Been Scavenging :)

[DnFx91]

I was tasked with wiping the data from a load of rackmount media servers, and then to chuck them in the skip. I clearly assumed these things were old and shit otherwise they wouldn't be telling me to throw it all in a skip. Here's what i got out of them, this shit sickens me. Clearly this is not going in the bin, it's coming home with me

 

6 x GTX 460

4 x Samsung 750 Evo 250GB SSD's

1 x Badass 9800GT that i have hung on my office wall

1 x EVGA 750 Ti 2GB

2 x Palit 1050's 2GB

 

I hate that we live in a world where this kind of thing happens all the time. 

Anyone in the Luton area that wants a free GTX 460 hit me up

 

DnFx

 

 

 

 

[DnFx91]

The 9800GT has taken a great spot on my "tech wall" next to the Quadro FX3800  

[kelvinhall05]

Can you ship me one of those 1050s?

[NinJake]

Lucky son of a...

[DnFx91]

On 8/31/2017 at 10:35 AM, kelvinhall05 said:

Can you ship me one of those 1050s?

Sorry no, am happy to give out free 460's but no shipping, i have plans for the 750 ti and 1050's mate.

 

On 8/31/2017 at 10:36 AM, NinJake said:

Lucky son of a...

Perks of the job lol, i occasionally get goodies out of my workplace, but never anything like this veritable bounty  

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

Sorry no, am happy to give out free 460's but no shipping, i have plans for the 750 ti and 1050's mate.

Dang 

 

 

cri

[samcool55]

You can always do a recovery of the data on the SSD's

Not everyone thinks it's ethical to do that tho but that's up to you.

[NinJake]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

Perks of the job lol, i occasionally get goodies out of my workplace, but never anything like this veritable bounty  

The SSDs are what caught my eye as worth using!

[DnFx91]

Just now, samcool55 said:

You can always do a recovery of the data on the SSD's

Not everyone thinks it's ethical to do that tho but that's up to you.

not after what i did to them  

 

DBAN on IT Manager's request, 250GB of zeroes on them things lol

[samcool55]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

not after what i did to them  

 

DBAN on IT Manager's request, 250GB of zeroes on them things lol

Oh you nuked them, yea then there's nothing left.

Actuallyn props to your IT manager for requesting that. That actually rarely happens.

 

I've bought a few systems from local auctions and not a single time they were erased. Not a single thing. Bypassing the password and thadaa, company intel everywhere.

[NinJake]

3 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

not after what i did to them  

 

DBAN on IT Manager's request, 250GB of zeroes on them things lol

No... I'm cool with DBAN, I have to by law when I remove drives at work however use those SOBs for a RAID Array at home!

[DnFx91]

On 8/31/2017 at 10:42 AM, samcool55 said:

Oh you nuked them, yea then there's nothing left.

Actuallyn props to your IT manager for requesting that. That actually rarely happens.

 

I've bought a few systems from local auctions and not a single time they were erased. Not a single thing. Bypassing the password and thadaa, company intel everywhere.

lol yeah he only knows about it cos i used to DBAN his machine all the time haha, so he knew it was a good idea. Funny thing is the data we have on our drives is as far from "sensitive" as humanly possible, yet they act like its fucking nuclear launch codes

 

On 8/31/2017 at 10:43 AM, NinJake said:

No... I'm cool with DBAN, I have to by law when I remove drives at work however use those SOBs for a RAID Array at home!

beat me to it, but i already have all my SATA ports filled with SSD's in RAID 0 hahahaha. Don't even ahve another PCie slot to chuck a SATA controller into

[samcool55]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

lol yeah he only knows about it cos i used to DBAN his machine all the time haha, so he knew it was a good idea. Funny thing is the data we have on our drives is as far from "sensitive" as humanly possible, yet they act like its fucking nuclear launch codes

Well, better safe than sorry! It's always a good idea to nuke them regardless what was on it.

[Ezzy-525]

Are you doing anything with the SSD's? I could really do with an upgrade to my 120GB...

[DnFx91]

On 8/31/2017 at 10:46 AM, samcool55 said:

Well, better safe than sorry! It's always a good idea to nuke them regardless what was on it.

unfortunately they were SATA, and people wanted the drives. I love when they ask me to wipe IDE HDD's cos i just get the sledgehammer out  

 

Sorry had a few personal messages, i am happy to give out the 460's for free (collection) but everything else has been snapped up by little brother's and workmates with shit GPU's

 

 

[Ithanul]

13 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

I was tasked with wiping the data from a load of rackmount media servers, and then to chuck them in the skip. I clearly assumed these things were old and shit otherwise they wouldn't be telling me to throw it all in a skip. Here's what i got out of them, this shit sickens me.

If that sickens you, you should see what the military chucks out on a regular basis.

I been nabbing goodies left and right.  Working on nabbing my 2nd pelican case and 3rd surefire flashlight.   

Already nab a gigabit switch.  Small one, but heck if I was letting that go into a trash pile.

[samcool55]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

unfortunately they were SATA, and people wanted the drives. I love when they ask me to wipe IDE HDD's cos i just get the sledgehammer out  

A phyiscal nuke is of course always cooler to do than a digital one Actually IDE drives bigger than 320GB might be worth keeping tho. I've looked for a 500GB+ IDE drive and they were expensive AF.

[DnFx91]

On 8/31/2017 at 10:47 AM, Ezzy-525 said:

Are you doing anything with the SSD's? I could really do with an upgrade to my 120GB...

Sorry had a few personal messages, i am happy to give out the 460's for free (collection) but everything else has been snapped up by little brother's and workmates with shit GPU's

On 8/31/2017 at 10:49 AM, Ithanul said:

If that sickens you, you should see what the military chucks out on a regular basis.

I been nabbing goodies left and right.  Working on nabbing my 2nd pelican case and 3rd surefire flashlight.   

Already nab a gigabit switch.  Small one, but heck if I was letting that go into a trash pile.

yh man they send it all to Liberia or some shit don't they ??  

[Haeking]

2 minutes ago, Ithanul said:

If that sickens you, you should see what the military chucks out on a regular basis.

I been nabbing goodies left and right.  Working on nabbing my 2nd pelican case and 3rd surefire flashlight.   

Already nab a gigabit switch.  Small one, but heck if I was letting that go into a trash pile.

Does the military toss out any good gpu's  / computer systems 

 

[Light-Yagami]

contact Buildzoid on youtube "Actually Hardware Overclocking" is the name of the channel. He's love to OC the shit out of those gtx 460s..

[Ezzy-525]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

 

 

Ah, nevermind then. And congrats on the find! The things some companies will throw out is astounding.

 

My boss brought in his old iPhone 6S and his new one, asked me to setup his new one...just left the old one with me.

 

Wiped it and it's working as it should. But I'm no thief so I gave it back to HR  (Not that you're a thief, I mean they were actually scrapping the ones you got) mine was a case of "ok I've got my new phone...bye." Could've probably kept it and no-one would even know...too honest for my own good.

[Ithanul]

Just now, Haeking said:

Does the military toss out any good gpu's  / computer systems 

 

Nah, most of the stuff is crap pre-builts.   The laptops are super nice, but those are serial track.  No way I can nab one of those.  Otherwise, I have myself some super nice laptops on hand.   

 

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

yh man they send it all to Liberia or some shit don't they ??  

Pfff, out here in the desert.  It goes straight in a trash bin or left out in the sun to bake to death.

[Haeking]

Just now, Ithanul said:

Nah, most of the stuff is crap pre-builts.   The laptops are super nice, but those are serial track.  No way I can nab one of those.  Otherwise, I have myself some super nice laptops on hand.   

 

Pfff, out here in the desert.  It goes straight in a trash bin or left out in the sun to bake to death.

what are these pc specs my dude, and would they even notice them if they were gone 

[Ithanul]

Just now, Haeking said:

what are these pc specs my dude, and would they even notice them if they were gone 

O, they would notice.  Darn things are inventoried on a regular basis.

Specs wise, look at the Latitude line of Dells.  That gives you a good idea.

[Haeking]

12 minutes ago, Ithanul said:

O, they would notice.  Darn things are inventoried on a regular basis.

Specs wise, look at the Latitude line of Dells.  That gives you a good idea.

interesting, and those specs are eh but decent for what the military is doing