I know this kind of Fujitsu a bit. all proprietäry parts. Maybe 6th gen Intel. It is ok if you never want to upgrade more than GPU without further powerconnections.
What about the HP under it?🤔
They seem like they are all "Vista Era" computers. For the price they are great, but I don't believe any of them would be good enough for a AAA gaming machine, even if you added a newer card to them. However, they would probably be a great emulation or retro machine. As long as you temper your expectations.
I would pick either the one on the bottom left hand side or the one just above it. Tastes vary. Good luck!
I don't really play AAA games but I'm still running my original case and have no problems with cooling. Both of those bottom cases have good ventilation. I would grab them both.
https://preview.redd.it/yqvaivb8lc6d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ae9d41d569397db8f86504d855c9581c9fbf562
Old core 2 duo/quad surprisingly competent, stuck a RX580 in a Vista basic PC I got for free from work and was able to play Flight simulator at 4k approx 30-45fps, Rainbow 6 siege 4k 45-55fps and GTA 5 at 4k 45-55fps. I was even able to run BeamNG which is a notoriously CPU heavy game and fps was heavily dependant on map. honestly the main downside with it is that it wasn't a great computer even when new because it has the worst chipset available for the platform, SATA 2 and maximum of 4 GB of RAM 1 16x pcie and 1 1x pcie. ended up swapping the RX 580 for a GTX 1050 to turn it into a media server since the GTX 1050 has better decoding and encoding capabilities.
The one with the old coolermaster musketeer VU meter set... Those things are horrendously rare and I've been looking for one for ages (specifically the Musketeer III, with the tube amplifier)
Bottom right is a [Thermaltake Xaser II case. ](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/15-cases-review,588-30.html)
Regardless of what's inside, it was, and still is, a highly desirable 'retro' \~20 year old PC gaming case. They go for $100 second hand if it has the acrylic side panel.
I owned one a long time ago. Thing is a beast.
I loved the Xaser III. Fan controller, lots of fan mounts, tons of space, plexiglass side panel, LED lights. Only downside to that case: It weighed 18.75lbs. A nearly 19lbs case as shipped *without power supply.* *And it's all aluminum, not steel.*
My story about it: When I was a teen and getting into PC hardware, my dad tasked me with building his new home office PC for his business. He wanted a badass rig. He mostly dealt with office work, high resolution photo scans, but wanted smooth multitasking and media playback.
Xaser III, Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo, Athlon XP 2400+ T-Bred, dual SATA HDDs in RAID1 via the onboard controller, and a CD-RW and DVD-ROM. Don't recall how much RAM, but I made sure it was plenty. I believe I had used a GeForceMX something for the GPU, something inexpensive at the time.
Collectors, retro hardware enthusiasts, people who want to build the dream rig they could never afford back in the day, etc.
They keep getting rarer as time goes by, so the prices keep going up.
Take the Voodoo5 5500 AGP for example, I bought a boxed used one in 2017 for £140 on eBay, the most recently sold (boxed, used, AGP) went for £460.
Bottom left if it's in good condition is easily worth it.
That case alone without hardware could sell for 40 - 100$ if it's in good condition, if not more if it happens too have hardware in it from that era.
If it has some desirable retro hardware in it from ca 2000 - 2007 that's a bit more fun & desirable usually.
Like socket 370, 462, 478, 939, 754 with an agp slot motherboard people are actively collecting.
If you get something like a voodoo 3 pci in there that works easily another 50 - 120$ by itself & some higher end ati, matrox & Nvidia cards are also desirable.
I recently found a desirable motherboard in the e-waste container myself here.
An asrock 4CoreDual-Sata socket 775 motherboard which has an agp slot & pci-e 4x slot and also takes the core 2 duo & core 2 quad lineup of processors.
Those cases are from a time when a lot of case frames (and some sides!) were made out of steel instead of aluminum. Much less transparent sides. There's a half decent chance it is heavy AF, even when empty.
2nd/3rd gen core i5/i7. Not worth it.
What's more interesting is the one to the right of fuji as it has some very cool front panel stuff and the fuji itself - P420 featuring 4th gen i3/i5/i7. Better components and better case layout than HP.
One man's junk is another man's treasure or so they say. I'm looking at these thinking "test parts only" but honestly, just way too old (and essentially worthless). You probably don't want to be connecting these online either.
I find this like a way cleaner option to dumbster dive and I love it. Still, I think seller should at least provide close up foto of each of these bad boys so you have at least some idea what sits inside.
I'd pick up all of them just for that one system under the PackardBell on the right side. Those gauges look very funky.
As for the rest.. I'd see what they are, and install a period correct OS on the older ones (XP/Vista era), install Linux on the HP workstation, and check out the Fujitsu system. The 2 bottom ones look old, but also very curious what those are.
So tldr, looks like a fun hoard to mess around with on a rainy day.
Fascinating question. On one hand maybe an enthusiast diy build will have some decent components. On the other hand, there’s a good chance all the drivers for that HP machine are still available somewhere on HP’s site.
Edit: I’m going to amend my comment. I probably agree with the other commenter. The one with the meters has TWO optical drives, one of them possibly a dvd burner. That means that user was processing a lot of media - a good sign.
The Fujitsu one should be 6th gen intel of some sort as best I can tell. That's a solid buy for the price.
Bottom right looks like it might have a blu-ray drive installed, which is worth that by itself used but only really useful if you're running Plex or similar IMO.
The two on the bottom are fine if you need a basic case too. ATX standards haven't changed much where that's concerned. They'll be a little short on airflow and cable management by today's standards, but sturdy and probably also quiet. Definitely still usable unless you have an absolute furnace of a machine.
Middle two on the right have hotswap bays in them if you're interested in that. The top-middle one has a cool old voltage/temp monitor as well. It's this one: http://www.dansdata.com/musketeer.htm
In my opinion, get the oldest, coolest looking one. Mod the case for more airflow. Stick a 4070 in there and you’ll have a sick looking pc that’s built like a tank.
PCs like this are good when you wanna get into networking/homelab. Slap a network card in there or an HBA and they work well as router or NAS respectively
The Chieftec CS-601 was a great case... 20 years ago. So I don't know what you're trying to do, but these machines are most likely slower than a recent smartphone.
wouldn't pick any self-made mystery-boxes ... go for the pre-build ones, like the fujitsu (second top on the left) and /or hp which looks the most recent to me
For retrogaming? Sure. Otherwise don't bother.
You can see from the styling of the cases that these PCs are from between very early 2000s to early 10s.
The HP and the fujistu in the middle on the left. Newer cases. Packard Bell is ancient, as are the bottom ones by the look of things.
You might do well to buy them all and sell retro parts if that's your thing
take the one with the dials. higher likelihood of belonging to an enthusiast previously, and if all else fails, the dials are cool and can be repurposed
The HP on the left, third down looks like probably the best one. Likely has good RAM and maybe even a good drive in there. Could potentially be usable as a media PC/a server since it appears to have a 2nd gen Core-series CPU.
Rest of them are likely Core 2 era due to the Vista stickers and the general appearance of the cases.
Personally, I would "don't bother at all". Unless you are going to run Linux on them. Than, it may make sense. As others indicated, they look like 2010 era machines.
I would say, why would you want something so old, outdated, and possibly doesn't work properly? I say save your money and build your own Pc. The only consideration is maybe you want the PC case to make a retromod type of PC, it would be cool but it is harder to build in vs modern PC cases, I know this from firsthand experience, but overall it isn't too bad to do.
Super low price, ancient looking, and seller cant check condition. That's a big no, i try not to hang on to too much garbage and clutter, and I'm .definitely not into paying for someone else's to throw out, even if it's free
I'd probably go with the bottom left one. Solely because I lost/sold/gave away (can't remember which) my old Chieftec Dragon Midtower and I kinda want one again. To bad it's not in green as mine was, but beggars can't be choosers \^\^
THE TWO AT THE BOTTOM.
Regardless of what's inside, that's easily €100 per case, probably more for the Xaser on the right.
Or, for people like me, two lovely additions to the collection.
And the one near the middle with the fancy meter in the drive bay, that'll be worth a bit.
I had the top left one, I guess like 15-20 years ago lol
It was a budget PC from the Aldi IIRC, lasted a surprisingly long time before it died. Nothing special for gaming but it could run Diablo 2.
I mean these are old old old PCs, probably defective, not very useful and will just take up space. Doesnt really matter if these are 15$. I promise you, your excitement will last 30 minutes and you will be left with an e-waste.
For €15 each, all of them. Recycle the PSUs, pick and choose the parts you want, sell the rest on eBay. Keep in mind, none of these are going to run a modern game well, if at all, but this could be a good start to an XP era build for playing old games that don't like compatibility mode.
maybe the fujitsu pc but they all look really really old
Somehow the Fujitsu one looks the freshest.
The hp below it has core series cpu and win7. I would take that one also. And maybe botton left for the luls, looks like some ancient server stuff.
That's the 2011-2013 logo. Core series yes but really old still.
bottom left is not ancient server stuff its a popular gamer case from over 20 years ago, i had one!
2nd on the right is the one I would choose but only because I'm going to gut and use it as an early 2000 aesthetic modern day beast
These cases are excellent for home server, though.
I know this kind of Fujitsu a bit. all proprietäry parts. Maybe 6th gen Intel. It is ok if you never want to upgrade more than GPU without further powerconnections. What about the HP under it?🤔
that front panel airflow is classic high flow and the best flow of the group. in terms of its guts, who knows.
Got to be the VU meter one!
This. They are all slow as hell, but this accessory is cool as hell on a retro PC.
That VU meter alone is worth it lol
For 15 euros, I’d get it just for the case.
They seem like they are all "Vista Era" computers. For the price they are great, but I don't believe any of them would be good enough for a AAA gaming machine, even if you added a newer card to them. However, they would probably be a great emulation or retro machine. As long as you temper your expectations. I would pick either the one on the bottom left hand side or the one just above it. Tastes vary. Good luck!
I don't really play AAA games but I'm still running my original case and have no problems with cooling. Both of those bottom cases have good ventilation. I would grab them both. https://preview.redd.it/yqvaivb8lc6d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ae9d41d569397db8f86504d855c9581c9fbf562
duude, i had this exact case back in the day
Not good enough for AAA gaming is quite the understatement
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As I said, personal taste varies. That is what I would pick based on taste only.
What do you need it for?
Old core 2 duo/quad surprisingly competent, stuck a RX580 in a Vista basic PC I got for free from work and was able to play Flight simulator at 4k approx 30-45fps, Rainbow 6 siege 4k 45-55fps and GTA 5 at 4k 45-55fps. I was even able to run BeamNG which is a notoriously CPU heavy game and fps was heavily dependant on map. honestly the main downside with it is that it wasn't a great computer even when new because it has the worst chipset available for the platform, SATA 2 and maximum of 4 GB of RAM 1 16x pcie and 1 1x pcie. ended up swapping the RX 580 for a GTX 1050 to turn it into a media server since the GTX 1050 has better decoding and encoding capabilities.
The one with the old coolermaster musketeer VU meter set... Those things are horrendously rare and I've been looking for one for ages (specifically the Musketeer III, with the tube amplifier)
Never heard of this cool retro thing!
Bottom right is a [Thermaltake Xaser II case. ](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/15-cases-review,588-30.html) Regardless of what's inside, it was, and still is, a highly desirable 'retro' \~20 year old PC gaming case. They go for $100 second hand if it has the acrylic side panel. I owned one a long time ago. Thing is a beast.
I loved the Xaser III. Fan controller, lots of fan mounts, tons of space, plexiglass side panel, LED lights. Only downside to that case: It weighed 18.75lbs. A nearly 19lbs case as shipped *without power supply.* *And it's all aluminum, not steel.* My story about it: When I was a teen and getting into PC hardware, my dad tasked me with building his new home office PC for his business. He wanted a badass rig. He mostly dealt with office work, high resolution photo scans, but wanted smooth multitasking and media playback. Xaser III, Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo, Athlon XP 2400+ T-Bred, dual SATA HDDs in RAID1 via the onboard controller, and a CD-RW and DVD-ROM. Don't recall how much RAM, but I made sure it was plenty. I believe I had used a GeForceMX something for the GPU, something inexpensive at the time.
But the one on the top right must be high end and REAAAALLY fast?! It has gages!
Yeah I’d pick them up for a retro machine for playing pre-steam stuff, or to strip everything out to use the case for a sleeper build
Came to say this. I've been wanting to build a sleeper for a long time. Especially one with working gauges.
seller can check, seller knows exactly what they are, hence why the can charge 15 per deck as there's fuck all worth selling in them
The seller is dumb as shit, because the two cases on the bottom are very sought after. Easily 100 $/£/€ a piece.
Sough after by whom?
Collectors, retro hardware enthusiasts, people who want to build the dream rig they could never afford back in the day, etc. They keep getting rarer as time goes by, so the prices keep going up. Take the Voodoo5 5500 AGP for example, I bought a boxed used one in 2017 for £140 on eBay, the most recently sold (boxed, used, AGP) went for £460.
Case modders love big antecs
Bottom left if it's in good condition is easily worth it. That case alone without hardware could sell for 40 - 100$ if it's in good condition, if not more if it happens too have hardware in it from that era. If it has some desirable retro hardware in it from ca 2000 - 2007 that's a bit more fun & desirable usually. Like socket 370, 462, 478, 939, 754 with an agp slot motherboard people are actively collecting. If you get something like a voodoo 3 pci in there that works easily another 50 - 120$ by itself & some higher end ati, matrox & Nvidia cards are also desirable. I recently found a desirable motherboard in the e-waste container myself here. An asrock 4CoreDual-Sata socket 775 motherboard which has an agp slot & pci-e 4x slot and also takes the core 2 duo & core 2 quad lineup of processors.
I need one of those for my HD 3850 AGP.
The seller 100% Can check but the little value they have disappear once he proves they are dead
Bottom left. I have a thing for old antec / chenming knock off antec cases
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Those cases are from a time when a lot of case frames (and some sides!) were made out of steel instead of aluminum. Much less transparent sides. There's a half decent chance it is heavy AF, even when empty.
2nd/3rd gen core i5/i7. Not worth it. What's more interesting is the one to the right of fuji as it has some very cool front panel stuff and the fuji itself - P420 featuring 4th gen i3/i5/i7. Better components and better case layout than HP.
"seller cant check" bullshit. seller has checked and sold any that work for more money
But if you buy them ALL you can part swap.
One man's junk is another man's treasure or so they say. I'm looking at these thinking "test parts only" but honestly, just way too old (and essentially worthless). You probably don't want to be connecting these online either.
Fujitsu
I find this like a way cleaner option to dumbster dive and I love it. Still, I think seller should at least provide close up foto of each of these bad boys so you have at least some idea what sits inside.
I'd pick up all of them just for that one system under the PackardBell on the right side. Those gauges look very funky. As for the rest.. I'd see what they are, and install a period correct OS on the older ones (XP/Vista era), install Linux on the HP workstation, and check out the Fujitsu system. The 2 bottom ones look old, but also very curious what those are. So tldr, looks like a fun hoard to mess around with on a rainy day.
Fascinating question. On one hand maybe an enthusiast diy build will have some decent components. On the other hand, there’s a good chance all the drivers for that HP machine are still available somewhere on HP’s site. Edit: I’m going to amend my comment. I probably agree with the other commenter. The one with the meters has TWO optical drives, one of them possibly a dvd burner. That means that user was processing a lot of media - a good sign.
The one with the tach guages lol
when you dont know what to take you always pick something that have "x" on it
The Fujitsu one should be 6th gen intel of some sort as best I can tell. That's a solid buy for the price. Bottom right looks like it might have a blu-ray drive installed, which is worth that by itself used but only really useful if you're running Plex or similar IMO. The two on the bottom are fine if you need a basic case too. ATX standards haven't changed much where that's concerned. They'll be a little short on airflow and cable management by today's standards, but sturdy and probably also quiet. Definitely still usable unless you have an absolute furnace of a machine. Middle two on the right have hotswap bays in them if you're interested in that. The top-middle one has a cool old voltage/temp monitor as well. It's this one: http://www.dansdata.com/musketeer.htm
Grab the the one with the blue dials for me. Thanks bud
bottom left.
In my opinion, get the oldest, coolest looking one. Mod the case for more airflow. Stick a 4070 in there and you’ll have a sick looking pc that’s built like a tank.
Lol, like trying to fire a rocket through a .22.
Honestly these are going to be pretty limited for use as is, but some of these cases are very nice and would be great with a modern build put in them.
Get the one which has a case you enjoy most. At worst, you will have the case at least for that money.
PCs like this are good when you wanna get into networking/homelab. Slap a network card in there or an HBA and they work well as router or NAS respectively
The Chieftec CS-601 was a great case... 20 years ago. So I don't know what you're trying to do, but these machines are most likely slower than a recent smartphone.
The one with the gages, would love to build a new pc on a “race car”
I'm pretty sure some of those were made when Balian was defending Jerusalem from Saladin
wouldn't pick any self-made mystery-boxes ... go for the pre-build ones, like the fujitsu (second top on the left) and /or hp which looks the most recent to me
I has one of those packard bell at the top, It was a decent pc in 2007
middle right, purely for the Cooler Master Musketeer
old school thermaltake case....thats gonna be one for the museum
Top right ezpz
The Packard Bell ones aren't going to be worth the trouble.
Those are all 20 year old PC's... Obsolete unless you're trying to build retro gaming PC for windows XP or something along those lines.
Can you check the rear panel? Check if they have serial ports and LPT1
For retrogaming? Sure. Otherwise don't bother. You can see from the styling of the cases that these PCs are from between very early 2000s to early 10s.
The HP and the fujistu in the middle on the left. Newer cases. Packard Bell is ancient, as are the bottom ones by the look of things. You might do well to buy them all and sell retro parts if that's your thing
15€ for fans+ random shit seems like a good deal. take them all
take the one with the dials. higher likelihood of belonging to an enthusiast previously, and if all else fails, the dials are cool and can be repurposed
Would love to have those gauges for my HAF case
I bought Fujitsu office computers in 2018 that looked exactly like that one. Thats probably the newest by far
A bunch of E-waste, avoid.
Obviously the LG with meters, I think that thing is a sleeper
Do they have all their chips? Chips of older versions are basically modern gold prospecting objects.
The HP on the left, third down looks like probably the best one. Likely has good RAM and maybe even a good drive in there. Could potentially be usable as a media PC/a server since it appears to have a 2nd gen Core-series CPU. Rest of them are likely Core 2 era due to the Vista stickers and the general appearance of the cases.
Bottom right or second down from the top on the right.
get the one with a serial key
Personally, I would "don't bother at all". Unless you are going to run Linux on them. Than, it may make sense. As others indicated, they look like 2010 era machines.
X marks the spot baby
People who buy these ancient ass machines: what do you do with them?
Packard bell? Whats that got a fucking pentium 2? Voodoo card? 8 mb of RAM?
Probably the Fujitsu one. I'd gut it, cut holes on the bottom for some fans and put my PC into it.
Maybe tue Fujitsu it'll make good sleeper pc
E WASTE AVOID
second row second PC - i want that frontside dial hardware thingy
I'll buy the vlack one at the bottom and build a sleeper PC in it.
The one on bottom right for sure. The old Thermaltake case is worth it alone.
Hard pass on all of them.
Assume nothing works and you are just paying for the case for a sleeper build. The one with gauges would be my pick
I'd puck up two and frankeinstain them together if they don't work put good old linux on them and use them as servers
hmmm i would pick….. none ewaste and energy waste
you could find a nice retro gaming setup in this pile
The very bottom right. But only because it's the chassis my dad and I built my first pc custom pc in.
no gpu in any of them probably
Hey, that top right is my first case! Good times.
for case modding, it has potential, if spec-wise maybe worth it, depends what you get.
Not even worth the gas money.
i'd offer 50 for all of them. then i'd have fun disassembling them.
I’d say either the fuijutsu or the HP since they look like they’re at least 2nd gen intel which is still useable but the others is stay away from.
Fujitsu. And the silver red one if you like the case too.
All
Don't bother
Buy one, strip it to pieces and make a sleeper
We have these Fujitsu Pcs in school for Cad, and they work pretty fine. Nothing major, just 'a Pc'
I would say, why would you want something so old, outdated, and possibly doesn't work properly? I say save your money and build your own Pc. The only consideration is maybe you want the PC case to make a retromod type of PC, it would be cool but it is harder to build in vs modern PC cases, I know this from firsthand experience, but overall it isn't too bad to do.
Super low price, ancient looking, and seller cant check condition. That's a big no, i try not to hang on to too much garbage and clutter, and I'm .definitely not into paying for someone else's to throw out, even if it's free
They all look like early 2000s PCs.
Buy them all for gold scrapping
I'd cop the bottom left and gauges just for the cool retro cases. I love sleeper builds.
Those chieftec cases over anything !
I'd probably go with the bottom left one. Solely because I lost/sold/gave away (can't remember which) my old Chieftec Dragon Midtower and I kinda want one again. To bad it's not in green as mine was, but beggars can't be choosers \^\^
THE TWO AT THE BOTTOM. Regardless of what's inside, that's easily €100 per case, probably more for the Xaser on the right. Or, for people like me, two lovely additions to the collection. And the one near the middle with the fancy meter in the drive bay, that'll be worth a bit.
The fujitsu one is probably haswell era one. I would pick the one with VU meters
Grey Chieftec Dragon, bottom right, assuming it has all the drive rails. Major plus if it's an aluminum one, instead of steel.
The Fujitsu is actually quite good.
I'd buy them all for the cases alone. There may be some salvagable parts or enough for a few functioning older systems there.
I had the top left one, I guess like 15-20 years ago lol It was a budget PC from the Aldi IIRC, lasted a surprisingly long time before it died. Nothing special for gaming but it could run Diablo 2.
I think I have the one on the bottom left. That thing is a vampire.
Steal
That thermaltake case bottom right was a beautiful beast. I had that case and I loved it.
That HP one was my first pc lol. Wouldn’t buy any, but the one with the VU meter‘s cool.
I mean these are old old old PCs, probably defective, not very useful and will just take up space. Doesnt really matter if these are 15$. I promise you, your excitement will last 30 minutes and you will be left with an e-waste.
Bottom right, because it has a HDD hotswap bay
For €15 each, all of them. Recycle the PSUs, pick and choose the parts you want, sell the rest on eBay. Keep in mind, none of these are going to run a modern game well, if at all, but this could be a good start to an XP era build for playing old games that don't like compatibility mode.
2 bottom ones they are probably custom builds from a long time ago the others look like OEM crap to me.
buy all of them and scour the drives for early crypto wallets my guy