What to do with old hardware when you upgrade?

[Briggsy]

I usually give the components to family/friends who need them. 

[germslopz]

Normally i would keep them, im sort of a hoarder. I have boxes full of cables and circuit boards and wires but i think im going to try and build an HTPC this time around.

[Jacknif]

Sell it or save it for making another PC

[TheInverseKey]

Make a pet CPU.

[CrzyBvr68]

I use my old hardware to test out different linux distros

[Real_PhillBert]

Meet my desk toy GPU!

 

[shujin]

buy all other piece to make an other computer and sell it ^^

[Naruke Alpha]

Break it.

This guy knows how to live on the edge 

[AlwaysFSX]

This guy knows how to live on the edge 

I snapped my old motherboard in three pieces because it's a non-standard size.

[marat569]

Stream giveaways.. ebay is too much work.

[Naruke Alpha]

I snapped my old motherboard in three pieces because it's a non-standard size.

damn now that is really edgy

[marioo1182]

Save it, or use them as cool drink coasters.

[AlwaysFSX]

damn now that is really edgy

It irked me and took up space.

[ThesaurusLive]

I just keep it and wait for other components over time or I just give it to a friend :3 

[Lord Gaben]

Sell it, Or make another PC or upgrade another PC with the part, e.g a Home theater PC or a LAN rig

[Chystal]

Sell it to my brothers

[tovleander]

I put it in my older computer (the one the kids uses). Then what i remove from it, I put in a drawer, untill i got enough spare parts to build another computer.

And so on and so on

[d3sl91]

If its a new enough part, I sell it and use the money towards the upgrade. If it's not worth selling, I Give to my brother, if not him, I sell the parts for cheap to my friends. 

[Guest]

That'd be a Rolex keychain. :lol:

[GregButcher]

Either sell it if i can, or my brother inherits it. Probably the latter.

[manikyath]

at my school a lot of trading happens, say i have some spare DDR3, but need some DDR2 to upgrade an old rig, we'll trade.

 

i might also be that guy with 6 fully operational desktops, and 2 laptops

 

pretty much if a piece of hardware gets replaced, it goes to my pool of "tradables" to fix other machines, or trade for components to fix other machines.

[Psykomantis00]

I usually give it away. 

[Thony]

Keep it as a backup and sell it later if i can be asked.

[FireFox]

I hoard them, I would need another hard drive and a case but with the bits I have I could build another computer

[BerginUK]

Just swapped out my GTX 580 for a 980. Sold the 580 on eBay. The guy didn't know how to install it so tried to claim a refund. eBay reliably decided in his favour (despite having no proof that he didn't break the card himself) and decided that they'd take the money from my account once he sent it back.

 

He never did send it back, fortunately for me.

 

What I learned is; if you buy something on eBay, you can literally drop it on the floor the moment it arrives, and eBay will take the money from the sellers bank account and give it back to you. It doesn't matter that it's entirely your fault that you broke it.

 

Safe to say I'm done with eBay after this.