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Try asking on the consume advice thread.

In the trash

in my steaming hot anus!!!!!!!!!!!!

PSUs are the one component you must buy new.

>>1076971

I'm looking to take them apart so I can scavenge their wires and passive components.

>>1076972

>wires

$1 per pound @ your hardware store.

>passive components

If they're cheap/free, they're used and abused. Buy from digikey, mauser, aliexpress, etc.

>>1076971

Wrong. If you're good at electronics and able to do repairs here and there, well made power supplies can last you a lifetime. Especially the older (less efficient) ones.

>>1076972

I used to scavenge electronics when I was young and it was actually hard to get at some of that stuff. I still have parts lying around from 30 years ago I can't bring myself to throw away at that point. Not worth it these days, especially for passive components. Much easier to just order them online somewhere. Nothing you'll find in a power supply will be worth much. There are also better sources for wires, old power cords and cables for example.

>>1076985

>do repairs here and there

Yes! By replacing wasted/broken components with new, pristine ones. Substituting a broken component for a wasted one and baking your GPUs in the oven is not considered a repair, but a hack. There is no way around this, only poor people are afraid of buying new.