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What do you do with your outdated/broken pc components?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Icy EyeG, 8 Feb 2008.

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How do you handle your outdated/broken components disposal?

  1. Trash them on a regular garbage bin.

    3 vote(s)
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  2. Trash them on a proper certified bin for recycling.

    11 vote(s)
    13.9%

  3. Pile them at home.

    65 vote(s)
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  1. SaII

    SaII What's a Dremel?

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    make them into necklaces and be all "gangsta"

    show off to your friends
     
    SaII, 10 Feb 2008
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  2. E.E.L. Ambiense

    E.E.L. Ambiense Acrylic Heretic

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    Add them on to the flat I'm building exclusively out of old/broken PC parts.
     
    E.E.L. Ambiense, 10 Feb 2008
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  3. Timmie

    Timmie Your Head Asplode

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    My friend turned his old RAM sticks into keyring accesories if thats any help :p
     
    Timmie, 10 Feb 2008
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  4. newskiller

    newskiller What's a Dremel?

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    I'll have a clear out tomorrow... ;)
     
    newskiller, 12 Feb 2008
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  5. ryanjleng

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    test and store it, and then sells it to a customer with old system for the price of 8800GT. :)
     
    ryanjleng, 12 Feb 2008
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  6. MixWizard

    MixWizard Minimodder

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    keep bits at home, never no when those old bits and pieces might come in handy. Or for a couple of bits like the CRT's i had find them a new home
     
    MixWizard, 12 Feb 2008
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  7. Fophillips

    Fophillips What's a Dremel?

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    Outdated? All my hardware has a use.
     
    Fophillips, 12 Feb 2008
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  8. VictorianBloke

    VictorianBloke Man in a box

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    I generally horde things through convenience and laziness as I don't drive, at least until I hear someones mom/dad/brother/miscellaneous relative moaning about needing a pc for getting online then manage to cobble a working (and stable) machine together to "donate".

    Two or three refusals for payment ensue before a crate of beer is delivered (oh go on then) and the pc picked up. Door to door disposal and a frosty beverage. Everyones a winner! :D
     
    VictorianBloke, 12 Feb 2008
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  9. Saivert

    Saivert Minimodder

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    well yeah

    I usually put dead hardware on my wall as ornaments, but old working hardware is kept safe in bags.

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    (and yes, I got 4 AMD Socket-A Cpus in a blue cpu tray there, all dead)

    I even got a broken laptop in pieces in the bag it came with.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeS8IVKTJfw
     
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    Saivert, 13 Feb 2008
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  10. RostokMcSpoons

    RostokMcSpoons What's a Dremel?

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    I've had some fun trying to turn old kit into something useable... my vaguely useful stuff has just been put in a cheap-but-bling case from ebuyer, and will shortly wing it's way on to ebay as a working system.

    My very very very old laptop is getting a new lease of life via a cheap ram upgrade - 64mb(!) to 256mb for £15, and then a clean install of a Linux distro - probably Xubuntu. It's already had Puppy Linux which was better than the existing Win98 installation.
    I've gotten some knowledge (and frustration) from being intro'd to Linux through trying to get wifi to work on it, it's been .. interesting :)
     
    RostokMcSpoons, 13 Feb 2008
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  11. Otis1337

    Otis1337 aka - Ripp3r

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    my old P4 i now a key ring! w00t!
     
    Otis1337, 13 Feb 2008
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  12. Fused

    Fused Minimodder

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    I havent yet thrown anything away and the pile is getting big! Theres a few CRTs somewhere in the loft. I probably find uses for most of the working stuff now im getting into Linux. The rest will probably get modded into something. I find it very hard to throw stuff away!
     
    Fused, 13 Feb 2008
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  13. CyberSol

    CyberSol 1337 Pants

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    I usually keep my stuff, I trash things like printers and such. But for the most part the things can come in handy. I am actually running low on spare parts. I am just happy I don't have a SA to moan about the collection.
     
    CyberSol, 13 Feb 2008
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  14. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    give it to someone who needs it/could deal with it properly
     
    The_Beast, 13 Feb 2008
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  15. Brett89

    Brett89 Minimodder

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    put it in my parents computer most often. or save it as backup should the inevitable happen.
     
    Brett89, 13 Feb 2008
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