What should I do with my old PC?

[EnergizedMemer]

Basically, I have an old PC lying around, and idk what to do with it. Do you guys have any tips?

[aisle9]

What are its specs? If it's a prebuilt, what OEM/model?

[WhitetailAni]

What parts does it have?

[GorujoCY]

What are the specs? I can try telling you

[EnergizedMemer]

Since you all literally asked the same question, here's the specs:

Ryzen 5 1600

GTX 980 Ti FE

16GB RAM 3200Mhz CL15

500GB SATA SSD

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, EnergizedMemer said:

Since you all literally asked the same question, here's the specs:

Ryzen 5 1600

GTX 980 Ti FE

16GB RAM 3200Mhz CL15

500GB SATA SSD

Well, why is it "old"?

[EnergizedMemer]

4 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Do you need it?  What components?

 

4 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

What parts does it have?

 

3 minutes ago, GorujoCY said:

What are the specs? I can try telling you

I forgot that you can multi-quote, I wrote the specs

[EnergizedMemer]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

Well, why is it "old"?

When I say old, I don't literally mean it's old lol. I just mean that it's no longer used

[aisle9]

1 minute ago, EnergizedMemer said:

Since you all literally asked the same question, here's the specs:

Ryzen 5 1600

GTX 980 Ti FE

16GB RAM 3200Mhz CL15

500GB SATA SSD

The fuck? That's not too far off the specs of my main PC. You could sell it off as a gaming rig really easily.

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, EnergizedMemer said:

When I say old, I don't literally mean it's old lol. I just mean that it's no longer used

Keep it as a backup?

Sell its parts?

Don't know.

I haven't seen CL15 3200 before though.

[EnergizedMemer]

1 minute ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Keep it as a backup?

Sell its parts?

Don't know.

I haven't seen CL15 3200 before though.

Here's the RAM if you'd like to know: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-Ballistix-BL2K8G30C15U4R-Desktop-Gaming/dp/B083TSFGBP/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1YA8URDRUTW21&dchild=1&keywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B16gb%2Bddr4%2B300%2BCL15&qid=1609441971&quartzVehicle=80-1017&replacementKeywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B16gb%2Bddr4%2Bcl15&sprefix=CRUCIAL%2BBALLIS%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-2&th=1

[EnergizedMemer]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

The fuck? That's not too far off the specs of my main PC. You could sell it off as a gaming rig really easily.

So you think I should just sell it?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, EnergizedMemer said:

Here's the RAM if you'd like to know: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-Ballistix-BL2K8G30C15U4R-Desktop-Gaming/dp/B083TSFGBP/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1YA8URDRUTW21&dchild=1&keywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B16gb%2Bddr4%2B300%2BCL15&qid=1609441971&quartzVehicle=80-1017&replacementKeywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B16gb%2Bddr4%2Bcl15&sprefix=CRUCIAL%2BBALLIS%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-2&th=1

Cool!

[GorujoCY]

1 minute ago, EnergizedMemer said:

So you think I should just sell it?

yeah it's not too old, if you really don't use this PC, you could sell it at a decent price imo

[Mling]

you might get more if you sell the parts individually. It helps to have the original packaging.

[EnergizedMemer]

1 minute ago, GorujoCY said:

yeah it's not too old, if you really don't use this PC, you could sell it at a decent price imo

I see. Well, thanks for the advice!

[EnergizedMemer]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

Fold, sell it as a gaming rig, I mean those aren't horrible or "old" specs.

Yeah, the others told me to sell it as well. Thanks for the advice

[EnergizedMemer]

1 minute ago, Mling said:

you might get more if you sell the parts individually. It helps to have the original packaging.

Too bad I don't have the original packaging, I'm an idiot. Thanks for the advice

[GorujoCY]

Just now, Mling said:

you might get more if you sell the parts individually. It helps to have the original packaging.

well "might"

it is better if he already sold the pc

you know formatting the data by resetting windows, cleaning it, all that stuff and he can have a good looking gaming pc to sell, i bet there are still people out there looking for gaming pcs, even during the stock crisis on Craigslist or Ebay

[EnergizedMemer]

2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Fold, sell it as a gaming rig, I mean those aren't horrible or "old" specs.

I think it would be better if I sold the parts individually. Thanks for the advice though

[EnergizedMemer]

1 minute ago, GorujoCY said:

well "might"

it is better if he already sold the pc

you know formatting the data by resetting windows, cleaning it, all that stuff and he can have a good looking gaming pc to sell, i bet there are still people out there looking for gaming pcs, even during the stock crisis on Craigslist or Ebay

I think it would probably be better if I sold them as individual parts. I doubt anyone would buy a PC with these specs in 2021

[WhitetailAni]

3 minutes ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I think it would probably be better if I sold them as individual parts. I doubt anyone would buy a PC with these specs in 2021

I'd take the 980 Ti.

[aisle9]

17 minutes ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I think it would probably be better if I sold them as individual parts. I doubt anyone would buy a PC with these specs in 2021

Um...what?

Dude, you are either well into the 1% or you don't really have a grasp on what a system like that is capable of. It's not playing Cyberpunk at 4K, no, but it's perfectly fine for high settings at 1080P on most modern games.

[Lii]

4 hours ago, EnergizedMemer said:

Since you all literally asked the same question, here's the specs:

Ryzen 5 1600

GTX 980 Ti FE

16GB RAM 3200Mhz CL15

500GB SATA SSD

besides selling it

you could also rent it as a vps or somewhat similar

vps on custom hardware are usually expensive, especially if they do run on nvidia cards

[lexidobe]

8 hours ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I think it would probably be better if I sold them as individual parts. I doubt anyone would buy a PC with these specs in 2021

Why wouldn't someone buy it? I buy older stuff all the time if the price is right, it can be a great value compared to buying new. Fun fact: I only bought one new GPU in my entire life (my EVGA GTX 970) and I only bought it because it was open box and marked way down. 

You could easily sell that system as a gaming computer or sell the parts individually if you prefer. Being a few generations old doesn't automatically make something useless or worthless, especially if it was reasonably high end when it was released.