Urgent need for Old (but still good) parts

[ThomSirveaux]

Hey TEST,

So, I'm the coach of a high school robotics team with almost no budget, and we need a nice desktop to do CAD work on. We have a couple of GTX 480 graphics cards which should work just fine, but we have no computer to put them in.

If anyone is upgrading their system and wouldn't mind a small tax write-off (we have non-profit status through the school, so that's a plus), Please, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know.

Thanks!

 

[Montoya]

What are the minimum specs you need?

 

[ThomSirveaux]

What are the minimum specs you need?

Glorious Leader Montoya has graced my thread!

Preferably at least a 3rd gen Core i5 with a mobo and power supply. I was just notified that they have a tower to use, but other than that, we have nothing.

 

[D3Mark]

Ah, CAD work. I was part of my own school's robotics team and I was the one who did the CAD work to figure out our minimum bottom out for the wheels and then after that I worked on the pneumatic systems. Check in with some people in Discord channels, might get lucky. Montoya might have some stuff laying around me thinks.

 

[Designated Drunk]

We have a couple of GTX 480 graphics cards which should work just fine

Not necessarily - I've had SolidWorks act squirrely when I run it on a non-Quadro GPU. What CAD software will you be using?

 

[Tortilla the Hun]

I have an old power supply 600W that's just collecting dust (figuratively, it's in a box) that I don't need.

 

[honcho12]

How many 480s do you have? They're going for >$200

I picked up a refurbished workstation with an i-5 2400 for <$300 on newegg so if you can part with one, you'd be well on your way.

 

[ThomSirveaux]

Not necessarily - I've had SolidWorks act squirrely when I run it on a non-Quadro GPU. What CAD software will you be using?

Solidworks, lol

I have an old power supply 600W that's just collecting dust (figuratively, it's in a box) that I don't need.

Oooo, that would work nicely. Let me know if you'd like to part with it.

How many 480s do you have? They're going for >$200

I picked up a refurbished workstation with an i-5 2400 for <$300 on newegg so if you can part with one, you'd be well on your way.

We have two, but they're both going into machines: one for CAD work, the other for reference work (so the members of the team can quickly come and view files, etc, without kicking the CAD people off, though that one doesn't necessarily need to be more powerful.

 

[Tortilla the Hun]

Oooo, that would work nicely. Let me know if you'd like to part with it.

Sure, I've got no use for it. I'd be happy to donate it for a good cause. ^^

 

[o-BHG-o]

I have an old Lian-Li Full tower (case only), majority of (case) parts still in tact. It's big though and I'm UK, willing to ship but no idea of the costs for something like that.

 

[ThomSirveaux]

I have an old Lian-Li Full tower (case only), majority of (case) parts still in tact. It's big though and I'm UK, willing to ship but no idea of the costs for something like that.

That would be wonderful, but yeah, we might as well just buy a case, ourselves. I would imagine just standard freight shipping would be at least $100/£70

 

[PaulEPeptide]

i have a loud as shit quadro 4000 kicking around if you want it.

 

[ThomSirveaux]

i have a loud as shit quadro 4000 kicking around if you want it.

YES PLEASE!!!!

The noise level doesn't matter too much, considering there are about 34 high school students working on this thing, lol.

 

[honcho12]

That would be wonderful, but yeah, we might as well just buy a case, ourselves. I would imagine just standard freight shipping would be at least $100/£70

Are you around New England at all? I thought you said you had a case, but I've got a couple of gutted cases if you could use them.

 

[ThomSirveaux]

Are you around New England at all? I thought you said you had a case, but I've got a couple of gutted cases if you could use them.

Nope, we're in SoCal.

 

[Designated Drunk]

YES PLEASE!!!!

The noise level doesn't matter too much, considering there are about 34 high school students working on this thing, lol.

I've got a not-quite-as-loud Quadro 3700 kicking around as well if that might be of use. I may be able to donate a brand-new Z97 mobo, too.

I'd send spare machine tools, but shipping would be more than they're worth...

 

[thanatos73]

I have my old AMD A-10 setup w/ MSI Mobo, no RAM, but it comes with a case and PSU....

 

[ThomSirveaux]

I have my old AMD A-10 setup w/ MSI Mobo, no RAM, but it comes with a case and PSU....

That would definitely help, yes! I'll even pitch in to help with shipping.