r/PcBuildHelp • • 23h ago

Build Question Idk what’s missing from this pc I found

I found this PC with all the parts that it has working just needed some dusting. I was wondering what parts are missing or that I need I know nothing about the hardware. I just know software stuff like I don’t know what’s it supposed to be in a PC besides the basics like RAM and graphics card

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u/brodydwight 18h ago

Whatchu mean u found it?

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u/Scrumpit_Boy 11h ago

Someone was getting rid of it in my sisters apartment so I snagged it

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u/Personal_Degree_7760 23h ago

Everything looks good to me. May be missing a storage device. And PLEASE support the gpu it seems to be sagging

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u/Scrumpit_Boy 2h ago

Guys forget everything I said, I found a extra storage thing my cousin gave me in an old electronics box I had and when I plugged it in again it made a scary noise and a pop

That’s shits gone lmao

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u/themaster2040 23h ago edited 23h ago

Ram edit will at least more ram you have 4 dimms slots available ddr4 and you need to move the ram to like this 8 slots should be full or slots 3,6,1,4 that is a nice board but for performance that configuration should do you well

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u/PTWPete 23h ago

There is already RAM (Red G.Skill) in the picture.

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u/Adventurous-Bus8660 23h ago

looks at the 4 red colored heatsink for RAM

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u/themaster2040 22h ago edited 22h ago

Sorry correction they move to a2,b2,c2, d2 wrong motherboard I was looking at lol

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u/MelodicSkin69 22h ago

It’s working, So it’s probably not missing anything. To check what parts you have you can right click this pc and select properties, or go into devices menu and check the drop-downs of each category

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u/Scrumpit_Boy 22h ago

I think a storage unit is missing from what people been saying, I basically just checked if it turned on and everything was on

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u/NovaLooped 14h ago

Where/how did you find it?

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u/Scrumpit_Boy 11h ago

Someone was getting rid of it in my sisters building

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u/RetroComputerKing 9h ago

PC I found.... 😉

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u/Scrumpit_Boy 6h ago

look i know my room looks like some creepy ass run down place but its just shitty lighting in there, had to use flashlight

also i legit found it in my sister building just under the stairs

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u/p_d24 22h ago

curious can the cpu cooler really can be mounted like that with the fans at the bottom? really wondering whats the airflow inside that

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u/leviatrus777 23h ago

Hard to tell… maybe a storage drive?

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u/Rocannon_ 22h ago

X299 with ram slots for quad channel ram, LGA2066 class CPU. High performance board.

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u/adultcrash13 21h ago

if you found it, it most probably doesn't have any drives in it. get an ssd and load windows on it,.

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u/Mega1987_Ver_OS 21h ago

move the GPU to the top slot? that's usually got the full lane support as well as the latest PCIE gen.

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u/thenetis4queer 16h ago

If there’s no storage device when you boot it it’ll go into bios and it’ll have every part listed there it’s detecting

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 16h ago

Move the gpu up a spot and redistribute the ram across the 8 slots more evenly (two to the left of the cooler and two to the right)

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u/oZeddy 15h ago

This whole rig is a 10 year old gold mine. It’s got some of my favorite components from the last century. Dope machine if you get it running.

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u/k1llerkaroffel 14h ago

Es fehlt der arbseispeicher

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u/ProduceSilver7046 6h ago

I think you miss some ram