Gah, I do the same... only with computer parts.
Oh, nice, extra SATA cable, might be useful someday.
Old computer case? All rusty? No, leave it there... might come in handy for a future modcase project.
And the coolers too. Missing the wire? No problem, it still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
And with that, I ended up with 2 huge boxes filled with wires, computer parts, ac adapters, broken mice and keyboards, etc etc.
I don't collect junk. Instead I keep accessories in case they might be useful, that turn into junk when I should have dumped them for free immediately. I have boxes full of RCA jack connectors (obsoleted by 1/8 audio jacks and HDMI), wired phone line accessories (no one has land lines), UHF coaxial antenna splitters (huh?), random AC wall warts (should die with USB power), etc.
Freecycle anything you don't use immediately on craigslist!
My father-in-law is like this. Only, his rooms are so full that it's like trying to shop in Japan-town in SF. You're afraid an avalanche of junk is just going to come tumbling down onto you and trap you.
"I was doing better, I really was, and then I visited the DeAnza flea market in Cupertino last year, and it all fell apart again."
going to a flea market in cupertino is like going to a street corner in the shittier parts of detroit. it's not posted on any signs, but i think it's fairly obvious what it is you'll find for sale in either of those places.
I'd be slightly more impressed if the desk actually held a computer cooled by liquid through immersion. True, you'd have to abandon the HD's for SSD's, but it would be so much cooler.
Finally...I can run windows pipes screensaver @ 90 frames a second!......In all seriousness I thought the see thru case and blue lights look died back in the 90's
@Fourthletter: Incorrect btw, even liquid cooled systems should have some air flow over the north and/or southbridge. And as Drakino points out, the radiators have fans as well.
@AtConsumeristPanel_GitEmSteveD...: Mineral Oil is non-conductive, the HDD would have no problem at all. The PSU fan would be fine, and if you have a GPU modified to be able to be liquid-cooled, there's no problem there, either.
@GrinningKestrel: I wasn't talking about conductivity. You will be getting oil INTO the HDD through it's pressure equalizing vent, which is not good, as they are NOT designed to be running in an environment where they meet resistance, which oil would present. Also, as the oil slowly enters, the heads splashing into it would create bubbles, also not good for a sensitive piece of equipment. As for the PSU and GPU, if they have fans, fans are not meant to run in conditions where there is constantly heavier than normal resistance. This will burn them out, which is not good, so you would need to remove them, and some computers/PSU/GPUs will throw errors if a fan isn't present.
@AtConsumeristPanel_GitEmSteveD...: I've seen computers modded in such a fashion, it's why I brought it up. You could always create a bay with your harddrives that was separate from the rest of the computer. That way, if one fried or you wanted to swap them out, it would be really easy. As for GPU and PSU fans, you could always isolate them. Plus, I'm sure you could find people who have the know how to trick the card and PSU into thinking the fan is there when it's gone.
@EqualOpportunityCrasher: The answer is an SSD. SSD's don't have a vent hole, so they would work perfect. From what i understand, it's the passthroughs for all the cables that are a pain.
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Oh, nice, extra SATA cable, might be useful someday.
Old computer case? All rusty? No, leave it there... might come in handy for a future modcase project.
And the coolers too. Missing the wire? No problem, it still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
It still might become handy sometime.
And with that, I ended up with 2 huge boxes filled with wires, computer parts, ac adapters, broken mice and keyboards, etc etc.
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Freecycle anything you don't use immediately on craigslist!
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going to a flea market in cupertino is like going to a street corner in the shittier parts of detroit. it's not posted on any signs, but i think it's fairly obvious what it is you'll find for sale in either of those places.
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Seems kinda silly if you end up having to walk across the room every time you need a pen, stapler, paperclip, notecard, blank cd, etc...
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