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Old PC Utilization

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daemon1 Original post #1
Mar 8, 2014 at 10:26 PM
Most of the computer geek guys upgrade the computer hardware every 2-3 years (may be less or more) and this goes on. I also do something similar and by doing so in recent years I have now 3 different configuration CPU's which are boxed up with no use.

I wanted to know from you people when you people upgrade what you do with old PC's or parts ?

I would like to use the old system parts or whole system for better cause rather they dying in box. For example I have few hard disks of 120, 60 and 40 GB apart from current 1 TB, have AMD graphics card of 4000 series and so on..

Please share your inputs so that everyone who is on same dilemma can use this info.
dashing.sujay
dashing.sujay #2
Mar 8, 2014 at 10:30 PM
Donate to a needy person.

There are still many people who don't have the capacity to buy it but want to learn.
snap
snap #3
Mar 8, 2014 at 10:33 PM
i mean how can it benefit us more :mrgreen:
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #4
Mar 8, 2014 at 10:48 PM
i too have one lying around. its hdd has gone kaput that too just after expiring the warranty and hence the whole rig.
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #5
Mar 8, 2014 at 11:04 PM
Clean them up, try to boot them, if it works, then give it to the needy person. or maybe use it as a media-server or use it for emergencies/backup.
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daemon1 #6
Mar 8, 2014 at 11:14 PM
dashing.sujay said:
Donate to a needy person.

There are still many people who don't have the capacity to buy it but want to learn.
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Honestly, I have already donated one old working CPU and monitor. I would do this again but I also want to be sure that they are of completely no use to me. Donating them is always a option but if I can utilize in some way not just for the sake of using but if I can get something out of it I would be more willing to it.

SaiyanGoku said:
Clean them up, try to boot them, if it works, then give it to the needy person. or maybe use it as a media-server or use it for emergencies/backup.
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how to use them as media server ?
vidhubhushan
vidhubhushan #9
Mar 18, 2014 at 4:09 PM
i have given away one full system, one mb+cpu+ram, 3 HDDs, 2 CD Drives, 1 DVD drive, 1 Monitor, 2 Pen drives and lot many CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R media.
one system was left. tried to use it but it seems it doesn't want to start.