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minus-squareTower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoAny tips on finding cheap used ones, other than scrounging eBay and the like?
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoFind a brother in law that works in IT. I changed his brakes and he gave me three Optiplex micros that were e-wasted from his work.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoTo be fair, those are easy to find by the truckload even if you don’t have a brother in law in IT.
minus-squarethejml@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoeBay, Amazon, sometimes you can snag deals when they release newer versions, they actually had a few on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Tbh, I got mine in a pack of 4 on eBay (I only needed 3), cleaned them out a bit, bumped the RAM and put new disks in them and they’ve been solid.
Any tips on finding cheap used ones, other than scrounging eBay and the like?
Find a brother in law that works in IT. I changed his brakes and he gave me three Optiplex micros that were e-wasted from his work.
To be fair, those are easy to find by the truckload even if you don’t have a brother in law in IT.
eBay, Amazon, sometimes you can snag deals when they release newer versions, they actually had a few on Black Friday/Cyber Monday.
Tbh, I got mine in a pack of 4 on eBay (I only needed 3), cleaned them out a bit, bumped the RAM and put new disks in them and they’ve been solid.