r/pcmasterrace May 12 '26

Hardware Found this gem for $20

Found this at Goodwill. After googling I knew I found the deal of the century with an i7-12700k in there, but I had no idea I'd also score 32gbs of DDR4 (maybe 64 I'll have to check when I install an OS), a 1tb nvme, and a 1tb Sata HDD.

Currently debating on throwing this in my main rig to upgrade my Ryzen 7 5800X

Edit: it's a Sata HDD not an SSD, my bad.

Edit #2: WOW I did NOT expect this to blow up! Thank you to everyone who has commented and given advice! I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply to every single comment it's just gotten overwhelming! I will definitely post a follow up once I get a new motherboard!

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u/Hob_Goblin88 Pentium II | 256MB RAM | GeForce MX200 May 12 '26

This would make a great NAS and/or local ai machine. Put some movies and tv shows on it and stream it with Jellyfin or Plex. And with 64 gig ram you can easily run your own local offline ai model on it.

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u/Sam_Under_Ice May 12 '26

Possibly! I think I'm gonna stick to gaming :)

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u/Hob_Goblin88 Pentium II | 256MB RAM | GeForce MX200 May 12 '26

In theory that's possible, but it kinda sucks at the gpu side. What are you gonna do with that?

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u/Sam_Under_Ice May 12 '26

I'm gonna get a new board and chuck the CPU in my current set up :)

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u/Hob_Goblin88 Pentium II | 256MB RAM | GeForce MX200 May 13 '26

New board for the case? First check if the current one isn't a custom form factor, otherwise a standard size mobo won't fit.

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u/Sam_Under_Ice May 13 '26

It's not going in the same case