Crazy $30 score

[Verseus]

So while taking some items for donation at my local Salvation Army, I stumbled across this monster. Outfitted with dual MSI Lightning HD 6970's (in croasfire) l, an Intel i5 2500k, and a z68 Asrock MB. It was just laying out in the pile of donations. I asked the man running the donations if I could purchase it, and he then proceeded to ask me what I would pay. As I had no idea as to whether or not it worked, I offered $30, which he accepted on the spot. I tested the gpus, and they work. the system also booted to the bios with no issue. I call that a win.

[shadowbyte]

holy fuck

can i has a 6970

[david cassar]

Jesus I'm jealous tbh </3

[Nostalgia_Realm]

What, $30?? You could still sell that thing for at least $250.

[imreloadin]

6 minutes ago, Verseus said:

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Holy shit, hella good find man. You really screwed the Salvation Army though......

[Its_Twitchyy]

4 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

Holy shit, hella good find man. You really screwed the Salvation Army though......

Not really, wasn't it just donated in the first place?

[Verseus]

6 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

holy fuck

can i has a 6970

pm me

 

5 minutes ago, david cassar said:

Jesus I'm jealous tbh </3

Yea, this never, EVER happens to me. I was so giddy when I saw it, and was about to lose my mind when he agreed.

 

4 minutes ago, MSWindowsinside said:

What, $30?? You could still sell that thing for at least $250.

I hope I could get a bit more than that, but still. I am incredibly pleased.

 

4 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

Holy shit, hella good find man. You really screwed the Salvation Army though......

Well, I just had no way of knowing if it worked. There was originally a AX1200 PSU in this thing, but it was removed. If it would have had a PSU, I would have plugged it in. I told they guy that I would have offered much more if i knew it worked. I'm very glad it did though

[Verseus]

1 minute ago, Its_Twitchyy said:

Not really, wasn't it just donated in the first place?

Yep. It had been dropped off shortly before I arrived. Case is an old silverstone monstrosity with 3 200mm fans on the bottom... The entire thing is metal and weighs an unholy amount. The case is missing a few bits, but otherwise the system was shockingly intact

[Heesleemer]

Those Air Penetarators are worth like 25 a piece.... 

The Case is an FT02, nice case. 

[Its_Twitchyy]

2 minutes ago, Verseus said:

Yep. It had been dropped off shortly before I arrived. Case is an old silverstone monstrosity with 3 200mm fans on the bottom... The entire thing is metal and weighs an unholy amount. The case is missing a few bits, but otherwise the system was shockingly intact

The fun thing with an old, FULL METAL case is you can take a dremel to it and not feel bad at all. I wouldn't do that to my H440 since it's a new case.

[imreloadin]

1 minute ago, Its_Twitchyy said:

Not really, wasn't it just donated in the first place?

Yes, that doesn't change the fact he took advantage of someone who wasn't computer literate at all. The SA could have gotten around $200 for that as previously mentioned. I know they would have let you bring a monitor and powersupply in to test it there if you had asked.

[Heesleemer]

3 minutes ago, Its_Twitchyy said:

The fun thing with an old, FULL METAL case is you can take a dremel to it and not feel bad at all. I wouldn't do that to my H440 since it's a new case.

except that case is is sold more than the h440

[Verseus]

4 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

Yes, that doesn't change the fact he took advantage of someone who wasn't computer literate at all. The SA could have gotten around $200 for that as previously mentioned. I know they would have let you bring a monitor and powersupply in to test it there if you had asked.

They don't actually sell pc's. They send 99% of the electronics they receive over seas to be recycled, and they receive a small portion of the proceeds. They actually probably made more than if they had shipped it. But in full disclosure, I told they guy that if I had a way to test it I would have offered much more. He understood where I was coming from, and we both walked away happy.

[Verseus]

If anyone has interest in any of the components, feel free to gimme a shout. The 3 180mm fans are pending, But everything else is still available.