[ale] Building computers

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Goodwills take computers but not all of them put machines out for 
resale. The one in Macon often had some nice ones sitting out for $20. 
Still nothing beats the Dell quad Xeon I pulled off the pavement next to 
the Dekalb County recycling trailer and chucked into the back of the car.

On 8/10/20 7:48 PM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> On 8/10/20 7:30 PM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
>> On 8/10/20 5:56 PM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>>>
>>> In this case it was that the vendor claimed compatibility with the
>>> Dell H305P-02 but it had a completely different motherboard
>>> connector.
>>
>> Don't buy complete desktops, from any of the huge vendors who will 
>> have funky changes to standardized components.
>
>
> The Goodwill store sold them for $35-$50, to include a 500GB drive and 
> 4 GB of ram. I'm on a Dell 960 now, but it doesn't have the RAM or 
> cores of the 980.
>
> In general, I like cheap. But you're right, compatibility helps if you 
> have to change or upgrade.
>
> Leam
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