Best deal you ever got on computer parts?

[GamerGuyEbby]

I once went to my local flea market and saw a box with many computer parts worth probably around $80-$90 USD for $2, and pretty much all the parts I used worked. The two biggest parts were my EVGA 8800 GTS and ThermalTake Blue Orb II cooler. So it was one hell of a deal. So I was curious of what deals any of you guys have ever gotten regarding computer parts.

[Darkman]

in 2014 I bought my GTX 480 for $40.

[RGProductions]

4 minutes ago, GamerGuyEbby said:

I once went to my local flea market and saw a box with many computer parts worth probably around $80-$90 USD for $2, and pretty much all the parts I used worked. The two biggest parts were my EVGA 8800 GTS and ThermalTake Blue Orb II cooler. So it was one hell of a deal. So I was curious of what deals any of you guys have ever gotten regarding computer parts.

A q8300+board+ram for free

 

[mpsparrow]

Free motherboard with 8gb of ddr3 and an i5.

[BingoFishy]

MSI Z97 PC MATE + Pentium G3258 from Micro Center for $100 (or maybe $110 don't quite remember).

[Spork829]

Got a free motherboard from Microcenter, but not sure if that counts because it was only because they broke my old one while servicing my PC. Glad I do that myself now

[Kiol]

A new 500w EVGA B1 power supply for $10, new i5-6600k for $182, and a z170 msi pcmate motherboard for $30 with bent pins that I fixed up.

[Herman Mcpootis]

Bought a used r9 290 reference for $250 SGD at feburary, broke down on june, sent it in for RMA and got a 390 strix($620 new) BNIB in a week.

[Julian5]

Just now, mpsparrow said:

Free motherboard with 8gb of ddr3 and an i5.

how 0.0?

 

7 minutes ago, GamerGuyEbby said:

I once went to my local flea market and saw a box with many computer parts worth probably around $80-$90 USD for $2, and pretty much all the parts I used worked. The two biggest parts were my EVGA 8800 GTS and ThermalTake Blue Orb II cooler. So it was one hell of a deal. So I was curious of what deals any of you guys have ever gotten regarding computer parts.

25 dual core 2gb computer for free (Sold at 60€ each), a GTX 660 OC for 80€ (1 year ago) and nothing else since evrything in spain about pc's is overpriced

[Senzelian]

I won a CPU cooler. Does that count? 

[Sumsar]

Got my 280x for 170$ in 2014.

[Laputacake]

£70 for a 970 FTW+ about half a year ago.

[byalexandr]

Got my R9 290 for $170.

[LordLeewee]

£1400 dell xps laptop for £960 with various student discounts. i know i still spent a lot but i still saved £440!

[TetraSky]

Gigabyte HD7970 GHz for free.

For some reason it just "died" in my friend's PC, no matter what he did, he couldn't get it to POST anymore. He's the kind that can't be bothered with the "hassle" of doing a RMA (or anything that require any effort regarding computers, really), so he just bought himself a R9 390 and gave me his "dead" card.

 

I thought I'd just RMA it, but first I decided to try it in my PC, and it worked. Just in case I ran a bunch of tests on it, including the one I got from my time at Futureshop (Geek Squad MRI), everything came out as perfectly working... So I got a free GPU. I did have to change one of the fans on it because it was no longer spinning and when it did, it made terrible noise, but that's peanuts compared to the cost of the card itself.

[DrM]

g3258 for $45 at microcenter, and a g502 mouse for $40, all brand new.

[forthe48]

Just the other day, I picked up:

 

- i7 2600s

- ASRock z68 extreme3 gen3

- 8GB RAM

- 160GB HDD

- Corsair HX620

- cheap nasty case

- rocketfish cpu cooler

- Sapphire HD 6770

 

for $200. Not too bad! it's gonna be a good entry-level gaming build for my friend when I upgrade my GPU and throw my current GTX 760 in it.

[arnavvr]

i7 980X for $60

[Duskie]

I think £220 for a brand new 290X was a pretty good deal, even though it's probably the worst 290X. (ROG)

 

January 2015, I think?

[Kenoxabe]

Palit Jetstream GTX 670 in 2013. Got the thing for $80

Reason : 

Bought an ASUS GTX 560 Ti Direct CU II TOP ($300 in my country because of import tax) last February 2012. 2 weeks before the warranty expired, broke down. Went to the shop where I bought it for RMA. 2 weeks after, they said the supplier doesn't have any more stocks and seemed that the unit was discontinued. Offered me that they'll buy my 560 Ti for a measly $150. I declined. I offered them to upgrade my stuff instead, and I'll pay whatever cash that I lack when I originally bought the 560 Ti. 30 minutes later, they agreed. Paid $80 for the Palit Jetstream GTX 670. Used that for 3 years and 4 (March 1, 2013 - July 11, 2016)  months. Lol.

[WkdPaul]

2 hours ago, RGProductions said:

A q8300+board+ram for free

 

Similar, 2 Dells with C2Q, 4GB DDR2 and 1 still had a 60GB SSD. All for free.

 

EDIT:

Oh, and my current i3-4170 for $70 CAD, brand new, still in the sealed box.

[PlayStation 2]

$25 for my entire PC.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Got my cooler for 10 cents.

[Purgent]

Got a brand new HX850i for $80 due to an online pricing error through local Microcenter. 

[Bleedingyamato]

4 hours ago, TetraSky said:

Gigabyte HD7970 GHz for free.

For some reason it just "died" in my friend's PC, no matter what he did, he couldn't get it to POST anymore. He's the kind that can't be bothered with the "hassle" of doing a RMA (or anything that require any effort regarding computers, really), so he just bought himself a R9 390 and gave me his "dead" card.

 

I thought I'd just RMA it, but first I decided to try it in my PC, and it worked. Just in case I ran a bunch of tests on it, including the one I got from my time at Futureshop (Geek Squad MRI), everything came out as perfectly working... So I got a free GPU. I did have to change one of the fans on it because it was no longer spinning and when it did, it made terrible noise, but that's peanuts compared to the cost of the card itself.

Is that card any good to use nowadays?  If so that's nice you got it for free.