one man's trash is another man's treasure
On my way home from work yesterday I happened across a Dell Optiplex put out on the curb, and the natural scavenger/recycler in me kicked in and picked it up. Much to my delight it was fully intact check out these specs...i7-7700, 8GB (single stick with 4 slots) of DDR4, and a Sandisk x400 ssd!
These specs blow away my current gaming/primary PC so I'm considering doing the following
1. pickup a new mobo that supports the newer cpu/ram and use the case/graphics/ps/storage I have
2. Frankenstein the mobo out of the Dell and into my case so I can add my graphics card
3. As this little Dell has usb3.1 try to find/build and external GPU and keep everything where it is
As a person who pays bills unlike my five dependents who generate them, money is a factor here as well
your thoughts?
obligatory info...
Yes I scanned the drive for porn, pics, movies and music before wiping
I did not scavenge the MS keys out of it as it was in a business with likely their licensing
not all my five dependents are cats