What to do with old system?

[asquirrel]

Originally I wanted to simply replace the case I was using and move all the parts into a new case. But then I saw systems as powerful as my own fitting into smaller cases, like the 250D, and wanted one of those for space saving reasons (everything I own fits in my car, and a full tower takes up A LOT of room that I could put other, more useful, things (vacuum, office chair, dumbells, etc).

 

But that leaves me with the question of what to do with my current system. It works just fine, I just don't like the case. I wouldn't sell the hard drives or video card with the case, but I would sell the RAID card (physical, a real RAID card, with BBU). How hard is it to sell an otherwise assembled system? Or should I just trash it? I...really hate wasting something so useful. I'm...used to replacing stuff only when it breaks. Not when I get tired of it. >.<

[flibberdipper]

Sell it piece by piece in the Classifieds or on eBay.

[©D0n7H8M3™®]

or repurpose it like I did with my "old" computer to be a dedicated console recording system I gave it to my brother because He just plays the xbox although I have built him a computer that can handle Battlefield 3 at medium settings at 60FPS but he insists on using the xbox because his scrub friends only have xbox (GTA5 is all they play *facepalm*)

[Vendetta]

What are the parts in your system and which ones are you willing to sell, i dont understand why you would trash an entire system just to change the form factor of it.

[IdeaStormer]

Keep it as a backup system just in case your newer system bellies up for any reason, beats being without a computer.

[killers993]

Put it in the corner and forget about it.

[asquirrel]

 

What are the parts in your system and which ones are you willing to sell, i dont understand why you would trash an entire system just to change the form factor of it.

Reason for case swap:

-Easier dust filtration. Currently each fan (except the CPU exhaust and hard drive bay fans) sit in their own bracket with their own filter. To clean the filter, you must remove the fan, and the bracket from the case.

-Smaller form factor

 

Current system (parts to be sold):

CoolerMaster Stacker 830

i7 920 D0 (the good/cooler stepping)

Noctua NH-U12P SE (and the included fans, as well as AMD mounting kit circa 2009, leftover thermal NH-1 paste)

12GB (6x2 GB) Corsair RAM 1666 IIRC (I would double check before selling).

3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID card + BBU (99% certain this is the card, I'm not at home where I can double check)

Asus P6T Deluxe v2

Corsair HX850 PSU (850 watt, semi-modular PSU)

 

Negotiable: EVGA 660TI 3GB edition (I'm not against selling it, but I would re-use it if you didn't want to pay for it). I can ship an MSI GTX 275 (2GB) in its place if the buyer doesn't need much GPU power.

 

 

[Vendetta]

Reason for case swap:

-Easier dust filtration. Currently each fan (except the CPU exhaust and hard drive bay fans) sit in their own bracket with their own filter. To clean the filter, you must remove the fan, and the bracket from the case.

-Smaller form factor

Current system (parts to be sold):

CoolerMaster Stacker 830

i7 920 D0 (the good/cooler stepping)

Noctua NH-U12P SE (and the included fans, as well as AMD mounting kit circa 2009, leftover thermal NH-1 paste)

12GB (6x2 GB) Corsair RAM 1666 IIRC (I would double check before selling).

3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID card + BBU (99% certain this is the card, I'm not at home where I can double check)

Asus P6T Deluxe v2

Corsair HX850 PSU (850 watt, semi-modular PSU)

Negotiable: EVGA 660TI 3GB edition (I'm not against selling it, but I would re-use it if you didn't want to pay for it). I can ship an MSI GTX 275 (2GB) in its place if the buyer doesn't need much GPU power.

ahh okay so it is old to the point that chaning the form factor isnt really an option, my advice woukd be to put it up on the ltt classifieds for like $500 with the gtx275 or $635 with the 660ti. That will get you atleast half way to a new Matx or Mitx system.

Edit* those prices might be a little high, those prices are the most someone would buy it for so you may have to try a little lower.

[asquirrel]

ahh okay so it is old to the point that chaning the form factor isnt really an option, my advice woukd be to put it up on the ltt classifieds for like $500 with the gtx275 or $635 with the 660ti. That will get you atleast half way to a new Matx or Mitx system.

Edit* those prices might be a little high, those prices are the most someone would buy it for so you may have to try a little lower.

Actually your prices are fair/low. The raid card alone is, on ebay, worth between $20 and $100. The BBU cannot be found cheaper than a single auction for $100 (card included) or by itself for $130. The rest of the parts, i agree, are not worth that much though. RAID cards are that special kind of squirrel that typically go up in price when discontinued, because someone somewhere needs a replacement to keep their data alive when theirs dies off.