13 dollars. Do I win scrapyard wars?

[dakr1002]

I just finished my literal scrapyard build and have it up and running beautifully.  In its finalized form it cost me about 180 bucks but only because I snazzed it up a bit this last week but I was able to get it to post and boot windows at 13 dollars. 

Here's the parts list with prices and where I got them. If it is listed free I got it from the recycle bin at a business that was in the process of downsizing

 

-xeon x3430 I got for 13 bucks on eBay

-asus P7F-X workstation Mobo free

-16 gigs Samsung ram free

-MSI GTX 680 free

 

I started with a diablotek 500w psuthat was a salvage but I upgraded to a corsair cxm650 from microcenter for 57.

I also pulled a few western digital blues and a velocoraptor from the recycle bin but picked up a Seagate 2tb for 40. 

Cooler is just a Intel box cooler I had laying around. 

Lastly I had jammed it into the old msi case from my first ever build but I wanted to style it out a little bit so I got the corsair 275 in white.

 

I know it's nothing special but it plays rocket league at a constant 60-200 fps on highest settings so I'm pretty happy.  

[TheCamba]

Well done!

 

Always an awesome feeling when getting something for next to nothing.

[MyName0602]

On 11/4/2018 at 5:26 PM, dakr1002 said:

constant 60-200 fps

Kind of an oxymoron lol. Nice build! How did you get all that stuff for free?

 

[iLostMyXbox21]

On 11/4/2018 at 5:26 PM, dakr1002 said:

constant 60-200

wow.. that IS consistent

[MyName0602]

6 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

wow.. that IS consistent

It's cool as long as it's above 59.

[iLostMyXbox21]

27 minutes ago, MyName0602 said:

It's cool as long as it's above 59.

especially if you only have a 60hz monitor (i have like, 8 )

[MyName0602]

Just now, iLostMyXbox21 said:

especially if you only have a 60hz monitor (i have like, 8 )

I only have 1 60hz monitor. I only have 1 monitor.

 

[iLostMyXbox21]

4 minutes ago, MyName0602 said:

I only have 1 60hz monitor. I only have 1 monitor.

 

well.. if we are talking about “monitors” and not tvs that can second as monitors, i only have 1 which is 4k that i only have on my ps4

[MyName0602]

Just now, iLostMyXbox21 said:

well.. if we are talking about “monitors” and not tvs that can second as monitors, i only have 1 which is 4k that i only have on my ps4

Oof. If I count tv's... Well. I still have one.

[iLostMyXbox21]

2 minutes ago, MyName0602 said:

Oof. If I count tv's... Well. I still have one.

oof

 

wait so you cant watch tv without hooking something different up?

[MyName0602]

2 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

 

 

wait so you cant watch tv without hooking something different up?

Well. Ok. I still live with my parents. I'm thirteen. They have a bunch of tvs and stuff that they bought, but I saved up for my monitor and PC so I own those.

[LevitatingBusinessMan]

1 hour ago, MyName0602 said:

Well. Ok. I still live with my parents. I'm thirteen.

Don't feel bad, you may not have 7 tv's and a 4k monitor like this dude.

But he is also just 15 and doesn't even have a pc...

 

Also sick gaming rig, looks fucking sweet. Although I have about the same spec-wise and just got a cheap SSD to add to it, I recommend it to you as well.

[LevitatingBusinessMan]

On 11/4/2018 at 11:26 PM, dakr1002 said:

constant 60-200 fps

And I have a constant 0-1 girlfriends, sometimes it dips a bit

[dakr1002]

On 11/7/2018 at 6:05 PM, MyName0602 said:

Kind of an oxymoron lol. Nice build! How did you get all that stuff for free?

 

Dumpster diving.

My dad's old company was bought out so they were downsizing their integration floor before moving facilities.