Sell it to recoup some of the costs of my new parts. There’s always a market for cheap older hardware.
Hunkamunkawoogywoo
Sell to friends for a super low price.
DongayKong
Collect dust
Helpful-Work-3090
sell that boy
Difficult-Science234
Setup an old PC and install Batocera. Play retro games for days.
SALTRS
Stash them somewhere to show future generations
Jmsplttr
Take it for a lovely day out by the beach,
Buy it some ice cream,
Throw it in the sea.
Blitzende
Mostly I run hardware til it dies. The few times it hasn’t its become a media PC, NAS, or been given away to friends
Ripmerai
sellllllllllll itttt
EiffelPower76
I donate them all mounted in a PC tower ready to use
I want my old hardware to run until it’s dead
canadajones68
Server PC, or gift or sell it. Basically I try to make it do the most useful thing it could do, hopefully close to me.
Tyr_Kukulkan
Build a PC with it and hoard old PCs like a techno dragon. Make a bed out of all the PCs and bask in their glory.
Kunsip
Minecraft servers.
I run a Minecraft server off of an old E3 Xeon and ddr3
No-Net3540
I store them in my basement – forever!
Deceiver999
cazrl
Admire them.
cszolee79
Sell while it has value.
Chebupelli_LFC
My i7 4770 and 1660s now belongs to my brother.
kshucker
Bent some CPU pins on a motherboard once, making it useless. It’s now hanging on the wall of my garage.
riotpunchbarstard
I hoard my old pcs in my closet
PrimaryEmotional6639
Metal to sell
WeAreAllFooked
If it still works = sell
If it doesn’t work = ewaste recycler
OddJump50
The varying colors on motherboards makes some cool looking art. 🫠✌️
UnlimitedButts
About to make my old 4460 and r7 370 into a plex machine. Just need a board since the old one got fucked up.
JPSWAG37
I clean them up and sell them, always someone out there looking for specific boards. Even more so a decade or 2 from now when things become vintage.
Proper_Belt
I want to make a pccase out of old motherboards.
But it probably wont be good.
RAMChYLD
Reuse them elsewhere.
Maybe use it in a build for someone who needs it.
But most of the time I let them retire to a quiet life in my storage, because I’ll either need the part for an emergency build someday, or a friend or relative would maybe need a basic computer for web browsing stuff.
I’m trying to sell some of my old stuff but apparently there is no market for workstation Polaris GPUs anymore.
thxredditfor2banns
My first pc still sits in the corner as reminder on where i started. And then i have my current machine with atleast one of each component in older hardware as spare parts. Everything else gets sold on ebay or goes to my local electronics recycler. What i like to keep is weird af things.
Frame them and add RGB, this is my old Strix X99 and i7-6800K.
NapalmWRX
I throw them in a container and store them with the thought of one day using the parts……….. it never happens.
Flyingbaby409
Usually put it in the new motherboard anti static bag and box then forget about it in the closet.
Professional_List325
Frame it, stick it on a wall!
PotatoProducer
I store if for what ever reason (a bit like a horder) and try giving it to friends. I also try to convince myself to sell it online (Kleinanzeigen in Germany) but I am too lazy to set up the sell offer xD
bossonhigs
People sell, or make another PC from collected spare parts. I had 1650 left after upgrade and considering it’s still pricey here where I live, decided to make my son his first PC around it.
EncryptedAnime
I had enough parts and built a second home pc for the living room for mostly media. Haven’t used it much, but it’s there.
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Sell
Sell it to recoup some of the costs of my new parts. There’s always a market for cheap older hardware.
Sell to friends for a super low price.
Collect dust
sell that boy
Setup an old PC and install Batocera. Play retro games for days.
Stash them somewhere to show future generations
Take it for a lovely day out by the beach,
Buy it some ice cream,
Throw it in the sea.
Mostly I run hardware til it dies. The few times it hasn’t its become a media PC, NAS, or been given away to friends
sellllllllllll itttt
I donate them all mounted in a PC tower ready to use
I want my old hardware to run until it’s dead
Server PC, or gift or sell it. Basically I try to make it do the most useful thing it could do, hopefully close to me.
Build a PC with it and hoard old PCs like a techno dragon. Make a bed out of all the PCs and bask in their glory.
Minecraft servers.
I run a Minecraft server off of an old E3 Xeon and ddr3
I store them in my basement – forever!
Admire them.
Sell while it has value.
My i7 4770 and 1660s now belongs to my brother.
Bent some CPU pins on a motherboard once, making it useless. It’s now hanging on the wall of my garage.
I hoard my old pcs in my closet
Metal to sell
If it still works = sell
If it doesn’t work = ewaste recycler
The varying colors on motherboards makes some cool looking art. 🫠✌️
About to make my old 4460 and r7 370 into a plex machine. Just need a board since the old one got fucked up.
I clean them up and sell them, always someone out there looking for specific boards. Even more so a decade or 2 from now when things become vintage.
I want to make a pccase out of old motherboards.
But it probably wont be good.
Reuse them elsewhere.
Maybe use it in a build for someone who needs it.
But most of the time I let them retire to a quiet life in my storage, because I’ll either need the part for an emergency build someday, or a friend or relative would maybe need a basic computer for web browsing stuff.
I’m trying to sell some of my old stuff but apparently there is no market for workstation Polaris GPUs anymore.
My first pc still sits in the corner as reminder on where i started. And then i have my current machine with atleast one of each component in older hardware as spare parts. Everything else gets sold on ebay or goes to my local electronics recycler. What i like to keep is weird af things.
Make NAS or servers !
Straight to the landfill
minecraft server
https://preview.redd.it/dyscn8gwxgsc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd94a1daba0520a200e7ef33de403197fa230059
Frame them and add RGB, this is my old Strix X99 and i7-6800K.
I throw them in a container and store them with the thought of one day using the parts……….. it never happens.
Usually put it in the new motherboard anti static bag and box then forget about it in the closet.
Frame it, stick it on a wall!
I store if for what ever reason (a bit like a horder) and try giving it to friends. I also try to convince myself to sell it online (Kleinanzeigen in Germany) but I am too lazy to set up the sell offer xD
People sell, or make another PC from collected spare parts. I had 1650 left after upgrade and considering it’s still pricey here where I live, decided to make my son his first PC around it.
I had enough parts and built a second home pc for the living room for mostly media. Haven’t used it much, but it’s there.
https://preview.redd.it/gty8u5zxohsc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=568673cb43d61c5e346ef5fe7ce00b75443085fd
Key chain 😀