What to do with old system?

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I'm not sure if this is the right place for this to go. I have my old desktop PC which is just sat there gathering dust, my monitor broke last year and with my purchase of a new MacBook Pro I never replaced it so it has just sat in the corner of the room redundant for 12 months now. It's about 7 years old now so I'm not sure there is any value in it to sell, which begs the question what should / could I do with it?

The spec is:

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor
Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC)
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

There was a GTX 970 but I pilfered it to put in my nephews computer.
 
unraid server?

I've got a very similar spec sitting here doing 'nothing' at the moment too, been toying with turning it into an unraid server (or buying/converting a nas).

Alternatively you could give a Linux distro a go, play around with overclocking if you're into that thing etc.

If you need a monitor it could be plugged into a tv or you grab a super cheap display....
 
therestartproject.org

Donate your computer

A list of community groups across the UK which collect computer donations for fixing and distribution to locals in need. Their work is vital to many who are now able to stay connected.
therestartproject.org therestartproject.org

Do a search and see if there are any projects near you that would like it. With these sort of projects if a part breaks they will have a host of similar generation parts to help fix the problem.
 
Goodie said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this to go. I have my old desktop PC which is just sat there gathering dust, my monitor broke last year and with my purchase of a new MacBook Pro I never replaced it so it has just sat in the corner of the room redundant for 12 months now. It's about 7 years old now so I'm not sure there is any value in it to sell, which begs the question what should / could I do with it?

The spec is:

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor
Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC)
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

There was a GTX 970 but I pilfered it to put in my nephews computer.
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Sell on FB? I recently sold my old PC via FB.
 
To be honest, its not a bad computer at all... Its a respectable spec and its till going to be faster than anything that you will get in some places I could mention.

Reinstall Windows onto it, and give it a nice clean up, plop another Graphics card into it and sell it - its going to fetch you a couple of hundred easily.
 
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Do what I always suggest. Do you have any youngish nieces or nephews or family friends with a kid 8-10 who is looking to get into Fortnite, Minecraft etc? Pick up a cheapish graphiocs card, 970/980/1060 or 570/580 and it'll run those games easily.
 
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