What can I do with old parts?

Gibbo3771 · 4 Feb 2013 at 15:05

I have a full PC, pretty old but it's all disassembled and want to build it up and make use of it.

Currently I have:

550watt OCZExtreme PSU
Aerocool STII case
Nforce 590 SLI Mobo
x2 9600GT's
4GB DDR2 800mhz, cheap ****
AMD 6000+
Good Gigabyte cooler for the CPU

So my plan was to rebuild it, overclock everything.

The parts are from old builds, I had 2 computers at one point, one with SLI 9600GT's and one with a single, rest was exactly the same. However the SLI one had a cheap PSU, explosions happened and I lost a 9600GT and the board

So yeah anyyways, how well will the 6000+ OC with the mobo? How well will the 9600GT's overclock? Never overclocked ram before, best tool to do it?

I want to do something stupid with it all being honest, not sure what though but first I want it running as fast as possible

ubersonic · 4 Feb 2013 at 15:17

Could use the 9600GT's for folding /shrug

Gibbo3771 · 4 Feb 2013 at 15:23

ubersonic said:
Could use the 9600GT's for folding /shrug

Was a good card for £45 when they first came out

dacads · 4 Feb 2013 at 16:25

overclock it till the PSU goes boom?

SaTrOx · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:23

maybe build a home server from the parts u got instead of destroying them ?

Doomedspeed · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:31

SaTrOx said:
maybe build a home server from the parts u got instead of destroying them ?

Would make an Okay home server actually.

linwelin · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:46

Gibbo3771 said:
I want to do something stupid with it all being honest, not sure what though but first I want it running as fast as possible

How about doing something good with it, like donating it to someone who cant afford a PC ? i am sure there is a charity that will take it off your hands

decto · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:31

Overclocking CPU and GPU's may give you 10% which is likely to be unnoticeable

Not great as a server, parts are all too power hungry. Cheap HP micro server would be better

Of you really want to keep it, sell the GPU's and get a GTX280 /460 or similar with the cash. SLI 9600's is an exercise in pointless frustration.

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