Good question Jerry
I've resigned myself to needing to get rid of anything:
pre-DDRII
pre-socket 775
pre-PCIe (video card wise)

So consequently I have three or four PCs worth of parts, P4 2.x ghz etc

I usually just get some semblance of a pc running with what I have left and hand it off to a mate.
however that only really works if the majority of your mates are computer illiterate spaz's who've only just figured out they can watch porn and facebook till the cows come home.

i give them away to ppl at work there is aways someone who wants your shit

Has anyone ever taken them to a recycling place? I have some burnt out boards and cards from years ago still hanging about.

Has anyone ever taken them to a recycling place?

i was considering something like that until i read up on one that:

- takes your old gear
- gives you 'credits' for any parts that can be used elsewhere
- charges you for parts that aren't
- potentially end up paying to recycling stuff you could otherwise dump


i did write a post earlier but it didn't seem to get posted - was saying that i will wait a week then put it up to the OCAU trading vultures as they are generally always all over free shit

and i found an interesting non-functional use for the ram/cpus (art):



this is the list:

- Pentium 4, 2.8ghz
- AMD64 (X1) unknown speed/model + Zalman HSF
- Pentium 4 2.8ghz
- AMD (old, possibly duron, unknown speed)
- Pentium 4 ‐ 3.2GHZ + Heatsink/Fan

- Abit Motherboard (model Unknown – 2xSata, 2xIDE, PCIe, PCI, PCIe‐mini)
- Soltek Motherboard (for AMD Duron, probably dead, won’t power)
- Soltek AMD64 (X1) M/B – rusty capacitors, power won’t start
- Asrock 775i65G Motherboard
- Gigabyte 85651MP‐RZ motherboard
- Gigabyte 85651MP‐RZ motherboard

- Asus AGP Videocard (Model unknown, has DVI/VGA) Complete case
- Nvidia 6600GT 256mb AGP videocard
- Generic AGP videocard

- Coolermaster Case, complete
- Case missing sides
- Solid large black Antec case (complete)
- Case missing sides
- Complete generic case
- Complete generic case (has CDrw drive)

- 1gb DDR1
- 2x1gb DDR400
- 512mb Corsair XMS twinset DDR400 ram
- 1gb DDR400
- 512mb DDR1 333mhz

- 400w PSU
- 400w PSU
- 250w PSU
- 400w PSU
- 350w PSU
- Antec Earthwatts 80PLUS 380w

- Coax network card
- Thermaltake and Aywun cpu fans/heatsinks (Aywun for LGA 775/1156)
- Winfast DTV1800 H tuner – no remote
- 1x ALI Sata/IDE RAID card (pci)
- 3x VIA Sata/IDE RAID cards (PCI)
- 1x Promise IDE RAID card (PCI)
- Avermedia USB2 Analogue TV tuner/recorder w/ accessories
- USB 5.25” Caddy w/ DVD Rom
- Stack of very old ram (pre-SD)

Computers 4 Kids

I hoard it all. Recently I categorised everything. Wow that was fun looking up parts made obsolete in the early 90s.

I don't think im going to even bother trying to donate this stuff. I thought I was doing the right thing by offering, and got made feel like an asshole.

Hello,
Looks like they have been picked over.
Suggest you dump them, but not with us as we are not a dumping ground.
Thank you,
Computerbank Qld.
*****************
From: [email protected]

I thought I was helping by offering, because their site says:

COMPUTERBANK QLD.

We refurbish donated computers to help as many people as possible, including pensioners, disabled people and children, experience the way of the future. Our clients can surf the Internet, send emails to friends, play games, do social networking, word processing, sound and graphics becoming part of the on-line way of life. When you upgrade your system don't toss out the old one, please consider donating it to us as we can use it, or its parts, to build other computers.

Suitable Donations
- P4s with minimum specifications of 1.6 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB Hard Drive, CDROM, Ethernet and Sound.
- Keyboards, Mouses, Screens 17???+
- SD 256+, DDR 512 MB+, DDR2 512MB+
- PCI Sound, PCI & AGP Video Cards

They say, they could use parts.. most these systems just need a HD + OS and they are fully functional.

So based on that, i'm just going to solder off all the parts I can and dump the rest.