What to do with spare pc parts?

[Msuni]

So I bought a pre-built pc around 2 years ago and have upgraded since. So now I have a GTX 970, i5 6500, 8gb ram and a motherboard (can't remember the model etc) spare. 

What can I do with these parts other than just sell them. I was thinking of just building a 2nd PC but it wouldn't really have a use because I have my main pc. 

[minibois]

Depends on what you do with your PC.

A streamer might use a secondary PC to take the heavy software load off their main PC and to a secondary PC to encode the footage. Or a video editor might use a secondary PC to render videos on, so they can still edit videos on their main PC. Same with 3D model makers.

You may want to run a NAS on it (keep in mind your CPU wont support ECC memory though), or a different type of server (web server or whatever).

[LukeSavenije]

you could fold on it, mining isn't worth it anymore, you can give it to someone, run simulations, accelerate a workload with it, many things are possible with a machine that keepable

[aless83]

I gave my old pc to someone as a gift to a friend who needed one.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

keep them until you have a spare of whole set of pc

[myselfolli]

All of the above, especially what @LukeSavenije said. Folding is awesome.

 

Or maybe just sell the parts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Olllllli]

You could sell them, but I never would. I'll be building a second PC in a few days from my spare parts as a PC I take too friends houses as I don't really want to take around my expensive main PC. I will also be using this PC for my virtual machines and testing out potentially virus infected things. We also have a NAS, just using spare parts. And we have a couple media PCs from spare parts. 

You can never go wrong with a spare PC. 

[Msuni]

1 hour ago, LukeSavenije said:

you could fold on it, mining isn't worth it anymore, you can give it to someone, run simulations, accelerate a workload with it, many things are possible with a machine that keepable

I feel stupid... but what do you mean by "fold on it" haha

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, October22nd said:

I feel stupid... but what do you mean by "fold on it" haha

folding@home

[Msuni]

1 hour ago, LukeSavenije said:

you could fold on it, mining isn't worth it anymore, you can give it to someone, run simulations, accelerate a workload with it, many things are possible with a machine that keepable

I feel stupid... but what do you mean by "fold on it" haha

[Msuni]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

folding@home

Oh ok cool thanks. 

[Msuni]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, still unsure what I'm gonna do with it still. But now I've got some ideas.

[Automobili3XF]

I generally sell my spare parts.

I've built a pfSense before as well, it did draw just enough energy from the wall to make me get rid of it.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, October22nd said:

I feel stupid... but what do you mean by "fold on it" haha

It’s means you download a program made by MIT or something that tries to figure out how cancer works. 

[Msuni]

On 12/18/2018 at 1:19 PM, fpo said:

It’s means you download a program made by MIT or something that tries to figure out how cancer works. 

Ok... that sound cool