Extra Computer

[LunarMist]

I have parts, but should I put a third computer together? What do you do with piles of extra stuff?

 

[Stereodude]

Typically build decent machines from 'em and give 'em away to friends or family.

 

[Mercutio]

What I do with my piles of extra stuff is the reason I have so damned many posts here.

 

[LunarMist]

Sorry, I don't understand what you meant by that. Computers are always breaking down?

 

[MaxBurn]

eBay, just get rid of them.

 

[CougTek]

Assemble it, shine it, find a gullible elder and sell it for more than it's worth.

 

[Stereodude]

Assemble it, shine it, find a gullible elder and sell it for more than it's worth.

Now that's not very nice.

 

[Handruin]

I have parts, but should I put a third computer together? What do you do with piles of extra stuff?

Do you have any computer related projects you want to learn? I use the parts to make the demo machines the mules for experimenting. Otherwise donating or selling for the face value could be worth it if you can cope with doing that (meaning it doesn't cause any privacy issues for you).

 

[LunarMist]

Assemble it, shine it, find a gullible elder and sell it for more than it's worth.

I don't know what it is worth and don't personally know many elders or people significantly older than I am. :clown:

 

[LunarMist]

Do you have any computer related projects you want to learn? I use the parts to make the demo machines the mules for experimenting. Otherwise donating or selling for the face value could be worth it if you can cope with doing that (meaning it doesn't cause any privacy issues for you).

Perhaps Windows 7. It makes me nauseous just thinking about it. :hurl:

 

[Handruin]

I just switched both my parents from XP to windows 7 and they didn't get nauseous. I even got one of my mom's older 16-bit games working using the XP Mode feature. She has no idea she's using a virtual machine.

 

[CougTek]

Vista is the OS that would make you vomit. Windows 7, while not perfect, fits in the "acceptable" category.

What are the parts BTW? Would the system be relatively quiet? Is the case small? Of course, I don't want to violate your privacy by asking you to show us your parts ;-)

 

[LunarMist]

Vista is the OS that would make you vomit. Windows 7, while not perfect, fits in the "acceptable" category.

What are the parts BTW? Would the system be relatively quiet? Is the case small? Of course, I don't want to violate your privacy by asking you to show us your parts ;-)

No. It is the large, relatively noisy (though less than before), ancient Antec 10-bay case that I recently cleaned out after 8+ years. The rest of the specs as best I can figure are: E8600@4.2GHz, 4GB DDR2-something, GA-EP35-something, PATA NEC 16x DVD±RW, inefficient yet functional Coolermaster 600W PS, ATI-something R3650 video card, some other PCI cards, etc. There are no fixed internal drives, but two 3.5" and a dual 2.5" trayless racks for hard drives/SSDs.

 

[ddrueding]

That system could run Win7 quite well. You probably won't even have to install any drivers.

 

[CougTek]

It is worth at least 300$. You could put it on sale on Craiglist or eBay or place an ad in the local newspaper.

 

[Bozo]

Put it together and do some Folding. :grin: