What should I do with my old pc?

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As some of you may have seen, I will get a new PC very soon. What should I
do with my current rig?

HP a642n
AMD 64 3200+
1 gig (2x 512, upgraded)
ATI 9550 256 MB Vid Card
DVD RW
200 GB harddrive
and so on

Should I sell it whole, for parts, or keep it? If I keep it, for what?
 
Keep it as a backup or give it to a brother/sister/trusted friend whose
helped you in the past and still in Athlon XP/Duron land.
 
WooHoo2You said:
As some of you may have seen, I will get a new PC very soon. What should I do
with my current rig?

HP a642n
AMD 64 3200+
1 gig (2x 512, upgraded)
ATI 9550 256 MB Vid Card
DVD RW
200 GB harddrive
and so on

Should I sell it whole, for parts, or keep it? If I keep it, for what?
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Keep it, and use it for a good cause via a distributed computing project:
http://folding.stanford.edu . You can get lots of good information on the
project at the Stanford web site, the associated forums, and the Folding at Home
forum at www.2cpu.com .

Then you can network the computer and use the HD as a backup as well.
 
Take it all apart and give to a neice, nephew or sibling (in grade or
secondary school) and tell him/her that it is an excellant computer,
one you can keep if you put it together. Explain that you will tell how
to put it together, but will not turn one screw, plug one plug, place
any jumpers, spread no paste, etc. Say that it does not have to be put
together all in one day, mainly because you don,t have time to sit for
many hours watching and yawning. Explain that there is no such thing as
TRY, take the dictionary and cross out the word TRY. There is no try,
there is only DO or NOT DO. Say that if you only WANT TO TRY to put it
together than you truly do not want to put it together or you know that
you are not capable (there is nothing wrong with not being capable),
you will give it to someone else. Don't fall for the show me trick.
Personally, I go by this rule, quote Gold Fingers "To only try is to
fail before you begin, to do or not do is what you want, only you know
what you are physically and mentally capable of doing. What do you
want, do you want to fail or do you want to do what you are capable of
doing?" I have a generic SOYO motherboard which I retired a couple
months ago. There was nothing wrong with it, it just couldn't keep up
with me. I told my neice that she could have it if she puts it
together. (of course I didn't take it apart yet) She just stared at me
and didn't know what to say, so I changed the subject. She is only in
first grade!
From, Gold Fingers
 
John Weiss said:
Keep it, and use it for a good cause via a distributed computing project:
http://folding.stanford.edu . You can get lots of good information on the
project at the Stanford web site, the associated forums, and the Folding
at Home forum at www.2cpu.com .
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That is a good idea, I used to run seti@home whenever the processor was
idle, however I have not done that for years. Could I run both programs at
the same time, if I was not doing anything else on that PC? I had a p3 450
MHz, and it ran SETI just fine when the screen saver was active, however I
am not sure if the program runs at a certain speed, or maxes out you CPU and
RAM.
Then you can network the computer and use the HD as a backup as well.
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When I buy a house in 6 or so months, I may use it as a cheapy DVR for a
small security camera system. Just because you are paranoid, does not mean
THEY are not after you ;) That is up in the air though, I am not sure how
the Misses will feel about a bunch of cameras on the outside of the house.
She says it is okay, however when I pull out the drill...

Thanks, I think I may help out both causes.
 
As some of you may have seen, I will get a new PC very soon. What should I
do with my current rig?

HP a642n
AMD 64 3200+
1 gig (2x 512, upgraded)
ATI 9550 256 MB Vid Card
DVD RW
200 GB harddrive
and so on
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That would make a very nice gaming rig for most users. I'd say it still
has another 2-3 years of life in it for a less demanding user. You
could probably add another 2-3 years if it can be upped to 2GB RAM down
the road.

It's definitely far from being a junkyard-bound PC.
 
Toshi1873 said:
That would make a very nice gaming rig for most users. I'd say it still
has another 2-3 years of life in it for a less demanding user. You
could probably add another 2-3 years if it can be upped to 2GB RAM down
the road.

It's definitely far from being a junkyard-bound PC.
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The mobo does not allow any more RAM, that is the reason I went with a more
upgrade-able setup. I think I will use the old PC to install demos, and
freeware. That way, my new PC will not require fresh installs of windows as
often due to poor uninstallers leaving all kinds of crap behind, and less
chances of viruses/spyware.
 
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