What to do with old computer parts

Mel_P said:
MACH3 - phew - for the dedicated CNC hobbyist only! Been looking at manual. . . .

Mel
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Easy peasy, I have a little 5 axis CNC mill in my unit, sold it coz I never used it, prefer to play on my lasers. I can program in G-Code myself anyway. I am was a CNC programmer / Setter anyway. Now I have my own business lasercutting.
 
I've found loads of VERY old PC parts under my bed from when I was about 14 and upgraded. I find now that as soon as I upgrade the current system, everything gets chucked on eBay while it still has some resale value. Otherwise, it literally sits in a box not being used - we're all guilty of it!
 
I turned my last two old pcs into kodi media centres and gave them to my parents. One of them is P4 I believe with 1gb ram.
 
ADT said:
I turned my last two old pcs into kodi media centres and gave them to my parents. One of them is P4 I believe with 1gb ram.
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Trouble is kodi needs windows (wont run 7) or Linux (tried before and don't want the hassle) and decent AV connections (don't have).

Thanks anyway. Mel
 
Sell some of the bits if I can be bothered, although I tend to use things so long that their value is near zero by the time I've finished with them.

Sometimes I bin items. Sometimes strip them for the components that might be useful in electronic projects.
 
Reclaim the gold from the old bits, over time it adds up to be pretty significant and its quite fun (Dangerous) to do
 
dessimpson said:
I upgraded to X99 earlier this year. I've got PC with an i7 3770k, 16Gb DDR3, GTX980 and a Samsung SSD just sat there using electricity. I was going to use it as a steam machine but for the last 8 months it's done nothing.
Determined to find some use for it though :)
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Put it to use with distributed computing for the good of science/medicine:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/index.php

Many projects would benefit from that hardware.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php

Join the OCUK team efforts:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=39

/recruitment

:D
 
If it's worth more than £50 I'll sell it. If not it goes to my local "recycling centre" aka the tip.
 
Arsonist said:
I've found loads of VERY old PC parts under my bed from when I was about 14 and upgraded. I find now that as soon as I upgrade the current system, everything gets chucked on eBay while it still has some resale value. Otherwise, it literally sits in a box not being used - we're all guilty of it!
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This is true. :(

I have two Athlon Barton 3200+ and Abit nForce 2 NFS-7 v2.0 boards in good condition boxed up even in the original packaging. Pretty sure there is also a Thunderbird 1.4Ghz and Athlon XP 1800+ or was it 2400+... I know it is 1.8Ghz. As well as two NVIDIA GeForce 3s, Radeon 9800XT, X850XTX, two X1950XTXs, NVIDIA 5800 Ultra (legendary dust buster)/ 7800GS+, Creative SB Live!, Audigy 2 ZS, Auzen X-Fi Prelude and soon to be, two Radeon 5870s.


There is also a grey Chieftec Dragon DX-01B-D and Blue Thermaltake Xaser III. As well as no doubt likely... a load of good CD/DVD/RW/RAM/Lightscribe drives.
 
given for 4 quid you can get a raspberry pi zero now it kinda obsoletes many of the old high powered pc parts for projects
 
Tefal said:
given for 4 quid you can get a raspberry pi zero now it kinda obsoletes many of the old high powered pc parts for projects
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Funny to think how most of this stuff has gone the way of VHS. You couldn't give them away. As nearly everyone wants or has phones/tablets.
 
Just FYI in terms of " binning it " you need to use a popper WEEE bin to dispose of it :) If the bin men do a spot check and find any pc parts / batteries ect then you can expect to not have your bin emptied and possibly a fine coming your way if reported. WEEE disposal is free so don't risk it :)
 
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