The Aspiring Thrift Store Acer PC & Variac! - 59 

Neat video! Thanks as always for sharing!

It’s good that the switch is 2 pole, since that came from an era where non polarized plugs weren’t used. They didn’t know which wire would end up being the hot wire. When replacing the cord on something, two wire cords should only be used on things with non conductive chassis. If whatever you are working on is plastic, a two wire cord is fine. Since this variac has a metal body, it should have a 3 wire cord to protect against the chassis from becoming hot if there is ever an internal wiring fault.

I have that exact same pc but with a dying hard drive. I dont even know how much linux stuff ive done on it lol. That beep it makes when it turns on is very nostalgic to me. And the Netgear usb wifi adapter that never worked. Although the cooler is stock. Im pretty sure the cooler master isnt stock.

Power supply is 220w, Acer mini towers rarely go beyond 300w

Yay a furry and a tech RU-vidr ❤

Nice owo ^^

someone tried to run fortnite on a i3 1st gen , that could also be a reason that it was got rid off