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The $37 Dell

iHardware Shelden
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Now I constructed this system a few weeks before scrapyard wars but ever since watching it the more I wanted to get out of my "new" Dell.

The system is a Dell Optiplex 745 at heart with the only difference being in a Optiplex GX620 case. 

All of the parts for this system were free except for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 that I picked up for $37 (including tax and shipping) on amazon.

I upgraded the stock Aluminum cooler to the copper heat-pipe one and it keeps the Q6600 running nice and cool.

 

I think I did quite well with this system and never realized how good of a deal it was until scrapyard wars. If you guys think of anything I should change/upgrade please let me know ;)

 

Quick Specs: C2Q Q6600, 6GB DDR2 666MHz, ATI FireGL v3600, 2x80 WD Caviar drives, 305Watt Dell OEM PSU, 2xDVD ROM + 1.44MB Floppy disk drive (Yes I still use floppys)

 

CPUID Validation: http://valid.x86.fr/tlnfdi(The cpu speed seems to be a little weird, trust me it is at stock 2.4GHz)

 

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A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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i like it, if it where me I would try to upgrade it as much as possible for as long as possible to see how good for how cheap i could get it, like an on going job

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. ~ Feynman 

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i like it, if it where me I would try to upgrade it as much as possible for as long as possible to see how good for how cheap i could get it, like an on going job

That is exactly what I plan on doing :) I might pick up a single slot GTX 650 ti or 750 ti if I ever have some money to spend. I tried putting 8GB of ram in it but it yelled at me even after a Bios update. So it is currently 2x2gb stick and 2x1gb sticks in dual channel.

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Hey, I just got an OptiPlex 760 USFF! :D

 

But I'm more interested in the PIII build... ;)

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Hey, I just got an OptiPlex 760 USFF! :D

But I'm more interested in the PIII build... ;)

Lucky... Pentium III is still more powerful than that stupid core 2 duo though ;)

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Lucky... Pentium III is still more powerful than that stupid core 2 duo though ;)

I wouldn't be too sure about that though.

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VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

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I wouldn't be too sure about that though.

Haha Pentium III has 3 cores right? That's what my mom told me!

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Haha Pentium III has 3 cores right? That's what my mom told me!

No. Nononononononononononononononononono. STAHP IT MAM!

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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No. Nononononononononononononononononono. STAHP IT MAM!

Hahaha, all aboard the lie train!

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Just did a benchmark on the system using Pass Mark, nothing special. The video card is a different story...

(Video is still processing) 

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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