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Cake day: March 20th, 2024

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  • You could replace the caps if you wanted to keep that board around. Through hole caps are SUPER easy to replace. Just spend some time identifying the specs of all of the blown ones. The replace all of them (including the non blown ones) as long as they’re all the same manufacturer. I used to do this to old machines and it’s honestly quite fun.

    Otherwise if you wanted a retro machine I think those machines are still getting thrown out. But maybe they’ve already reached the bottom of their value curve and are starting to go up. I’ve seen some whack ass prices.


    1. Yes ATX is a standard. That said airflow and build ability have dramatically changed in the last 20 years. I would probably find a new one.

    2. Yes ATX is a standard.

    3. Depending on what you’re going for it would be cheaper to buy just a whole ass PC. Used office PCs or ancient gamer computers can be pretty cheap.

    Honestly I’d keep it for playing older games if that’s your jam. Then find something new because you wouldn’t want to reuse almost any of it.