Old system even worth anything?

[*Chazz]

Hey Guys,

 

I have an old gaming computer system that we used years ago. It took a final crash while I was away. My brother was unable to diagnose what the issue was and determined that it was time to move on and build a new computer. I will have the itching question as to whether there is something I can do with this system still. I am thinking that it was likely the power supply that went out on it. I have not I idea though as no matter what I do I can't get a light to come on or fan to spin on anything. 

Here are the system specs:

 

Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHZ (I hope I am getting the right numbers here)

Zotac GeForce GTX285(Not even an HDMI on this thing)

Some kind of Kingston RAM. I have no idea how much it doesn't spell it out unfortunately for me. I am guessing maybe 4 gigs or 8

I will include a pic o the power supply, hopefully that will be enough.

 

So are there any easy ways to test the power supply? Should I just scrap the whole thing and just move on? Is it worth tinkering with and trying to get running again?

 

Many thanks for any and all help!

 

 

[BubblyCharizard]

probably not worth too much C2Q is ~10yrs old, id give it to freegeek

[reniat]

Are you able to determine what is still working? Without knowing the cause of the failure or what was damaged, I think it'd be a bit irresponsible to try and sell anything in that system without being upfront about the fact that it might be damaged. At the very least retire that PSU.

 

Donate it to a place that takes old PC parts and they can at the very least recycle some of the materials.

[gnomik]

tf is a coolmax? I wouldn't be surprised if its dead.

[EnergyEclipse]

1 minute ago, BubblyCharizard said:

probably not worth too much C2Q is ~10yrs old, id give it to freegeek

I must say to advise simply giving a way a system of its calibre is very ill informed as you judged by age. A Q6600 is an increasingly popular low budget solution for running games when pared with a GPU such as the HD 5870. Granted the already installed 8gb of RAM (I shall presume it be 8 as there are four sticks, and 4 x 1gb is rather unusual), there is still life left for that CPU and with the RAM and motherboard.

 

My personal recommendation @*Chazz is to upgrade of your GPU to the likes of an RX 550, and if uncertain throw out the PSU and throw a decent, low wattage one in. Keep everything

[unknownmiscreant]

I have a system that is very similar to that. Just for lols, I threw a gtx1050ti into it and overclocked the cpu using front side bus (OEM board didn't support legit OC) The gpu was under utilised, but it delivered a fairly resonable experience at 1080p.

 

I would suggest buying something like a radeon 550/560 or geforce gtx 1050/750ti and of course a decent PSU, would probably make for a good (if a little low end) budget gaming box.