i used to collect mine too, but incidentally so as i encountered discarded towers in e-waste bins and my own failed hardware.

somewhere along the way; i stopped using towers and lost access to e-waste bins, so my personal inventory ran low enough to make resuscitating my home server for free an impossibility.

there’s something strange about knowing that it’s impossible to obtain a full sized tower for free in the present day; i suspect it’s indicative of the technological change that collectively stands before us.