As a little bit of background, for the past month I've been researching and prepping to build my very first PC. I finally got all my parts in last weekend, and I plan to build this weekend.
My full Build is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1700280/finalized-build-comments-appreciated.html
So I go out to take out the trash tonight, and when I open up the dumpster there is a dell PC sitting on the top of it (with the side panel removed, and motherboard facing up). After a bit of internal back and forth, I decided to grab it and take it up to my apt to look at it in preparation for my build this weekend. Was this a bad idea? You tell me.
Inside, I see a 1GB stick of RAM (useless to me), optical drive without a brand, and a Maxtor maxline III 250 GB HDD http://www.amazon.com/7L250S0-Maxtor-MaXLine-SATA-Drive/dp/B000Y8I8PW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371703899&sr=8-4&keywords=maxline+iii
Of this, I'm considering taking the HDD, formatting it, and adding it as an extra drive on the comp I'm building (after I get everything else working, of course). I think it's an older Sata (1.5 Gb/s), but it should still work right? I figure I can use it as disposable storage, like a giant garbage bin or something.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
My full Build is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1700280/finalized-build-comments-appreciated.html
So I go out to take out the trash tonight, and when I open up the dumpster there is a dell PC sitting on the top of it (with the side panel removed, and motherboard facing up). After a bit of internal back and forth, I decided to grab it and take it up to my apt to look at it in preparation for my build this weekend. Was this a bad idea? You tell me.
Inside, I see a 1GB stick of RAM (useless to me), optical drive without a brand, and a Maxtor maxline III 250 GB HDD http://www.amazon.com/7L250S0-Maxtor-MaXLine-SATA-Drive/dp/B000Y8I8PW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371703899&sr=8-4&keywords=maxline+iii
Of this, I'm considering taking the HDD, formatting it, and adding it as an extra drive on the comp I'm building (after I get everything else working, of course). I think it's an older Sata (1.5 Gb/s), but it should still work right? I figure I can use it as disposable storage, like a giant garbage bin or something.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
But really, if the equipment is serviceable, why not! I think wiping the drive is a healthy idea, as you wouldn't want somebody else's leftovers to potentially spoil an otherwise good thing.
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