. Grapplejack posted:Nothing like this in my area unfortunately. I'll bet the i7 could fetch a bit, people like those as they are a somewhat cheap way to upgrade an old i5 system. Old motherboards can go for pretty silly amounts too. Totally up to you on the amount of effort you want to put in.
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Grapplejack posted:I think I'll look for the disposal, I kept the HD so it should be fine. I don't think the i7 3700 or the 8 year old ram will help anyone lol A i7-3770K still sells for a bit, This listing is SOLD items, and they're selling for between $100-$150. A plain i7-3770 might get around $80. If the motherboard chipset allows overclocking, and isn't utter trash, I guarantee there's a market for it. I think it's a surprise to people these days that their hardware has a decent amount of value. It used to be the case that 8 year old hardware could barely be given away. It would be like trying to give away an early Pentium 4 when Sandy Bridge was already out. HalloKitty fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jan 30, 2021 |
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Jan 30, 2021 18:25
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I'm glad you pointed that out, because I didn't think my i7-3770 would go for that much since that is what, a 2012 processor? I'll have to sell that since they pretty consistently sell in that $70-90 range.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Quick question - my Radeon R9 390 ( https://www.newegg.com/msi-radeon-r9-390-r9-390-gaming-8g/p/N82E16814127874?Item=N82E16814127874 ) is dying - I want to replace it, and I'm not even worried about upgrading, I just want something comparable, because it runs all the games I want decently enough. But I'm out of the loop on hardware these days, and with the current price spike + stock shortage in GPUs, I don't know what to buy, or even where they would be available. What cards should I be looking at, and is there anyplace I can look to actually find similar cards in stock at a sane price, or am I poo poo out of luck? Ugly In The Morning posted:A 1060 should be at around the same performance level, and some stores definitely have 1660s in stock. BrownThunder is selling a GTX 1060 in SA-Mart
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Jan 30, 2021 20:56
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I just sold the 6 GB version of that exact same card for $250. Market is crazy.
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nitsuga posted:If you’re near a Micro Center it’d be worth seeing what they had too, as you get a $20 discount on a CPU and MB combo. Alas, I tried this, went there in person to pick it up, and they gave my order to someone else. Somehow they mixed up mobos of completely different brands and sockets. And of course they had no more in stock. So some poor bastard picked up a mobo that won't fit his CPU without checking his order. Tallgeese fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Jan 31, 2021 |
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Jan 31, 2021 01:51
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Quick troubleshooting question I'm pretty sure I know the answer to. Just got all my parts in for the new build and was trying to power up the mobo to do a bios update. Board wouldn't boot no matter what I did, tried jumping it with a screw driver and also verified the PSU was good using the included self test plug that had it spinning up. Assuming the board is DOA at this point but open to suggestions for further troubleshooting. Only things connected were 24 pin and cpu power with nothing attached to the mobo, its a gigabye vision b550.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I'm glad you pointed that out, because I didn't think my i7-3770 would go for that much since that is what, a 2012 processor? I'll have to sell that since they pretty consistently sell in that $70-90 range. Even older processors from five years ago can still be 70-80% as fast or so compared to a new modern equivalent. I wouldn't build a new system from old parts or anything, but if you have a comp from a while ago that's fine with a good power supply, you can just upgrade the graphics card for a while before you need a whole new one. That may change a bit with the new pcie4 standard, but computers haven't changed nearly as much this past decade compared to 2000-2010.
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Jan 31, 2021 11:55
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I bought my 5600x from a seller on eBay. It's brand new without the Wraith cooler (I bought a Cooler Master Hyper 212 anyway), and including delivery it's £290. The seller has tens of thousands of reviews sitting at 96% positive feedback. Am I mad for going for this? The CPU was well over £300 elsewhere.
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AK-47 posted:Quick troubleshooting question I'm pretty sure I know the answer to. Just got all my parts in for the new build and was trying to power up the mobo to do a bios update. Board wouldn't boot no matter what I did, tried jumping it with a screw driver and also verified the PSU was good using the included self test plug that had it spinning up. Assuming the board is DOA at this point but open to suggestions for further troubleshooting. I was in a very similar situation to you a couple of months ago, with a gigabyte b550i aorus pro that I couldn't get to show any indication of life when I tried to update the BIOS, but I quickly built it outside of the case and it booted to BIOS anyway even with a new 5600x and an older BIOS revision. I was then able to update it from within the BIOS and install windows as normal. Might he worth a go if you're confident putting it together and potentially having to take it apart again. WattsvilleBlues posted:I bought my 5600x from a seller on eBay. It's brand new without the Wraith cooler (I bought a Cooler Master Hyper 212 anyway), and including delivery it's £290. The seller has tens of thousands of reviews sitting at 96% positive feedback. Am I mad for going for this? The CPU was well over £300 elsewhere. I think this is fine, ebay is very much on the buyer's side in case of any disputes so its not in the seller's interest to gently caress you over.
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I think I might have gone overboard on LED's. Trying to lay out on paper what's in my head. (not shown, a 3rd controller for the LED strips around my monitor that reacts to what's on my screen) 
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Ak Gara posted:I think I might have gone overboard on LED's. Be sure to play around with brightness and color. I like my case lights at 40 out of 255 because 4 strips is bright as gently caress.
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counterpoint turn everything to max brightness, rainbow color changing, de-synced if you can. Make your computer physically painful to look at.
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Boxman posted:counterpoint turn everything to max brightness, rainbow color changing, de-synced if you can. Make your computer physically painful to look at. For inspiration: LODGE NORTH posted:So, I need some creatives.
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AK-47 posted:Quick troubleshooting question I'm pretty sure I know the answer to. Just got all my parts in for the new build and was trying to power up the mobo to do a bios update. Board wouldn't boot no matter what I did, tried jumping it with a screw driver and also verified the PSU was good using the included self test plug that had it spinning up. Assuming the board is DOA at this point but open to suggestions for further troubleshooting. CPU-less bios updates aren't done from boot, it's just a button on the back that initiates the process. A board not booting without a cpu is, I assume, completely normal behavior. Looking at the website it may already have a Zen3 compatible bios from the factory. Fantastic Foreskin fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jan 31, 2021 |
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:For inspiration: Now I'm curious - what's the most dumbass, stupid looking, XXXTREME GAMER case out there? Not just lights, but, like, angles, extra bits that look like they'll cut your hand if you approach it wrong, all that dumb poo poo. EDIT: Like, his is pretty dumb, but surely we can get dumber. Boxman fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 31, 2021 |
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Jan 31, 2021 21:33
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I think this has to be a contender: https://www.xigmatek.com/product_detail.php?item=287 Edit: This one also has potential: https://www.fsplifestyle.com/promotion/T-WINGS/feature.html Gearman fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jan 31, 2021 |
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Jan 31, 2021 21:42
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I thought the 5600X was supposed to run hot? Mine just has a dinky NH-U14S and it won't exceed 55C in stress tests and sits at 30C idle.
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Jan 31, 2021 21:46
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Well the U14S is also a great cooler
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I demand higher temps. What the hell are we paying for?
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Mu Zeta posted:Well the U14S is also a great cooler I was worried it wouldn't be enough but I'm happy to find out that a CPU cooler the size of a basketball isn't necessary.
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