Is this worth salvaging?

[Erosip]

I have this old gaming pc. I'm planning on getting a new one, but if I could salvage the old on (or at least some parts from it) that would be great. Any idea as to whether or not it is salvageable. 

Phenom II x4 (and a fan)

Gtx 480

Motherboard is broken(rip)

Evga 600 watt bronze psu 

4x2 8gb ddr3 ram 

Inspiron 530 case 

[Jurrunio]

Not unless you like collecting stuff. I myself might keep the graphics card as a backup, and just sell the rest of the working parts.

[Lordclouds]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Not unless you like collecting stuff. I myself might keep the graphics card as a backup, and just sell the rest of the working parts.

The power supply for backup testing that is all 

[ST123]

The RAM is still decent.

[mariushm]

Well, you can still buy new socket AM3 / AM3+ motherboards and they're under 100$ ... so if you need a functional pc then yeah, it's worth spending that much.

 

If you plan on sticking with that Phenom processor, even this $45 motherboard would be more than adequate : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157839

 

And 60$ gives you 4 ddr3 slots,so you can have those 4 x 2 gb sticks : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145049

 

Technically, the above motherboard (the Asrock one) supports even the latest FX series processors (up to 125w tdp) but the vrm is a bit weak and there's no heatsink on it so I wouldn't install a cpu with higher than 95w TDP on it.  the gigabyte has some heatsinks on the vrm so i would worry less about cpu selection.

Point is you can buy some fx8320 or fx 8300 or something similar on eBay for peanuts and give that system more life

 

So a 45$ fix versus spending 3-500$ on a new pc ... it's  up to you.

 

ps. Also, spend 30-50$ on a 120 GB SSD for boot and you speed up the system a lot.

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, James Evens said:

ram -> around $10

The hell are you talking about? That's worth at least 4 times what you said...

 

 

OP, keep the RAM, PSU, and GPU. The rest, even if it was fully working, isn't worth keeping.

[Fasauceome]

A budget PC with a 4570 or something with that power supply and a GTX 750 ti would be to swap in imo

[FloRolf]

Keep the whole thing and turn it into an HTPC, NAS or streaming PC! 

[Fasauceome]

45 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Keep the whole thing and turn it into an HTPC, NAS or streaming PC! 

the old graphics card supports HDMI 1.4, I'd rather replace it with a modern card that has a better port

[brob]

The case is reusable but it does not have USB 3 ports on the front panel. Also it looks like longer gpu might not fit.

 

The psu could be reused, but I would suggest a newer and better model.

 

If the optical drive uses a SATA interface, it could be reused. Although there really isn't much call for optical drives.

 

If there is a media card reader, it would likely be useable should it use a SATA or USB connection.

[Erosip]

22 hours ago, brob said:

The case is reusable but it does not have USB 3 ports on the front panel. Also it looks like longer gpu might not fit.

 

The psu could be reused, but I would suggest a newer and better model.

 

If the optical drive uses a SATA interface, it could be reused. Although there really isn't much call for optical drives.

 

If there is a media card reader, it would likely be useable should it use a SATA or USB connection.

Thanks, I probably won't keep the case though. I had to cut a hole into it to fit a motherboard I previously had. Didn't plan ahead. Lol