[LTT] Tech Hoarding... how many of your places look like this guys?

[VirtualLarry]

 

[pete6032]

I try to get rid of things I don't use as soon as possible. Can't say I have ever gotten rid of something only to need it a few days or months later. If it hasn't been used for a while, recycle or throw it away, simple as that.

 

[sdifox]

That is a literal goldmine. Just extract all the precious metals.

 

[nakedfrog]

I've been paring down my hoard over the last 6-7 years.
I took full advantage of the period where Best Buy was accepting CRTs for free disposal, and now only have one CRT monitor remaining.
I'll be dropping off at least 5-7 machines at a local electronic recycling place soon, all 2000-2005 era stuff (P3 500-700s, Duron, Athlon...)

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Is this a fake brag thread where you're chuffed that someone did a documentary about you and you want everyone to watch, but you don't want to seem needy?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Is this a fake brag thread where you're chuffed that someone did a documentary about you and you want everyone to watch, but you don't want to seem needy?

No, if I was interviewed, I'd be straight-up bragging about it. You're just overly cynical.

Edit: Not saying that LTT shouldn't interview me, I *am* quite a bit of a tech-hoarder. But no, that's not me in the video.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Not any more.

Join the SFF revolution guys. We have cookies.

 

[sdifox]

Not any more.

Join the SFF revolution guys. We have cookies.

What am I supposed to do with my 2 44U rack?

 

[Muadib]

I hate to admit how much of that stuff I used to have.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

What am I supposed to do with my 2 44U rack?

Scrap metal.

But seriously, if you've actually got a stack of off-lease or ebay-sourced enterprise-grade stuff in there that you personally use, chances are pretty good there's a more space- and power-efficient solution out there. (Unless you really just need a petabyte of local storage for some reason.)

But if you LIKE being inefficient about it, because it's FUCKING AWESOME, well, that's a thing too. Not my power bill.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I feel it's not a hoarding problem until it's literally taking up so much space that you're walking over it. If it's organized and out of the way it's probably better than it being in the landfill.

I have a bunch of old computers and some old tech myself in the crawlspace but it's not even close to that amount. I need to pull out an old rig including the CRT and hook it up one day for nostalgia.

 

[ElFenix]

Why do I have so many IDE cables

I decided to do some cleaning for the new year. Tossing so many IDE cables, s-video/composite/component cables, VGA and DVI cables, molex to sata adapters, fan adapters, and other obsolete junk. Keeping more HDMI and USB cables than I should (including lots of mini-B cables) along with every...

forums.anandtech.com

 

[pcslookout]

That would be awesome!

 

[Amol S.]

I try to get rid of things I don't use as soon as possible. Can't say I have ever gotten rid of something only to need it a few days or months later. If it hasn't been used for a while, recycle or throw it away, simple as that.

Deffinetly. Those folks have to get themselfs checked out by the doctor, they may have lead poisoning by now.

 

[sdifox]

Scrap metal.

But seriously, if you've actually got a stack of off-lease or ebay-sourced enterprise-grade stuff in there that you personally use, chances are pretty good there's a more space- and power-efficient solution out there. (Unless you really just need a petabyte of local storage for some reason.)

But if you LIKE being inefficient about it, because it's FUCKING AWESOME, well, that's a thing too. Not my power bill.

I just have the racks, not the servers xd

 

[Red Squirrel]

Racks are hard to come by as they are really expensive new and too expensive to ship used. You can probably get decent money for those if you find a local buyer.

 

[sdifox]

Racks are hard to come by as they are really expensive new and too expensive to ship used. You can probably get decent money for those if you find a local buyer.

I just got them in oct lol along with 2 5kva eaton ups and 4 expansion modules.

 

[sdifox]

Deffinetly. Those folks have to get themselfs checked out by the doctor, they may have lead poisoning by now.

Do you scrape off the lacquer and lick the traces/solder by chance?

 

[Aikouka]

I don't have nearly that much stuff, but my grandpa had a ton of stuff similar to that. Although, he worked for IBM, so his was heavily skewed toward IBM manuals and equipment. (Remember those weird fabric-bound manuals in the thick sleeves?) He also had a lot of older tech like a front-projection TV, an old school portable computer complete with dual 5.25 floppy drives, and more.

But seriously, if you've actually got a stack of off-lease or ebay-sourced enterprise-grade stuff in there that you personally use, chances are pretty good there's a more space- and power-efficient solution out there. (Unless you really just need a petabyte of local storage for some reason.)

But if you LIKE being inefficient about it, because it's FUCKING AWESOME, well, that's a thing too. Not my power bill.

I'm running about 12 hard drives in my NAS, so I still use a server case (NORCO RPC-4220).

I've been thinking of paring down one of my HTPCs. It's a bit larger as it's built in a Fractal Design Define R5 and meant for gaming; however, I don't really play any games on that one. I did recently decide to upgrade my Streacom FC8-EVO to an AMD Ryzen 3 3200G build, and I was thinking of using that instead since it's fairly small and silent. Although, I'd likely upgrade whenever the 4th generation Ryzen APUs come out. I'm assuming they'll still lag behind and be Zen 2, but that's fine... as long as they have Navi instead of Vega.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Old PC crap doesn’t impress me. If you’re talking about hoarding old Atari and Commodore stuff, then I’m impressed.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Old PC crap doesn’t impress me. If you’re talking about hoarding old Atari and Commodore stuff, then I’m impressed.

That's kinda how I think too, but now I feel kinda nostalgic about the really old PC stuff, like say, AMD 2000+ and IDE era. Floppies, etc. and older. I mostly grew up on windows 98 and computers of that general era. We got a computer pretty late in the game when I was a kid. My first computer to play on was a 486 DX2 but that was only in the house temporarily. Also Unisis Icons in school. I wish I could actually get my hands on one of those, but they are super rare and you need a special server and network for them. They used some kind of coax network. It MIGHT have been thinnet but I think it was something else that was more proprietary.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

That's kinda how I think too, but now I feel kinda nostalgic about the really old PC stuff, like say, AMD 2000+ and IDE era. Floppies, etc. and older. I mostly grew up on windows 98 and computers of that general era. We got a computer pretty late in the game when I was a kid. My first computer to play on was a 486 DX2 but that was only in the house temporarily. Also Unisis Icons in school. I wish I could actually get my hands on one of those, but they are super rare and you need a special server and network for them. They used some kind of coax network. It MIGHT have been thinnet but I think it was something else that was more proprietary.

It might have been 10 Base 2 and from my distant memory, I thought Token Ring had a coax option as well. My initial network was 10 Base 2 because it was much cheaper than 10 Base T.

My second generation PC is still intact and sitting in my garage, powered by a Pentium Pro. Otherwise, my Commodore collection from my childhood is what I enjoy and recently, I’ve been getting into the Atari 2600 for games. That was the big console when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s. After all these years, the games are still fun.

 

[sdifox]

It might have been 10 Base 2 and from my distant memory, I thought Token Ring had a coax option as well. My initial network was 10 Base 2 because it was much cheaper than 10 Base T.

My second generation PC is still intact and sitting in my garage, powered by a Pentium Pro. Otherwise, my Commodore collection from my childhood is what I enjoy and recently, I’ve been getting into the Atari 2600 for games. That was the big console when I was a kid in the late 79s and early 80s. After all these years, the games are still fun.

Token ring was twinaxial. 10BaseT was coax

 

[Arkaign]

I don't have that volume of any particular thing, but I have surely an excessive amount of some stuff. I am planning on culling the accumulation considerably, but some of it I am going to make some videos with first. Some stuff is just a matter of getting it to the right hands. I have an 800XL and an Atari 800, both somewhat incomplete, so fleshing them out and the packaging one as a bundle will be necessary there to do best by it.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Token ring was twinaxial. 10BaseT was coax

No, 10 Base 2 was coax - 10 Base T was not. Also, there was a coax Token Ring variant, which is what I remembered:

Token Ring - coax variety mentioned

10 Base 2 - comparison with 10 Base T is in the article too.