--- title: Recycling Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And... description: Matt from DIY Perks demonstrates how to build affordable custom PCs by recycling salvaged laptop components and old Intel iMacs. Laptop motherboards with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/recycling-laptops-and-imacs-makes-pc-building-fun-and-affordable-again-ea4w9q0uz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Recycling Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And Affordable Again | daily.dev og:description: Matt from DIY Perks demonstrates how to build affordable custom PCs by recycling salvaged laptop components and old Intel iMacs. Laptop motherboards with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/recycling-laptops-and-imacs-makes-pc-building-fun-and-affordable-again-ea4w9q0uz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ea4W9Q0uZ.png og:image:alt: Recycling Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And Affordable Again og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Recycling Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And Affordable Again **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Matt from DIY Perks demonstrates how to build affordable custom PCs by recycling salvaged laptop components and old Intel iMacs. Laptop motherboards with soldered RAM and embedded RTX graphics can be sourced cheaply, though getting them to power on without a keyboard requires identifying the correct pin on the keyboard membrane ribbon cable. He also shows how to delaminate cracked glass from an old iMac to recover a high-resolution retina LCD panel at no cost. The resulting build uses an oak-and-aluminum tripod stand, with speakers salvaged from an old TV, making the entire project a cost-effective e-waste repurposing exercise. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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