What do you do with old pc parts?

psd99 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:09

I got socket A motherboards

DDR1 RAM

socket A cpu's

IDE drives

Fans

Cables

other strange parts - was thinking of going to the local dump yard and giving it to them - what do u do with your old pc parts?

StevieP · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:14

I'd bung them on the members market for postage only cost - you'd be amazed what people can find a use for!

cosmogenesis · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:15

I keep em until the wife decides its time for me to deal with em and then its the tip as its all so old in a few short years

Stelly · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:17

Give them to my uncle he hoards them, its funny as it sends my aunty spare... amuses me though she is an evil old bat

Stelly

matt_fsr · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:18

Can you build a PC up out of them?

If not, they're not a lot of use really. Could try them on Freecycle, see if anyone wants them?

haaammit · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:18

I kept loads of bits and bobs for years, then decided to throw a load of it out. I bitterly regret that decision as there were two bits that I threw away that I now need, one of which is a S/PDIF header to coax bracket to connect the JSP1 connector on my newest mobo

phil675 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:27

I maintain that keeping a hoard of cables and random bits is a necessary evil of owning a computer, you never know when you might need something random like a molex splitter!

WingZero30 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:27

I sell them on ebay and members market :cool:

Skidder · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:29

I put them in piles on top of the dresser in our kitchen (there are 4 graphics cards up there now!). My wife hates me.

Cosimo · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:30

Good stuff gets passed on the rest gets recycled.

InertProtocol · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:30

matt_fsr said:
Can you build a PC up out of them?

If not, they're not a lot of use really. Could try them on Freecycle, see if anyone wants them?

Bingo, there used to be a local guy on Freecycle who used to make PC's from old parts and give the completed PC to less fortunate people.

misterPK · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:31

The old intel cartridge type processors and their big heatsinks make a lovely letter rack!

malfunkshun · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:31

phil675 said:
I maintain that keeping a hoard of cables and random bits is a necessary evil of owning a computer, you never know when you might need something random like a molex splitter!

I would agree with this, you bin a cable you need it the week after.

Nightglow · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:32

Had to clear my stockpile of old pc bits when I moved house, to my surprise I manage to filled a midi skip with what I had accumulated over the years.

gambitt · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:36

Some stuff I keep in the attic for nostalgia. Things like my Celeron 300a (complete with Alpha PEP66 cooler) which got me through my A-levels at a blistering 450MHz and my Voodoo 3 gfx card that rendered many a frame on Quake and Starcraft.

I also have my very first US Robotics 33.6k modem (ISA slot!). I wonder how many porn jpgs that little work horse has seen.

Darkans · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:37

Hoard them, I do a lot of PC repair for various people and you never know when you might need a part. I have a black bag full of RAM & another full of molex adapters, IDE connectors and various other wires. I think I'm an addict

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:38

I only deal with new stuff so I don't get this problem. When I did get this problem I put them in a box and give them away.

psd99 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:43

ebay is too much hassle

are they even worth much?

psd99 · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:44

gambitt said:
I also have my very first US Robotics 33.6k modem (ISA slot!). I wonder how many porn jpgs that little work horse has seen.

yer same here got one on the old ISA slot too
why would want that now?

Darkans · 20 Nov 2012 at 11:47

psd99 said:
ebay is too much hassle

are they even worth much?

Some of the old parts can be worth quite a bit. Older SD RAM can sell for £20 a stick

The AGP versions of most GPUs are worth double their PCI-E counterparts