PC Dumpster diving

[Electronix]

Hey Linus Tech Tips,

 

Do any of you guys enjoy dumpster diving for computer parts that can still be put to good use and build new PCs out of them?  I remember my father and I built a machine out of scrap parts that we found behind a computer store that lets us rummage through their dumpster last year that had a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB DDR RAM, a 120 GB HDD, Antec 400 W PSU that we found, and an old NZXT gaming case. The old computer still works like a charm and runs Puppy Linux.  Do any of you guys have some stories about PC dumpster diving?

[Lord Pantaloons]

Dumpsters stink, I don't go in them.

[IDprofile]

Where would I go to find thrown out parts

[Osmium]

If I could I would.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

It really isnt worth it.

 

Old hardware uses a lot more energy, is usually too slow to do anything with, and is impossible to repair.

[UnknownEngineer]

When i opened my pre-built PC:s case. That's the only experience i have. Oh and emptying the trash bin on windows.

Jk

We have some old parts at school, we built some pentium 4 system with windows 95, i think, not quite sure.

[Sharif]

just send me the location!!! 

[Jumper118]

i got 2 dual core p4's, 4X1gb of ddr2, a seagate 160gb hdd and a samsung 250gb hdd from the skip outside work on saturday so far ive tested the hdds and they both work

 

Hey Linus Tech Tips,

 

Do any of you guys enjoy dumpster diving for computer parts that can still be put to good use and build new PCs out of them?  I remember my father and I built a machine out of scrap parts that we found behind a computer store that lets us rummage through their dumpster last year that had a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB DDR RAM, a 120 GB HDD, Antec 400 W PSU that we found, and an old NZXT gaming case. The old computer still works like a charm and runs Puppy Linux.  Do any of you guys have some stories about PC dumpster diving?

[Suika]

I've never heard of such a thing.

 

Yes, bargain hunting I've done, but dumpster diving for PC parts is new to me.

[Dumpster diving rules]

I am in 9th grade and my friend father is

a custodian so once a week we go to the electronics dumpsters and find pc parts every time. My school has its own IT support that throws out 3-6 laptops a week and some of them has samsung ssd’s. So when i hear someone breaks their pc, i look underneath them to see if it has been opened. If they have been opened, they have a ssd, But they arent very easy to find since sometimes they are smashing the laptops before throwing them, depending on who throws them

[TacticlTwinkie]

Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-necro thread.