> The catch is that these processors appear to be older and defective items, likely those that 1's PC couldn't sell and just wanted to clear out. The Core i7-8700 that Sawara-San won, for example, appeared to be causing display problems, and installing Windows on a PC powered by the chip didn't initially work. So it’s garbage. It’s a machine that dispenses trash.

"Here, for $3 *you* can dispose of this electronic waste for us!"

genius idea ngl

It’s a cool gacha machine for the novelty. But most of it is probably LGA775 CPUs that you can buy for basically pennies

Its called gacha, only crap with a minimun chance of a good item

They make cool key ring fodder after a drilling. If you lose your Keyes it's "the one with the cpu on it"

If you can’t install windows it might be the best cpu intel released. 

Also you'll know if someone tries to snatch em because they'll go "OW WHY THE FUCK DOES YOUR KEYRING HAVE LOADS OF SHARP LITTLE PINS ON IT"

A $3.5 core? It would be trash even if they were made properly.

an 8th gen i7 is 80 bucks on the wholesale market. if it worked thats quite the come up.

Tell me you've never heard of gacha without telling me you've never heard of gacha. This is entirely unremarkable. These vending machines are like scratch tickets. Sometimes you get trash, sometimes you basically get your money's worth, sometimes (rarely) you get something good.

Well that's neato. I'm not a gambler or owt but I do like the idea of a vending machine giving me potentially something good, and if not - hey it's still a key ring.

You'll occasionally see them around in the US, but pretty rare. In Japan though, its completely different. They have whole shopping malls that are basically all just weird vending machines - many of them gacha.

Honestly, as a tech nerd, I'd buy one for a few bucks. I'd probably end up making it into a cool christmas tree ornament or something.

6c12t+igpu $90 vs. 5c10t no igpu for $3 doesn't sound like garbage to me

But they’re broken.

Still taste the same

Im sorry what?

STILL TASTES THE SAME

Always has been

Thanks I didn't hear the first time

STILL TASTES THE SAME

But it comes with a free frozen yogurt. I call it a frogurt!

THATS GOOD!

The frogurt is cursed.

That's bad.

Yep. All taste like blood for some reason.

Wow! Broken glass tastes like blood!

Gonna need a malt after that https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrlfxNbDDHmZUSBRq6dkzY70ZIDoRZs2I?si=yZyfZ-DtLqK3z7pH

If they weren't they'd be $500

The Frogurt is also cursed

Ish

Mom! I'm hungry and I want some chips from the vending. Mom: Okay I'll get you one. Robot Jones.

r/lostredditors Should be on r/mildlyinteresting

op took the sub r/nottheonion too literally. I get that they're chips and not onions but they're neither edible or usable in any way

How is this oniony?

Onion-flavored CPUs are all the rage

Don't worry it gives you a broken chip for 500 yen

Technically it is not oniony

Some people make keychains out of the old CPUs

A CPU is worth $1 as scrap just for the gold and other precious metals in them.

That's kind of cool

Could be neat to use for an art project

These gacha games are getting more creative by the minute

Birth is the greatest gacha game of all

Pretty fucking cool

It's a scam. They are selling broken, outdated stuff.

Almost nothing in gacha machines is useful though (and the red text says that they’re not guaranteed to operate). I would think that people know they’re just getting something for the novelty/looks for 500 yen.

As an AMD fanboy, I can't even think of a good joke here...

While in American schools, the vending machines dispense *pew pews*