What do you do with your old computer hardware?
By Astrophil
@Astrophil (9)
January 25, 2007 6:36am CST
I have a corner of my flat that is steadily growing - it is where I stack all my old computer hardware and equipment.
I ahve two old Apple Mac Power Pcs and a six year old Athlon 1800+ PC I have been stripping down - I therefore also have three monitors, printers, miles of cables, drives, storage, etc.
I don't want to put this stuff in the bin but I live in London and there is no dump nearby and I don't have a car or anything to take the stuff to a dump - what do I do with it all?
I have been ebaying off some of the stuff but most of it just isn't worth anything and even if it was it is heavy and the psotage would make it not worth selling on ebay.
What do you do with old computer gear?
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4 responses
@treemaniscool (39)
• United States
25 Jan 07
i take my old part's apart and make a new computer that works 2 times as good at one point i put 2 motherbords into 1 but the parts where to big to fit in a case so i couldnt get a fan on them so they overheated sad i was never able to do it another time i cant remember what i did
@vedchugh (121)
• India
25 Jan 07
its of lot use u can use it by finding compatibility with ur new one
you can work with the following
1 u can use the monitor even if its old as they dont wear out so soon
2 u can sell the ram in market u would surely get minimum of 500 rupees
3 u can use the hard disk its always useful
4 u can use your speakers
5 at last you get get good price for all on an auction website
like ebay
@sanjaychawla (366)
• India
25 Jan 07
I too am having an older pc. I don't know what to do with it. Till now my younger brother is using it. But that is just a wastage. Tell me what should i do with it??
@MordoXin (36)
• South Africa
25 Jan 07
Something you might want to consider is to get yourself an arcade emulator such as mame32. with mame32 you can play old arcade classics like mortal kombat and street fighter on one of your old computers. once you have mame32 running on your old pc you might even want to consider building it into a box like the old arcade machines of years past. it would make the perfect toy for when your mates come around for a drink.
