Possibly Amazing Thrift Store Find

[Macimoar]

Found this at the thrift store today. I almost didn’t check out the tech section because they rarely have anything. But I lucked out today and found some spare parts in a handy PC case for 10 bucks. 
 

Possibly useable parts include:

2x8GB DDR4 RAM

Corsair 80mm AIO

3 Corsair case fans

Corsair CX750M PSU
 

Motherboard has some bent and missing pins, so I probably won’t be able to get any use out of that; but if the RAM and AIO are working, I’ll be well on my way to upgrade my rig (still need CPU/Motherboard). I don’t currently have a DDR4 compatible motherboard, so I can’t test the RAM sticks yet, but I should be able to test the cooler. 
 

Honestly, if even one of these parts works it’s a good deal

Best case scenario, I’ve cut my upgrade cost in half. At worst, I have half a PC case

[atxcyclist]

For $10? That's an amazing thrift store find. What are the specs on the ram? 

[steelfoxy]

At worst case you have 16gb ram for 10 bucks.

[Spotty]

What a bargain. The case fans alone are worth $10 each.

Try and repair the bent pins. Use a pair of tweezers or a needle or something to gently bend the pins back in to place. It's a good motherboard so it's definitely worth trying to salvage. Shame it didn't include a CPU.

 

Bit of a mess though. Could use a rebuild to get those cables sorted. RAM should also be in slots 2 and 4.

 

I wouldn't hold out much hope of the 120mm AIO working. Judging by the parts the PC would have been built around 5 years ago, and in my experience those AIO pumps begin to start to die after the 5 year mark. If you test it and find it doesn't work then that might explain why they got rid of the PC - I'm assuming the bent CPU pins occurred after they removed the CPU.

[Macimoar]

10 hours ago, Spotty said:

What a bargain. The case fans alone are worth $10 each.

Try and repair the bent pins. Use a pair of tweezers or a needle or something to gently bend the pins back in to place. It's a good motherboard so it's definitely worth trying to salvage. Shame it didn't include a CPU.

 

Bit of a mess though. Could use a rebuild to get those cables sorted. RAM should also be in slots 2 and 4.

 

I wouldn't hold out much hope of the 120mm AIO working. Judging by the parts the PC would have been built around 5 years ago, and in my experience those AIO pumps begin to start to die after the 5 year mark. If you test it and find it doesn't work then that might explain why they got rid of the PC - I'm assuming the bent CPU pins occurred after they removed the CPU.

Yeah, I’m thinking the AIO is probably dead, but the fan probably still works. 
The motherboard has both bent and missing pins, though. I can bend pins back in place, but I can’t really fix missing ones. 

[Macimoar]

12 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

For $10? That's an amazing thrift store find. What are the specs on the ram? 

The RAM sticks are 2 8GB sticks PNY Anarchy (feels weird to see PNY in a build with literally everything else Corsair. 
DDR4-3200 CL 16-18-18-36

Sells for around $30 at Best Buy when they’re on sale

[atxcyclist]

21 minutes ago, Macimoar said:

The RAM sticks are 2 8GB sticks PNY Anarchy (feels weird to see PNY in a build with literally everything else Corsair. 
DDR4-3200 CL 16-18-18-36

Sells for around $30 at Best Buy when they’re on sale

That’s a pretty good ram kit, with the power supply and fans that is a heck of a find.