Old hardware

[jm240]

What do you guys do with all your old hardware once you upgrade your new rigs? I see a lot of people upgrade almost yearly so I was just wondering what happens to your perfectly working stuff.

 

[Andeh]

the spare stuff goes into my second machine, and the stuff out of that machine goes into a big bag under my bed.

I have stuff under there thats like 7 years old. (gigabyte board for the age old thunderbird athlons, Abit NF7-S2, Athlon XP 2700+, Geforce TI4400, 512mb DDR3200) to name a few of the random parts I have lying around

 

["andy"]

sell it in the MM or on ebay

 

[allllec]

I sell what i can to mates and a good price and anything else gets put on MM for a stupidly low price

 

[randal]

Sell or donate to little brother's PC where possible, used to hoard it but got sick of the sight of it.

 

[Andeh]

i like the idea of selling my stuff on MM, but I don't know where to get boxes and stuff to package things in...

 

[jm240]

Excuse my ignorance, what's MM?

 

[allllec]

the bay have a few shops with cheap posting supplies.

not that i post owt - lost too much money thanks to careless couriers and dont even get me started on royal fail.

so i just let people come pick it up which isn't realistic for most people and small things but for larger stuff and a good price you'll find someone willing to come collect.

Although if your tight and over value all your stuff you cant do that and you will have to post it

Excuse my ignorance, what's MM?

its a lot of time and posts away so dont worry

 

[xerzex]

I have a load of stuff I have to ebay - hoping to sell them really cheap for a quick sale

 

[Andeh]

Excuse my ignorance, what's MM?

250 posts gets you access to ocUK members market forums, where you can buy and sell computer parts. A little like the bay

 

[randal]

250 posts gets you access to ocUK members market forums, where you can buy and sell computer parts. A little like the bay

A little in so much as you can buy/sell things. Ensure you are well aware of the rules and regulations.

 

[allllec]

A little in so much as you can buy/sell things. Ensure you are well aware of the rules and regulations.

Indeed, also OcUK police actualy give a damn unlike 'bay!

 

[smithy83]

goes into my dads pc

then when he is finished with it if its still of use for a back up it will get stored i think ive got a full system of parts stored away

 

[BENdage]

collect it all together until I have enough bits to build a whole system out of the old parts and then donate it to somewhere like local library, primary school, old folks home, family whose house burned down, mates kid etc.

 

[Jonny L]

collect it all together until I have enough bits to build a whole system out of the old parts and then donate it to somewhere like local library, primary school, old folks home, family whose house burned down, mates kid etc.

That sounds like the best thing to do.